A good nitrogen fixer (70-150 lbs per acre per year). Winter annual protects and improves soil! Plant fall or early spring. Inter-seeds well with grass. Showy crimson blooms in late spring are an excellent source of nectar for bees.
If using for Nitrogen fixation we highly recommend using a cowpea inoculant. Dimpled Brown Crowder Cowpea is a prolific yielder with pods that contain 12-15 peas, closely bunched together.
Your early reply will be highly appreciated. Al-Marryam International Pakistan as a leading Exporter/ Importer of different Agricultural Products Since 1985. We are Exporter of Following Products.
Good spicy flavour. Forms dense globular little bushes 50-70cm/20-28” across so perfectly uniform they look pruned. A spectacular refinement of bush basil from Italy where the variety is known as (“very fine green, like a ball or globe”).
Juice was used in early times to execute criminals. In the fresh state all parts are very poisonous. Under proper directions it is a useful sedative for cases of nervous motor disturbances.
Treat as a biennial -- sow one year, pick the next. Enjoy in a spring salad, or cooked like spinach. This strain of the lowly dandelion boasts tender fleshy leaves, topping all other fruits and vegetables for iron content.
Very tolerant of drought and a good plant for xeriscaping. Requires well-drained soil but prefers low fertility. Likely because of its antiseptic properties, it was used by Native Americans like other sagebrushes to treat colds, diarrhea and sore eyes.
A dietary staple for indigenous peoples in the Andes since pre-Incan times, it was commonly traded for other commodities. The Inca consumed it prior to going into war to increase their strength.
Used in shampoos; believed to arrest hair loss and induce new growth. Used in cosmetics and pharmaceutical products, and as a top-quality industrial lubricant that may replace sperm whale oil.
Flax will take up excess N and other minerals, will winter kill and provide moderate to high amounts of organic matter back to the soil. Flax provides excellent mulch for protection of erosion and improving water permeation during the winter and spring.
Fennel tea is given to infants for its calming and anti-flatulent effects. Also in soups, salads and stews. Chopped leaves are excellent with oily fish, such as mackerel, eel and salmon, for they improve digestibility.
Ht. 40-45cm/16-18”. The effect is striking, as if masses of butterflies have gathered in the garden. Impressive French stoechas lavender with elongated wing-like magenta petals extending from dark bracts on slender stalks.
Botanical Name: L. stoechas pedunculata 'Fragrant Butterfly'
Seeds are a natural storehouse of L-dopa, a precursor of the neural transmitter, dopamine. Twining annual found throughout India. Grown for pods and young leaves used as vegetable and fodder.
Tall growing vine, ideal for covering antenna towers. Well known flavouring for beer. Important medicinally for its calming effect. A pillow stuffed with hops flowers will overcome insomnia.
Botanical Name: Humulus lupulus
Ease of Germination: Difficult/Special Treatment Required
Young leaves are processed to make fermented, semi-fermented or green teas/beverages. Can be grown indoors in a cool window. At least 3 billion people are regular drinkers. (Cha; Chai) The world's most important caffeine beverage.
Blooms all summer. Set against its soft aromatic fern-like green leaves are masses of bright blue lavender flowers. Ht. 50-60cm/20-24. Lovely ornamental lavender grown as an annual in flowerbeds, planters, and baskets.
The plant is a biennial, preferring dry, sandy soil and full sun. Hardy through a wide range of zones and generously self-seeding, an individual plant can produce 900 seeds. Said to be effective when applied topically for ulcers and injuries to the skin.
In traditional Chinese medicine it is used as a tonic and for the treatment of dysentery, bloody stools and ‘summer heat disorders'. Not only is it versatile in the kitchen, but its purple-veined leaves add ornamental interest in the garden.
The shape, size, glossy skin and color are similar without the heat. Often called banana pepper, this is a milder version of the 'Hungarian Hot Wax' pepper (listed in the herb section).
Sow direct in spring or start early indoors and transplant out. Keep plants pinched back for a continuous harvest of young shoots and leaves. It has a slightly mucilaginous texture that may take some getting used to but millions will tell you it is well...
Spectacular towering spikes of creamy white flowers. Easy to use: chopped roots are soaked in water and stirred to a lather. Roots contain 2% saponin, a soapy substance valuable in shampoos; leaves a fine sheen to hair.
The Ewe name means "ghost eggplant", a potent reminder of the power of this herb, when misused, to turn people into zombie slaves. (Ghost eggplant; Norligbuitsa) The Ewe herbalists of West Africa say that if you want to use this herb to heal you must...
Seed extracts were shown to inhibit both forms of the cyclooxygenase (COX) enzyme involved in inflammation. (Spanish fennel flower) Hardy annual flower, native of southern Spain, the Azores, Sicily and North Africa.
