Organic Seeds Seeds Plants For Sale In Lafayette

Excellent for eating fresh sliced on a sandwich, and not too wet to add to a salad. Grows a greenish-white but may blush if it stays on the plant long enough. Large juicy fruit with tender skin.

Pods are most tender when 7cm/3" long or less. Vigorous 1m/4ft high plants produce straight spineless pods that are excellent in soups, stews and relishes. First introduced in 1939 this variety is now the most popular on the market.

Heat: 100,000-350,000 Scoville units. Thrives in hot sunny spots, a little on the dry side. Wrinkled lantern-shaped pods are used fresh or dried in salsas, chutneys, marinades. Piping hot white habanero chile.

Quick crop: matures in 40 days, but baby leaves can be harvested in as few as 20 days. Mibuna is regarded as a cold-season vegetable but is also heat-tolerant and doesn't bolt during the warm season.

Ht. 2m/70-80in. The young leaves are tender and can be steamed or cooked in soups and the seeds can be ground into flour. The ornamental effect is so stunning it belies the fact that this is first and foremost a food plant.

Regular onion chives. Besides using the leaves, try the pretty purple flowers, separated into florets, in salads for colour and flavour.

Heat tolerant, heavy heads. Great for use in sandwiches, salads, garnish or wraps. Romaine lettuce that forms long, deep green, upright leaves with that delicious juicy crunch, creamy white midriffs that are sweet and crisp.

The leaves are also speckled. The bright red flesh is very sweet. An heirloom variety with large 40-pound dark-green oval fruits speckled with bright-yellow star and moon-shaped splashes.

Also gives the character to vegetable, meat and fish dishes. Can replace meat and bone stock in soups. Leaves possess excellent flavouring qualities for soups, stews and casseroles.

It is a cross between a purple snap bean and a pinto bean, developed by American bean breeder Robert Lobitz. Beans are firm, plump and delicious, about 10-12cm/4-5in long. A beautiful stringless snap bean with dusty red-rose colour.

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

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

(Wormseed; Mexican tea) A rising culinary star! Essential in traditional Mexican and South American cooking, especially bean dishes and soups, and in contemporary Latino fusion fare.

70-80 days to maturity. Delicious eaten fresh by itself or added to salads. Unmistakable green tomato flavour in a striking jewel-green fruit. No heirloom tomato garden is complete without the addition of one green tomato, and this is the one.

Still a huge favourite after more than 150 years, this leaf lettuce has crinkly light-green leaves that are tender and juicy. Tolerant to heat, drought and light frost.

Suitable for home gardens and commercial production. Excellent for flavouring and garnishes. Dense dark green doubly curled leaves.

Ht. 15-30cm/6-12" (Ban zhi lian; Barbat scullcap) An important restorative remedy for the nervous system used in Chinese medicine to treat anxiety, depression, migraines and insomnia.

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

It is also considered the number one herb in Chinese medicine for the treatment of infertility. It is used as an emmenagogue (increases milk flow) and helps to relieve PMS. (Yi mu cao) One of the 50 fundamental herbs in Chinese medicine.

Begin harvesting green peppers in 65 days, red peppers in 80 days. Green peppers are quick to mature to red. Gardener's Supply is offering these seeds through our partnership with High Mowing Organic Seeds, a small Vermont company that produces and develops...

If allowed to grow for seven days, wheat reaches the "grass" stage when it can be juiced for a nutritious drink. When sprouted in darkness for two or three days, wheat sprouts are tender and sweet, with a taste similar to watermelon.

Excellent for pot production or for field production. Very attractive. Leaves are dark green, somewhat smaller than standard sweet varieties. A commercial Italian variety bred for compactness and uniformity.

Varieties have been selected for their exceptional performance. Gardener's Supply is offering these seeds through our partnership with High Mowing Organic Seeds, a Vermont company known for developing and producing the best quality, 100% organic seeds.

Sow in early spring. Spicy leaves are excellent in mixed salads or alone, and they are delicious steamed and tossed with sesame oil and soy sauce or stir fried with ginger and bok choy and chicken.

Ideal for dips, stir fries, or steamed. Long harvesting period. For spring or fall crops. Rich tasting old Italian cultivar with small heads projected well above the foliage.

Ht. 60-75cm (24-32”). Matures slightly later than standard Genovese basils and is slower to bolt. It is similar to Genovese basil but the scent and taste are sweeter and milder. Popular variety with large medium dark green leaves from 2.5” to 4”...

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