Hyssop

Used in making morphine and opium. Poppy seeds are more commonly eaten, notably as garnish on bagels and pastries. Highly ornamental, this gorgeous annual flower is dearly loved by bees and will reseed itself. Each plant gives a lot of seeds. Package: 250 seeds

Common comfrey is widely used in organic agriculture as green manure. It can also be made into comfrey liquid manure or added to compost. This helps with soil fertility and thus plant growth. Comfrey is also very popular among bumblebees and other bees that thoroughly enjoy its sweet nectar. The plant easily reach a meter in height. The stem is a little prickly, and the leaves are large, alternate, pointy, and covered in hair. Above all of this, shoots grow where pink or purple flowers bloom in the middle of summer. *For better germination rates, the seeds should be stratified. To do this, place the seeds in small bag full of humid sand of soil, and put the said bag in the fridge for 2 weeks. *This comfrey is not Russian comfrey (such as Bocking 14). Russian comfrey doesn't produce seeds and would therefore be tricky to sell in seed packages. Warning. We advise against regular comfrey consumption. The plant contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids which can be toxic for the liver in high dosage. Package: 25 seeds

St-John's wort is a hardy perennial plant that can be found growing wild in prairies by roadsides, on land with low fertility. It produces numerous star-shaped yellow flowers with a balsamic aroma. Easy to grow and able to adapt to different types of soil, this plant will come in handy to bring some life to more challenging parts of your yard. Package: 150-200 seeds

The Mexican sunflower flowering lasts all summer long, and offers numerous flowers. They are large and look a bit like daisies, except for their bright orange colour. They are also nectariferous, to the great pleasure of butterflies like the monarch, bees of all sorts, and hummingbirds. Package: 40 seeds

Perennial plant originally from the Mediterranean basin (potentially from Egypt), naturalized all over Europe, the Middle East and the Americas. If the name includes the word 'cat', it is because this plant induces a strong reaction in most of those domesticated felines. They become euphoric and very excited; they will start rolling and sniffing around, and will do many other funny things. For humans, catnip is instead used to soothe pain and unrest. It is also relevant to mention that, before the British Empire discovered tea in its Chinese colonies, infused catnip was a favorite for the royal court. *This year, we were not able to harvest sufficient catnip seeds. Therefore, our seeds come from Jardin Vie-La-Joie. Package: 150 seeds (Germination is slow and sporadic, sow more than you need to obtain enough seedlings.)

The malope was once widely known amidst our grandmothers. This ancient annual deserves a glorious return in our gardens. It grows many nectariferous bright pink flowers, a delight for both our eyes and for pollinators. Package: 25 seeds