Plants, Flowers, Trees Seeds For Sale In Canada

High yields and slow to bolt. 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.

Sown in early spring for harvest before hot weather or in mid-to-late summer for fall harvest. Popular Italian appetizer served with garlic and olive oil. 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.

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

The attractive red stems and branches, red-veined green leaves are ornamental as well as tasty! 60 days. 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...

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

(Bok choy) Popular standard ingredient in many Chinese dishes like chow mein and wonton soup. Try bite-sized slices stir fried with tofu, meat and seasonings. Grows 25cm/10” in 45 days.

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

Dark purplish-bronze foliage. 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.

It also has an antibacterial action. 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.

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.

Tolerates hot weather well. A red-podded variation on the yardlong or asparagus bean. Excellent for stir fries. Grow like pole beans or on a trellis and sow in June when the ground is warm.

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

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

A rare family heirloom from Georgia with white seeds and yellow flesh of excellent flavour. Some disease and drought tolerance. Some think this is the melon that used to be shipped years ago from Bermuda to some Southern states around Christmas 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. Height 60cm/24-30”. Freezes well, retaining the full, sweet flavour and colour.

Excellent pickled, in salads, gourmet borscht or grilled. 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.

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

Ripens to a fiery golden-orange. Standard variety.

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

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. They are gorgeous for fall decorations, and of course they are great for popping.

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

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

It makes delicious tortillas, sweet and nutty, as well as cornbread, corn chips and pancake mixes. Well adapted for the dryland farming of the American southwest, but also does surprisingly well in wetter eastern gardens.

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