Semences biologiques en solde

The China aster , also known as the queen aster, is an upright, bushy, fast-growing annual prized for its abundant blooms and high ornamental value. Native to China, it thrives in both cultivated fields and wastelands, which explains its hardiness and adaptability.

This mixed variety offers a harmonious palette of colors, ranging from white to pink, including shades of apricot. The flowers recall the classic shape of daisies, with a yellow center surrounded by radiating florets, while also displaying a richness of texture characteristic of modern horticultural selections.

In the garden, the China aster stands out for its late flowering, which extends from mid-August until October. It thus becomes a key plant for maintaining the visual interest of the vegetable garden and flowerbeds when many summer flowers are fading. Its flowering continues until the first frosts, offering valuable continuity at the end of the season.

Native to North America, Monarda, also known as bergamot, is a plant with a bold charm that brightens gardens with its vibrant flowers. The Panorama mix brings together several brilliant hues that dance together in the summer sun.

This variety is distinguished by its bushy habit and abundant flowering, attracting a myriad of pollinators—bees, butterflies, and other beneficial insects—with whom it shares its generous nectar. Ideal for mass plantings or borders, Monarda Panorama brings a wild and joyful touch that lives in harmony with the rhythms of an eco-friendly garden, inviting contemplation and respect for biodiversity.

Native to the mountainous regions of Europe and Asia, mountain lovage, often called common lovage or mountain celeriac, is a large umbellifer that naturally finds its place in a living garden. Its glossy green, deeply cut, and fragrant foliage is reminiscent of celery, while its upright stems bear, in summer, large umbels of small greenish-yellow flowers.

Planted in welcoming, cool, and well-drained soil, this robust perennial faithfully returns year after year, offering both a welcoming presence and a generous harvest of aromatic leaves. Its tall stature structures the edges of a vegetable garden or a quiet corner of the garden, where it participates in the cycle of seasons with admirable consistency. In a deeply rooted approach to respectful cultivation, lovage is a reliable plant, discreet yet essential in the garden.

Originating in the South of France, the Round Courgette of Nice has naturally found its place in kitchen gardens, where its round, light green fruit has long been a staple in stuffed vegetable recipes. An old variety of courgette, it forms bushy plants that thrive in warm, fertile soil, helping to create a bountiful garden.

In the vegetable garden, this zucchini quickly produces a succession of round fruits, generally harvested young when their tender skin and delicate flesh are at their best. In a harmonious garden, it thrives alongside other summer vegetables and, with its foliage, helps to cover the soil and retain moisture. It is a reliable plant, productive throughout the growing season when harvested regularly.

Oats and field peas make a very interesting combination, as they both grow very quickly and are quite cold-hardy. This mixture provides excellent ground cover, making weed growth virtually impossible. As with oats, this mixture is ideally used for a period of two months, either before or after a main crop.

• Oats and peas grow in all types of soil. Germination takes between 5 and 14 days.
• They can be sown as soon as the soil can be worked in April and until the beginning of September in soil between 1 and 24 °C.
• They are sown broadcast and the plants are turned back into the soil as green manure after 30 to 65 days.

• Compared to oats, the root mass of peas is very small, but its ability to fix nitrogen in the soil is almost double.

• This mixture is well suited to cold conditions, but will not survive the winter.

• Seeding rate: 2 kg/100 ^m² – 4 lb/1000 sq ^ft

Under the evocative name Food Not Lawns – Remix , this poppy mix finds its natural place in a bountiful, productive garden. The delicate, silky poppy flowers sway in the breeze, marking the rhythm of the seasons with their colorful blooms. Their presence brings a touch of lightness to both vegetable gardens and flowerbeds, in a living garden approach that embraces diversity.

In welcoming, well-drained soil, poppies quietly make their way to the top, creating vibrant little scenes day by day. Once established, they require little but offer much: consistent flowering, a graceful silhouette, and a unique way of evoking the simplicity of traditional direct sowing in the garden. They integrate naturally into any harmonious space, whether it be a vegetable patch, a border, or a more natural corner, and contribute to the creation of a rich and diverse ecosystem.

The Orange Wonder snapdragon belongs to the species Antirrhinum majus , the garden snapdragon, a classic companion to natural flowerbeds. Native to the Mediterranean region, this species has been adopted in many gardens for its dense flower spikes and long flowering period. The Orange Wonder selection is distinguished by its warm orange hues, a welcome addition to any garden or ornamental space.

