Uses Seed Weed Suppression Seed For Sale In Elgin

A perennial clover to control erosion and protect soil! A living mulch of permanent cover. Fixes nitrogen. Uses: Bees & Beneficial Insects, Chicken Forage, Deer Attractant, Erosion Control, Forage, Green Manure, Nitrogen Fixation, No Till, Weed Suppression

Great for livestock forage, but should be grazed only when mature and never after a frost as it turns toxic. Piper Sudan grass is a great catch crop for excess nitrogen. Uses: Erosion Control, Green Manure, Nitrogen Scavenger, No Till, Organic Matter...

Packer forage pea is a low-growing, viny legume which has been shown to fix over 200 pounds of nitrogen per acre per year. Packer forage pea is a legume for cover crops, wildlife and winter grazing! Sometimes called “Canadian field pea” is a cool-season,...

Uses: Compaction Control, Erosion Control, Green Manure, Nitrogen Fixation, Organic Matter (Biomass), Weed Suppression Tolerant of dry conditions. Sunn Hemp is a fast-growing legume that produces significant quantities of biomass and fixes nitrogen into...

Can reach up to 5 feet! Uses: Erosion Control, Green Manure, Nitrogen Scavenger, No Till, Organic Matter (Biomass), Weed suppression Prevents erosion and builds organic matter in the soil! Plant early to late fall; in mild climates fall through early...

High nitrogen fixation and great bee forage. As an annual green manure, “Summer” alfalfa can produce up to 10 tons of organic matter per acre. Alfalfa is basically good at everything! Just look at all it's uses below! Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.):...

Cold hardy enough to grow long into the fall leaving behind a great mulch for soil protection. Should be sown from early spring to late summer. (75% peas / 25% oats by weight) Seed Coverage: – 5 lbs covers 2,000-4,000 sqaure feet – 100 lbs covers...

Exceptional for honey bees and creating green manure! Sweet clover can grow nearly anywhere under most conditions. Our favorite clover because it is more versatile than other clovers at nitrogen fixating, erosion control and attracting beneficial insects.

Provides quality forage for livestock and wildlife. This cool-season bunchgrass can be found throughout Canada and the U.S. except in the southeastern states. It is typically found in prairies, open woods, fields and disturbed sites.

Sometimes used like clary sage. (Meadow sage) Large, very showy, bright blue flowers.

The young leaves can be cooked like spinach. Spectacular food plant often grown just for its ornamental value. It gets quite tall, up to 2m/6ft high, but then it produces long green tassels that swoop down for a striking tropical effect in the garden.

15-50cm/6-20” (Lesser burnet) A tea made from the root and sweetened with honey was recommended for the bubonic plague! Used for stomach and intestinal inflammations, catarrh, cough and asthma.

Excellent longlasting cutflower. Developed in the 1980s by Swedish echinacea breeder, Magnus Nilsson. Was proclaimed the Perennial Plant of the Year for 1998. Beautiful European variety with rose-purple petals that don't droop as much as wild echinaceas.

A classic seasoning for chicken, vegetables or meat. Captures the warm flavours and aromas of the sunny south of France where lavender hugs the hills and thyme is plentiful.

D8410 Info sheet and recipe: free on request with order. Interesting Mexican vegetable green. Flower clusters can be steamed like broccoli or fried in egg batter with mozzarella cheese.

Bushier and higher foliage mass than other varieties, and has high essential oil content. Improved uniform selection for commercial production. Ht. 30cm/12”.

Medicinally, it prevents blood clotting. (Yellow sweet clover) Important forage crop. Salve or poultice is useful for swellings, boils, arthritis and rheumatism.

Excellent for large arrangements, dried arrangements, or alone as a centerpiece. White flowers with lavender-colored centers develop into large, papery seed pods. Also known as hairy balls, swan plant, swan milkweed, and balloon plant.

Does best in cool climates or sown late for fall harvest. Large 10cm/4" roots are crispy, as you would expect, with a mild, almost sweet flavour. Excellent for salads, as a garnish, and even cooked like Asian radishes.

Outside, they do best in climates that are similar to their native zones, but are excellent container plants for those in colder areas, growing and fruiting indoors in sunny exposures or greenhouses.

Easy to grow in well-drained soils in full sun. The leaves were used for teas. Tolerates drought and will self-seed. The roots were regarded by the Navajo and Pawnee Indians as a ‘life medicine' and a panacea.

Young tender plants are a pleasant spinach substitute when boiled and served with butter. Common weed, popular as a pot-herb. Rich source of vitamins A and C.

Dazzler is a unique crimson Cosmo that has blunt petals and bright yellow centers. A real garden dazzler in real red.

Also in soups, salads and stews. Chopped leaves are excellent with oily fish, such as mackerel, eel and salmon, for they improve digestibility. Fennel tea is given to infants for its calming and anti-flatulent effects.

Beautiful double orange-yellow upright trumpet-like flowers. They are also used externally in the form of poultices or ointments for the treatment of aches, pains, arthritis, and rheumatism, All parts of the plant are poisonous if used improperly, especially...

Stunning red-orange heirloom variety from Turkey. The small round fruit, 7cm/3" in diameter, are eaten when green, and when they turn orange they are good for stuffing. Heavy yields and insect resistant.