Originating from sunny pastures and open rocky sites, these long-lived perennials are ideal for gravel gardens, meadows and other naturalised planting schemes. Their bright yellow flowers take on an orange hue as they age.

The stem and leaves were used as an astringent and sedative and used to treat anxiety, tuberculosis and heart palpitations. It has also been used in the treatment of hyperthyroidism and related disorders.

Goji Berry, also known as Chinese wolfberry, is a cold-hardy, perennial shrub that grows in many regions of the world, but which is specifically cultivated in China. It has been reportedly used in Chinese medicine for nearly 2000 years.

Garden pansies are very popular spring flowers. The multitude of offered varieties, that differ in size and shape of the blooms, provide us with countless arrangement options. Garden pansies are used for planting on lower borders and flower beds.

What is considered to be amongst its most appealing qualities is a relatively long and rich flowering period; this is when the plants produce a plethora of lovely lemon inflorescences that have an exceptional decorative potential.

Light-Blue Morning Glory is a fine decorative annual vine. This plant produces lovely purple flowers that without a doubt are its main ornamental quality. Flowering from July to October.

Size of ears range from 3-8 inches. Height of plants depend upon water, but can reach up to 9 feet, typically 6 feet. The kernels may be ground into cornmeal or popped. Glass Gem can be harvested approx. 110-120 days after planting.

Dark green leaves with creamy white stalks are mild and somewhat sweet in flavor. Perfect for soups, salads and stews! (100-120 days). Harvest while young and tender early in the season, or leave them to bulk up as they'll stand well in the ground.

Doronicum Orientale plants are uncommon, but they are wonderful spring blooming perennials with attractively toothed foliage and daisy-like flowers. It performs best in a partially shaded, consistently moist location.

Once a humble American prairie perennial, Liatris (familiarly known as Blazing Star or Gayfeather) is now a celebrity in vases everywhere! Its tall spikes of flowers, irresistible to butterflies, have become a mainstay of the commercial cut-flower.

Bring beauty and interest to a natural setting by sowing Lupine wild flower seeds. These flowers stand up in clusters of spikes with sweet pea-shaped blooms. These well-known perennials are legumes and can add nitrogen to the soil.

Amazing fully double blooms up to 7.5 cm (3in) in diameter, in a dazzling mixture of yellow, gold and crimson shades. Bushy plants create a dazzling display when used as an edging, in borders, rock gardens or containers.

Lemon balm seeds are easy to germinate. It is a perennial herb that is very easy to grow from seeds and to establish in a garden. Lemon balm grows up to 70-150 cm tall. The leaves are very aromatic and have a nice lemon scent and flavour.

Motherwort has a squarish stem which is clad in short hairs and is often purplish, especially near the nodes. Motherwort is probably native to the southeastern part of Europe and central Asia where it has been cultivated since ancient times.

If you haven’t cooked with lovage before then you have missed out on a very flavourful herb. Lovage’s flavour is distinct and greatly appreciated by food aficionados, especially those who claim southern European heritage.

Lemon Balm's most popular use is in soothing herbal teas, where its lemon-scented volatile oils are released, but it is also a popular garden plant for its refreshing, soothing aroma. The dried leaves are also a perfect ingredient for potpourri.

Spectacular when in full bloom, Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) is a vigorous, upright perennial enjoying an extremely long bloom season from early to late summer. It features pink, purple or magenta flowers in dense spikes, up to 18 in.

Dwarf, bushy, well-branched 12 in. plants, covered in masses of fragrant, intensely colored, deepest purple-blue flowers all summer long. Evergreen silvery-green foliage. Blooms the first year from seed. Flower spikes are excellent for cutting.

Agastache foeniculum «Tibetan» looks ravishing in a border with its lovely creamy-white spikes held over a light-green aromatic foliage which exudes an anise scent when crushed. Its long flowering season and showy flower spikes.

This is an annual aromatic plant containing essential oils. The bushes are compact, well leafy. Has a strong smell of lemon. Used in fresh form as a green salad, spicy additive in cooking and canning.

