Vegetables Treated Seeds For Sale In Canada

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).

A traditional source of molasses and sugar. Although the process is lengthy it is possible to extract molasses, and even sugar, at home from sugar beets grown in your garden. Sow in open ground in May; pull roots in October.

While leaves form ground-hugging mats. The whole plant has potent but underappreciated astringent, expectorant and diuretic properties. Flowers reach 30cm/12in. European native with neat rosettes of hairy leaves and lemon-yellow flowers.

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

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

A fixture in Mexican salsa verde, the mildly hot green sauce served with tacos and chile rellenos. Tomatillos will keep well through the winter if stored loose in a cool place. Resembles green tomatoes and ground cherries, but neither is a substitute...

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

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

Chinese medicinal herb noted for strengthening the spleen and building energy. Animal studies suggest it strengthens endurance. Rhizomes are used to treat diarrhea, fatigue, lack of appetite and vomiting related to deficiencies of spleen or stomach.

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.

Purified ephedrine is very potent, and a common North American practice of adding it to diet formulas is potentially dangerous because ephedrine can raise blood pressure if used over a long period, and can even cause cardiac arrythmias.

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.

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

(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.

More potent than cultivated tobaccos, with more nicotine, it is a source of nicotine sulfate, an insecticide for the control of aphids, thrips, whiteflies and mites. (Aztec Tobacco) The wild tobacco used by North American Indians for thousands of years...

Easily taken for granted in North America when the countryside is awash with its yellow flowers in fall, goldenrod is better appreciated in Europe as a medicinal plant. A 700 year history of use in Europe and numerous modern labs studies attest to the...

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. Deep taproot discourages relocation.

This popular annual bedding plant has many hidden talents. Thin out seedlings as they appear and pinch young plants back to encourage fullness. It is easily grown from seed sown directly into the garden.

Traditionally used since the Middle Ages for whooping cough and as a mucus-reducing cough remedy. Prefers wet locations. New research shows that it relieves the symptoms of hay fever and other seasonal allergies without the drowsiness that antihistamine...

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.

Interesting cactus, winter hardy in Ontario. May be eaten raw or dried, first discarding thick skins and seeds. 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.