Heirloom Vegetable, Herb & Flower Seeds

Genovese Basil is a prized choice for pesto and sauces, having generous quantities of choice, incredibly aromatic, flavorful, large and extremely tender leaves.

Yields 7 - 8 cuttings and re-grows very quickly. Connoisseurs’ selection for making the best pesto. Smaller than Sweet Basil, but much more flavor and aroma.

Annual

Approx 50 seeds per pack

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Lime basil is a rare and tasty heirloom that combines the flavor of basil with lime. Works wonders with vinegar, fish, poultry, salad dressings, sauces and oils. Adds a delightful zing in salads! Unique but perfect addition to desserts.

Perfumed, 2", light green leaves grow on compact, mounding plants.

Approx 50 seeds per pack

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France's premier heirloom, Marseilles basil is a dwarf, compact variety loaded with full sized leaves.

Hundreds of medium-sized, very aromatic leaves with that classic deep rich basil flavor. Never bitter.

“Marseilles” is the traditional basil used in pistou, the Provençal version of pesto. It's considered by some to be the very best basilin France, certainly the best strain of bush basil there is.

Approx 50 seeds per pack

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Lemon Basil has a wonderfully fresh sweet lemony/citrus fragrance with high essential oil content.

Aromatic white flowers with clove flavored nectar and light green leaves that love the heat. Delicious in mild sauces, with chicken, grilled fish or seafood; yet will work well with meats. Makes an intriguing and unique pesto. Stocks, sauces and stews benefit greatly from a ‘bouquet garni’ that includes Lemon Basil.

Certified Organic.

Approx 50 seeds per pack

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Super large lettuce leaf basil from Naples.

The 4" leaves have slight anise flavor and are perfect for pesto.

Approx 50 seeds per pack

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Roman Chamomile is also called English Chamomile. Small, hardy, sour apple scented, feathery foliage and small, free-blooming daisies bloom July to September.

Revered since ancient times by the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans for medicines, teas, cosmetics, they also bathed in it and walked on it. Grown between bricks or along paths, it releases its scent when brushed. Used as a lawn substitute, mow on a high setting. Studies show it has antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral properties.

Approx 200 seeds per pack

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Garlic chives, or Chinese Chives are perennial in all but the coldest climates. Producing purple-flowered seed heads. A subtle garlic flavor of is perfect for use in uncooked dishes where raw regular garlic might be overwhelming or too spicy. Also used in many dishes from dips to steaks.

Certified Organic.

Approx 500 seeds per pack

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The Rampion (or Ramps as it's better known) was extensively cultivated in English kitchen gardens, and is still grown widely in France, Germany and Italy. The roots are used young like parsnips and eaten hot with a dressing of a sauce.

Ramps are a relative of the turnip, and have a similar root. The biennial plant is usually grown as an annual vegetable for its leaves and roots. The stem grows 2-3' tall with 1-3" long narrow small toothed leaves. Reddish purple, blue or white flowers appear in July to August and are 3/4" long.

Biennial, grown as annual

Approx 50 seeds per pack

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Anise, aniseed or sweet cumin has sweet and very aromatic leaves, with umbels of flowers that produce fruits distinguished by their licorice-like flavor.

The flowers and leaves are used in salads, stems and roots in soups and stews. Anise plants are easy to grow and do best in light, fertile, well drained soil.

Annual

Approx 100 seeds per pack

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Dukat dill is the sweetest dill of all.

Outstanding production of large, lush foliage used before the seed heads form. Bred for its sweetly aromatic essential oil content. Has a wonderfully mellow, never bitter flavor for culinary uses. Dukat also attracts beneficial insects like hover flies, ladybugs and bees, which keep the aphid population to a minimum while helping pollinate the rest of the garden.

Approx 100 seeds per pack

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Fernleaf dill is a dwarf variety especially good for containers, perfect for the kitchen windowsill.

The dark, finely divided foliage has an excellent soft buttery tangy flavor to complement dishes and dips. Dill also soothes colicky babies and settles adult digestive upset. This extended-season, versatile dill is a slow-bolting, space-saving variety that produces large quantities of dill weed.

Approx 100 seeds per pack

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Anise hyssop is a native plant with showy lavender flowers from July-September that add a lively licorice taste to salads, fruit dishes, baked goods and drinks.

