Wild Bergamote

Perennial ornemental plant covering the ground with innumerable golden yellow flowers. It is perfect for edging garden beds and carpeting sloping ground.The rocky mountains of Europe are its natural habitat.

 

The plant is very precocious and blooms early in May. It nourishes pollinators in times of scarcity. It is therefore an ally in the garden, both for bees and humans, who enjoy its smell.

 

Self-seeding.

Package: 100 seeds

With dandelions, daisies are one of the first flowers we learn to identify as a kid. It fits perfectly into wildflower bouquets, and can even help us find our soulmate: they love me, they love me not, they love me, they love me not... Moreover, the young fresh leaves can be eaten in a salad. Their taste is a little peppery. The flower bud can also be eaten, raw or like capers. In herbal medicine, dried daisy flowers are used for infusions. Daisy have antispasmodic, calming, digestive, and astringent properties, just like chamomile. It makes sense as they are from the same family. Package: 150-200 seeds

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. Package: 300 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

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. Package: 300 seeds

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. Package: 200 seeds