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These seeds were gathered from Sphaeranthus indicus, also known as Munditika, Mundi, Shravana, Bhikshu, Tapodhana, Mahashravani, Shravanahva, and Shravanashirshaka. The leaves can be used as an herb. This annual can be grown in any USDA Hardiness Zones.

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This is Nemophila maculata, also known as baby blue eyes, and fivespot. Bees love this plant. Both male and female bees feed on the nectar from this plant and the female bees also collect pollen to feed their larvae from Nemophila maculata. This plant likes to live in full sun to partial shade where it can blossom from late Spring until early Fall. This plant is a nectar source for the Kern primrose sphinx moth. This is an annual and can grow in all USDA Hardiness Zones.

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These seeds are from Eclipta prostrata, also known as false daisy, yerba de tago, Karisalankanni, and bhringraj. This sunflower has been very successful at spreading itself around much of the world. The young leaves and shoots are collected and cooked as a vegetable. A black dye is produced from this plant. It is used for tattooing and making hair dyes. This Annual grows in all Hardiness Zones.

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These seeds are from Bhut Jolokia Naga Chocolate, also known as Ghost Pepper, ghost chili pepper, ghost chili, and ghost jolokia. If you think tabasco is hot just imagine this pepper which is 400 times hotter. In 2007 this was the Worlds hottest pepper. The Scoville Rating is a scale used to measure how hot a chilli pepper is. This pepper was the first to break one million scoville units and it is a regularly seen at chilli pepper eating contests. They are also used in non lethal grenades and pepper spray. Tabasco red sauce is rated between 2,500 and 5,000. It is used as a spice for food and it is also used to fend off elephants. People spread the paste on fences or use it to make smoke bombs to repel the elephants. This annual grown in all USDA Hardiness Zones, but this plant grows best in high heat and humidity, whether it is outside or created inside.

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This is Viola tricolor, also known as johnny jump up, heartsease, hearts ease, hearts delight, tickle-my-fancy, Jack-jump-up-and-kiss-me, come-and-cuddle-me, three faces in a hood, wild pansy, and love-in-idleness. This adorable little pansy does not mind if it lives in full sun or full shade, and it will adapt to most all growing conditions. This cute little survivor is the larval host plant for the Variegated Fritillary, Great Spangled Fritillary, and Gray Hairstreak butterflies. Johnny jump up is a nectar plant for the Falcate Orangetip butterfly. The petals of this plant are edible and used in salads or desserts most of the time. The petals are picked just as the flower opens up and then they are soaked in cold water until they swell up. Not only are the flowers edible but they contain antioxidants. This plant is grown as an annual in some places and it is a short lived perennial in USDA Hardiness Zones 2b to 9