Herb Seeds Vegetable Seeds For Sale In Shreveport

Flavour and odour is pungent, not sweet like the true root-propagated strains. Useful for tea, for medicinal purposes. Variety commonly sold as peppermint or spearmint.

Prefers dry, well-drained sandy loam. Native of dry grasslands of Central Asia, Tibet, China and Mongolia. (Chinese ephedra) Properties and uses are similar to those of but contains the additional anti-inflammatory compound, ephedroxane.

Often touted as an aid for diabetes, obesity, heat stroke, cough and sore throat. The fruits contain mogrosides, intensely sweet compounds that are as many as 300 times as sweet as sugar.

Excellent for potplant production, reaching only 30-35cm (12-14”) high. ‘Medinette' is slow to bolt, especially in hot conditions, and because of this trait it is often preferred over Genovese varieties where the summers are hot or in hot greenhouses.

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

Traditional European panacea for many complaints including lack of appetite, sluggish digestion and stomach disturbances. Highly useful during convalescence.

Used in folk medicine to treat disorders of the prostate. The plant is being tested as a substitute for purple foxglove in the treatment of heart disorders. Should not be used without medical supervision.

Purple, pink and white, clover-like flowers. Neat bush habit.

Good summer green performing best in hot weather. Tender green leaves. Succulent leaves are popular in France for salads, cooked greens or in soups. Much improved over its wild relative.

It gets quite tall, up to 2m/6ft high, but then it produces long green tassels that swoop down for a striking tropical effect in the garden. The young leaves can be cooked like spinach.

A refreshing lemonade drink can be made from the fruits by soaking them in water for 10-30 minutes. The leaves, roots and fruits are astringent and can be used for colds, stomachache, diarrhea, dysentery, and as a gargle for sore throat.

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

Sowing successively every ten days will produce a regular supply of tasty salad greens. Sow in early spring or late summer. Mesclun is commonly defined as a mixture of salad greens.

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

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

Berries are very sweet, with a faint pineapple tang, excellent for eating fresh out of hand, or for use in jams. A perfect border plant for the garden, it does best in part shade. This variety is heavy cropping, bearing white fruit all season long on...

Native to India and cultivated extensively in southeast Asia as well, the seeds are similar to caraway. Thought to have a carminative and anti-spasmodic effect, ajmud is traditionally used against intestinal upset, asthma and bronchitis.

Tasty fresh, canned or frozen. Inferno corn prefers deep, well-drained, fertile soil and consistent moisture. Between plants and 36 in. When planting, isolate from super-sweet (sh2) and normal or high-sugar (su) hybrids.

Showy Australian native with flowers of pure white like the beaches of Australia's Gold Coast. Usually grown as an annual.

Ideal for walls, trellises or tall fences. Used by the Aztecs as a hallucinogen in religious ceremonies. Lovely fast growing vine with dark sky-blue flowers.

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

Used by Amerindians as a purgative, emetic, and anti-inflammatory. Under study as a potential booster of the immune system. Showy American native with blue-violet flower spikes and majestic, upright growth habit.

The flowers are unusually long lasting, and if flowers are dead-headed, the flowers will just keep coming right up until frost. Ht. 20-30cm/8-12in. (Pot marigold) Compact variety with bicolored flowers ranging from pale creamy orange to deep gold.

Major improvement on the standard variety. Spicy anise-licorice aroma and flavour; excellent served fresh in such dishes as Thai green curries and Vietnamese noodle soups. All-American winner for 1997.

Handsome dark green leaves; fine specimen plant for sunny window or greenhouse. Germination is slow and sporadic. Source of commercial chocolate substitute used in making health food candy bars.

(Rose milkweed)