Herb Seeds Seeds For Sale In Abilene

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

Good heat and drought tolerance. Impressive new series from Germany with abundant large flowers, 10-12cm/4-5 across. Excellent cutflower. White petals with dark eye.Attracts butterflies.

Here's to good health, naturally! Cayenne, Comfrey, Valerian and Calendula.

Can be grown for interest as a potplant in a bright window or greenhouse. This and other species of Gossypium are the sources of the eminently useful cotton fibre. The rootbark once gained notoriety as a powerful abortifacient, particularly in the southern...

Large double white trumpet-like flowers are fragrant at night. Beautiful hallucinogenic plants from South America where they have a history of shamanic ritual use for divination, prophecy and sorcery.

Rich source of vitamins A, B and C. Shrub or small tree. Bears sweet; juicy, highly flavoured fruits, in a fine balance between acid, sugar and pectin. Eaten fresh, or in jellies, preserves and pastes.

Amerindians once burned dried stems over skin to relieve neuralgia and rheumatism. (Round-headed bush clover) Lespedeza is native to central and eastern United States as well as Ontario and thrives in woodlands and prairies.

Good for stir-fries, stuffings, pickles, and raw in salads. Often called banana pepper, this is a milder version of the 'Hungarian Hot Wax' pepper (listed in the herb section). The shape, size, glossy skin and color are similar without the heat.

Traditional European panacea for many complaints including lack of appetite, sluggish digestion and stomach disturbances. Highly useful during convalescence.

Brilliant red tubular flowers. Prefers sandy or gravelly soil on a slope. Considered a ‘life medicine' by the Navajo people who have used it for menstrual pain, stomach ache, wounds, swellings and coughs.

120cm/4ft x 90cm/3ft. Repeat bloomer with purple-red single flowers. Easy to grow, tolerates part shade, and is very hardy. (Japanese rose; Saltspray rose) Hips are tomato-red and are large, up to an inch across.

Impressive in fresh floral arrangements! Casablanca is also a fine garden flower for tall borders. (Honeyplant) Commercial variety for the cutflower market. It is earlier to flower and more uniform than the standard form.

Flowering stalks, young leaves and buds are delicious steamed, boiled or fried with other vegetables, meat or on its own. Start indoors in April or sow direct after last frost. Broccoli-like vegetable from China.

Best sown outdoors in spring. Sweet ambrosial scent is legendary and more than makes up for the unimpressive yellowish flowers. As the story goes, Napoleon brought seeds back from Egypt for his wife Josephine and she so loved the plant that she called...

But in the future it is expected that the cosmetic industry will employ edelweiss to neutralize free radicals and prevent the formation of superoxides -- compounds associated with the signs of aging such as wrinkles.

Used by Amerindians as a purgative, emetic, and anti-inflammatory. Under study as a potential booster of the immune system. Showy American native with blue-violet flower spikes and majestic, upright growth habit.

Canada is a major producer of linseed. The Roman writer Pliny says of it “What department is there to be found of active life in which flax is not employed? Linseeds are edible, and can also be used in a poultice for rheumatism and infection.

Sow in a sunny spot, where it will get lots of moisture. Well known as a source for high quality yellow dye since ancient times; pigments used for oil paint as well as dyeing wool, cotton, and silk up until the Middle Ages.

Caper Seeds Commonly used for its buds and berries, which can be pickled and used as seasoning in a variety of dishes, tea made from the root of the Caper bush is known to be beneficial against rheumatism.

Grow Heirloom Herbs - Plant Valerian Seeds With its attractive fern-like foliage and sweetly scented pink summertime blooms, Valerian has been cultivated and used for generations for a variety of purposes.

Despite the popularity of hybrid lavender among French growers, this original Provencal lavender, with its deep blue shades and its more refined fragrance, is still commonly grown.

Not invasive like other thistles; a protected wildflower in Germany. (Carline thistle) Root is used as a liver, gall bladder and kidney tonic, and an ingredient in Swedish Bitters.

(Rubra) Red-stemmed variety. Edible and highly ornamental.

These seeds need a period of cold stratification for successful germination. Small seeds (thyme, savory, marjoram, oregano) can be gently pressed onto surface of the soil—don't cover or bury seed.

Enjoy in a spring salad, or cooked like spinach. Treat as a biennial -- sow one year, pick the next. This strain of the lowly dandelion boasts tender fleshy leaves, topping all other fruits and vegetables for iron content.