Organic Seeds Seeds Plants For Sale In Birmingham

Best known for making paprika, the quintessential flavouring for Hungarian goulash and paprikash. The stout 5cm/2" red peppers are dried and ground to make the spice. The fruits mature from cream-white to orange to red, becoming mildly spicy.

Also effective against hepatitis, infections, and many skin diseases such as shingles, dermatitis and psoriasis. Clinical experience shows that the roots are effective against angina pectoris, cerebral atherosclerosis, intravascular clotting and phlebitis.

It also has an antibacterial action. (Jing jie) Chinese herb used to treat the common cold and its symptoms, chills, sore throat, and headaches. Helps to lower temperature and promote sweating.

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

Large-leaf type from the Genoa area of Italy, the pesto capital of the world.

For fresh use as “dillweed”, or allowed to go to seed for dill pickles. Finely cut foliage.

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

A zucchini squash with greenish-black skin and tender creamy-white flesh. Excellent for cooking and for freezing. Fruits are ready to eat when 15-20cm/6-8" long. Bushy plants take minimum space, perfect for crowded city gardens.

Stores well, lasting up to 3-5 months. A very attractive round onion with yellow-brown skin and large uniform shape, up to 3-4"/8-11cm across. The flavour is mild and sweet, perfect for fresh use on burgers and in salads.

The stalks get only 120-150cm/4-5ft tall, so the plants blend in well with ornamental grasses or at the back of the garden. (Strawberry popcorn) This little mahogany-red corn is so cute! Just 5-7cm/2-3" long, the ears actually look like strawberries.

This traditional variety is a mixture of two distinct forms: an upright branching form and a lower, more compact form. Tomatillo is the main ingredient of salsa verde. For salsas, tomatillos are often used to tone down the hotness of chillies.

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

Beautiful technicolour ornamental edible Swiss chard with big bright green leaves and stems in shades of either red, orange, purple, yellow or white. Very tender, delicious flavour and crunch.

Keeps its buttery sweetness well even in the heat of summer and is more bolt-resistant than other butterhead varieties. A long time favourite of gardeners with crisp, dark green, reddish-tinged leaves and a yellowish-white heart.

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

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

Great for snacking, salads and low sugar preserves. Bright red fruit of over 2.5cm/1” in diameter are unusually sweet and flavourful with a high vitamin C content. Plants grow tall, so staking is recommended as the vine bears fruit in long clusters...

Try them in homemade potato soup for a real treat. (Onion green; Bunching onion) A bulbless perennial onion green like chives, but has larger leaves and a stronger, zesty flavour. Ideal for cooked vegetables, soups, stews, casseroles and quiches.

Broad tapered roots with red core, light orange flesh. Heirloom variety, good for heavier soils. Keeps well in storage, retaining its ‘real' carrot flavour, sweet and smooth! 65 days

Broad spinach-like leaves can be eaten as cooked greens or in salads and sandwiches. Remains crisp and mild even during hot weather. For continuous supply sow every month or so. Will regrow some after cutting.

(False saffron) Important source of good quality cooking oil, and yellow or red dyes. Thistlelike flowerheads colour silk, wool, rouge and are used as a saffron substitute in rice dishes.

Excellent for seasoning, and for basil vinegar which turns a beautiful red colour. Dark purplish-bronze foliage. Former All-American award winner, famous for its pure dark purple foliage, but in recent years it has become about 25% green.

Omega 3 fatty acids help keep your skin smooth and glowing with beauty. They contain omega 3. Seeds and nuts are considered heart-friendly by default, but hemp is one of the best in this regard.

Their beliefs, as it turns out, did have a certain foundation: quinoa seeds are an excellent source of protein and essential minerals and vitamins. Help cope with a severe headache.

An heirloom favourite with a truly delicious, buttery, rich flavour. Large 20cm/8" ears with golden-yellow kernels and long-lasting sweetness. Productive plants resist lodging. Excellent for chicos.

White skinned pumpkin with dark orange flesh, suitable for jack-o-lanterns and pies! Great halloween novelty, as outer skin can be painted on mature fruits of 30cm/8-10”, weighing about 10-16lbs/5kg.

When seeded less thickly the leaves form a compact, thick rosette in 45 days, perfect for bunching. (Spoon mustard) Oriental green with a soft creamy texture and distinctive subtle flavour.