Annual Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Hartford

The seed can be ground into a meal and made into bread, biscuits, cakes etc, usually in a mix with cereal flours. Global interest in chia seed as a food* is based on its high content of protein, ?-3 fatty-acids, and complex carbohydrates, as well as the...

The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and requires well-drained soil.The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils..It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade.It requires moist soil.

* The leaves are ready for harvesting in about 8 weeks from sowing, the plant responds well to cut and come again harvesting. * Sometimes called garden chervil , it is used to season mild-flavoured dishes and is a constituent of the French herb mixture...

* Summer savory ( Satureja hortensis ) is the better known of the Savory species. * The leaves can be used fresh or dried. The flowering shoots contain about 0.5% essential oil, this is used as a food flavouring.

It has a slightly sour and salty taste and is eaten throughout much of Europe, the middle east, Asia, and Mexico * It has an extensive old-world distribution extending from North Africa through the Middle East and the Indian Subcontinent to Malesia and...

* "The plant is rich in minerals and vitamins with potassium concentrations at 610 mg/100 g and carotene at 3.4 g/100 g in edible portions. Successional sowings can be made at intervals of a few weeks in order to ensure a constant supply of young plants.

The growing plant repels whitefly and can be grown near tomatoes to keep that crop free of the insect. These secretions are produced about 3 - 4 months after sowing. * The French marigold ( Tagetes patula ) is a species in the daisy family ( Asteraceae...

* Western salsify is quite similar to the generally commoner meadow salsify, T. Pratensis, but the bracts which show behind the flower head, a distinctive feature of salsifies, are longer and more noticeable.

* This is a timeless classic. * They are like the peppers that you buy in the store. * California Wonder peppers are an open pollinated heirloom variety of sweet bell pepper. * Blocky shape, excellent for stuffing with a sweet mild flavor.

* 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,...

* Summer savory ( Satureja hortensis ) is the better known of the Savory species. * The leaves can be used fresh or dried. The flowering shoots contain about 0.5% essential oil, this is used as a food flavouring.

* The leaves have a sweet aniseed flavour, they are very refreshing to chew and are also nice as a flavouring in salads, puddings, soups, stews etc. Because the plants have a taproot, they do not transplant well after being established, so they should...

* Leonotis nepetifolia is known in Trinidad as shandilay and the leaves are brewed as a tea for fever, coughs, womb prolapse and malaria. It has very soft serrated leaves that can grow up to 4 inches wide.

They can also be sprouted and used in salads. * It is an important crop for subsistence farmers in Africa. * Amaranthus cruentus is a common flowering plant species that yields the nutritious staple amaranth grain .

* The whole plant is antiinflammatory and antiallergic. The plant contains the pyrrolizidine alkaloids lycopsamine and echinatine. * As a medicinal plant, Ageratum conyzoides is widely used by many traditional cultures, against dysentery and diarrhea.

* 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.

* The plant is often cultivated for its showy flowers, and can sometimes be found outside its native range as an escape from cultivation. The plant can reach 5-6' tall and has rough 4" long lance-shaped leaves.

* Veratrum nigrum ( Black Hellebore ) is a medicinal plant and poisonous plant native to Asia and Europe . In China, it, and other false hellebore species are collectively called "li lu".

* 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,...

* This species produces flowering plants in 2 - 3 years from seed. Take care since the plant resents disturbance. * In antiquity the most famous place for the black hellebore was the Phokian city of Antikyra in Greece.

* Other reports say that they contain 'estevin' a substance that, weight for weight, is 150 times sweeter than sugar. * The leaves have a very sweet liquorice-like flavour. * The leaves contain 'stevioside', a substance that is 300 times sweeter than...

It is hardy to zone 5 and is not frost tender. * Lolium multiflorum ( Italian ryegrass , annual ryegrass ) is a ryegrass native to temperate Europe , although the precise location of its origin is unknown.

* Ginseng is characterized by the presence of ginsenosides. * It has gained an almost magical reputation for being able to promote health, general body vigour and also to prolong life.

* The plant is part of a North American formula called essiac which is a popular treatment for cancer. The other herbs included in the formula are Arctium lappa, Ulmus rubra and Rumex acetosella.

* 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. * The Sweet Pea has long been a favorite of gardeners because of the wonderful fragrance of the large...

* Excellent as a fresh cut flower and for dried arrangements. * Native to the Mediterranean region, statice (also commonly called notchleaf status) is noted for producing clusters of papery, funnel-shaped flowers in summer.

It is slow to bolt as summer progresses so it can be grown later in the spring than many varieties. It is ready to harvest in about 60 days from sowing and does well in cool weather in the spring and early summer.