Gourmet Sauvage Set - 18 Seed Varieties – Edible, Medicinal and Functional

Combo containing 3 sets of 6 seed varieties of plants to discover, carefully selected by Gourmet Sauvage.

Edible plants:

• Sweet clover, a fragrant biennial with delicate white flowers. Often nicknamed “boreal vanilla,” it releases a floral and sweet scent reminiscent of both vanilla and tonka beans, though it is truly unique.

• Stinging nettle, a perennial plant often feared for its stinging hairs, which can cause itching when touched accidentally. However, it truly is a nutritional and medicinal treasure worth discovering!

• Wild bergamot, a native perennial with distinctive blooms and culinary uses. It gives off an attractive fragrance and can be used as a seasoning in cooking, in addition to its ornamental value.

• Common evening primrose, a striking native biennial with both medicinal and edible properties. A cornerstone of biodiversity, it attracts pollinators and hummingbirds. It plays a key role for nocturnal pollinators, especially moths, which often lack resources in conventional gardens.

• Purple-flowering raspberry, a vigorous native shrub with maple-like leaves, rose-like flowers, and delicious raspberry-like fruits with a distinctive flavour.

• Musk mallow, a lovely perennial with edible flowers. In addition to its various culinary uses, it has medicinal properties and strong ornamental appeal.

Medicinal plants:

• Yarrow, a hardy perennial highly valued in herbal medicine. Its white flowers are commonly used as an infusion to relieve various digestive issues, reduce menstrual pain, lower fever, and combat infections.

• Common self-heal, a native groundcover plant with numerous medicinal properties—hence one of its common names “heal-all.” It spreads easily in lawns, roadsides, and uncultivated areas, where it is easily recognized by its creeping habit and dark green foliage.

• Great mullein, a biennial plant known for its various medicinal uses. Its flowers and leaves are often used to soothe respiratory ailments such as cough, bronchitis, and mucous membrane inflammation.

• St. John's wort, a beautiful yellow-flowered perennial with a long history of medicinal use, particularly known for its beneficial effects on the nervous system.

• Fireweed, a spectacular native perennial with various medicinal properties, including anti-inflammatory and soothing effects.

• Blue vervain, a lovely native perennial with purple flowers and several medicinal applications. In herbal medicine, it is considered a bitter tonic and is often used in tincture form due to its intensely bitter taste.

 Functional and ornamental plants:

• Common milkweed, a native perennial known as the host plant of the Monarch butterfly. It is appreciated for its culinary and medicinal properties in addition to its ornamental value.

• New England aster, a native perennial celebrated for its beautiful fall bloom, providing late-season nectar. Its root also has medicinal properties.

• Queen Anne's lace, a charming biennial plant and ancestor of the carrot, combining medicinal properties, edible uses, and ornamental appeal.

• Joe pye weed, a tall native perennial that plays an important ecological role, especially in wetland areas, where its dense root system helps stabilize the soil and prevent erosion.

• Black-eyed Susan, a beautiful native perennial with bright yellow flowers, valued both for its medicinal properties and its undeniable aesthetic.

• Aztec tobacco, an annual plant of great cultural importance among several First Nations. With its many yellow flowers beloved by pollinators, it also acts as a natural repellent in the garden against certain pests.

Sowing and cultivation, technical details

See the cultivation notes on the product page for each of these seeds.

Some seeds in this pack require cold stratification to ensure germination. See the cultivation notes on each species’ product page for more details.

Akène assumes no responsibility for the use of plants for therapeutic purposes. Always seek professional advice before using any medicinal or edible plant.