Properly dried and stored, the root powder will retain its potency for years. The ground-hugging plant develops fleshy roots that are eaten as a vegetable or are dried and ground to a powder for medicinal use.
Well known flavouring for beer. A pillow stuffed with hops flowers will overcome insomnia. Important medicinally for its calming effect. Seeds will yield a mixture of male and female plants.
Can be eaten without fear of indigestion, stomach pains or heartburn. Start early indoors, plant out with support. Long, slender fruit with an edible peel.
In Egypt, the oil expressed from the seeds is said to be an aphrodisiac. Seeds possess hallucinogenic alkaloids. Source of the famous dye “Turkish Red”, a characteristic colour of Persian carpets.
The Shoshoni Indians of Nevada used the leaves for coughs and colds. The black sagebrush is one of the most common shrubs of the United States. The low grey-green shrub is found from California to New Mexico north to Montana.
Use when green or ripened to scarlet. Small: 2cm/1” long, 1cm/0.5” across. Salsas, pickled, or roasted for sauces. Thick flesh; clean biting heat. Heat: 10,000-23,000 Scoville units.
(Thornapple; Devils Trumpet) Beautiful hallucinogenic plants from South America where they have a history of shamanic ritual use for divination, prophecy and sorcery. They are also used externally in the form of poultices or ointments for the treatment...
Botanical Name: Datura metel 'Double Golden Queen'
Sow seeds outdoors in shallow trenches in Spring, thinning seedlings to six to nine inches apart when they appear. Trouble-free, with few pests or diseases, it is an excellent choice for mixed borders in a well-drained location with sun or part shade.
15-50cm/6-20” Grows best in dry alkaline soil. (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.
Beautiful hallucinogenic plants from South America where they have a history of shamanic ritual use for divination, prophecy and sorcery. They are also used externally in the form of poultices or ointments for the treatment of aches, pains, arthritis,...
Shrub of Mediterranean climatic zones; naturalized in California. Fragrant flowers yield a yellow dye. Said to be 5-6 times more potent medicinally than Scotch broom.
Intermediate resistance to powdery mildew. Good for pies and soup. Indian Doll is a unique pumpkin variety that add interest to your fall or Halloween displays. Large, flat, blocky shaped fruit, with deep ribs, are produced on full vines and range in...
The smooth, cylindrical, uniform fruit are borne on upright, open plants that are easy to pick. Gold Rush makes a fine addition to fresh market vegetable displays. This is an All America Selections winner! This golden zucchini has an eye-catching golden...
Fruit have the strongest and darkest colored handle in this class. Moonshine's striking white color, slight ribbing, and smooth skin make it ideal for painting. These very uniform 8-12 lb.
(Miner's lettuce) During the California gold rush miners ate this wild green to avoid getting scurvy. We now know that the leaves are very rich in vitamin C. It is a cool season crop that does best in the early spring or in autumn, and can be sown successively...
Ancient Aztec food grain. 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. Can be milled into flour.
This very productive variety produces long heavy shanks that are very easy to clean. Plants offer excellent uniformity along with the benefit of Intermediate Resistance to White Tip of Leek, Rust and Thrips.
Bulbs are 2½-3” in diameter with a neck up to 12” long. A beautiful addition to autumn displays. A unique swan-shaped gourd of many colors with wings and warts.
Speckled Swan gourds are a great item for selling to craft stores, painting or dressing up and displaying at your roadside market. The bulbed base measures 6 to 8" in diameter and has a flat bottom for ease of display.
It produces a continuous set of large to extra-large, 3 - 4 lobed, anthocyaninless fruit on medium large plants that offer good foliage cover. PS09941819 has also shown good field tolerance to silvering on the fruit.
This is the larger red cherry type that you've been waiting for. Baby Cakes can be grown in either open field culture or on short stakes. Baby Cakes tomatoes are a beautiful large red cherry tomato variety that has eye-appeal and a fantastic eating quality.
Germination days: 6 - 14 days
Grow on temperature day: 60 - 65 degrees fahrenheit
Sweet Dawn is an early-maturing seedless that has shown consistent yield potential. Sweet Dawn offers a significant advantage for growers to get into the market earlier. Fruit have a classic Crimson Sweet rind pattern, deep red, firm flesh and have shown...
Naked Bear is a cute little pie pumpkin that is slightly flat in shape, measures 5-6" wide and produces naked seeds that do not need to be hulled to be eaten. Medium-size vines produce very good yields of 2-4 lb.
This full season white synergistic SE sweet corn grow late into the season. The sweet and tender kernels fill the ear well to the tip in 16-18 straight rows. Mattapoisett sweet corn seeds produce 8" long, cylindrical ears that taper to the tip.
Kratos offers growers a large handled pumpkin, with intermediate resistance to powdery mildew that matures 2 weeks earlier than most of our other large fruited varieties. Strong vines with a semi-vine growth habit produce 20-30 lb.
