Annual Plant Crop Plant For Sale In Illinois

About 35 kilos of oil can be extracted from 1 hectare of the plant (yielding 2,500 kilos of flowers and 25,000 kilos of herbage). The whole plant contains substances that are toxic to cockroaches.

It is an early bush zucchini that produces a high yield of straight dark green cylindrical fruit. Mature in 45 to 65 days. * They should be harvested when under 10 inches for the best flavor.

* Corn Salad is a gourmet green that has been used in Europe for centuries. * Like other formerly foraged greens, corn salad has many nutrients, including three times as much vitamin C as lettuce, beta-carotene, B6, iron, and potassium.

A herb tea is made from the leaves. It is used more often than winter savory, as winter savory is thought to have a slightly more bitter flavor. * Summer savory ( Satureja hortensis ) is the better known of the Savory species.

The species name campestre means "of the fields". * Trifolium campestre , commonly known as Hop Trefoil and Low Hop Clover , is a species of clover native to Europe and western Asia , growing in most areas, but specifically thriving on dry, sandy grassland...

* The leaves contain 'stevioside', a substance that is 300 times sweeter than sucrose. * The dried leaves can be ground and used as a sweetener or soaked in water and the liquid used in making preserves.

* The seeds are very small but easy to harvest and very nutritious. They are eaten cooked or ground into a powder and used for making cakes etc. * The mild-flavoured leaves (cooked as a spinach) are rich in vitamins and minerals.

Good for any climate. It provides continuous pods throughout the season. Pods are stringless, straight, and posses a rich buttery flavor. Perfect for eating fresh, freezing and canning.

Annual with delicate but showy, aster-like flowers. Flowers violet blue or white. The stems are densely covered with sharp-pointed, deeply cut leaves which appear fern-like. Plants often form clumps or mounds.

* The seeds have a delicious nutty flavour and can be eaten on their own either raw or roasted. Soap is made from saponified oil, and many cosmetics contain peanut oil and its derivatives.

* It is similar to Chamaecrista fasciculata except that the leaves are smaller. * 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...

* Marjoram ( Origanum majorana , Lamiaceae ) is a somewhat cold-sensitive perennial herb or undershrub with sweet pine and citrus flavours. It is a good general tonic, treating various disorders of the digestive and respiratory systems.

The best edible roots should be produced from a May/June sowing, whilst sowing the seed in the spring as well as the summer should ensure a supply of edible leaves all year round. The extract consists of about 65–80% silymarin (a flavonolignan complex)...

Chemical components: The various basils have such different scents because the herb has a number of different essential oils which come together in different proportions for various breeds.

* Usually flowers blue, pink, white, lavender, and purple. The foliage makes a nice garden cover when not in bloom and the attractive seedpods add interest after flowering. Blooms in the spring to early summer, but is said not to bloom well in very hot...

* Annual or biennial; parent is dwarfish, dark blue flowers throughout summer; does well in hot, dry sun. This plant is often used as an ornamental plant in gardens. * Cynoglossum amabile is a flowering plant native to Asia , which is also called Chinese...

It is native to Morocco , but it can be found elsewhere growing wild as an introduced species , such as California . * 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.

Worldwide, the figure is about 90% of all production for this species. It is widely grown in regions of the world where the growing season is long enough to allow the fruit to mature.

Mirabilis in Latin means wonderful and Jalapa is a town in Mexico . * Very fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers, 1-2" red, pink, yellow, white, or variously mottled with different color combinations, in quantity; the common name is based on the flower's opening...

* The seedcoat contains an extremely lethal poison that was once used by the KGB to dispose of their enemies. * Castor seed is the source of castor oil, which has a wide variety of uses.

It produces an abundance of medium sized round bright crimson tomatoes. The flavor is good. 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.

Young fruit can be eaten as a vegetable while ripe fruits can be use to make bath sponges. They may also be grown as an ornamental plant . Commonly known as Smooth Luffa and Egyptian Luffa , sometimes under the obsolete name Luffa cylindrica and frequently...

Cyanus from these it is sometimes called Common Cornflower . Kennedy and was worn by his son, John F. * A blue ink and a dye is obtained from the petals mixed with alum-water. * The flowers are often used in dried-flower arrangements because they retain...

* German camomile is a well known herbal remedy and is much used in the West. Always seek advice from a professional before using a plant medicinally. In particular it is an excellent herb for treating various digestive disorders, nervous tension and...

The fresh leaves are highly nutritious and can be considered a natural vitamin and mineral supplement in their own right. The plants prime use is as a diuretic where it is effective in ridding the body of stones and in treating jaundice, dropsy, cystitis...

Lobata, commonly called wild cucumber, prickly cucumber, or balsam apple. * Echinocystis lobata is an annual vine that produces stems that can be as long as 8 m (26 ft) and which climb, with the help of coiling, branched tendrils, over shrubs and fences...

* 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 , southern Washington , Nevada , Arizona , New...