Native American

Originating from South America, Mate is a popular tea and a healthful alternative to coffee. It is a very rich source of vitamins, minerals, amino acids,...

This creeping herbaceous perennial is useful against flu and arthritis. It is a diuretic and anti-inflammatory. Southwest Native Americans used this plant...

Mountain Sneezeweed. This Mountain plant grows in moist valleys and along creeks above 6000 feet in parts of the Sierra Mountains, the Southern Cascade...

Traditional use: This is the most medicinally active variety of Yarrow. It's been used traditionally an antiseptic, an anti-inflammatory and as a...

This deciduous shrub has smooth bark and fragrant late Fall flowers. A distillation of the leaves and flower bearing twigs is a powerful astringent and...

Originally from Europe, this willow variety has attractive purple catkins in the spring. All willow varieties can be coppiced (repeatedly pruned) for basket...

This twining perennial vine native to the hardwood forest of the eastern U.S. is an effective anti-spasmodic for the digestive system and the uterus....

This is the species most commonly used for its medicinal root. The plant is a little trickier in a garden setting. It prefers very good drainage and does...

The root oil has been used in perfumes. The root, itself, is a digestive tonic prescribed for colic and flatulence. Native Americans used it as a...

Wild Black Cherry, Choke Cherry. Hardy landscape tree growing to 25 feet and covered with white blooms in the spring followed by reddish purple fruit, great...

This endangered east coast woodland plant is the food of choice for the endemic pipevine swallowtail butterfly. The aromatic root was traditionally used as...

Bearberry. Kinnik kinnik. Traditional use: This plant has been used as an effective anti-bacterial agent for mild urinary infections. It is specific for...

Scherazi Tobacco is a strong flavored cultivar originally from Iran. Beautiful plants get large and are very productiveith a strong Tobacco fragrance  and...

This is a very mellow smoking tobacco, which matures readily even if the summer is cool or the growing season short. Highly recommended. Flowers are...

This wild cultivated Tobacco has been used as an integral part of Huichol ceremony for thousands of years. Their cultivar grows to about 3 feet with showy...

Hopi Tobacco. A Northern hardy Tobacco strain of Tobacco with lush Green leaves and a high nicotine content. Used ceremonially by the Hopi People....

Black Sea Samish tobacco This variety hails from the Samsun region near the Black Sea in Turkey! This tobacco is quite mild for smoking with a rich flavor...

This rare tobacco variety comes from New Orleans where it was bred from the tobacco and was originally grown by the Native Americans of the region. It is an...

Originally from Argentina and Bolivia. This Tobacco is now widely naturalized in dry desert areas around the globe. The leaves are mild enough to provide a...

Originating from Eurasia, these sweet woodland perennials are a treat to the eye in early spring. The delicate scalloped leaves form a spreading rosette,...