Amaranth seeds are considered an ancient grain that has historically been used for its nutritious properties, combining the characteristics of a health-promoting food and a raw material with potential therapeutic activity
Amaranth seeds are considered an ancient grain that has historically been used for its nutritious properties, combining the characteristics of a health-promoting food and a raw material with potential therapeutic activity
Arnica montana, also known as wolf’s bane, leopard’s bane, mountain tobacco and mountain arnica, is a moderately toxic European flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae that has a large yellow flower head. The broad spear shaped leaves form a flat rosette (about 150-300 mm high) and die down in winter.
Borage is a hardy, prolific self-seeding annual, well known for its striking blue star shaped flowers during the warmer months. The large green-grey leaves are oval shaped and may be quite bristly. Loved by bees, it’s a great pollinator.
Calendula ‘Deep Orange’ (Calendula officinalis) is a short-lived perennial in warmer climates, but in cooler climate zones it is usually grown as an annual flower in garden beds and containers.
Calendula ‘Pink Surprise’ (Calendula officinalis) is a short-lived perennial in warmer climates, but in cooler climate zones it is usually grown as an annual flower in garden beds and containers.
Calendula (Calendula officinalis) is a short-lived perennial in warmer climates, but in cooler climate zones it is usually grown as an annual flower in garden beds and containers. Although commonly known as pot marigold, calendula is different from the common marigold (Tagetes spp.).
Dyer’s Chamomile, or Golden Marguerite, is used principally as a dye plant. As another of its names – Yellow Chamomile – suggests, the flowers can be used to make a yellow dye. Colours range from bright to an olive or brownish yellow, depending on the mordant or fixing agent being used.
Coreopsis, also known as tickseed or pot of gold, is a long-lasting flower that grows in most any area in the United States. The plant is referred to as tickseed because its seeds resemble ticks.
English lavender (Lavandula angustifolia), with its aromatic leaves and sweetly fragrant flower spikes, is often considered a herb. But it is actually an herbaceous perennial with a semi-woody growth habit.
The feverfew plant (Tanacetum parthenium) is actually a species of chrysanthemum that has been grown in herb and medicinal gardens for centuries. Feverfew herb was used in the past to treat a variety of conditions such as headaches, arthritis, and as the name implies, fever.
Black cumin, (Nigella sativa), also called black seed, black caraway, Roman coriander, kalonji, or fennel flower, annual plant of the ranunculus family (Ranunculaceae), grown for its pungent seeds, which are used as a spice and in herbal medicine