In the garden, snapdragons form upright clumps topped with dense flower spikes that gradually open over the weeks. Their structuring presence consistently accompanies the cycle of the seasons: first green foliage, then a long flowering period. In a harmonious garden, they find their place both in beds and borders, and can provide a source of nectar for visiting insects where the soil is welcoming and minimally disturbed.

Native to the tropical regions of West Africa, Hibiscus Roselle has spread throughout the world as an ornamental and culinary plant. Known for its vibrant red calyces used in infusions, it invites gardeners on a journey of tangy and colorful flavors.

In the garden, it stands out for its upright habit and generous summer blooms of large flowers, sometimes pink or creamy yellow. Its cultivation offers a refreshing touch of the exotic and plays an essential role for lovers of natural beverages.

It is a variety with a warm and robust character that integrates naturally into a perennial garden with a focus on food and medicinal uses, offering both beauty and practical uses.

The Petrowski turnip is an old variety highly prized by gourmets for the exceptional tenderness and sweetness of its flesh. It is recognizable by its round root with golden-yellow skin, enclosing a fine, creamy-white to very pale yellow flesh , accompanied by a delicately fragrant aftertaste that clearly distinguishes it from other turnips.

Originating in Northern Europe and associated with Berlin, this very hardy variety has proven particularly well-suited to cooler climates. Around 1915, it was being cultivated as far away as Alaska by Russian immigrants, a testament to its robustness and early maturity. It is generally harvested between 1.5 and 2 months after sowing and expresses its best flavor when picked young.

In the garden, Petrowski grows quickly in loose, cool, and well-drained soil. Its steady and reliable growth makes it an excellent choice for northern vegetable gardens and short growing seasons.

In the local world, this turnip is seen as a plant of refined simplicity. It serves as a reminder that certain old varieties, carefully selected and harvested, offer a richness of flavor that far surpasses their apparent modesty.

Fennel Agastache is an elegant, aromatic perennial with long, upright stems bearing spikes of vibrant purple flowers. Its fragrant foliage releases a delicate scent reminiscent of fennel and anise, delighting both gardeners and cooks. This nectar-rich plant attracts bees, butterflies, and other pollinators throughout the summer, contributing to a lively and fragrant garden. Easy to grow, it thrives in full sun in well-drained soil, bringing lightness, color, and unparalleled freshness to flowerbeds and bouquets.

Rapini, also known as broccoli rabe, belongs to the large Brassica rapa group, cultivated for centuries around the Mediterranean basin. The Spring Raab variety is distinguished by its short growing cycle and its ability to quickly produce tender young shoots at the very beginning of the cool season.

In the garden, its upright habit, deeply cut leaves, and small, bud-like flower heads are reminiscent of miniature broccoli. Sown early, it thrives in still-moist soils and mild climates, growing into a beautiful, productive clump. In a harmonious vegetable garden, it's a welcome addition among spring greens, staggering harvests and providing a continuous food source.

Wild lupin is one of those unassuming presences that transforms a dry bank or depleted soil into a vibrant and colorful corner. With its finely cut palmate leaves and upright spikes of bluish-purple to whitish flowers, it evokes natural meadows and roadsides where the garden still leaves ample room for spontaneity.

In a garden in harmony with the cycle of the seasons, wild lupin establishes itself slowly, extending its deep roots and connecting with the soil. As a true legume, it contributes to fertility by associating nitrogen-fixing bacteria with its roots. Its flowers, growing in vertical clusters, offer a valuable resource for bees and other pollinating insects, making it a trusted companion in a diverse and nourishing environment.

Hardy and undemanding, it prefers poor soils to overly rich ones. It readily complements naturalistic flowerbeds, wildflower meadows, and areas slightly removed from the vegetable garden, where its benevolent presence contributes to biodiversity as much as to the daily pleasure of the observant gardener.

Strawberry spinach is a cool-climate annual that thrives in rich, moist, well-drained soil . It can be sown directly in May or August , and the leaf harvest begins about two months later , continuing throughout the season.

From late spring onwards, thin stems that can reach 1 meter bear discreet green flowers , which then transform into edible, decorative and slightly juicy red pseudo-fruits from July to October .

It grows best in full sun , but in warmer climates, partial shade and a good layer of mulch are recommended to prevent water stress. It's ideal for filling gaps in the garden with an edible and unique touch.

