Organic Seeds Plants For Sale In Ontario

As its name suggests it is an invaluable aid to mothers, helping to regulate menstruation, ease post-partum pain and bleeding, and to help to eject the placenta. (Yi mu cao) One of the 50 fundamental herbs in Chinese medicine.

For flavour and for colour. It tolerates heavy cutting well so multiple cuttings are possible. A stunning basil with large burgundy flower bracts. With its colour, strong fragrance, and long deep purple stems, this also makes an excellent cutflower.

Refreshing hot or iced. Tea made with the fleshy calyces has a lemony flavour and beautiful ruby colour. Requires a long hot growing season. (Hibiscus) Lovely flowers known throughout the tropics for their flavouring qualities.

Indeterminate vines, potato-leaf type. Excellent for salads and sandwiches. It may have a funny name but it is a seriously good heirloom tomato from the old Czechoslovakia. Tomatoes are bright red, the size of golf balls, and come even in cool weather.

Freezes well, retaining the full, sweet flavour and colour. Light green, smooth edible pods 10cm/4” long by 2cm/3/4”diameter with a mild flavour good for eating raw, in stir fries or steamed.

A study on mice showed that it can protect the liver by suppressing inflammatory responses. There is strong evidence that it has direct immunomodulating effects by controlling the cytokines that mediate immune response.

Excellent for pesto and other typical basil uses. A large leaf basil has high oil content and hence a stronger aroma and flavour than other varieties. Suited for greenhouse and field production.

The fruits get up to 4kg/10lb in size and store well, keeping their flavour through the winter. The skin is blue-green and shiny, and the flesh is deep orange, succulent and sweet.

The attractive greyish-green foliage has a spicy aroma and flavour that is truly divine. Our zaatar is from the mountains of northern Israel where it is popular among both Arabs and Jews.

Can be grown indoors in a pot with in muddy soil. Seeds should be pressed into soil surface, in a container that can be kept wet and soggy. Creamy white, pale rose flowers appear July-Sept.

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

Source of an excellent quality cooking oil. Valued for its highly nutritious seeds eaten roasted or raw. Large seeded variety well filled with meat. Familiar large yellow sunflowers are a favourite of children.

Slower to bolt than roquette. Grows to 30-38cm/12-15in in any good well-drained soil in full sun. Leaves can be used fresh or added to pasta dishes. (Wild arugula) Wild relative of the ever popular roquette or arugula salad green.

Indeterminate habit; needs support. The flavour is rich and deeply satisfying, with -- well -- a hint of plum! The fruits are dark because they accumulate anthocyanins which have potent antioxidant properties.

The juicy sweet yellow flesh has streaks of pink and red radiating throughout, making each slice a unique canvas. Beefsteak heirloom variety with massive ribbed yellow, orange and red fruits.

It is excellent raw, with a creamy, nutty flavour and makes a nice change when served as finger food with dips. It can be cooked and eaten like cauliflower or broccoli but is less bland than cauliflower and less bitter than broccoli.

First fusarium-resistant variety of sweet basil. This is an important development for commercial growers and for basil lovers who have lived through the frustration of watching fusarium infected plants wilt and die almost overnight.

High yields and slow to bolt. Large, dark green glossy leaves on thick sturdy stems. Has intermediate resistance to fusarium. This is a nice compact Genovese basil well suited for pot production and for fresh cut use in the field.

The Gleckler catalogue described it as a "strange tomato that refuses to change colour" and only turns a pale yellowish green when ripe. Old variety introduced by Gleckler Seedsmen in 1956.

When you buy organic seed, you have the assurance that the seed was grown without synthetic chemicals and you are supporting farms and companies that are committed to organic agriculture.

Fine tomato flavour that is excellent for paste, sauce, canning or freezing whole. Small, plum shaped bright red fruit that is thick walled with meaty interior and few seeds.

Try Tavera beans lightly steamed to preserve their crisp texture and delicate taste, or use liberally in summer bean salad. Developed to be especially flavorful for restaurant fare, this succulent and tender bush green bean will be a favorite at your...

Said to possess superior medicinal action. (Pot marigold) Commercial strain used for medicinal flower production in Europe.

Ht. 30-38cm/12-15". In Persia the leaves of and other herbs mixed together are served fresh with main meals. This basil is unique and will inspire creativity in the kitchen! Try it in salads, sandwiches, with fish, cheese or just bread.

Considered by many to be the best flavoured tomatillo. A traditional variety that produces deep, wine-stained fruit, sweeter than other varieties. Delicious raw or stewed, and in salsa verde.

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. Royal Horticultural Society Award Winner in 2010.

Essential fresh cut accompaniment to many Vietnamese dishes, including pho, a famous beef or chicken noodle soup. This is the true strain used in Vietnamese and Thai cooking. Similar to anise basil, but the flavour and fragrance is distinctively less...