Plant With Winter Interest Seeds For Sale In International

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

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

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. Sow direct in the garden in spring.

The variety is described as rugged and a heavy producer perhaps befitting of its Amish heritage. Like the red deer tongue variety, this is a very nice leaf lettuce with tongue-shaped leaves.

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. Essential fresh cut accompaniment to many Vietnamese dishes, including pho, a famous beef or chicken noodle soup. Similar to anise basil, but the flavour and fragrance is distinctively less...

Stalks are pure white, crisp and very tender. (Bok choy) Popular standard ingredient in many Chinese dishes like chow mein and wonton soup. Grows 25cm/10” in 45 days. 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. Former All-American award winner, famous for its pure dark purple foliage, but in recent years it has become about 25% green.

Chinese herbalists say this herb expels ‘wind' and promotes ‘eruption.' Helps to lower temperature and promote sweating. It also has an antibacterial action. (Jing jie) Chinese herb used to treat the common cold and its symptoms, chills, sore throat,...

Leaves are delicious when young in salads, and larger leaves can be steamed, stir fried, or sauted. With a prominent display of bright crimson stalks and dark green crinkly leaves veined in red, this swiss chard is highly ornamental.

Excellent for stir fries. The long beans are like young string beans without the annoying string. The sweet and mild flavour is reminiscent of asparagus, mushrooms, and beans. Tolerates hot weather well.

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.

Some think this is the melon that used to be shipped years ago from Bermuda to some Southern states around Christmas time. The fruits are 45-60cm/18-24 in. Long, and can get up to over 10kg.

Sets double pods, very productive vines over a long period of time. 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.

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

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

Standard variety. Ripens to a fiery golden-orange.

They are most tender when just 5-8cm (2-3") across. (Sunburst squash) Distinctive small disk-like squash with scalloped edges, like a toy top or a flying saucer. They also make a most decorative container at the dinner table for other foods when scooped...

They are gorgeous for fall decorations, and of course they are great for popping. The stalks get only 120-150cm/4-5ft tall, so the plants blend in well with ornamental grasses or at the back of the garden.

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

And it may be resistant to downy mildew according to one report. For flavour and for colour. A stunning basil with large burgundy flower bracts. It tolerates heavy cutting well so multiple cuttings are possible.

It makes delicious tortillas, sweet and nutty, as well as cornbread, corn chips and pancake mixes. Traditional crop of the Hopi Indians of Arizona, not only for food, but also for its spiritual and ritual significance.

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