Belonging to the large group of Asian daikon radishes , the mini daikon radish retains the slender shape of large white radishes while remaining modest in size. Its cylindrical root, generally white, forms quickly in well-loosened soil and offers a crisp flesh that integrates naturally into a harmonious garden, where sowing and harvesting follow the cycle of the seasons.

In the vegetable garden, this radish is well-suited to staggered sowings, allowing for small, regular harvests. Its presence is discreet above ground, with upright leaves typical of radishes, but beneath the fertile soil, it creates a precious, nourishing space at the heart of the garden. Cultivated with a respectful approach to soil and crop rotation, it contributes to the diversity of textures and flavors offered by a thriving garden.

Native to warm temperate regions and widely naturalized around the Mediterranean basin and elsewhere in the world, purslane ( Portulaca oleracea ) has carved out a discreet but reliable place in kitchen gardens. The Golden variety, with its golden-yellow-green leaves, adds a luminous touch close to the ground, like an edible carpet that weaves its way among other crops.

In the garden, this small, spreading annual quickly covers the ground with its fleshy stems and thick, smooth, succulent leaves. Its small, discreet but regular yellow flowers during the warm season mark the beautiful consistency of its summer cycle. It's a reliable plant for the organic vegetable garden: easy to grow, undemanding, and generous with tender foliage for everyday cooking.

Originating in Southeast Asia, the Suyo Long cucumber is a traditional Chinese variety long cultivated for its long, slender, light green, speckled fruits. In the garden, it embodies freshness and summer elegance with its climbing habit and rapid growth.

With its slender, crisp, and very sweet fruits, this cucumber charms as much with its delicate flavor as with its exotic appearance. It proves a generous choice for gardeners exploring less common varieties, bringing diversity and originality to the vegetable garden.

This vigorous variety thrives on supports or trellises, thus optimizing growing space. It also adds an aesthetic and flavorful touch, ideal for bringing freshness to the kitchen during hot summer days.

The Noir des Carmes melon is an old French variety that has long been a staple in monastery and parsonage gardens. Its dark green, almost black skin, which cracks and turns slightly yellow when ripe, contrasts with its orange flesh, renowned for its intense aroma. In a thriving garden, it provides a discreet presence at first, then a generous one in the heart of summer, when its round fruits fill the air with their fragrance.

In the garden, this trailing melon weaves its way between the planting beds and covers the ground with dense foliage. It's a variety prized for its earliness , making it a valuable companion in regions with shorter summers. Grown with respect for the soil and the natural cycles of the seasons, it offers delicious harvests while integrating harmoniously into a diverse and harmonious vegetable garden.

Grand Wormwood , or Artemisia absinthium , reveals itself with its delicately silvery foliage and slender stems. An emblematic plant of temperate climates, it releases an intense fragrance, both fresh and bitter, essential for lovers of medicinal and culinary herbs. Prized for its traditional uses, it enriches both wildflower gardens and dried bouquets with smoky and mysterious accents.

Chinese forget-me-not is a particularly floriferous annual, prized for its abundant and prolonged flowering. It produces a multitude of tiny indigo-blue flowers, gathered in airy clusters that rise above soft, discreet grey-green foliage.

The plant has a uniform and well-structured habit, with sturdy stems capable of supporting continuous flowering. It grows rapidly and can exceed 45 cm in height under favorable conditions. This vigor, combined with its great adaptability, makes it an excellent candidate for flower beds, borders, as well as for cultivation in containers and planters.

In the garden, the Chinese forget-me-not is tolerant and adaptable. It thrives in both full sun and partial shade, where it continues to flower profusely. Its blooms extend from spring until the end of summer, providing a constant and colorful presence in landscaping.

In the ecumene, the Chinese forget-me-not is perceived as a plant of continuity and delicacy. It accompanies the season over the long term, attracting pollinators while bringing a touch of lightness and constancy to the flower garden.

Native to Europe, Dragon Tongue Mustard is prized for its variegated foliage, a delicate blend of light green and purple, reminiscent of the dragon's tongue from which it takes its name. With flavors reminiscent of classic mustard, it finds its place in exceptional gardens as an elegant, tangy green salad, adding a spicy and colorful touch to spring harvests.

In the garden, its bushy, compact habit makes it easy to plant in borders or mixed with other leafy greens. Its rapid growth and moderate hardiness make it a generous companion for brightening up fresh salads. Dragon Tongue invites culinary exploration while supporting biodiversity thanks to its small yellow flowers that attract pollinating insects.