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Lovely variety with large purple wing-like bracts resting upon a sea of dark purple flowerheads. Ht. 35-40cm/14-16. Stunning in flower beds! Flowers the first season if started early (Jan-Feb).

Although the process is lengthy it is possible to extract molasses, and even sugar, at home from sugar beets grown in your garden. Cool weather crop; roots attain maximum sugar content in the fall.

Flowers reach 30cm/12in. The whole plant has potent but underappreciated astringent, expectorant and diuretic properties. Used for all respiratory problems including asthma, bronchitis, excess mucus, and cough.

Leaves picked before the flowers appear are nutritious salad greens. This is the flower of deceit, giving off its lovely perfume only in the evening. When in flower, it is used as a gland stimulant and an aphrodisiac.

Herbs with edible flowers to add to salads, omelettes, desserts, and drinks. Borage, Calendula, Heartsease, Nasturtium, Citrus Marigold. They can even be candied. Feast for the eyes -- pleasing to the palate.

Tomatillos will keep well through the winter if stored loose in a cool place. A fixture in Mexican salsa verde, the mildly hot green sauce served with tacos and chile rellenos. Start indoors 4-6 weeks before the last frost date for an early start.

Flowers look like white umbrellas mounted on strong, straight stems. (Honeyplant) Commercial variety for the cutflower market. Ht. 100-125cm (40-50in). It is earlier to flower and more uniform than the standard form.

Native of dry grasslands of Central Asia, Tibet, China and Mongolia. (Chinese ephedra) Properties and uses are similar to those of but contains the additional anti-inflammatory compound, ephedroxane.

Animal studies suggest it strengthens endurance. Chinese medicinal herb noted for strengthening the spleen and building energy. Purple flowers; grows up to 60cm/2 ft high. Rhizomes are used to treat diarrhea, fatigue, lack of appetite and vomiting related...

Important beeplant in Australia. Leaves are delightfully honey-scented.

(Fennel flower; Russian caraway; Black caraway) Commonly featured in Indian dhals and equally at home in Russian rye bread! Aromatic black seeds resemble fennel in aroma and taste something like peppery nutmeg.

Ma huang is a powerful stimulant herb containing the alkaloid ephedrine, the main inspiration for today's popular over-the-counter antihistamine drugs. However, when used in its native, non-purified form, the dried herb is much safer and very popular...

Oil extracted from seeds is a commonly used laxative for temporary constipation and acute diarrhea. Caution: although the oil is safe, raw seeds are poisonous. Large tropical-looking foliage.

Besides its nematodicidal and insecticidal properies, it destroys noxious weeds, including ground elder, bindweed, couch grass and ground ivy. In South America, dried leaves are used to flavour soups, meats and vegetables.

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

Click for instructions for growing tobacco in home gardens. It is an annual growing to 1.5 meters (5 ft.) tall, flowering from July to September. It is frost tender, but will produce a crop in areas where the summers are warm and frost-free.

The European species is officially recognized in the German Pharmacopoeia for the treatment of kidney and bladder disorders and for its excellent diuretic and antiphlogistic activities.

Deep taproot discourages relocation. Well known as a source for high quality yellow dye since ancient times; pigments used for oil paint as well as dyeing wool, cotton, and silk up until the Middle Ages.

Dusty miller is planted for its elegant lacy silver foliage, often used to create contrast and pattern in formal knot gardens and container plantings. Dusty miller not only makes all the other plants in your garden look better, it is a boon to those facing...

New research shows that it relieves the symptoms of hay fever and other seasonal allergies without the drowsiness that antihistamine drugs cause. Prefers wet locations. Purple-rose flowers in spring.

Up to 0.5% hypericin; yields 2.5 tonnes/ha (1 ton/acre). Improved strain for commercial production.

Significant improvement over the Dark Opal variety. Fine flavour and aroma. Leaves nearly pure purple-bronze; very little green.

May be eaten raw or dried, first discarding thick skins and seeds. Interesting cactus, winter hardy in Ontario. Difficult to germinate; may take two years. Bears edible fruits (pears) having pleasant, sweet, somewhat acid taste.

Improved plainleaf variety with dark green flat leaves and upright growth habit. Strong powdery mildew tolerance.