Vegetable Seeds Seeds For Sale In Manchester

Tender biennial or triennial. Contains gossypol, which research has revealed has important anti-parasitic and antiviral effects, and has shown promise as a male anti-fertility drug in studies conducted in China by the World Health Organization.

Was proclaimed the Perennial Plant of the Year for 1998. Developed in the 1980s by Swedish echinacea breeder, Magnus Nilsson. Beautiful European variety with rose-purple petals that don't droop as much as wild echinaceas.

Tolerates drought well and often self-seeds in optimum conditions. Considered an important medicinal herb for wounds, heart problems, diarrhea and pneumonia. The Navajo and Oglala tribes made a pleasant beverage tea from the leaves and the Comanche, Lokota...

(Mormon tea; Desert tea; Joint-fir) Reported to contain some ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, both potent central nervous system stimulants. Pleasant thirst-quenching tea. California Indians so cherished the tea for general use that it was always available.

Improved strain of valerian for commercial production; root yield up to 2.5 tonnes per hectare (1 ton/acre); contains 0.7% essential oil (bornyl acetate, valepotriate and valerenic acid).

(Mousemelon; Sandita; Mexican sour gherkin)

Vines are typically grown on trellises so the smooth round fruits hang down for easy harvest. The fruits contain mogrosides, intensely sweet compounds that are as many as 300 times as sweet as sugar.

(Fragrant sumac; Lemon sumac) Native North American shrub with citrus-scented foliage. The leaves, roots and fruits are astringent and can be used for colds, stomachache, diarrhea, dysentery, and as a gargle for sore throat.

Green to red maturing, blocky bell pepper offering exceptional fruit quality, which minimizes culls. Very dark green and glossy extra large/large fruit. Early maturity on a compact plant that offers great cover, resistant to Bacterial Leaf Spot 1, 2,...

(Ghost eggplant; Norligbuitsa) The Ewe herbalists of West Africa say that if you want to use this herb to heal you must offer a token and a prayer to the plant otherwise it will harm the patient.

The predominantly 3 sieve pods pick clean both mechanically and by hand. Its straight pods are set mid-high in the plant for easy harvest, measure 5.25" in length, and have the preferred dark green color that today's markets demand.

The clusters of fruit ripen uniformly; have a good red color and a uniform round shape. The fruit weigh about 4 oz. Resistant to Tomato Mosaic Virus, Verticillium Wilt and Fusarium Wilt (races 1,2), and intermediate resistance to Stemphylium.

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 rheumatism, All parts of the plant are poisonous if used improperly,...

Here's the old standard pear-shaped variety for paste and juice. Large determinate plants spread out the harvest period, but total yield is heavy. The Roma tomato has a relatively high viscosity and soluble solids for thick, red sauce, and its firm texture...

Fordhook is still the popular lima and a dependable heavy yielder of plump, thick beans of the finest quality. For uniformly well-filled pods of delicious limas, grow this standard bush variety.

(Termite plant; Babantsi; Bio-diesel plant) Impressive-looking small tree cultivated as an ornamental throughout Africa. In India a renewable bio-fuel is made from the seeds. Used externally for skin parasites, venereal disease, herpes, and as a dressing...

Intermediate resistance to black rot, resistance to Fusarium yellows and tolerance to tip-burn. Heads have an attractive dark blue-green color, solid interiors and short cores. Thunderhead is an excellent fresh market cabbage with its compact, dense head...

Heirloom native from Brazil. Not commercially cultivated. Sweet tiny tomatoes.

The hard shelled fruit store for months and have tolerance to Fusarium and Phytophthora Fruit Rots. Fruit that measure 6 to 7" in diameter. Patent 7166772. If you have been impressed with our Lil' Ironsides but you were looking for a larger fruit, then...

A most attractive form of bush basil with larger leaves (1 cm) and uniform dense globular little bushes. Plants tend to be a little stronger and more uniform than other bush varieties.

Enjoy a bumper crop of supersweet corn and save! We've taken four outstanding varieties, all maturing at different times in the season, and put them together in this great offer.

Usually grown as an annual. Showy Australian native with flowers of pure white like the beaches of Australia's Gold Coast.

(Money plant) Curiously, it symbolizes both honesty and money. When dried its silver dollar-like seed pods make attractive winter decorations. Edible leaves can be added to salads.

These miniature fruited Kabocha type squash have an orange-red color and their small size allows them to also be used for fall tabletop decorations. They have good flavor, dry flesh and good texture.

Jill-Be-Little is a miniature pumpkin and has a deep orange color, deep sutures and resistance to powdery mildew. Jill-Be-Little has a well-proportioned, dark stem, flat shape with a concaved top, and it will make a perfect miniature pumpkin for fall...

Growers prefer Virgo because of its wide white petiole and dark green leaf color. The leaf is savoyed and the bright white ribs are wide, making for a showy chard. Virgo works well in spring, summer and fall plantings.

(Honeyball; Honey bells) A handsome native shrub found growing in wet areas of eastern North America. Controversially, the bark contains cephalanthin, a compound that is both a poison and a source of its healing powers.