Extra-sweet, anise-flavored leaves make soothing teas to settle upset stomachs, respiratory disorders and fevers. Attracts butterflies and bees, producing a fine, mildly anise-tasting honey. Its aromatic properties were known to the North American Indians, who used the leaves as a cough medicine.

Certified Organic.

Approx 100 seeds per pack

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Lavender has abundant, grey-green spikes tipped with sweet-scented, powder blue/mauve flowers.

Add them to vinegars or jams or crystallize in desserts. Lavender cookies are elegant; lavender pillows are used to treat travel nausea, insomnia, headaches. Traditional in potpourris, arrangements, wreaths and as teas. Lavender angustifolia is one of the richest in essential oils, meaning more fragrance both fresh and dried.

Lavender aromatherapy is highly effective at soothing and healing people, horses and dogs. Read our article - Lavender Soothes Animals Too for the full story!

Approx 50 seeds per pack

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English Pennyroyal is a low spreading perennial herb, butterfly attractant and fragrant groundcover. It is also known as Mosquito Plant, Squaw Balm, Squawmint and Tickweed.

The lilac colored flowers are in tightly-packed whorls down the stem, like pin-cushions. Crushed leaves have a very strong fragrance similar to spearmint.

Used as a cooking herb by the Greeks and Romans. Leaves have been used as an insect repellent against fleas and other pests.

Approx 40 seeds per pack

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Authentic Greek Oregano is the most pungent and flavorful of the oreganos. Very hard to find, yet sought for its culinary and medicinal potency.

Holds flavor in cooking. Dark green leaves and white flowers exude that bold, unmistakable aroma. Bees and beneficial insects LOVE it. Easy, low-growing.

Approx 150 seeds per pack

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Sweet Marjoram is an ancient shrubby tender perennial that grows to about 1' tall with wiry, red-brown stems and downy very aromatic gray-green leaves, with tiny white flowers on clustered spikes in summer.

Wonderfully aromatic mild oregano flavor with a hint of balsam. Key ingredient in bouquet garni, used to flavor soups, stews, and sauces that includes parsley, thyme, bay, peppercorns, allspice, and tarragon. Use fresh leaves throughout the growing season, main harvest is just before it flowers when the color and flavor is at its peak.

Approx 50 seeds per pack

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Summer Savory is essential to the classical cook's garden.

Has lilac tubular flowers that bloom July- September with strongly aromatic, very slender bronze green leaves. Used with marjoram and thyme to season trout, turkey, veal, salami, horseradish sauce, liquors and tonic wines.

Well known by the Romans, it's an essential ingredient in Herbs de Provence (along with rosemary, thyme, and oregano).

Approx 50 seeds per pack

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Flat Leaf Parsley has medium serrated leaves with crisp, pointed tips and a rich, bold pronounced flavor was well-known to the ancient Greeks.

Best used fresh, easy to grow indoors or out. Works well with dishes like chicken, eggplant, eggs, fish, game, lentils, mushrooms, mussels, pasta, peas, potatoes, poultry, rice, seafood, tomatoes and zucchini. Flavor stands up well in cooking and is main ingredient in bouquet garni, along with thyme and bay leaves.

Approx 100 seeds per pack

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Rosemary is an ancient woody, perennial culinary and medicinal herb with fragrant evergreen needle-like leaves, semi drought tolerant and used in landscaping.

It is a symbol of remembrance and friendship, often carried by wedding couples as a sign of love and fidelity. Easy to grow and very pest resistant.

Fresh and dried leaves are used in cooking, with the flowers and leaves used medicinally. Used in potpourris to freshen the air, and in cosmetics, disinfectants and shampoos. Has a very old reputation for improving memory, and to treat gout. The finest plants are said to be raised from seed.

Approx 50 seeds per pack

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Clary Sage is both a flower and an herb.

Soft, woolly heart shaped leaves with lilac, pale blue, pink or white flowers form in whorls on top of the stems, with the upper lip curled up. Flavors teas, wines, is used as an eye wash, in cosmetics, potpourris, sachets and for aromatherapy. Attracts hummingbirds and many different species of butterflies.

Approx 35 seeds per pack

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