Organic Seeds Seeds Plants For Sale In Grand Rapids

Like all peppers, they need to be started early indoors, 6-8 weeks before outdoor planting time. Best known for making paprika, the quintessential flavouring for Hungarian goulash and paprikash.

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

They can been eaten raw at any stage, though they are best when they are just starting to turn brown. Will climb 2m/6ft up a trellis. Traditionally used in pickles and chutneys in India.

Proven effective against herpes. Fresh leaves burst of lemon when squeezed. A truly delightful tea made from the dried leaves is our favourite anytime tea as it both stimulates the heart and calms the nerves.

Very productive pole bean with meaty pods of distinctive flavour, rich in vitamins A and C, iron and calcium with very good keeping qualities. Introduced prior to 1864.

Can even be grown in containers. (Chinese mustard; Indian mustard) A splash in the salad bowl and in the garden! Brilliant maroon leaves with light green midribs are both delicious and strikingly ornamental.

The long beans are like young string beans without the annoying string. Yields can be huge if pods are picked often to encourage more to come. Excellent for stir fries. A red-podded variation on the yardlong or asparagus bean.

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

This is the true oregano collected wild in the mountains of Greece. White flowers; very hardy. Excellent flavour.

High yielding, with tender, meaty flat pods, slow to develop fibre and seeds. Good for freezing and canning.

The attractive red stems and branches, red-veined green leaves are ornamental as well as tasty! 60 days. Deep-red “baby” pods make very attractive menu additions and older pods remain tender even at 20cm/8” length, and retain their red colour when...

An heirloom Italian cultivar with sweet flavour, bright red nicely rounded shape. The interior flesh, when sliced, is beautifully marked in alternating rings of cherry red and creamy white, making it very attractive sliced raw.

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

Native to India, cultivated in China, and introduced to America by heirloom guru Alan Kapuler. (Magenta spreen; Purple goosefoot; Giant lambsquarters) With a splash of magenta at the stem tips this is a one hot new green for the garden, suited for salads,...

This is a "radish green" grown for its spicy leafy greens and not for bulbous stems typical of other radish varieties. The fresh greens, with their pink stems and smooth lobed leaves, are gorgeous when added to salads or used as a garnish.

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.

Large rosettes of tender, deep-lobed oak-like leaves. Good resistance to bolting and good heat tolerance. Does not get bitter in hot weather. Baby leaves ready in 28 days and full size in 60 days.

A tall annual or biennial, easy to grow from seeds. (Yi mu cao) One of the 50 fundamental herbs in Chinese medicine. As its name suggests it is an invaluable aid to mothers, helping to regulate menstruation, ease post-partum pain and bleeding, and to...

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.

(German thyme; Winter thyme) Most popular variety. Broad dark green leaves. Robust growth habit.

Anaheim type with huge peppers that get up to 20cm/8" long and 5cm/2" wide and weigh up to 4oz each. It is not uncommon to get 25-30 of these from a single plant. The heat is mildly hot, about 2,000-4,000 Scoville units.

Chinese medicinal herb that looks and grows like a tall grass but isn't. 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.

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

A beautiful spinach with succulent oval dark green leaves that stand upright, ready for easy harvest. Adapts well to different growing situations and does well in spring or autumn.

Versatile hot banana pepper that can be served stuffed, fried, pickled, or just added fresh to salads. Pods, about 12cm/5" long, turn yellow, then orange, and then bright red. Mildly hot at 6,000 Scoville units.

The “deer tongue” idea refers to the pointed shape of the leaves and not, we hope, to some special fondness deer may have for this unusual variety of leaf lettuce. Still you'll need to guard it from marauders, deer or human, because the rich, nutty...