Uses Seed Weed Suppression Seed For Sale In Chicago

This plant is aggressive and should be thinned every year. A great source of nectar for butterflies and hummingbirds. Excellent nectar sources for Monarchs and Queen butterflies! Showy milkweed is similar to Common Milkweed, but its pinkish-purple flowers...

Prevents erosion and builds organic matter in the soil! Plant early to late fall; in mild climates fall through early spring. The best choice for fast, cool-season germination. Captures soil nutrients in the fall to release in spring when worked into...

A multipurpose cover crop blend that is sowed in spring! A cover crop blend is great for nitrogen fixation, adding organic matter and weed suppression. This mix will quickly improve soil to maximize the benefits of cover crops for your garden.

Prevents erosion and builds organic matter in the soil! Plant early to late fall; in mild climates fall through early spring. The best choice for fast, cool-season germination. Captures soil nutrients in the fall to release in spring when worked into...

Contains 210,000 seeds/lb. Broadcast at 25 lbs. It is not deep rooted, and will not tolerate much drought. Uses: Bees & Beneficial Insects, Chicken Forage, Compaction Control, Deer Attractant, Erosion Control, Forage, Green Manure, Nitrogen Fixation,...

Can be used as a host plant for monarch butterflies. Plants are 3 to 4 feet tall and have clusters of red and yellow flowers. Deer resistant. It is also known as tropical milkweed because it is native to the tropics of South America.

Over seeds well at higher rates. Can scavenge as much as 200 pounds of nitrogen per acre. Fibrous roots prevent soil erosion and build organic matter! Plant early fall to late fall, or early to mid-spring.

Sow early January for first year blooms. These flowers have vibrant orange color and can reach 2′ feet tall. Sun-loving, easy to grow flowers.

The foliage is pale green, and the flowers are colored, usually purple, pink or reddish. It has hollow, slender and succulent stems, 2 to 4 feet long. Uses: Chicken forage, deer attractant, forage, green manure, nitrogen fixation, no till, organic matter...

High nitrogen fixation and great bee forage. Long taproots break up compacted soil and bring up subsurface minerals. Alfalfa is basically good at everything! Just look at all it's uses below! Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.): Cool season, broadleaf, Perennial,...

Uses: Chicken Forage, Deer Attractant, Forage, Green Manure, Nitrogen Fixation, No Till, Organic Matter (Biomass), Weed Suppression Packer forage pea is a low-growing, viny legume which has been shown to fix over 200 pounds of nitrogen per acre per year.

Hairy Vetch has rapid growth that makes it a good weed suppressant. Uses: Bees & Beneficial Insects, Chicken Forage, Deer Attractant, Erosion Control, Forage, Green Manure, Nitrogen Fixation, No Till, Weed Suppression

Poultice of fresh leaves on wounds prevents infection. Leaf juice is reputed to have blood cleansing properties, to strengthen weak lungs, and to fight colds, diarrhea and similar digestive complaints.

Used for anxiety, insomnia, palpitations, poor memory, and depression, especially in cases of excessive brooding and pent-up emotions. Much easier to grow than the North American species.

Neat bush habit. Purple, pink and white, clover-like flowers.

(Wild arugula) A beautiful wild arugula with deeply lobed leaves and purple-red veins. The fresh leaves add a delicious bitterness to salads, sandwiches, pizza, and pasta.

Easy to grow in well-drained soils in full sun. Considered an important medicinal herb for wounds, heart problems, diarrhea and pneumonia. Tolerates drought well and often self-seeds in optimum conditions.

Ht. 60cm/24”. Produces masses of rosy pink flowers on mounds of aromatic grey green foliage.

Effective laxative much in use by American herbalists. Usually taken in combination with with coriander to prevent cramps. Also used to expel worms and for fevers. Ht. 1-1.8 m/3-6 ft.

Will succeed, however, in gardens or in pots, provided soil is kept moist. Best grown along streams where water is shallow and calm.

They are a challenge to grow from seeds, and take a few years to get established, but they are well worth the effort. The yellow fruits form in hanging clusters somewhat like bananas and have a sweet custard-like flesh with an exotic mango-banana like...

(Sticklewort) A welcome inheritance from the European gardens of the Middle Ages, agrimony is a hardy perennial that has naturalized to North America. The seed can be tricky to germinate, but once established the plant is tenacious.

Large pink-soaked trumpet-like flowers are fragrant at night. Angels trumpets are popular in containers for the patio, balcony or deck. They are also used externally in the form of poultices or ointments for the treatment of aches, pains, arthritis, and...

(Honeyball; Honey bells) A handsome native shrub found growing in wet areas of eastern North America. The First Nations people of America used the bark for sore eyes, dysentery, toothache, headache, and as a tonic.

Delicious stuffed like bell peppers with meat and rice and baked. (Vegetable gourd) Small 8cm/3in melons taste like a sweet winter squash.

Said to be anthelminthic, nervine and antispasmodic. (Cardinal flower) One of our favourite wildflowers which provides a briliant splash of red color in damp, partially shaded locations.

Has a faint thyme-like aroma. Infusion of leaves makes a pleasant cordial tea. Helps overcome stomach weakness. New research shows it is a good skin and wound remedy.