Uses Seed Weed Suppression Seed For Sale In Ottawa

The only plant that Monarch butterflies lay their eggs! Common milkweed use to be an abundant food source for Monarch's but have been declining in recent years, due in part to suburban development and the increased efficiency of herbicides.

Uses: Bees & Beneficial Insects, Chicken Forage, Deer Attractant, Erosion Control, Forage, Green Manure, Nitrogen Fixation, No Till, Weed Suppression Hairy Vetch has rapid growth that makes it a good weed suppressant.

Established protective cover quickly. Fibrous roots prevent soil erosion and build organic matter! Plant early fall to late fall, or early to mid-spring. Over seeds well at higher rates.

A multipurpose cover crop blend that is sowed in fall! This wonderful blend will help with nitrogen fixation, adding organic matter and weed suppression. Contains a blend of Austrian Field Peas, Crimson Clover, Hairy Vetch, Annual and Winter Rye.

High in protein, digestible, and free of prussic acid. Pearl Millet is a very tall grass that can reach 15 feet. Well adapted to low soil moisture, low fertility, and high temperatures.

Uses: Erosion Control, Green Manure, Nitrogen Scavenger, No Till, Organic Matter (Biomass), Weed Suppression It grows quickly at heights up to 7 feet. Great for livestock forage, but should be grazed only when mature and never after a frost as it turns...

Jackhammer radish is a fast growing daikon radish that is a great scavenger. Starts germinating immediately and very easy to grow. Radish (Brassica): Cool Season, broadleaf, Annual, Upright and spreading habit, Root Crop Uses: Nitrogen Scavenger, Green...

Nitrogen per acre. Red clover may be the best choice for frost seeding; it is extremely cold hardy and does well in most soils and growing conditions. Mammoth Red clover will fix up to 70-110 lbs.

A multipurpose cover crop blend that is sowed in spring! A cover crop blend is great for nitrogen fixation, adding organic matter and weed suppression. This mix will quickly improve soil to maximize the benefits of cover crops for your garden.

Winter hardy nearly anywhere, and won't go to seed until its second year of growth. Use: Erosion Control, Green Manure, Nitrogen Scavenger, No Till, Weed Suppression Cool wheat grain is quick to germinate and cold tolerant! Adaptable to a wide range of...

A perennial in zones 3-8 that produces willowy foliage and cherry-red blooms. One of the most beautiful milkweeds for gardens! Swamp Milkweed red blooms that are beautiful and attract butterflies and hummingbirds.

Widely adapted variety of barley! High yielding, good standing six-rowed barley. Great straw strength and a high test weight. Uses: Bees & Beneficial Insects, 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 spring. The best choice for fast, cool-season germination. Uses: Erosion Control, Green Manure, Nitrogen Scavenger, No Till, Organic...

All America winner for 2002. Terrific for containers and garden plantings. Has great potential in salads, pestos, as garnish, or anywhere regular basil is used. Compact, lush green foliage is beautifully decorated with numerous purple button-sized flowers.

(Egyptian privet) The world's most popular dye plant for thousands of years. It yields shades of orange and tan depending on the mordant used when dyeing cloth. It does not damage hair even when used for years, and covers white and grey hair.

Yellow flowers bear bladder-like pods which when squeezed go off with a bang. Like true senna ( spp.), its leaves have purgative properties, but the effect is much less drastic. Attractive hardy Mediterranean shrub.

Research evidence suggests that contains compounds that can lower blood cholesterol. Amerindians once burned dried stems over skin to relieve neuralgia and rheumatism. Very robust and tall, with rigid stems; Lespedeza blooms late in the growing season,...

Two or more plants are needed for pollination. The yellow fruits form in hanging clusters somewhat like bananas and have a sweet custard-like flesh with an exotic mango-banana like flavour.

It is a shiso like the better known green and purple forms except the leaves have both green on top and purple underneath. The flap-like appearance gives the leaves the look of an ear, which is why this form is known as "ear shiso."

Dusty miller is planted for its elegant lacy silver foliage, often used to create contrast and pattern in formal knot gardens and container plantings. One or two drops of fresh juice dropped into the eye are said to remove cataract.

Both leaves and its slender, parsnip-like root are used. Roots are excellent for flavouring soups, stews, or steamed to serve with butter or sauce. Roots 20-25cm/8-10 long; flat leaves.

A great source of nectar for butterflies and hummingbirds. This plant is aggressive and should be thinned every year. Excellent nectar sources for Monarchs and Queen butterflies! Showy milkweed is similar to Common Milkweed, but its pinkish-purple flowers...

Poultice of leaves used for rheumatic swellings of the joints, lumbago, painful tumours. Used in India like stramonium in treatment of asthma, whooping cough and bronchitis.

Used by Amerindians as a purgative, emetic, and anti-inflammatory. Under study as a potential booster of the immune system. Showy American native with blue-violet flower spikes and majestic, upright growth habit.

* Plant forming huge clumps with white or grayish spherical flowers 2-3" across, in late summer; rough, thistley foliage, dark green, good for the back of a large border. * This is a glandular, woolly perennial which approaches a maximum height of two...

* Plant forming huge clumps with white or grayish spherical flowers 2-3" across, in late summer; rough, thistley foliage, dark green, good for the back of a large border. * This is a glandular, woolly perennial which approaches a maximum height of two...