Organic Seeds Plants For Sale In Virginia

Yields can be huge if pods are picked often to encourage more to come. Grow like pole beans or on a trellis and sow in June when the ground is warm. The long beans are like young string beans without the annoying string.

Attractive heavily-frilled, medium green leaves tipped with a strong, warm red make this mild flavoured, heat tolerant lettuce a great garnish or addition to salads. Used as cut and come greens or left to head up for a single serving.

Standard variety for flavouring, slightly earlier maturing than above. Adds true European character to soups and stews. Deeply cut, bright green leaves with excellent flavour. Our favourite type because flavour is extra rich.

The plant is far more important for its culinary uses. (Breadseed poppy) Source of opium and the narcotic alkaloids, morphine and codeine, used to control pain, coughs and diarrhea.

Pickling cucumber developed at Cornell University with white skin and black spines, 8-12cm/3-5" long. Good flavour and resistant to powdery mildew.

Sage tea gargle is valuable for sore throat. Also in homemade sausage, omelettes, cheese and bean dishes. Grey-green pebbly leaves, pale blue flowers The most commonly grown culinary variety.

(Ban zhi lian; Barbat scullcap) An important restorative remedy for the nervous system used in Chinese medicine to treat anxiety, depression, migraines and insomnia. It is also commonly used to reduce inflammation.

It is not grown for the dry soybeans but rather for the tender green pods that are eaten like snap beans. (Edamame; Vegetable soybean) This is an heirloom soybean used to make the Japanese side dish, edamame.

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

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

Some studies have shown epazote to be effective against athleteʾs foot. Younger leaves have a milder, richer flavour. Native to south and central America, it has naturalized to the southern U.S. The seeds and the oil from the seeds are traditionally...

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.

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.

Long time popular variety.

Normally kale is planted in fall for winter growing but this variety does well in hot summer weather too. It survived weeks of 35C plus temperatures with no problems. Even under a meter (3ft) of snow, it is still good to eat, sweeter than store-bought...

A stunning basil with large burgundy flower bracts. The leaves can be used like any other sweet basil, but you can also pick the red flower bracts and sprinkle them over salads, egg dishes, soup, etc.

Used for upset stomach, headache, cough, and diarrhea. (Wild oregano) Medicinal variety of oregano lacking true oregano's familar aroma and flavour. Also as gargle for mouth and throat inflammations.

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

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.

Surprisingly sweet, they are great in salads or pickled. (Christmas tree pepper) As the small (5cm/2") peppers mature they "turn on" like Christmas lights -- in a riot of red, orange, yellow and purple.

We searched the world to find the best organic seed - Burpee fully guarantees that not a drop of synthetic chemicals was used to make these excellent seeds. Start early indoors or outdoors after danger of frost.

Rubbing with fresh leaves before roasting improves all strong meats. Leaves add strong, spicy flavour to soups, sauces, stuffings, stews. Adds special flavour to sausages and meatloaf.

(Summer thyme) Narrow leaves, distinctly greyer and sweeter than English. Preferred by the French. Needs some winter protection.

Vigorous productive vine produces straight, deep green fruit, 20cm/8” long, bright white flesh with bitter-free flavour. Excellent for slicing, in salads and also used for pickling when small.

Rich in vitamin A, this early maturing, brilliant orange colour, coreless crispy variety is of exceptional sweet flavour! Great for juicing, freezing or fresh use.

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. Mildly hot at 6,000 Scoville units.