Native American

Originating from South America, Mate‰Ûª 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...

This California Native medicinal herb makes a tasty tea that is delicious combined with catnip or lemon Balm. Stimulating to the digestion and promotes a...

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...

Eastern Teaberry, Checkerberry. This shiny-leaved, aromatic ground cover with it's bright red berries and delicate, bell shaped white flowers is native to...

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...

Hartwegs Wild Ginger  Marbeled Wild Ginger ranges from Southern Oregon into Northern California  extending south into parts of the Sierras. This type of...

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...

Rattle Bush. Easier species to cultivate and medicinally interchangeable with true wild indigo. Blue/green clover-like leaves can grow up to 5 feet tall...

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...

Beautiful plant native to the eastern hardwood forest with a pair of vibrant leaves and a striking white flower. The root has been used as an expectorant...

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...