Organic Seeds Plants For Sale In Pasadena

Compact bush habit. Intensely fragrant of lemon. Ideal for tea and potpourri.

Black fruits and large purple flowers create quite a nice ornamental effect. Similar to jalapeno pepper in shape and size. Chile fans say this variety is better than the traditional jalapeno variety for smoked chipotles.

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

Suited for greenhouse and field production. Ht. 75-80cm/30-32". A large leaf basil has high oil content and hence a stronger aroma and flavour than other varieties. Excellent for pesto and other typical basil uses.

Sow in fall for spring harvest or in spring for early summer harvest. (Chinese radish) A large radish with white carrot-shaped roots 30-40cm/6-8” long. Texture is crisp and tender and flavour is pungent.

Long standing variety with thick, textured, dark green leaves very rich in iron and perfect for salads, soup or lightly steamed. Rich flavour without the strong metallic overtone as some heat tolerant varieties have.

(Mexican chia; Chia sage; Spanish sage)

Leaves 20cm/10" or shorter are best. Since 1934 this has been the standard green variety for home gardens. Young leaves can be added raw to salads and larger leaves are steamed, stir-fried or sauteed with olive oil and garlic or onion.

5cm/2” fruits are good pickled or dried for seasoning. If you like heat and flavour... This is a good one! Mushroom shaped, thin walled, green to bright yellow, fiery hot taste similar to Habanero types.

Compact rosettes of delicately thin, tender, light green oakleaf-shaped leaves that stand heat well and does not become bitter. Old variety now popular once again.

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

Highly productive bush bean producing deep green, stringless, fleshy tender pods of excellent quality, terrific for eating raw with dips or lightly steamed and served whole.

Well adapted for the dryland farming of the American southwest, but also does surprisingly well in wetter eastern gardens. Traditional crop of the Hopi Indians of Arizona, not only for food, but also for its spiritual and ritual significance.

Few know that the leaves are edible. The young flowers can be used in salads too. A nitrogen-fixing legume, it is an excellent green manure plant that will improve soil fertility and boost organic content.

A tender, sweet celery, not as fibrous as other varieties, but with a nice crisp snap that makes it perfect for eating fresh. 80 days to maturity. Taller and more tolerant of heat than other varieties.

Also great in salads and as a garnish. (Japanese mustard) Attractive, finely-cut curled leaf mustard with pleasant, mild flavour. Japanese favourite for sukiyaki-like dishes. Unlike other mustards, will regrow after cutting.

Wonderful lime-scented version of lemon basil from Thailand.

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

A beautiful blend of purple, red, orange, yellow and white -- five different varieties in one blend. Purple has orange flesh, red has high lycopenes, yellow, white and orange have flesh of the same colours.

Main ingredient in chili sauces, curries and exotic dishes. Variety grown for its seeds. Seeds add fresh, spicy flavour to soups and stews.

It is used as an emmenagogue (increases milk flow) and helps to relieve PMS. A tall annual or biennial, easy to grow from seeds. (Yi mu cao) One of the 50 fundamental herbs in Chinese medicine.

This gourmet variety produces 6-8" long cucumbers with slightly ribbed skin, which you'll begin harvesting in about 60 days. When you buy organic seed, you have the assurance that the seed was grown without synthetic chemicals and you are supporting farms...

An attractive Indian heirloom corn with kernels that come in a medley of red, brown, gold and cream colours. But what's really striking about this corn are the unique red and white stalks and husks that make great displays in autumn.

Indeterminate habit; needs support. It was an accidental cross between two heirlooms, Antique Roman and Banana Legs, discovered by American home gardener John Swenson in the 1990s.