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(Cancerweed) Attractive purple-blue flowers and cleft, dandelion-like leaves. An American folk remedy for cancer, hence its alias "cancerweed." Indians used the roots for sores, and the tea has been used for colds, coughs, nervous conditions.

It grows along the coasts among rocks where it forms neat star-like annual or perennial clumps up to 30cm (1ft) high. Now what is the connection with cappuccino? Though the greens are usually collected from the wild they are easy to grow.

Today it is primarily known for its astringent and tonic qualities. The tea has a great reputation as a wash for healing wounds and skin eruptions. It was the origin of the French herbal lotion , one of the first treatments for gunshot wounds.

Like spinach, the leaves can be eaten fresh or cooked. Best sown directly in the garden in spring. (Strawberry sticks; Leafy goosefoot) Not a true spinach but a distant cousin. But the novel thing about this plant is that late in the season red, juicy...

Resembles green tomatoes and ground cherries, but neither is a substitute for the tomatillo. Tomatillos will keep well through the winter if stored loose in a cool place. Easy to grow -- rather like tomatoes.

Large roots, roasted and ground, can be adulterated with your favourite brand or enjoyed alone as a nourishing caffeine-free drink. Coffee substitute costing pennies a pound. Roasting directions included with each order.

Formerly used as a cardiac stimulant like digitalis but is much stronger. According to Greek legends, this flower sprang from the blood of Adonis. Brilliant crimson and black flowers in June-July.

Excellent in dried arrangements. Comb-like flowerheads were once used for raising nap on woolen cloth. Water trapped in leaf basins is valued as an eyewash.

All produce roots that are smooth and uniform, reach edible size quickly and have crisp, delicious white flesh. This formulated radish blend includes pink, white, purple, solid red and white-tipped red varieties.

The roots are anti-inflammatory and are used as a galactagogue -- an agent that increases milk flow in nursing mothers. It is also used for mastitis and for distension of the breast.

Strong, vigorous plants set good yields of uniform, firm, white spine, dark green fruit. Developed for hand harvesting and the trellising trade, Eureka is a monoecious hybrid pickle with a good disease package.

Extracts used to treat herpes and skin rashes. Large stemless flower with creamy-yellow centre and silver bracts is excellent for dried arrangements. (Carline thistle) Root is used as a liver, gall bladder and kidney tonic, and an ingredient in Swedish...

Try it in low borders or flower beds next to green or grey plants. Tolerates partial shade well. Used like lyreleaf sage for cancer and other conditions. (Cancerweed) Medicinal herb with impressive horticultural potential! Its rich bronze-purple foliage...

The large, blocky peppers are sweet, thick-walled, and ripen from green to bright red. King Arthur combines high yield and virus resistance like few other varieties can. The upright, multi-virus resistant plant sets well in heat and provides excellent...

This gynoecious slicer produces 7" blocky shaped fruit that are smooth, straight and cylindrical. The vines are vigorous but open enough for easy harvest. Cutter's good early yields of dark green, attractive slicers bring high pack outs of premium quality...

Leaves are delightfully honey-scented. Important beeplant in Australia.

Great yields of high quality large fruit. The deep red fruit have smooth shoulders and exceptional quality. Resistant to V, F 1,2 and tomato Mosaic Virus. Red Morning tomato plants produce early maturing, large red round fruit on improved determinate...

Grows throughout eastern and central North America but is endangered in Ontario due to habitat loss. The roots are tonic, diuretic and diaphoretic. Tea made from the roots is said to improve male potency and promote muscular development.

Needs very little maintained. Its flowers are brightly colored which makes it an ideal plant for attracting milkweed butterflies like the monarch! Interestingly enough, when monarch caterpillars are raised on milkweed, they develop a bitter taste that...

In Africa the plant is widely cultivated as a medicinal plant used to treat painful constipation, intestinal parasites, ringworm, dermatitis, and gonorrhoea. Its large yellow flower spikes look like candle sticks and make an impressive festive show as...

The leaves produce a tingling sensation when eaten fresh like cress. Our strain is from India where it is commonly grown commercially for Ayurvedic medicines. The same studies showed that testosterone levels rise significantly with treatment.

Sturdy, medium height plants offer good cover to the fruit and produce good yields of 4" x 4" blocky bell fruit that have a medium to thick wall. The fruit ripen from green to a deep orange at full maturity and have a sweet taste when fully ripe.

Durasol's fruit weigh 4-5 lbs. And their yellow rinds have the classic wrinkled look that canary melons are known for. The oval-shaped fruit offer high quality (15% brix), firm and creamy white flesh.

Like , germination rates are often less than 40% and may benefit from pretreatments suggested for . Wagner of the University of Munich, the leading European research group working on echinacea, suggest that is the correct name for the plant commonly traded...

Semi-bush plants produce 3 lb. Fruit that are 8-9" long. The uniform fruit have good flesh color and a light tan rind color. Betternut 900 is an ideal variety for the boxing market.

Tall, vigorous plants have a semi-open habit which allows for easy harvest of its intense green colored, husk covered fruit. Tamayo is adaptable to growing regions and its fruit set and size excel.