Annual Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Chesapeake

The dried leaves can also be used, they remain effective for 6 months after drying. Tabacum is sensitive to temperature, air, ground humidity and the type of land. * All parts of the plant contain nicotine, this has been extracted and used as an insecticide.

* 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 habitats, as well as in fields, woodland margins,...

Give the plants some protection, such as a cloche, until they are growing away well. * Echinocystis is a monotypic genus in the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae. Thin the seedlings to the best plant in each pot, grow them on fast and plant them out after the...

The dried leaves can also be used, they remain effective for 6 months after drying. Tabacum is sensitive to temperature, air, ground humidity and the type of land. * All parts of the plant contain nicotine, this has been extracted and used as an insecticide.

* Centaurea americana , commonly called American Starthistle or American Basketflower , is an annual native to the southern central United States and northeastern Mexico. * The plant is often cultivated for its showy flowers, and can sometimes be found...

* Nigella damascena ( Love-in-a-mist ) is an annual garden flowering plant , belonging to the buttercup family ( Ranunculaceae ). Blooms in the spring to early summer, but is said not to bloom well in very hot climates.

* Callistephus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae, containing the single species Callistephus chinensis. * It is native to China,and it is cultivated worldwide as an ornamental plant.

These secretions are produced about 3 - 4 months after sowing. The whole plant contains substances that are toxic to cockroaches. 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).

* Hybrid cucurbit varieties such as Big Max are not true pumpkins, but instead "squash-type pumpkins". * Big Max is a large variety of squash that can exceed 100 pounds and 20 in (510 mm) in diameter under ideal growing conditions.

* It is a winter squash with distinctive longitudinal ridges and sweet, yellow-orange flesh. * Seeds are started after all danger of frost is past and the soil is warm or within 3–4 weeks before the predicted last frost date in the area.

Well rounded, heavily netted medium ribbed fruit. * Seeds germinate in 10-15 days. * It is very productive and a vigorous grower. * It matures in 90 days from seed and produces 3-4 lb.

The seed, or the oil from the seed are normally used. * Linseed has a long history of medicinal use, its main effects being as a laxative and expectorant that soothes irritated tissues, controls coughing and relieves pain.

* The plant is an ingredient of pot-pourri. * Essential oil yielded by distillation is generally around 2-3% and anethole makes up 80-90% of this. * Anise , Pimpinella anisum, also called aniseed, is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae native to...

* These small round cucumbers ripen to a lemon yellow color.

* Leonotis nepetifolia, also known as klip dagga, Christmas candlestick, or lion's ear, is a species of plant in the genus Leonotis and the family Lamiaceae (mint). * Leonotis nepetifolia is known in Trinidad as shandilay and the leaves are brewed as...

* It is occasionally seen on the California coast where it is an introduced species and landscaping escapee. * Excellent as a fresh cut flower and for dried arrangements. * Native to the Mediterranean region, statice (also commonly called notchleaf status)...

Nutrition comes from the beets fiber, vitamins, minerals and unique plant derived anti-oxidants. They germinate right away and will mark the row. * Beets are low in calories (about 45 kcal per 100 g), have zero cholesterol and a minute amount of fat.

* The Sweet Pea has long been a favorite of gardeners because of the wonderful fragrance of the large clusters of colorful blue,pink,purple,red or white flowers. * Make sure to water during the hot months to keep it from fading, and pick off dead flowers...

It has been naturalized in the southern United States and the New World tropics. Lacryma-jobi is not closely related to barley (Hordeum vulgare). * Other common names include coixseed, tear grass and Yi Yi. Job's tears are also commonly sold as Chinese...

* It is an important crop for subsistence farmers in Africa. They are eaten cooked or ground into a powder and used for making cakes etc. * The seeds are very small but easy to harvest and very nutritious.

It has a longhistory of use as a herbal medicine, though it is very poisonous and should be used with extreme caution. * The leaves can be used as a very powerful mind-altering drug, they contain hyoscyamine and atropine.

* Stipa capillata is a perennial grass species in the family Poaceae , native to Europe and Asia . * A perennial grass, to 3', with erect stems and leaves, very narrow; flowers and seedheads lax; native to Eurasia.

Older writers usually distinguished the turnip and rape by the adjectives round and long (- rooted ) respectively. The name derives from the Latin for turnip , r?pum or r?pa , and is first recorded in English at the end of the 14th century.

The seed usually germinates within 10 - 18 days at 15°c. * Glebionis coronaria, formerly called Chrysanthemum coronarium, is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family. * Seed - surface-sow in spring to early autumn in situ.

* The leaves are ready for harvesting in about 8 weeks from sowing, the plant responds well to cut and come again harvesting. * It has a mild aromatic flavour that is suggestive of aniseed.

Oval to round fruit with red sweet flesh and small seeds, maturing in 85 days. * It is currently still one of the most popular varieties in the world! * Produces 20-25 lb. * It was an All American winner in 1964.

* The foliage was burned by the Cherokee as a natural insecticide, to smoke out gnats. * Native Americans used it for respiratory and muscle disorders, as a purgative, and as a ceremonial medicine.The plant was used as a traditional medicinal plant by...