Vegetable Seeds Seeds For Sale In Roseville

Sow into well-draining, moist soil. Active compounds, called and can be found. Leaves have pungent yet pleasant, cress-like flavour. Requires staking, and a sunny location. (Honeyplant) Florets, once gone to seed, supply an impressive yield of grain.

Up to 90cm/3ft with pink flowers. Excellent lemon scent with larger leaves and more robust growth habit than the standard lemon basil variety.

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.

The clove-scented flowers are edible, and can be added to salad, fish dishes, tea, marmalade and sorbet. The plant is biennial, generously self-seeding in the garden so there are always a few gallant volunteers popping up to brighten the mixed border.

Noted for soothing irritations and inflammations of the skin, throat, eyes, lungs and urinary organs. ERFURTER is rich in medicinal mucilage, up to 10%.

Compounds extracted from the leaves are at least as effective as the antibiotics ampicillin, gentamycin and tetracycline. The plant also has potent herbicidal properties, and new herbicides now on the market were inspired by compounds found in it.

Prefers sunny locations with well-drained soil. Seed extracts were shown to inhibit both forms of the cyclooxygenase (COX) enzyme involved in inflammation. Recent research has shown that the seeds possess powerful anti-inflammatory properties.

Gaining a well-deserved reputation as a highly effective remedy for colds and flus. It is hardier than its American cousin, surviving in the far north, and throughout Europe and even parts of north Africa.

(Da qing; Qiug dai) Contains indican and isatin B, both of which can be converted to indigo. Considered antibacterial, antiviral, and anti-inflammatory. Leaves and roots are effective against flu, encephalitis, measles, hepatitis, and mumps.

Medicinally similar to marshmallow. (Tree mallow) Purple flowers yield an excellent natural colouring for drinks and herbal teas. Also great in salads.

Found mainly in the English and Scottish limestone areas. Used for gout, rheumatism, asthma, bronchitis, dropsy and cardiac ailments. All parts are bitter. Commonly used in homeopathy.

Yellow, droopy daisy-like flowers in summer. Native wildflower used by the Navajo and Cheyenne Indians as an analgesic for chest pains, wounds and fevers. Height 30-100cm/12-40”.

Also in homemade sausage, omelettes, cheese and bean dishes. Improved strain for commercial production. Sage tea gargle is valuable for sore throat. Contains up to 2.5% essential oil; yields up to 3 tonnes/ha (1.2 ton/acre).

Pick young for the yellow filet market. This early Sungold type wax bean produces excellent yields of 6" deep yellow, round pods. Rocdor wax beans are recommended for roadside and fresh market, it carries resistance to BCMV and Anthracnose.

Flax should be sown in the spring, in moist fertile soil with good drainage. Linseeds are edible, and can also be used in a poultice for rheumatism and infection. Germination will take about two weeks, with bloom about two months after that, and harvest...

(Couve tronchuda; Portuguese kale)

Highly aromatic, with a pleasant mint-like scent. A study has shown that the vapours given off by the foliage can protect stored grain from insect damage. Has a history of medicinal and food use by Native Americans, especially for cough, colds, and pneumonia.

Its vigorous, bushy plant produces good yields of pale green squash that have scalloped edges. The small fruit have an excellent flavor, tender skin and firm texture at this size. For best color and quality, harvest the fruit when they are 2 to 3" in...

And look like a cheese wheel. This attractive ornamental is actually a squash that adds a vivid color to your fall retail displays. The orange flesh is moderately sweet and can be used for baking pies.

Broccoli-like vegetable from China. Flowering stalks, young leaves and buds are delicious steamed, boiled or fried with other vegetables, meat or on its own. Start indoors in April or sow direct after last frost.

Whole seeds are used to season pickles, sausages and sauerkraut. (Mustard cress; Yellow mustard) True companion to curled cress for salads and sandwiches. The well known condiment is prepared from ground mustard seeds.

For years we have carried ‘Lemon Catnip' and while it had a perceptable hint of lemon, it never quite lived up to its name. Finally, here is a lemon catnip that truly smells of lemons.

Also fights bacterial infections and inflammatory diseases and helps detox the liver. Unlike its distant cousin cilantro it does not bolt in hot weather, so it produces gorgeous fresh foliage all summer long.

Today it is primarily known for its astringent and tonic qualities. Perfect for meadow or butterfly gardens, the whole plant is fragrant. Internally, the tea is thought to be useful for liver, kidney and bladder problems.

Mei Qing Choi was the first green-petioled Pak Choi to be introduced. It has vigorous early growth and forms a tight vase-like shape. This is a uniform strain that has good heat and cold tolerance and is slow to bolt.

Papalo is not cooked, only used fresh or added at the last moment. Grows up to 2m (8ft) high, but can be harvested at a much smaller stage when the flavour is milder. Leaves possess huge oil glands which give papalo its potent flavour and scent.