Vegetable Seeds Seeds For Sale In St John S

Its slightly thinner and lighter leaves cure well, producing a high quality tobacco with a light flavour. Improvements include lower nicotine content and better resistance to disease.

Start indoors 6-8 weeks before outdoor planting time. Has low starch and calories. Produces largest tubers in tropical areas, but will produce equally tasty, smaller tubers in more temperate areas with a 4-5 month growing season.

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

The clove-scented flowers are edible, and can be added to salad, fish dishes, tea, marmalade and sorbet. Butterflies are attracted to them. In the south they may need a little shade.

A good gargle for mouth and throat sores. Indians made a wash for skin problems including skin cancer and venereal sores. (Red root) Used as a tea substitute during the American Revolution.

The taller (1m/40”) and the paler of the two, and may, in fact, be the more important commercially because much of what is sold as may actually be this species. Wagner of the University of Munich, the leading European research group working on echinacea,...

Sometimes used like clary sage. (Meadow sage) Large, very showy, bright blue flowers.

Fleshy roots, dug in autumn and boiled and roasted, taste like chestnuts. In the 16th and 17th centuries the candied roots, called “kissing comforts,” were considered aphrodisiac, and were given, with all due discretion, to older people suffering...

No blanching required. Curly, aromatic leaves are used to season soups and stews, or as a refreshing garnish. Something different from Europe.

Flower clusters can be steamed like broccoli or fried in egg batter with mozzarella cheese. Young leaves are mild spinach substitute: beneficial for those who must avoid the calcium-sequestering oxalic acid in spinach.

Cultivated varieties are much less potent medicinally. Especially useful for convalescents and children. Infusion of leaves and rootstock is effective for diarrhea, dysentery and problems of the urinary tract.

The bark is employed to treat fever, nausea, vomiting and skin diseases. The oil from the seeds is used to treat leprosy and skin diseases, and the leaves are used in poultices to treat wounds.

It was the origin of the French herbal lotion , one of the first treatments for gunshot wounds. Some studies have indicated it may promote clotting. Internally, the tea is thought to be useful for liver, kidney and bladder problems.

Found throughout India where its seeds are used to make a popular milkshake called . Also used in Unani medicine for the control of intestinal worms, acidity and coughs. (Subja; Barbari tulsi) A very nice basil with showy purple inflorescences emanating...

Young shoots are eaten like asparagus. Wild flower growing up to 1m/3ft high. Germination benefits from gibberellic acid treatment. Apt name as all parts exude a milky juice when cut.

‘Medinette' is slow to bolt, especially in hot conditions, and because of this trait it is often preferred over Genovese varieties where the summers are hot or in hot greenhouses.

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

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. (Cancerweed) Attractive purple-blue flowers and cleft, dandelion-like leaves.

Can reach as high as 150cm/60in. Oil extracted from the seeds of the green form is a commonly used laxative for temporary constipation and acute diarrhea. Large tropical-looking foliage.

Height 50cm/20”. Leaves somewhat smaller than Rubin basil and less prone to lean. Darkest of the purple basils.

Fragrant golden yellow flowers are delightful in potpourris and as cutflowers. Old English favourite for cottage gardens.

Used in Chinese medicine to expel wind dampness, damp heat, jaundice, for dry constipation, and as a tonic. It is undemanding, growing in ordinary garden soil. Although gentian blue is the colour most associated with these gentians, the flowers of Tibetan...

More than 100 tomatoes per plant. All America Selection winner in 2016. Dark red and oh so sweet and delicious! You will want to pop them in your mouth right from the garden. Outstanding currant tomato with loads of small berry-sized fruits about 1cm...

It was listed as an official drug in the US in the late 1860s when its effectiveness against poison ivy was recognized. Harvest plants while they are in full bloom and dry to use in tinctures and infusions, or use fresh in poultices.

Has double orange and maroon blossoms. Compact plants are ideal for interplanting. Preferred variety of marigold for insect control.

A great radish variety for fresh bunching and summer harvest. The bulb forms quickly and stays crisp and firm up until the 2" size without getting pithy. Its medium-sized tops have a strong attachment.

Its indeterminate plant sets heavy yields of 1" grape-shaped fruit that have a rich red color. The firm fruit has a pleasing texture and its sweetness generate repeat sales from your customers.