Organic Seeds Seeds Plants For Sale In Nova Scotia

For flavour and for colour. A stunning basil with large burgundy flower bracts. With its colour, strong fragrance, and long deep purple stems, this also makes an excellent cutflower.

Said to increase bodily resistance to infection by strengthening the immune system. (Coneflower) Highly regarded blood purifier used in the treatment of diseases caused by impurities.

The fruits get up to 4kg/10lb in size and store well, keeping their flavour through the winter. The skin is blue-green and shiny, and the flesh is deep orange, succulent and sweet.

Rich in vitamin A, this early maturing, brilliant orange colour, coreless crispy variety is of exceptional sweet flavour! Great for juicing, freezing or fresh use.

Heirloom variety from the 1800s. Fruit is small-22cm/9” diameter and weighing 2-3kg/5-6 lbs with deep orange, thick hard skin. This is the standard pie pumpkin, also used for soups, grilling and mini- jack o lanterns.

Compared to lettuce, a plant like this with abundant leaves for the taking makes a lot more sense for gardens. The seeds too are edible; when green and immature they have a nice nutty taste and can be cooked or eaten raw though they are a bit of a chore...

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

Has become popular wherever regular chives are used. Irresistable combination of garlic and chives. Showy white flowers. Flat leaved variety from Japan.

Resistant to downy mildew. Roots are globular, 6-8cm/2.5-3" across with smooth skin. Low in geosmin, the substance that gives other beetroot varieties an unpleasant earthy taste. Prolific variety with blood red roots and red-tinged green tops.

Standard variety. Ripens to a fiery golden-orange.

Kit includes seed pods for cilantro, arugula, scallion, White Icicle radish, Purple Plum radish, Valentine's Day radish. This weed-blocking fabric Seedsheet is embedded with seed-filled pods that dissolve upon contact with water, "planting" the seeds...

(Mexican chia; Chia sage; Spanish sage)

Height 60-90cm/2-3ft. Creamy white, pale rose flowers appear July-Sept. Seeds germinate in as few as 2 weeks, but commonly take longer. In Chinese herbal medicine it removes "damp heat." It thrives along water edges or in shallow water up to 25cm/10"...

If you like heat and flavour... This is a good one! Mushroom shaped, thin walled, green to bright yellow, fiery hot taste similar to Habanero types. Heat: 100,000-300,000 Scoville units.

Used as cut and come greens or left to head up for a single serving. Attractive heavily-frilled, medium green leaves tipped with a strong, warm red make this mild flavoured, heat tolerant lettuce a great garnish or addition to salads.

Leaves can be used fresh or added to pasta dishes. Grows to 30-38cm/12-15in in any good well-drained soil in full sun. Extremely cold hardy and a very quick and easy crop. Described as spicy and pungent, this has become very popular in Europe, particularly...

Globe shaped root of deep scarlet and pure-white tips. Holds its crisp, mild flavour long after maturing, never becoming hollow at the heart. Lovely for salads, garnish and appetizers.

Good tolerance to both warm and cool weather. Sow direct in spring like leaf lettuce. The dark green leaves with attractive red midribs are picked young, when less than 25cm/10in high.

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

(Breadseed poppy) Source of opium and the narcotic alkaloids, morphine and codeine, used to control pain, coughs and diarrhea. The plant is far more important for its culinary uses.

The leaves are also speckled. The bright red flesh is very sweet. An heirloom variety with large 40-pound dark-green oval fruits speckled with bright-yellow star and moon-shaped splashes.

Heat tolerant, heavy heads. Great for use in sandwiches, salads, garnish or wraps. Romaine lettuce that forms long, deep green, upright leaves with that delicious juicy crunch, creamy white midriffs that are sweet and crisp.

Approximately 2.25 TBS. Of seed per ounce. Clover sprouts contain the most significant dietary sources of isoflavons of any sprout variety. Clover sprouts are very similar to alfalfa sprouts and are sweeter when they are yellow.

Keeps its buttery sweetness well even in the heat of summer and is more bolt-resistant than other butterhead varieties. A long time favourite of gardeners with crisp, dark green, reddish-tinged leaves and a yellowish-white heart.

It has been shown to have powerful anticancer properties with great promise. (Ban zhi lian; Barbat scullcap) An important restorative remedy for the nervous system used in Chinese medicine to treat anxiety, depression, migraines and insomnia.

Heirloom Italian variety producing small, deep blue-green central heads with numerous side shoots throughout the season. Very tender and mild tasting, good raw in salads and with dips, or lightly steamed, drizzled with herb butter.