Herb Seeds Seeds For Sale In Visalia

(Yellow sweet clover) Important forage crop. Salve or poultice is useful for swellings, boils, arthritis and rheumatism. Medicinally, it prevents blood clotting.

Coarse, broad leaved variety. Highly productive oil-yielding variety. Yields camphor-like oil used primarily in soaps.

In the 16th and 17th centuries the candied roots, called “kissing comforts,” were considered aphrodisiac, and were given, with all due discretion, to older people suffering from “loss of vital force” and shortness of breath.

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. (Orpine stonecrop) Fleshy leaves boiled in milk are used to stimulate the kidneys.

Excellent garden annual for tall borders. (Bishopsweed) Developed for the commercial cutflower market. When plants are in bloom it looks like the angels draped celestial white lace everywhere.

(Loofah) Known as the ‘dishcloth gourd' because the dried over-ripe fruits can be used to scrub dishes. Used in Chinese cuisine as a vegetable and in medicine for rheumatic pains.

Darkest of the purple basils. Height 50cm/20”. Leaves somewhat smaller than Rubin basil and less prone to lean.

All parts are bitter. Attractive British wildflower with masses of milky white or purplish flowers. Commonly used in homeopathy. Found mainly in the English and Scottish limestone areas.

Also, an ingredient of the ‘Swedish Bitters' popularized by European herbalist Maria Treben. Pharmaceutical source of aloe used as a purgative. Adapts well to home or greenhouse environment.

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.

Very similar to American elder in appearance and used in the same ways. (Common Elderberry) Source of fruit for elderberry wine, pie and jelly, possesses extraordinary powers as a virus and bacteria fighter.

Standard variety. Roots 20-25cm/8-10 long; flat leaves. Both leaves and its slender, parsnip-like root are used. Roots are excellent for flavouring soups, stews, or steamed to serve with butter or sauce.

Requires cold stratification for 1-2 months to break seed dormancy. Ht. 75cm/30”. Roots contain medicinal constituents similar to those found in . (Yellow coneflower) The only yellow-flowering echinacea.

(Money plant) Curiously, it symbolizes both honesty and money. Edible leaves can be added to salads. When dried its silver dollar-like seed pods make attractive winter decorations.

(Couve tronchuda; Portuguese kale)

Fenugreek Seeds Fenugreek - also sometimes called “fenigreek” - is a highly versatile herb variety that is prized for its culinary and medicinal attributes. Among Fenugreek's many ascribed medicinal attributes are helping to lower blood sugar and...

Similar in taste to certain types of cucumber, borage is a tasty culinary herb that is widely used in Europe and increasingly popular in the United States. Plant borage seeds in a sunny spot with well-drained soil.

Eaten fresh, or in jellies, preserves and pastes. Shrub or small tree. A sunny window suits this plant well. Bears sweet; juicy, highly flavoured fruits, in a fine balance between acid, sugar and pectin.

Sow direct in pots. (Chinese parsley) First true cilantro developed for potted plant production.

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

Good tolerance to phytophthora, tobacco mosaic virus, and bacterial wilt. A very hot and prolific, early maturing bird pepper developed in Vietnam for the commercial production of fresh and dried chillis.

Noted for soothing irritations and inflammations of the skin, throat, eyes, lungs and urinary organs. ERFURTER is rich in medicinal mucilage, up to 10%.

Requires full sun and well drained, sandy loam. (Chinese ephedra) In Chinese medicine this species is considered equivalent to and is used for the same purposes. Native of dry, rocky regions of Central Asia, Tibet, China and Mongolia.

The sugary confection has been made from the root of the Marshmallow plant since ancient times! Today, no s'more is complete without one, and we think no garden should be either! A lovely, ornamental plant in addition to its medicinal and culinary properties,...

Germination code: (1) Small seedlings such as thyme, savory and sweet marjoram may be successfully transplanted in small clumps. Fertile, well-drained soil provides the best results.

Also used to expel worms and for fevers. Ht. 1-1.8 m/3-6 ft. Effective laxative much in use by American herbalists. Usually taken in combination with with coriander to prevent cramps.