Plant For Moist Soil Seeds For Sale In Canada

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

Flowering stems and leaves have pleasant bitter flavour when cooked, steamed or sauteed. Sown in early spring for harvest before hot weather or in mid-to-late summer for fall harvest.

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. Sow direct in the garden in spring.

The variety is described as rugged and a heavy producer perhaps befitting of its Amish heritage. Like the red deer tongue variety, this is a very nice leaf lettuce with tongue-shaped leaves.

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 cooked. The attractive red stems and branches, red-veined green leaves are ornamental as well as tasty!...

Similar to anise basil, but the flavour and fragrance is distinctively less licorice-like. Essential fresh cut accompaniment to many Vietnamese dishes, including pho, a famous beef or chicken noodle soup.

Stalks are pure white, crisp and very tender. (Bok choy) Popular standard ingredient in many Chinese dishes like chow mein and wonton soup. Try bite-sized slices stir fried with tofu, meat and seasonings.

Open headed romaine with gorgeous pomegranate-red leaves. Highly resistant to common fungal diseases.

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

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

Leaves are delicious when young in salads, and larger leaves can be steamed, stir fried, or sauted. With a prominent display of bright crimson stalks and dark green crinkly leaves veined in red, this swiss chard is highly ornamental.

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. A red-podded variation on the yardlong or asparagus bean.

Produces firm, round fruit weighing 1-2kg/3-4 lbs. With deep salmon coloured flesh that is thick, firm with a sweet, intense flavour Good for short season gardeners.

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

Long, and can get up to over 10kg. A rare family heirloom from Georgia with white seeds and yellow flesh of excellent flavour. Some disease and drought tolerance. Some think this is the melon that used to be shipped years ago from Bermuda to some Southern...

Sets double pods, very productive vines over a long period of time. Light green, smooth edible pods 10cm/4” long by 2cm/3/4”diameter with a mild flavour good for eating raw, in stir fries or steamed.

Attractive, bright golden-orange roots, are best eaten when small, but retain their sweet flavour and do not become fibrous when larger. Excellent pickled, in salads, gourmet borscht or grilled.

Repeat sowings for a continuous crop. Sharp-flavoured curly leaves are excellent in salads and sandwiches or cooked. Harvest when young and tender.

Standard variety. Ripens to a fiery golden-orange.

They also make a most decorative container at the dinner table for other foods when scooped out. They can be steamed whole, or hollowed out, stuffed and baked, or they can be sliced and sauteed in butter until golden brown.

(Strawberry popcorn) This little mahogany-red corn is so cute! Just 5-7cm/2-3" long, the ears actually look like strawberries. 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.

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

It tolerates heavy cutting well so multiple cuttings are possible. With its colour, strong fragrance, and long deep purple stems, this also makes an excellent cutflower. And it may be resistant to downy mildew according to one report.

Well adapted for the dryland farming of the American southwest, but also does surprisingly well in wetter eastern gardens. It has 20% more protein than white or yellow corn and has a lower glycemic index.

Standard curled variety. Bright green, deeply cut and finely divided leaves.