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This plant and its silvery leaves was once dubbed the 'green fairy' (la fée verte). It was used to make an alcohol that inspired Verlaine, Baudelaire, Van Gogh, Gauguin, and many others. Instigator of controversies, tales and legends, absinthe remains psychotropic and should stay discreet once in your garden
* This year, we were not able to harvest sufficient seeds at the farm. Therefore, our seeds come from Jardin Vie-La-Joie.
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This variety comes from the Samsun region in Turkey, close to the Black Sea. A favorite for its rich flavour and unique aroma, it is nonetheless light to smoke. Adequate for both cigarettes and cigars.
It is well-adapted to the Quebec climate. Its pink elongated flowers are very pretty.
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Medicinal plant. Its properties have been known since antiquity, in Orient as well as in the Western world. In North America, it spread with European colonizers. The name 'white man's foot' comes from the First Nations, who noticed that this plant started growing wherever Europeans went.
Plantain has anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties. It is used to treat wounds, skin irritations, respiratory tract and mucus lining inflammations, rheumatism, and constipation. Overall, broadleaf plantain purifies the body.
The fresh leaves, once washed, can be made into poultice to apply on the skin or ingested as infusion or mother tincture. Highly nutritional, the leaves can also be eaten raw in a salad or cooked if necessary.
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Clary sage is a perennial plant that is valued both for its culinary and ornemental qualities. The flowers are white with some purplish blue undertones, and are an absolute delight for bees. It is used just like common sage, but some recommend using clary sage for more extended uses. In popular medicine, the leaves are used to heal wounds. Clary sage has been grown since Antiquity for its medicinal properties.
This plant only starts flowering on the second year, but it is well worth the wait to see the carpenter bees and hawk-moths feast on the blooms.
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Medicinal plant used since antiquity. Feverfew is known for helping to prevent migraines, and to reduce their intensity and frequency. The leaves and flowers are usually used in infusions. Feverfew consumption is not recommended for pregnant women. Not to be confused with the German chamomille Matricaria recutita or Roman chamomille Chamaemelum nobile, which have completely different properties.
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This tobacco variety from Havana is the one used in the famous Cuban cigars. It grows abundant and fragrant leaves that can used both for smoking and chewing. It grows well in the sun, but tolerates easily colder climates like ours. It is also appreciated for its pretty flowers, pink and elongated, that attract pollinators.
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This type of tobacco comes from Central America, more precisely Mexico and Venezuela. It was grown during the pre-Columbian era in Mexico.
The Aztecs would dry the leaves, grind them, and mix them with Tagetes lucida. The mixture was then consumed during various rituals. This tobacco allegedly affects mental activity, which is why it was used by shamans of the Warao people in Venezuela.
In traditional medecine, this tobacco was used to fight asthma, inflammation, toothaches, headaches, and snake venom poisoning.
The delicate flowers of this plant can be very decorative.
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This pink-flowered tobacco grows easily in any type of soil. Hardy, short, and an early producer, the plant ripens in only six weeks and offers leaves with a strong flavour.
Considered sacred, this tobacco is an important medicinal plant for First Nations, and is used in numerous rituals.
Mentions of this tobacco date back to 1807, according to the 1897 W.M Ewing & cie's catalogue. In Quebec, the Small Canadian tobacco has been grown for over a century. As early as 1884, it became commercialized by the J. O. Forest factory in Saint-Roch-de-L'Achigan.
Considered as rare.
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There are numerous tobacco varieties, but woodland tobacco is the greatest. Literally.
The plant grows big quickly, and the stems can branch out. The leaves are very long and large, oblong, and of a light green shade. The flowers are clustered in a tight panicle, and their colour is a pure white. At nighttime, the plant's perfume gets stronger and attracts moths and other night pollinators.
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