Organic Seeds Plants For Sale In Lafayette

This pepper has been grown by the African-American community around Philadelphia and Baltimore for years, where its heat and full-bodied flavour are treasured for fish and shellfish.

Seeds germinate in as few as 2 weeks, but commonly take longer. Can be grown indoors in a pot with in muddy soil. Height 60-90cm/2-3ft. Said to be hardy to zone 6. Creamy white, pale rose flowers appear July-Sept.

Indeterminate, vigorous vines with heavy foliage, Some staking required. Red currant-sized fruits grow in clusters, and have intense sweet flavour, perfect for relish trays, salads and snacking.

Slow to burst, forms a tight, dense head with small core. Good mid season variety with solid deep red head weighing about 2kg/5lb. Crisp and tender, adds colour to salads and fine flavour to cooked dishes.

Stringless, tender yellow pods with a light and delicate buttery flavour, good fresh, canned or frozen.

A good dependable choice for cooler areas where other hot peppers do not do well. Pods, about 12cm/5" long, turn yellow, then orange, and then bright red. Versatile hot banana pepper that can be served stuffed, fried, pickled, or just added fresh to salads.

It spreads by underground rhizome like grasses, but unlike grasses it has fragrant yellow-white or light purple flowers that open in the evening late summer and autumn. Chinese medicinal herb that looks and grows like a tall grass but isn't.

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Vines are indeterminate with an overall compact growth habit that makes it easy on the back to pick from. Huge yields of pale-yellow cherry tomatoes with a pleasant, mild taste.

Helps to lower temperature and promote sweating. (Jing jie) Chinese herb used to treat the common cold and its symptoms, chills, sore throat, and headaches. Chinese herbalists say this herb expels ‘wind' and promotes ‘eruption.'

They are great sprinkled over a salad, and can be mixed into soups and other dishes to add flavor and crunch. Crunchy Sprouts contain amino acids and are high in Vitamins A, C, E, iron, calcium, phosphorous and potassium.

Great for slicing, in fruit salads and juicing...the rind is quite thick and lends itself to being its own tureen or punch bowl for soups and summer libation. Produces 10kg/25lb fruits with juicy flesh that is bright red with old fashioned sweet flavour...

Unlike other mustards, will regrow after cutting. Japanese favourite for sukiyaki-like dishes. (Japanese mustard) Attractive, finely-cut curled leaf mustard with pleasant, mild flavour.

A salad onion that adds an unmistakeable splash of colour and flavour to any dish. Colour persists at any temperature or age. (Onion green; Bunching onion) Attractive green stalks look like they have been dipped in wine! Bulbs are stained a deep purple.

Excellent for eating fresh sliced on a sandwich, and not too wet to add to a salad. Low acid, fairly sweet. Large juicy fruit with tender skin. Grows a greenish-white but may blush if it stays on the plant long enough.

(She chuang) Chinese stimulant and aphrodisiac used to treat impotency. Also used as a vaginal wash against trichomoniasis, and to treat scabies and fungal diseases.

When sprouted in darkness for two or three days, wheat sprouts are tender and sweet, with a taste similar to watermelon. If allowed to grow for seven days, wheat reaches the "grass" stage when it can be juiced for a nutritious drink.

The stalks are beautifully tinged with red, and the colour persists even after cooking. An old English cultivar from the 1700s that was once found only in the gardens of the wealthy.

With deep salmon coloured flesh that is thick, firm with a sweet, intense flavour Good for short season gardeners. Produces firm, round fruit weighing 1-2kg/3-4 lbs.

Resembling a beefsteak tomato in size and shape, with dramatic, dusky pink-purple fruit. An heirloom variety believed to be over a hundred years old, a legacy of the Cherokee Indians.

Leaves are medium large to large with dark green colour. Fast growing Genovese type suited for year round pot production. Uniform, erect habit.

Annual (reseeds itself). The most prolific producer of flowers.

Also gives the character to vegetable, meat and fish dishes. Flavour is reminiscent of celery, and of the famous yeast extract, Maggi. Leaves possess excellent flavouring qualities for soups, stews and casseroles.

The flavour is mild and sweet, perfect for fresh use on burgers and in salads. A very attractive round onion with yellow-brown skin and large uniform shape, up to 3-4"/8-11cm across.

Taller, has larger leaves than standard strain. Adds true European character to soups and stews. Our favourite type because flavour is extra rich. Dark green, glossy leaves, strong flavour.

Also in homemade sausage, omelettes, cheese and bean dishes. (Dalmatian sage) The main culinary varieties popular with onions for poultry stuffing and for flavouring rich meats like pork or duck.