Annual Horticultural Plant Seeds For Sale In Modesto

* Although considered a "winter" squash, acorn squash belongs to the same species as all "summer" squashes (including zucchini and yellow crookneck squash). * It is a winter squash with distinctive longitudinal ridges and sweet, yellow-orange flesh.

* This Heirloom variety has been around over 100 years , has long deep green leaves high in iron, vitamins and antioxidants. Spinach may survive over winter in temperate regions. It is great fresh in salads or steamed.

Its dark green leaves can be used much like spinach, raw in salads or steamed. * A very interesting addition to the garden. * Corn salad, also known as mache or lamb's lettuce, grows in a low rosette with spatulate leaves up to 15.2 cm long.

* The legume is a used as a vegetable in interiors of central and south central India, though not commercially farmed. * Canavalia gladiata, usually called Sword Bean, is a domesticated plant species in the legume (Fabaceae) family.

Always seek advice from a professional before using a plant medicinally. Gather the flowers in the summer. * Matricaria recutita or German chamomile , also spelled camomile , is an annual plant of the composite family Asteraceae .

Always seek advice from a professional before using a plant medicinally. Gather the flowers in the summer. * Matricaria recutita or German chamomile , also spelled camomile , is an annual plant of the composite family Asteraceae .

It was the main commercial tomato grown in New Jersey for many years. * This heirloom variety was created by Rutgers University in the 1930's. It produces an abundance of medium sized round bright crimson tomatoes.

Common colors are green, red, brown, orange, or yellow. A single plant can yield dozens of peppers and they can be harvested while they are green or red. Each plant can hold up to fifty pepper pods.

Its dark green leaves can be used much like spinach, raw in salads or steamed. * A very interesting addition to the garden. * Corn salad, also known as mache or lamb's lettuce, grows in a low rosette with spatulate leaves up to 15.2 cm long.

* In their great first voyage to the New World, Christopher Columbus and his expedition were introduced to a plant whose smoke was called tobacco by the natives of Hispaniola. Temperatures of 20–30 °C (68–86 °F) are best for adequate growth; an...

Where the range of this species and Smooth Bur Marigold (B. Bur Marigold seeds are sometimes eaten by ducks. * Bidens cernua, commonly called called nodding beggarticks[4] or nodding bur-marigold, is an herbaceous plant native to North America.

The seed usually germinates in 10 - 21 days at 18°c. * Surface sow the seed in March in a greenhouse. * Large-flowered forms of the common garden snapdragon; usually grown as an annual but may overwinter in warmer areas.

They will burst in color early in the spring and keep color into early summer. The best plant to have in the landscape bed around the house in fall and during the winter months. Perfect companion of spring flowering bulbs.

* The leaves can be used as a very powerful mind-altering drug, they contain hyoscyamine and atropine. * The thornapple is a bitter narcotic plant that relieves pain and encourages healing.

It is a readily available ornamental plant for the flower garden. * This is an annual herb growing erect to approach half a meter in maximum height, its stem with linear leaves 2 to 4 centimeters long.

* The leaves are ready for harvesting in about 8 weeks from sowing, the plant responds well to cut and come again harvesting. * Chervil ( Anthriscus cerefolium ) is a delicate annual herb related to parsley .

* In Poland, where dill is called "koper," it is one of the most popular herbs used in the kitchen, and, along with parsley and chives, is used for various purposes. * The leaves lose their flavour if the are cooked for any length of time and so are best...

The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Bees, flies, beetles.The plant is self-fertile. It is native to Europe but has been introduced elsewhere, such as the western and eastern parts of the United States.

The plants prime use is as a diuretic where it is effective in ridding the body of stones and in treating jaundice, dropsy, cystitis etc. It is common in Middle Eastern , European , and American cooking .

* It is native to China,and it is cultivated worldwide as an ornamental plant. * This is an annual or biennial herb with one erect, mostly unbranched stem growing 20 to 100 centimeters tall.

The seed usually germinates in 2 - 3 weeks. * The California poppy ( Eschscholzia californica ) is native to grassy and open areas from sea level to 2,000m (6,500 feet) altitude in the western United States throughout California , extending to Oregon...

(meaning: fried aubergines) or without yogurt as in patl?can ?ak?uka. The fruit is antihaemorrhoidal and hypotensive. * The aubergine is used mainly as a food crop, but it does also have various medicinal uses that make it a valuable addition to the diet.

Ageratum mexicanum Hort. * Ageratum houstonianum ( Flossflower , Bluemink , Garden Ageratum , Blueweed , Pussy Foot ) syn. ) is a cool-season annual plant often grown as a bedding plant in gardens .

The plant contains the pyrrolizidine alkaloids lycopsamine and echinatine. High, with ovate leaves 2–6 cm long, and flowers are white to mauve. The juice of the fresh plant, or an extract of the dried plant, is used in the treatment of allergic rhinitis...

* The legume is a used as a vegetable in interiors of central and south central India, though not commercially farmed. * Canavalia gladiata, usually called Sword Bean, is a domesticated plant species in the legume (Fabaceae) family.

After entomophilous pollination, the corolla falls off and four round achenes develop inside the bilabiate calyx. It behaves as an annual if there is any chance of a frost. (basileus), meaning "king", as it is believed to have grown above the spot where...

* It is an annual plant capable of rapid plant movement—its leaflets fold together when touched. * Chamaecrista nictitans (Sensitive Partridge Pea, Small Partridge Pea or Wild Sensitive Plant) is a herbaceous species of legume widely distributed through...