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German Chamomile
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(Matricaria chamomilla) Very easy annual with many small conical daisy-like flowers. The flower heads are used fresh or dry to make a wonderful soothing tea. The blossoms are also great attractors for bees and butterflies. Several hundred seeds
-Grown by Annapolis Seeds
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Mugwort
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(Artemisia vulgaris) - Once established this tall growing perennial is almost maintenance free. Attractive fine-cut silvery leaves, they are used medicinally along with the roots for their stimulant properties and as an emmenagogue. Closely related to wormwood. 100+ seeds
-Grown by Annapolis Seeds
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Echinacea (Purple Coneflower)
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(Echinacea purpurea) - A beautiful and hardy perennial native to Eastern North America. The large, purple, cone-shaped blossoms attract lots of bees and pollinators, and song birds love the small seeds produced in the fall. Third year roots are used medicinally as an immune booster. Approx. 100 seeds (0.5 gram)
-Grown by Annapolis Seeds
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Catnip
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(Neputa cataria) - Grow it for your cat, for herbal teas or for your favourite pollinators! This perennial mint relative is clumping in nature and easy to grow. 100+ seeds
-Grown by Annapolis Seeds
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Milk Thistle
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(Silybum marianum) - Striking white and green mottled leaves and purple flowers. The seeds contain the compound silymarin and are traditionally used as a liver tonic. Annual. Approx. 50 seeds (1 grams)
-Grown by Annapolis Seeds
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Motherwort
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(Leonurus cardiaca) - A hardy perennial member of the mint family. This medicinal grows to between 4 and 6 feet and produces small purple flowers much loved by bees. Several hundred seeds
-Grown by Annapolis Seeds
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Mullein
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(Verbascum thapsus) -
Wild biennial herb. The huge velvety grey leaves on first year plants
give way to a tall spire of yellow flowers in year two. Used medicinally for respiratory
health. An impressive garden specimen, and great for beneficial insects.
Several hundred seeds
-Grown in Nictaux, Nova Scotia by Annapolis Seeds
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Mixed Calendula
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(Calendula officinalis) - This sunny annual is among the very easiest to grow. The flowers can be used in herbal teas or the petals added to salads. Calendula flower resin is very soothing for inflamed skin. Mostly orange and yellow flowers, with some blended multi-colours. 75+ seeds (1.5 grams)
-Grown by Annapolis Seeds
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St. John's Wort
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Hypericum perforatum - A bright and sunny medicinal perennial that thrives in the poorest of soils. Well known for it’s anti-depressant properties. The hardy plants form leafy herbaceous bushes, topped with an abundance of yellow blossoms. Often found growing in abandoned fields and roadsides, they like full sun but can grow in very poor soil. 100+ seeds
-Harvested in Nictaux, Nova Scotia by Annapolis Seeds
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Elecampane
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Inula helenium - Elecampane is a powerful herb as well as a very useful permaculture plant. The huge flat leaves are green on top and velvet underneath. A perennial which blossoms with a six foot spike of small, sunflower-like blossoms starting in it's second year. Roots are harvested beginning at the end of their second year. It's valuable in permaculture systems as a dynamic accumulator, drawing up nutrients from deep in the sub-soil and bringing them to the surface when the plants die back and decompose in Autumn.
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