A staple of the herb garden. Dusty, green leaves are used in dressing, sauces, salted herbs, sausage, and tea. Make a good base for dried floral wreaths. Also known as garden sage. Perennial in Zones 4-8.
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Perennial cousin to summer savory, with thicker and shinier leaves. The flavour is more pungent and biting. Has a higher proportion of thymol than summer savory. This herb is great for culinary uses, however, just as important is its use to attract bees while repelling aphids, and cabbage moths.
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Pepper flavor adds spice to dishes. Long internodes create a tall, somewhat lanky plant. Harvest when buds begin and hang to dry. If you don't have Summer Savory in your garden it's a great time to give it a try. Excellent for all your hearty stews and soups. It's one of our favourite "go to" herbs.
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This certified organic lettuce is wonderful lettuce for those who enjoy tender baby leaf lettuce. This is a wonderful organic "cut and come again lettuce". One of the nicest lettuces, it adds a nice colour to a mixed salad, or have a salad using just Blade Organic. Pick the oak shaped leaves at 15 cm to keep to promote new growth throughout the growing season. Plant Blade Organic every 2 weeks from April until September for fresh new growth. May be started indoors 6 weeks before the last frost and planted out into the garden when 4 true leaves form. -
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This lettuce can be used as a baby leaf in 30 days or 45 days to fully grown. An outstanding and unique variety, Amish Deer Tongue has triangular leaves that are packed with great taste and wonderful texture. Great for organic gardens. Its visual appearance and strong growth habit make it a great heirloom variety to try. The dark green triangular leaves have thin midribs similar to romaine but with a nutty flavour. Once you try this lettuce you will want it in your salad bowl often during the season. Amish Deer Tongue has a 90% germination rate which is above the 70% rate for most lettuce varieties. -
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55 days. Annual. The plant produces flavorful leaves used in salads and to flavor lemonade. The flower stalks and blooms are used as garnishes for summer drinks and desserts and can be candied. The leaves and flowers are used in salads. Leaves can be steamed or sauteed like spinach. Stems can be used like celery. It has a crisp cucumber flavour. Bees and butterflies love it! Try borage flower clusters lightly breaded and deep-fried. -
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A herb, not a vegetable though related to the onion. This flat-leaf variety of Garlic Chives seeds has a strong garlic flavour and aroma. A welcome palatable alternative to those who like garlic to accompany cheese and soups. Recognized to be an excellent attractant and nectar source for bees and other beneficial insects. Use this herb as companion plants to repel aphids from flowers or vegetables prone to attack. Also called Chinese chives. -
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Astro Arugula-Certified Organic Sold as .50 grams which are approximately 250 seeds Grows in 21 days and matures in 40 days Both heat and cold tolerant. Astro is often considered the best of all Arugula Varieties.Mustard and Cabbage Family (BRASSICACEAE)
Germinates quickly and tolerates cold and hot temperatures well. Performs well as a cut-and-come-again crop. Certified organic, Good cool weather growth, Great for containers, Open-pollinated Astro is perfect for baby greens in early spring and fall. Baby greens are ready to cut in only 21 days. Arugula is very well suited to micro-green growth. With a nutty, spicy taste that is sometimes pungent or peppery, arugula really perks up salads, sandwiches, and even dishes like quiche, soups, or pizza. It is very cold hardy and has a milder flavor when grown in cool weather. -
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The Red Robin produces great yields of 2.5 to 4 cm tomatoes. It's compact reaching only 20-30 cm and makes the ultimate cherry tomato with its' fresh sweet taste. They are quite a hardy plant and are easy to grow. Being a determinate tomato successive sowing will ensure a continuous crop. Perfect for indoor or outdoor containers. Matures in 55 days. -
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Fortex Filet This stringless French pole bean produces exceptionally long, medium-green pods that grow to over 27 cm. Fortex can also be harvested at 15-20cm for extra slender filet beans. The delicate, sweet flavour is wonderful served fresh or frozen. Fortex filet pole bean seeds produce vigorous climbing vines that require the support of a trellis or pole. Picked fresh, these beans are sweet, crunchy, and have a succulent texture and a flavour that will earn them a spot in the garden every season. It has been a best-selling customer favourite for years. Matures in 70 days. -
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Mid-season indeterminate tomato variety for greenhouses and open ground. Round, creamy-white fruits with golden-green stripes, weight 50-100 grams with a wonderfully sweet, fruity taste. -
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Red Giant was twice as big as the largest bell pepper. Plants are compact 60 cm tall. Truly remarkable then and now. Mid-season variety (140-160 days). Scrub grows up to 80-100 cm high, requires support during fruiting. Oblong-prismatic shaped very large red-coloured fruits, weight 500-800 grams, 20-30 cm long. Use fresh and for freezing and canning. -
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Early variety (100-105 days) for open ground and greenhouses. The compact shrub grows up to 45-55 cm high. Prismatic-shaped, orange-red colored fruits, weight 100-130g. Use fresh and for conservation. -
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Hybrid-The very straight, tapered roots of Deep Purple carrot grow 17-20cm long. These carrots are named for the fact that the purple characteristic runs right to the core, and they keep their colour when lightly cooked. The tops are strong for easy harvests, and the storage potential is great. This is a fine fall harvest carrot that is good for juicing and it looks amazing in salads. The sweet, smooth-skinned roots were a staff favourite from our field trials. This is a high yielding, very uniform variety which is perfect for any gardener. -
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20 cm-Annual Mexican marigold. With fragrance and flavor redolent of licorice or anise, this multitasking annual herb is ready to flavor drinks, tea, salads, and seafood. Attractively lacy foliage lends texture and dreamy fragrance to mixed containers, herb gardens, and landscapes. Strong basal branching plants are a sensory delight. Excellent as micro-greens. Easy to grow. -
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Tender perennial height 60 cm. Rosemary is a robust herb that can be used to flavour lamb and other dishes. Start indoors since it is slow to germinate. To overwinter, take plants indoors or mulch heavily. -
Pipe cleaner-like pink spikes add interest to arrangements. Early to bloom. -
Annual flowering plant grows with strong stems 40-60 cm height. Large, double flowers, diameter 6-9 cm in a variety of bright colours. Blooms from July until frost. Use for flower beds, containers, and cuttings. -
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Annual flowering plant with strong stems grows 40-60cm tall. Large, purple flowers, 8-10 cm in diameter. Blooms from July until frost. Recommended for flower beds, garden, and balcony as well as cuttings. -
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Annual flowering plant grows 40-60 cm tall. Large, pink, orange, yellow, and red flowers, diameter 6-9cm. Blooms from July until frost. Use for flowerbeds, containers, and cuttings. -
Dahlia Dandy - an annual plant. Stems are strong, height 35-50 cm. Inflorescences simple, large, 6-9 cm in diameter, a variety of bright colors with small petals of the second order. It is grown by sowing seeds in open ground, or for earlier flowering - through seedlings. Flowering begins in July and lasts until frost. Used in the design of flower beds, rabatok, garden and balcony containers, as well as cut. -
Perennial flowering plant grows up to 10-20 cm. Beautiful white, pink and red single and double Flowers, diameter 2-6 cm. Blooms in the second year from May to August. Likes full sun and partial shade. Use for balconies, terraces, and flowerbeds. -
Annual flowering plant. Bush growth pyramidal up to 60-80 cm high. Beautiful pink flowers with an irregular shape. Blooming from June until frost. Use for flower beds, group plantings, and cuttings.
