Seed Tenders Planting Equipment For Sale In Canada

They also make a most decorative container at the dinner table for other foods when scooped out. Like the yellow variety, this is a distinctive small disk-like squash with scalloped edges, like a toy top or a flying saucer.

An attractive Indian heirloom corn with kernels that come in a medley of red, brown, gold and cream colours. Can be used for popcorn. But what's really striking about this corn are the unique red and white stalks and husks that make great displays in...

Compact rosettes of delicately thin, tender, light green oakleaf-shaped leaves that stand heat well and does not become bitter. Old variety now popular once again.

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. Has intermediate resistance to fusarium. 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.

Still you'll need to guard it from marauders, deer or human, because the rich, nutty taste of the red hued leaves is irresistible. The “deer tongue” idea refers to the pointed shape of the leaves and not, we hope, to some special fondness deer may...

The flavour is pleasantly sharp and nutty and the texture is quite good for fresh salad use. 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.

Leaves are thick and glossy with a hint of mustard flavour. (Bok choy) Popular standard ingredient in many Chinese dishes like chow mein and wonton soup. Stalks are pure white, crisp and very tender.

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. Chinese herbalists say this herb expels ‘wind' and promotes ‘eruption.'

Impressive in borders, cottage gardens, containers, and in vegetable gardens. 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. A red-podded variation on the yardlong or asparagus bean. The deep magenta colour persists with cooking. Tolerates hot weather well.

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.

The fruits are 45-60cm/18-24 in. A rare family heirloom from Georgia with white seeds and yellow flesh of excellent flavour. Long, and can get up to over 10kg. Some disease and drought tolerance.

Freezes well, retaining the full, sweet flavour and colour. 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.

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

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. (Sunburst squash) Distinctive small disk-like squash with scalloped edges, like a toy top or a flying saucer.

(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.