Herb Seeds Seeds For Sale In St Paul

Has been used for rheumatic pains, diarrhea and coughs. Pretty border perennial with pale blue flowers. As with ordinary flax, seeds contain linseed oil.

Powdered leaves and flowers used in Switzerland to flavour and colour Schabzieger or Sapsago cheese. Also to flavour bread, soups, potato dishes and to make an aromatic tea. Young seedlings as fresh greens with oil and salt.X6554

This corn can be roasted and then added to salads, and young ears can be roasted or boiled. A rare heirloom flint corn from Saskatchewan that goes back many generations. Also excellent as an autumn decoration and sells well at farmers markets.

An improved, more aromatic selection similar to ‘Citronella'.

The growth is uniform, dark green in colour, and the leaves are bigger than the original. Yields are heavy! Excellent for both home gardens and for the fresh-cut and processing markets.

To the Swiss, Austrians and Bavarians, the white-woolly flowers of the edelweiss are instantly emblematic of a simple, wholesome mountain lifestyle. But in the future it is expected that the cosmetic industry will employ edelweiss to neutralize free radicals...

Very easy to grow. (Saltwort; Land seaweed) One of the oldest vegetables of Japan, traditionally used in sushi and salads, and it is served as a bed for fish and meat. Serve with a little butter or oil for a wonderful treat.

Tender biennial or triennial. 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.

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. Brilliant red tubular flowers.

Suited for indoor pot culture. In the food industry it is used as a stabilizer, emulsifier and flavour fixative, and it is common in chewing gum and candy. Source of important resin.

Sow direct in spring or start early indoors and transplant out. (Egyptian spinach; Jew's mallow) Vegetable green popular throughout the Middle East, Africa and Asia. It has a slightly mucilaginous texture that may take some getting used to but millions...

Quick and easy crop. We now know that the leaves are very rich in vitamin C. (Miner's lettuce) During the California gold rush miners ate this wild green to avoid getting scurvy. The succulent heart-shaped leaves have a fresh water chestnut-like taste...

Native to India and cultivated extensively in southeast Asia as well, the seeds are similar to caraway. Leaves of the plant are used as a substitute for celery or parsley. Thought to have a carminative and anti-spasmodic effect, ajmud is traditionally...

The hard seeds need to be scarified in order to germinate. The roots were used for many conditions including diarrhea, stomach ache, toothache, coughs, sore throat, fever, and the flu.

Spicy caraway seeds add European character to all cabbage dishes, including coleslaw and especially sauerkraut. Produces seeds the second year. Fresh leaves, used as a garnish, add flavour to vegetables.

Tall (up to 2 metres) erect habit; rarely flowers in temperate zones. In South America, dried leaves are used to flavour soups, meats and vegetables. (Huacatay) ‘Weedkiller' plant.

The fresh leaves add a delicious bitterness to salads, sandwiches, pizza, and pasta. (Wild arugula) A beautiful wild arugula with deeply lobed leaves and purple-red veins.

Slow to germinate. In warm areas where French tarragon will not grow, this is an excellent substitute. (Mexican tarragon; Mexican marigold) Sweet-smelling leaves and flowers with a flavour similar to tarragon.

The shape, size, glossy skin and color are similar without the heat. Often called banana pepper, this is a milder version of the 'Hungarian Hot Wax' pepper (listed in the herb section).

Melons keep for 1-2 months. Egg-shaped squash with flesh that really does look like spaghetti. Delicious served hot with spaghetti sauce, cheese or butter, or chilled in salads.

Important beeplant in Australia. Leaves are delightfully honey-scented.

Valuable for all chest complaints, including pleurisy. (Butterfly weed) Bright orange-red flowers are worthy of attention as an ornamental. Roots act specifically on the lungs as an expectorant and anti-inflammatory.

Charmingly informal white flowers decorate the dropwort from late spring to mid-summer. A relative of meadowsweet, it is more tolerant of dry conditions than other members of its family, preferring a well-drained site in full sun.

Our favourite because it is slow to bolt in summer. Butterhead type with loosely folded, succulent, dark green leaves.

Typical germination rates are 30-40%. 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.

Amerindian herb, used as a general tonic, emetic, diuretic, and for coughs, asthma and gonorrhea.

Aphids, spider mites, thrips, stink bugs, Japanese beetles. May be slow and erratic to germinate. Keep plants covered with row cover, spray with neem oil or pyrethrin. Plant well after frost when weather has stabilized.