Herb Seeds Vegetable Seeds For Sale In West Covina

Needs long growing season; sow early in peat pots. Do not disturb roots when transplanting. Important in commercial baking as roasted seeds add nutty flavour to breads and buns. Cultivated in India and China since remote times for the oil used in cooking,...

Dwarf variety 75cm/30”. The famous dessert melon of the tropics. Both the fruits and leaves are high in papain, an enzyme that aids digestion and is used in meat tenderizer.

Easy to grow in containers. The English explorer Captain Cook brewed a spicy and refreshing tea from the leaves. Australian aborigines have long used the crushed leaves for skin infections.

Can cause dermatitis or stomach upset in some sensitive people. A woody climbing vine native to the eastern and central United States. Sometimes used to make ointments for sores, skin ulcers and itchy skin.

A good gargle for mouth and throat sores. (Red root) Used as a tea substitute during the American Revolution. Indians made a wash for skin problems including skin cancer and venereal sores.

Its slightly thinner and lighter leaves cure well, producing a high quality tobacco with a light flavour. (Flue-cured Tobacco; Bright Tobacco) Commercial variety grown in Ontario, developed by crossing Delgold, the longtime industry standard, with an...

Ht. 40cm/15”. (Baikal scullcap; Huang qin) One of Chinese medicine's most important herbs is now all dressed up for the flower garden! English breeders managed to coax the hardy perennial to throw up bigger purple-blue flowers and more of them.

Sweet tiny tomatoes. Heirloom native from Brazil. Not commercially cultivated.

Spectacular towering spikes of creamy white flowers. Roots contain 2% saponin, a soapy substance valuable in shampoos; leaves a fine sheen to hair. Easy to use: chopped roots are soaked in water and stirred to a lather.

Can be invasive. Fresh leaves used as a poultice for inflammations, ulcers, abscesses. A decoction is used to treat constipation. Fresh leaves are eaten as a delicacy in salads or cooked like spinach.

In a recent clinical trial Parkinson's sufferers treated with crushed seeds regained some mobility with fewer side effects than conventional drugs. Twining annual found throughout India.

It is currently being considered as a treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome, in combination with other herbs, for its purported immune stimulating properties. It was much more successful as a medicinal, entering the US Pharmacopoeia (1831-42).

The small and thin fruits, about 5cm/2" long, can be picked green or red. A very hot and prolific, early maturing bird pepper developed in Vietnam for the commercial production of fresh and dried chillis.

Thrives in dry open areas. Ideal for diarrhea and as a soothing application to burns. Rhizomes are rich in tannin. Sulphur yellow flowers.

Double and semi-double flowers in a wide colour range. A medicinal herb in China where it is used to clear obstructions in the throat. (Tou gu) Familiar garden annual. Flowers mixed with alum are used to paint fingernails.

(Licorice basil) Originally from Persia, this gem has an endearing sweet anise fragrance and flavour. Purplish foliage.

The chemical p-methoxybenzyl isothiocyanate in maca is thought to be responsible for its aphrodisiac quality, however clinical tests have not yet identified the exact mechanism by which it produces this effect.

Germination benefits from gibberellic acid treatment. Root and rhizome are anodyne (pain killing). Silk-like down of seeds is used to stuff pillows. Young shoots are eaten like asparagus.

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

Best variety for commercial potplant sales. A most attractive form of bush basil with larger leaves (1 cm) and uniform dense globular little bushes. Plants tend to be a little stronger and more uniform than other bush varieties.

The compound responsible for the sweetness is glycyrrhizin, a substance 50 times as sweet as sugar. The hard seeds need to be scarified in order to germinate. (American licorice) The sweet-tasting roots of wild licorice were once important medicine to...

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

Repeat sowings till mid-August for continuous supply. Pleasant alternative to lettuce or endive, possessing its own special piquant flavour. (Mache; Feldsalat) Frequently found in summer salads in France and Germany.

Excellent beeplant. Although it is somewhat bothered by insects and disease, it is tough and will come back over and over. Dragonhead is an easy plant and can be direct-sown into the garden when the soil warms up in the spring.

Flowers and stems are used to produce greenish-yellow and olive dyes. Infusion of the dried tops is recommended for dropsy as well as bladder and kidney diseases. Restores normal rhythm to feeble, irregular heartbeat but large doses cause respiratory...

Bodybuilders use tribulus as a natural alternative to chemical anabolic steroids. Important diuretic herb in Ayurvedic and Chinese medicine for urinary problems, kidney and lower back pains and as an aphrodisiac.

Produces masses of rosy pink flowers on mounds of aromatic grey green foliage. Ht. 60cm/24”.