Herbs

All seeds are sustainably grown & chemical free.

Anise Hyssop –

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An outstanding insectary plant, its long-blooming nectar-laden purple flowers attract bees and parasitic wasps, butterflies and hummingbirds. Spikes of fragrant, lavender coloured flowers are edible and ornamental. Try them fresh in fruit salad or dry them with the leaves for a minty-licorice flavoured herb tea or culinary seasoning, or filler in mixed bouquets. The tea induces sweating and strengthens the heart, was used also for fevers, colds, and by Native Americans as a cough medicine.

Basil

Dolce Fresca – A true dwarf plant with full size leaf & flavour. This 14” plant is half the size of other basil so ideal for containers outside or inside on a windowsill.

Italian Large Leaf – Genova Strain’. Italian heirloom is stocky & grows to 14”. Commercial selection of Genovese basil with sweeter flavour & plant habit. Slower to bolt & leaves more uniform in colour.

100 seeds per packet.

Borage

Borage: (55 days) Great border for the vegetable garden where the dense plants smother weeds and attract bees. Produces small flowers that open blue, turn purple and then pink and make colorful additions to salads. Bushy 2–3′ annual likes sun, prefers moist well-drained soil, will self sow. Young plants are easy to move around. Survives light frosts Enjoy the cooling properties of very young leaves on a hot day. Used in cough syrups or frozen in ice cubes to lend cucumber flavor to cold drinks. A nourishing tea for nursing mothers. Seeds a good source of GLAs. 

Chives

Garlic chives – Grows like regular chives but leaves are flat, blossoms are white & flavour has a garlic twist. Pollinator friendly. Hardy & easy to grow from seed. Perennial. 100 seeds per packet.

Polyvit – Early, high yielding, bunching chives with vigorous upright growth.  100 seeds per packet.

Cilantro

Genesis – 50-55 days. Superior variety for fresh leaf use. Slow to bolt even in hot weather. 100 seeds per packet.

Dill

Bouquet – Early flowering compact plants 30-36” tall, produce large blooms, seed umbels & foliage on long stems, ideal for cut flower use & pickling. Edible seeds, flowers & greens flavour many foods & are a popular addition to sauces, salads, & soup.

Elecampane

Elecampane Inula helenium   – Open-pollinated. Also known as Horseheal, Wild Sunflower and Elf Dock. Large dramatic plant is an excellent lung tonic. Important to the ancient Greeks, said to have sprung from the tears of Helen of Troy, thus its botanical name. Mucilaginous root relaxes lungs and helps clear mucus, calms cough. Antibacterial and antifungal, also used for asthma, bronchitis, cough and flu, especially in children. Helpful for scabies, herpes and other skin disorders (an old name is Scabwort). Plant in heavy moist well-drained loam with generous helpings of compost. Dig root in mid fall. 5–8′ perennial with 2–3″ bright yellow rayed flowers, blooming May to August. Self-seeds.  Zone 3. 50 seeds per packet.

Oregano

.Greek  – White flowered oregano has the strongest flavour. This is the true oregano used for cooking.  Use fresh or dry in tomato sauces              

Parsley

Green Pearl – Top German bunching variety, double curled, slow bolting. Hot & cold tolerance.  Note: this is organically produced seed but not certified. 100 seeds per packet.

Dark Green Italian – Large smooth -leaved variety with long straight stems. Strong flavour is excellent for seasoning soups & other dishes

Sage

Fanni – Valued as medicinal, culinary, aromatic & ornamental herb. Grows to 28”. Dries well & retains its colour & aroma. High content of essential oils. Spikey mauve flowers & greyish-green velvety leaves.

Salad Burnet

Salad Burnet (Sanguisorba minor) Known as the ‘forgotten herb’ as widely used as a culinary herb in salads 400 years ago.  Use young leaves to add a fresh cucumber taste to salad mixes. The edible pink flowers & delicate foliage can be used as an ornamental garden herb or for flower arranging. Direct seed in spring or start in large plugs for best results.

Sorrel (Rumex acetosa)

Green de Belleville – Fresh, lemon flavoured greens on a perennial plant. Pick the 20 cm leaves early in the spring and late in the fall. Use raw in salads and cooked in the classic French sorrel soup. Pollen provides food for beneficial insects when other food sources are scarce. Hardy to zone 4.

Summer Savory

Summer Savory – Our Maritime favourite herb. Over the years its peppery thyme-like taste is synonymous with Acadian dishes such as fricot. Add a sprig to any slowly cooked soups, stews, tomato-based sauces, or plain rice during cooking. Medicinal use for cough, stomach pain, gas, diarrhea, loss of appetite, etc. etc. Couldn’t do without it!!

Thyme

Creeping Thyme – Popular short groundcover with showy pinky/purple flowers for hot, dry, sunny places. Best started indoors, 3 seeds per plug. Plant outdoors when 2” high in light well-drained soil.

German Winter –  Produces a strong aroma & dries well for culinary use.  50 seeds per packet.

Tobacco

1000 Year Old Tobacco – original seeds discovered in an urn that was sealed with pitch at an ancient Native burial site in the northern US. Seeds were given to Dan Jason (Salt Spring Seeds, BC) in 2003 to resurrect. Tomb estimated to be 1000 years old. Nicotiana rustica (Rustic Tobacco, Ceremonial Tobacco) has been cultivated in the Amazon for 1000’s of years, and has travelled north through trading. Small beautiful 5’ plants are easy to grow & easy to save seeds from the dry flower pods in the fall.