Annual Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Fort Collins

* Echinocystis is a monotypic genus in the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae. * The pulverized root is used as a poultice for headaches. It is used as a bitter tonic for alleviating stomach troubles, kidney ailments, rheumatism, chills, fevers etc.

* Coreopsis basalis is a bushy annual species with finely cut foliage and showy round flowers. * The species range in the eastern part of the USA is increasing as plants are used in landscaping.

* Coreopsis basalis is a bushy annual species with finely cut foliage and showy round flowers. * The species range in the eastern part of the USA is increasing as plants are used in landscaping.

A few drops of oil in the bath or ointment is good for wounds or to sooth the skin. In particular it is an excellent herb for treating various digestive disorders, nervous tension and irritability and is also used externally to treat skin problems.

* This variety of seed will produce gourds common for making birdhouses.

* In Canada, dill is a favorite herb to accompany poached salmon. * The leaves are eaten raw or cooked, used as a flavouring in salads etc. * In Poland, where dill is called "koper," it is one of the most popular herbs used in the kitchen, and, along...

* The plant reaches 2 to 4 ft (0.61 to 1.2 m) in height, with many branches, and a spread of about 2.5 ft (0.76 m). The naturalized variety is typically tubular, bright red, about 1.25 in (3.2 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. * All parts of the plant contain nicotine, this has been extracted and used...

* Flax was extensively cultivated in ancient Ethiopia and ancient Egypt . 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...

* The plant reaches 2 to 4 ft (0.61 to 1.2 m) in height, with many branches, and a spread of about 2.5 ft (0.76 m). The naturalized variety is typically tubular, bright red, about 1.25 in (3.2 cm) long.

* Blooms are 4" in diameter and are held from May until June. * Centaurea americana , commonly called American Starthistle or American Basketflower , is an annual native to the southern central United States and northeastern Mexico.

* Ageratum conyzoides (billygoat-weed, chick weed, goatweed, whiteweed) is native to Tropical America, especially Brazil, and considered an invasive weed in many other regions. The plant contains the pyrrolizidine alkaloids lycopsamine and echinatine.

* Chamaecrista nictitans (Sensitive Partridge Pea, Small Partridge Pea or Wild Sensitive Plant) is a herbaceous species of legume widely distributed through the temperate and tropical Americas.

* It is occasionally seen on the California coast where it is an introduced species and landscaping escapee. * Native to the Mediterranean region, statice (also commonly called notchleaf status) is noted for producing clusters of papery, funnel-shaped...

* The Borlotti bean, also known as the Roman bean or romano bean (not to be confused with the Italian flat bean, a green bean also called "romano bean"), is a variety of cranberry bean bred in Italy to have a thicker skin.

* Requires a rich, well-drained moisture retentive soil and a very warm, sunny and sheltered position. * The ancestral species of the genus Cucurbita were present in the Americas before the arrival of humans.

* Other reports say that they contain 'estevin' a substance that, weight for weight, is 150 times sweeter than sugar. * The dried leaves can be ground and used as a sweetener or soaked in water and the liquid used in making preserves.

* 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,...

* Make sure to water during the hot months to keep it from fading, and pick off dead flowers to keep the plant blooming till the first frosts of fall. * Sweet pea ( Lathyrus odoratus ) is a flowering plant in the genus Lathyrus in the family Fabaceae...

* Spinach ( Spinacia oleracea ) is an edible flowering plant in the family of Amaranthaceae . Spinach may survive over winter in temperate regions. The leaves are alternate, simple, ovate to triangular-based, very variable in size from about 2-30 cm long...

* Chamaecrista nictitans (Sensitive Partridge Pea, Small Partridge Pea or Wild Sensitive Plant) is a herbaceous species of legume widely distributed through the temperate and tropical Americas.

* This pepper is on the lower end of the HEAT scale measured in scoville units. * The Cubanelle, also known as "Cuban pepper", is a variety of sweet pepper of the species Capsicum annuum.

It was cultivated by the Aztec in pre-Columbian times, and was so valued that it was given as an annual tribute by the people to the rulers. The seed is a good source of protein and easily digested fats.

* 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...

* Symphyotrichum lateriflorum is a herbaceous plant with alternate, simple leaves , on stiff, purplish stems. The flowers are white, borne in fall.

* Plantago lanceolata is a species of genus Plantago known by the common names ribwort plantain, English plantain, buckhorn plantain, narrowleaf plantain, ribleaf and lamb's tongue.

Flowering is reduced once the seeds begin to form inside the pods. * Tenderette produces 5 inch pods over the whole summer, and not just all at once. This will ensure the continued production of more pods by the plant.