A beautiful hardy annual herb with rough leaves covered in silvery hairs and the most attractive celestial blue flowers. Nectar rich borage flowers are particularly attractive to pollinating insects, including bees which make distinctive flavoured borage.

Specially developed for use as fresh seasoning, this flat-leaf parlsey offers large, bright green leaves on compact plants. Far more nutritious than its curly-leafed cousin, flat-leaf parsley is easy to grow.

This is a mid-ripe variety with a slow formation of inflorescences. The stem is single, straight, branched or almost simple, 40-120 cm high, thinly furrowed, undressed, dark green, branched at the top, between branches bent.

A unique, sweetly flavoured Ukrainian Salad Onion. Sown at wider spacings it produces thicker stems (almost like mini leeks!) and pungent tubular leaves. Small spaces made easy! Are you feeling left behind by the “grow-your-own” revolution.

Medium late bulb onion variety ready for harvest in 106-110 days. Bulbs are unique drop shaped, 150-170 g (5.64-5.82 oz), 12-15 cm (4.72-5.9in) long and 5 cm (1.96in) wide, covered with shinny light brown colour shell. Popular for great, luscious flavour.

Garlic chives, or Chinese chives, differ from ordinary chives in having flat leaves and have a delicate mild garlic flavour. They can be used in the same way as chives and are excellent in salads, stews, fish, egg or meat dishes.

Thin, flat leaves with delicate garlic flavor. Attractive white flowers in midsummer. Flowers make a great addition to bouquets. The budded flower stalks are sold as "gow choy" in Chinese grocery stores. Edible Flowers!

Riding the wave from late summer to early fall, this healthy, robust leek produces strong, upright, uniform plants. Straight, clean white shanks are topped with blue-green leaves for an overall height of 14-16 inches.

Green varietal onion with thin dark green long feathers. Leaves of excellent quality, with a light wax coating. The pen does not break. Suitable for growing in the winter and summer seasons.

Crisp firm leaves grow in compact, medium-sized heads. Iceberg lettuce has red tinged, pale green outer leaves around the tasty heart. Ideal in mixed salads. Contains Vitamin A. Sow the seeds from early spring, 0.5 cm deep 30 cm apart.

This heirloom variety is the go-to spinach for many a farmer and gardener. Vigorous plants with deep green, curly leaves. Grows quickly, a real advantage in Michigan’s often short spring season. Best planted in cooler weather.

High-yielding variety of fodder type, selection of the scientific and practical center of the NAS of Belarus of agriculture. The form of the root is oval-cylindrical, with a pointed base, weight up to 25 kg. Color of the root is white or pinkish-white.

One of the most popular landscape palms, the stout form of the Canary Island Date Palm is a familiar sight in most warm temperate and subtropical countries of the world.

A much-loved fan palm that has been popular since Victorian times and makes a superb potted palm for the home or terrace. In warmer climates and over a period of years, it grows into a handsome, medium-sized tree with a slender trunk.

Vinca Rosea Periwinkle begins blooming extra-early with big flowers in dazzling colors, and it continues right up until fall frosts. This Vinca Rosea Little Mix has blooms that are 2 inches across and the colors range from white to deep rose.

"Large Yellow Loosestrife" has been a cottage garden favourite since ancient times. Perennial roots produce stiff spikes of funnel-shaped golden flowers which appear throughout the summer and early autumn.

If you're making a powder or flakes, try slightly roasting them in the oven with the broiler on before grinding up. Cayenne's are dependable producers and early enough for shorter summers. Also very good diced up fresh and used to top off many dishes.

Harmonious taste, thick-walled bright high-value fruit. Early ripening cold-resistant variety. Universal purpose. Resistant to tobacco mosaic virus and fusarium. The plant is compact. Fruit is a rectangular or truncated cone.

The mid-ripening variety of pepper (130-135 days), the shape of the fruit is broad-cone-like. The plant is compact, stamping. The fruits are light yellow, bright red. The fruits length is 15-20 cm. The thickness is 6-8 mm. Fruit weight 90-100 grams.

A large, pink, striped beefsteak with vibrant indigo-purple coloring on top. The meaty fruits have a flattened shape, with amazing colors that are sure to be a head-turner. Fruits grow to 4-6 ounces.