Herb Seeds Vegetable Seeds For Sale In Santa Clarita

Linen is the most famous product of flax, but other applications include linseed oil as a furniture varnish and ingredient in paint formulas, and things like waterproof oilcloth and linoleum, which were common household items until they were replaced...

The seed can be tricky to germinate, but once established the plant is tenacious. It was the origin of the French herbal lotion , one of the first treatments for gunshot wounds. Perfect for meadow or butterfly gardens, the whole plant is fragrant.

Attractive lacy foliage topped by clusters of small purple flowers. A tea made from the herb is recommended as part of the fresh vegetable juice diet devised to combat cancer by Rudolf Breuss.

(Buddha fruit; Lou han guo) This is known as the "longevity herb" in China where the tea made with the dried fruits is commonly consumed. Vines are typically grown on trellises so the smooth round fruits hang down for easy harvest.

(Yellow coneflower) The only yellow-flowering echinacea. Traditionally used like other echinaceas for its antiviral, anti-inflammatory and immune-boosting effects. Prairie native of the Missouri and Arkansas Ozark regions.

The leaves and flowers have a hot watercress flavour and are great in salads; and the young seed pods are hotter and can be pickled and used like capers. Easy from seeds; for gardens or in containers.

Elite variety for commericial production, rich in proazulene, a powerful anti-inflammatory agent. High yielding variety for medicinal use. The proazulene add a distinctive blue colour to the essential oil.

The mucilaginous seed coats lubricate and cleanse the intestines, acting as a mild laxative. Low growing annual with soft, grass-like hairy leaves. Popular prepared laxatives such as Metamucil are made from the seeds.

Attractive potplant; grows well in pots, but will not produce pine nuts unless grown where it can reach mature size. Hardy to zone 8. Native tree of southern Europe where it grows up to 20 m.

This is the flower of deceit, giving off its lovely perfume only in the evening. Masses of flowers in spring are a mix of purple, pink and white. When in flower, it is used as a gland stimulant and an aphrodisiac.

(Rose milkweed)

The leaves have a mild fruity aroma but they are not used in cooking or for scent. Excellent sage for the silver or grey garden. Prefers dry, sunny areas with excellent drainage. Beautiful sage from southern Europe with giant silver-gray woolly leaves.

They keep up to six months! Start seeds in March. (Horned melon) Quite unlike other cucumbers, this one has small orange spiny fruits, 8-13cm/3-5” long, possessing a subtle banana-lime flavour.

Fiery chile from Trinidad. Heat: 100,000-350,000 Scoville units. Thrives in hot sunny spots, a little on the dry side. Wrinkled lantern-shaped pods are used fresh or dried in salsas, chutneys, marinades.

Although the process is lengthy it is possible to extract molasses, and even sugar, at home from sugar beets grown in your garden. Cool weather crop; roots attain maximum sugar content in the fall.

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

An important commercial spice crop in India where the pungent, aromatic seeds are in great demand in curries, pickles, confectionery and beverages. Ht. 30-100 cm/1-3 ft. Grows like cumin or dill: start in peat or paper pots in April; do not disturb roots...

A very nice leaf celery with finely cut, dark green glossy leaves. More compact than other leaf celeries, reaching only 25-50cm (10-20") in height. Use it like parsley and surprise your guests with its rich celery flavour and aroma.

Outstanding currant tomato with loads of small berry-sized fruits about 1cm (0.5in) in diameter. All America Selection winner in 2016. Dark red and oh so sweet and delicious! You will want to pop them in your mouth right from the garden.

(Egyptian privet) The world's most popular dye plant for thousands of years. The white and pink flowers are very fragrant, and are used in the production of perfumes. Leaves from the mature plant are harvested in the summer, dried, crushed and ground...

It has smaller leaves, and stronger flavour and aroma than garden sage (S. Studies confirm that it is effective for blood sugar, lowering without affecting insulin levels. (Lavender sage) In Spain this is the only sage used in cooking.

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

Infusion of leaves makes a pleasant cordial tea. New research shows it is a good skin and wound remedy. Helps overcome stomach weakness. Has a faint thyme-like aroma.

Excellent stuffed or stir fried. Grows like cucumbers. For stir fried dishes, parboil for 3 minutes to reduce bitterness. (Foo gwa; Bitter gourd) Squash-like fruit with an agreeably bitter, tangy flavour and edible peel.

The small and thin fruits, about 5cm/2" long, can be picked green or red. 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...

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