Vegetable Seeds Seeds For Sale In Birmingham

(Tree mallow) Purple flowers yield an excellent natural colouring for drinks and herbal teas. Also great in salads. Medicinally similar to marshmallow.

Tall (up to 2 metres) erect habit; rarely flowers in temperate zones. In South America, dried leaves are used to flavour soups, meats and vegetables. Recent research suggests it has powerful anti-viral properties.

It is an annual growing to 1.5 meters (5 ft.) tall, flowering from July to September. More potent than cultivated tobaccos, with more nicotine, it is a source of nicotine sulfate, an insecticide for the control of aphids, thrips, whiteflies and mites.

Ancient Aztec food grain. Can be milled into flour. Protein content is higher than that of wheat, rice, and corn.High in the essential amino acid, lysine, which is generally low in other grains.

(French spinach) Ancient Greek and Roman spinach-like green, and still popular in France today. The tender young shoots can be boiled and buttered, creamed, added to quiches, or rolled up in crepes.

(Emperor´s candle; Ringworm tree; Candletree; Kagayima) A beautiful South American shrub or small tree that thrives in the southern U.S. where it is cultivated as an ornamental. In Africa the plant is widely cultivated as a medicinal plant used to treat...

Nice when paired with bergamots and coneflowers, its pastel blooms bring the colours of an Impressionist painting to the mixed border. It is biennial, self-seeding to come back year after year.

More compact than other leaf celeries, reaching only 25-50cm (10-20") in height. Use it like parsley and surprise your guests with its rich celery flavour and aroma. A very nice leaf celery with finely cut, dark green glossy leaves.

(Yellow-berried nightshade) Spiny, diffuse herb found throughout India. Has high concentration of solasodine, a starting material for the manufacture of cortisone and sex hormones.

Start early indoors, plant out with support. Can be eaten without fear of indigestion, stomach pains or heartburn. Long, slender fruit with an edible peel.

Diva is well adapted to any location where cucumbers are normally grown. The slender, tapered fruit have tender skin that is smooth, glossy and bright green. This is an All America Selections winner! Diva has a crisp flesh that is both non-bitter and...

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.

Anti-flatulent. Produces seeds the second year. Has highest oil content. Spicy caraway seeds add European character to all cabbage dishes, including coleslaw and especially sauerkraut.

(Tou gu) Familiar garden annual. A medicinal herb in China where it is used to clear obstructions in the throat. Double and semi-double flowers in a wide colour range. Flowers mixed with alum are used to paint fingernails.

(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.

(Lesser burnet) A tea made from the root and sweetened with honey was recommended for the bubonic plague! Used for stomach and intestinal inflammations, catarrh, cough and asthma. Produces white flower umbels July to October.

Used in India like stramonium in treatment of asthma, whooping cough and bronchitis. Poultice of leaves used for rheumatic swellings of the joints, lumbago, painful tumours.

(Wild garlic; Bear garlic; Baerlauch) The fresh flowering herb is used to treat high blood pressure and hardening of the arteries. Up to 40cm/16in with showy white flowers appearing in late spring or early summer.

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

But the traditional use of sagebrush internally must have been carefully limited because the plant oils are known to be toxic to the liver if taken inappropriately. Some believe that this is the "sage" that is most used for ceremonial smudging among the...

Piccola Canaria produces some of the best eating and sweetest orange tomatoes we know of. This variety has excellent yield potential, as it can set 15 to 20 fruit per cluster on its indeterminate plant.

A new improved form of Gigante d'Italia, the old favourite of Italy. The growth is uniform, dark green in colour, and the leaves are bigger than the original. It also has shown to have some resistance to downy mildew.

Australian aborigines have long used the crushed leaves for skin infections. Can be applied directly on sensitive tissues without irritation. Small tree or shrub with narrow bright-green leaves.

In the West, moringa has become popular "superfood" for its extraordinary nutritional content and for its powerful anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and tissue-protective properties.

This variety is heavy cropping, bearing white fruit all season long on runnerless plants. Berries are very sweet, with a faint pineapple tang, excellent for eating fresh out of hand, or for use in jams.

Jaguar has been discontinued by our supplier and we feel that Seduction is an excellent replacement for growers looking to grow a darker green zucchini. 8" long, cylindrical fruit are produced on vigorous, bush plants that have reduced spines on their...