Herbaceous Plant Seeds For Sale In Canada

Large, dark green glossy leaves on thick sturdy stems. This is a nice compact Genovese basil well suited for pot production and for fresh cut use in the field. High yields and slow to bolt.

Popular Italian appetizer served with garlic and olive oil. Flowering stems and leaves have pleasant bitter flavour when cooked, steamed or sauteed. Sown in early spring for harvest before hot weather or in mid-to-late summer for fall harvest.

The “deer tongue” idea refers to the pointed shape of the leaves and not, we hope, to some special fondness deer may have for this unusual variety of leaf lettuce. Still you'll need to guard it from marauders, deer or human, because the rich, nutty...

Like the red deer tongue variety, this is a very nice leaf lettuce with tongue-shaped leaves. The flavour is pleasantly sharp and nutty and the texture is quite good for fresh salad use.

Deep-red “baby” pods make very attractive menu additions and older pods remain tender even at 20cm/8” length, and retain their red colour when cooked. The attractive red stems and branches, red-veined green leaves are ornamental as well as tasty!...

This is the true strain used in Vietnamese and Thai cooking. Similar to anise basil, but the flavour and fragrance is distinctively less licorice-like. Essential fresh cut accompaniment to many Vietnamese dishes, including pho, a famous beef or chicken...

(Bok choy) Popular standard ingredient in many Chinese dishes like chow mein and wonton soup. Leaves are thick and glossy with a hint of mustard flavour. Try bite-sized slices stir fried with tofu, meat and seasonings.

Open headed romaine with gorgeous pomegranate-red leaves. Highly resistant to common fungal diseases.

Excellent for seasoning, and for basil vinegar which turns a beautiful red colour. Dark purplish-bronze foliage. Former All-American award winner, famous for its pure dark purple foliage, but in recent years it has become about 25% green.

Helps to lower temperature and promote sweating. (Jing jie) Chinese herb used to treat the common cold and its symptoms, chills, sore throat, and headaches. It also has an antibacterial action.

With a prominent display of bright crimson stalks and dark green crinkly leaves veined in red, this swiss chard is highly ornamental. Impressive in borders, cottage gardens, containers, and in vegetable gardens.

A red-podded variation on the yardlong or asparagus bean. The deep magenta colour persists with cooking. Grow like pole beans or on a trellis and sow in June when the ground is warm.

With deep salmon coloured flesh that is thick, firm with a sweet, intense flavour Good for short season gardeners. Produces firm, round fruit weighing 1-2kg/3-4 lbs.

Regular onion chives. Besides using the leaves, try the pretty purple flowers, separated into florets, in salads for colour and flavour.

The fruits are 45-60cm/18-24 in. Some think this is the melon that used to be shipped years ago from Bermuda to some Southern states around Christmas time. A rare family heirloom from Georgia with white seeds and yellow flesh of excellent flavour.

Light green, smooth edible pods 10cm/4” long by 2cm/3/4”diameter with a mild flavour good for eating raw, in stir fries or steamed. Freezes well, retaining the full, sweet flavour and colour.

Tops are used as cooked greens. Attractive, bright golden-orange roots, are best eaten when small, but retain their sweet flavour and do not become fibrous when larger. Excellent pickled, in salads, gourmet borscht or grilled.

Sharp-flavoured curly leaves are excellent in salads and sandwiches or cooked. Harvest when young and tender. Repeat sowings for a continuous crop.

Standard variety. Ripens to a fiery golden-orange.

(Sunburst squash) Distinctive small disk-like squash with scalloped edges, like a toy top or a flying saucer. They can be steamed whole, or hollowed out, stuffed and baked, or they can be sliced and sauteed in butter until golden brown.

They are gorgeous for fall decorations, and of course they are great for popping. (Strawberry popcorn) This little mahogany-red corn is so cute! Just 5-7cm/2-3" long, the ears actually look like strawberries.

Leaves are medium large to large with dark green colour. Fast growing Genovese type suited for year round pot production. Uniform, erect habit.

A stunning basil with large burgundy flower bracts. With its colour, strong fragrance, and long deep purple stems, this also makes an excellent cutflower. It tolerates heavy cutting well so multiple cuttings are possible.

Traditional crop of the Hopi Indians of Arizona, not only for food, but also for its spiritual and ritual significance. It has 20% more protein than white or yellow corn and has a lower glycemic index.

Standard curled variety. Bright green, deeply cut and finely divided leaves.