Herb Seeds Seeds For Sale In Kent

Young shoots are eaten like asparagus. Wild flower growing up to 1m/3ft high. Silk-like down of seeds is used to stuff pillows. Apt name as all parts exude a milky juice when cut. Used for asthma, painful cough and scrofula.

Anise-Hyssop, Lemon Balm, Chamomile, Menthol Mint and Bergamot. Soothing tisanes to collect the spirit.

Traditional Maori remedy for kidney and bladder complaints, and to combat the miseries of the common cold. Attractive New Zealand shrub called the Tea Plant by Captain Cook because of the agreeably bitter tea his men made from the leaves.

(Cleavers) Fresh juice or infusion is applied to skin diseases and eruptions with good success. Roots produce a red dye. Said to remove freckles.

A soothing herb for irritations of the skin and mouth. Nice when paired with bergamots and coneflowers, its pastel blooms bring the colours of an Impressionist painting to the mixed border.

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

New and improved. Now more uniform. Ideal for pot culture. Dwarf, bush form. Standard bush variety.

The juice mixed with vegetable oil has been used to heal burns. A neat fleshy plant for dry areas and rock gardens; bluish-green leaves and showy crimson flowers. Also used for diarrhea, piles, hemorrhages, and has a reputation as an anti-cancer herb.

Can be direct sown outside. A perfect border plant for the garden, it does best in part shade. Berries are very sweet, with a faint pineapple tang, excellent for eating fresh out of hand, or for use in jams.

(Papaloquelite) Fabulous herb from Mexico. If you are a cilantro aficionado, this is a must! Grows up to 2m (8ft) high, but can be harvested at a much smaller stage when the flavour is milder.

Served on sashimi (sliced raw fish), tempura, and sushi. This herb has lots of potential for experimentation! Peppery flavour is hot, but does not linger. (Azabu-tade; Cultivated smartweed) Popular Japanese herb used for sushi.

Roots contain medicinal constituents similar to those found in . Flowers are 7cm/3” across with a chocolate brown centre. Traditionally used like other echinaceas for its antiviral, anti-inflammatory and immune-boosting effects.

Excellent for pots and for borders. More uniform than other varieties. Superb dwarf basil with large leaves.

In China and India the plant is commonly used to treat a wide range of infections such as gastrointestinal complaints, hepatitis, herpes, and throat infections. In short this is one amazing medicinal herb! Easy to grow annual and easy to use.

The rootbark once gained notoriety as a powerful abortifacient, particularly in the southern United States. This and other species of Gossypium are the sources of the eminently useful cotton fibre.

Chamaecyparissus, it is particularly effective in knot gardens when clipped as low hedges. Likes to be pruned; perfect plant to shape into your own masterpiece! Aromatic sprigs are placed among clothing to repel moths.

Contains 0.3% parthenolide. Long stems, suitable for cutflowers. Dense double white pompon type.

Strong pungent fragrance. Common in the dry plains and slopes of the American West. Likely because of its antiseptic properties, it was used by Native Americans like other sagebrushes to treat colds, diarrhea and sore eyes.

Will flower the first season if started early. Ht. 25cm (10in). The branching habit is very tight, close to the base and produces a rich flush of attractive flower spikes. Compact and uniform variety with deep purple-blue flowers.

Very easy to grow. Fast grower; successive sowings every two weeks will ensure continuous supply. Leaves are cooked like spinach or in soup, or raw in salads. (Garland chrysanthemum; Chopsuey green) Popular Oriental green with an unusual strong flavour.

Recommended for excessive menstruation. Infusion is excellent for stopping internal and external hemorrhages.

Papery daisy-like blossoms, over 100 to a plant, in shades of pink, rose, red, purple and white.

Has been included in remedies for cancer. (Creosote bush) Effective antibiotic against bacteria, viruses and other parasites.

It prefers a loamy, well-drained soil, and sun or part shade. A favourite of cottage gardeners for its charming, unfussy contribution to the billowing colours of the mixed border, yellow foxglove is a biennial, perennial in some zones, blooming the second...

(Balmony; Bitter herb) Used for poor appetite, indigestion, general debility, constipation, piles, worms. White-pink flowers resemble turtle heads. Good tonic during convalescence.

The effects of this plant are well described by Castaneda in . Long history of use as a hallucinogen by the Mexican Indians.