Herb Seeds Seeds For Sale In Lexington Fayette

Best sown in late summer to yield fresh seed the next season. Anti-flatulent. Produces seeds the second year. Has highest oil content. COMMON biennial strain. Fresh leaves, used as a garnish, add flavour to vegetables.

Most popular everlasting; long cherished for wide colour range: crimson, salmon, rose, brown, yellow, and white.

Tolerates summer heat well and is bolt-resistant. (Chinese parsley) High yielding commercial variety with attractive glossy green leaves, uniform growth habit, and consistent quality.

Bears edible fruits (pears) having pleasant, sweet, somewhat acid taste. Interesting cactus, winter hardy in Ontario. May be eaten raw or dried, first discarding thick skins and seeds.

Ht. 40-45cm/16-18”. The effect is striking, as if masses of butterflies have gathered in the garden. Impressive French stoechas lavender with elongated wing-like magenta petals extending from dark bracts on slender stalks.

Its legendary healing powers are summed up in the Arab proverb, “In the black seed is the medicine for every disease except death.” Seeds can be ground and used with near abandon like black pepper.

Fresh chopped leaves are appealing in soups, stews, sauces and salads. Cultivated since 1500 BC in Greece and the Middle East for its distinctive sweet licorice flavour, anise is an annual that requires a long hot summer to bring the seeds to maturity.

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

Cooked like regular spinach. In fact, the more they are picked, the more they produce. Unlike ordinary spinach, its spreading branches produce succulent leaves and stemtips of very fine flavour throughout the season, long after all other varieties finish.

Blue-violet flowers appear all winter. Soft, lacy, deeply-cut blue-green foliage.

The bark, stem and leaves contain camptothecin, an alkaloid effective against leukemia, colon cancer and other tumours, and it blocks the replication of the HIV virus that causes AIDS.

Because it is hardy (unlike indigo) woad is still grown for natural dyeing. Contains the same dyestuff as indigo, though in lower concentration. For ages the main source of blue dye in Europe, until the introduction of indigo in the 17th century.

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.

Tall growing vine, ideal for covering antenna towers. Important medicinally for its calming effect. A pillow stuffed with hops flowers will overcome insomnia. Well known flavouring for beer.

Used medicinally for sore throat, bronchitis and cough. An important commercial spice crop in India where the pungent, aromatic seeds are in great demand in curries, pickles, confectionery and beverages.

California Indians so cherished the tea for general use that it was always available. Indigeneous folk remedy for colds and headache, and for urinary and venereal diseases. (Mormon tea; Desert tea; Joint-fir) Reported to contain some ephedrine and pseudoephedrine,...

Will flower the first season if started early. 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.

Seed extracts were shown to inhibit both forms of the cyclooxygenase (COX) enzyme involved in inflammation. The ornate blue-dappled white flowers resemble famous Dutch pottery made in and around the town of Delft since the 16th century.

Yellow, droopy daisy-like flowers in summer. Also used as a treatment for poison ivy. Native wildflower used by the Navajo and Cheyenne Indians as an analgesic for chest pains, wounds and fevers.

Leaves used by Hopi Indians to flavour wild game. Young foliage is strongly lemon-scented and excellent in tea. Attractive native of the American southwest with pink-purple flowers.

Cooling tea made from leaves is useful for fevers, dysentery and morning sickness. Tart fruits are commonly used in Indian curries, sauces, chutneys and beverages, and in Indian medicine for their carminative and laxative properties.

The Ewe name means "ghost eggplant", a potent reminder of the power of this herb, when misused, to turn people into zombie slaves. It is used to treat swollen limbs and swollen areas on the head.

Larger seeds need to be covered with soil at least as thick as the seed itself. Harvest at peak maturity, hang small bunches from ceiling in a dry, warm (80-90°F), dark location with good ventilation for 1-2 weeks.

Also important in cosmetics and perfumery. Source of lemongrass oil used to flavour teas, ice cream, candy, pastries, desserts, chewing gum - among its many uses. Easy to grow and will produce a good crop of leaves to make tea and to add to potpourris.

In Germany, women who are stopping oral contraception, use chastetree to help reestablish normal menstruation and ovulation. But be forewarned: some suggest the aromatic seeds have exactly the opposite effect! Whatever the effect on the libido, it is...

Very easy to grow. Like the green variety, the leaves are best used when young when they are sweet and slightly tangy. They are popular in soups, salads, and in meat and fish dishes.

For windowsill, patio and even herb garden planting, lay the disk on the surface of the moistened planting medium and cover lightly. We've selected a collection of our favorite herb varieties and put them into handy, easy to plant, biodegradable disks.