Annual Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Lowell

Young fruit can be eaten as a vegetable while ripe fruits can be use to make bath sponges. The fruit resembles a cucumber . It is native to northern Africa. * Luffa aegyptiaca is a species of Luffa .

Lobata, commonly called wild cucumber, prickly cucumber, or balsam apple. The sole species is E. Give the plants some protection, such as a cloche, until they are growing away well.

Chamomile is used to sooth widely for children's ailments, infantile colic, and even asthma. 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.

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

* 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,...

* Sweet marjoram is mainly used as a culinary herb, but is also medicinally valuable due to its stimulant and antispasmodic properties. It is a good general tonic, treating various disorders of the digestive and respiratory systems.

High, with ovate leaves 2–6 cm long, and flowers are white to mauve. * It is an herb that is 0.5–1 m. There was a mass poisoning incident in Ethiopia as a result of contamination of grain with A.

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

Golden-mane Coreopsis is native from the south Eastern and south central states of the USA. * The species range in the eastern part of the USA is increasing as plants are used in landscaping.

* A good green manure plant, producing a lot of bulk for incorporation into the soil. 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...

* In the Middle East, water is boiled with about a tablespoon of aniseed per teacup to make a special hot tea called yansoon. * The leaves have a sweet aniseed flavour, they are very refreshing to chew and are also nice as a flavouring in salads, puddings,...

It is in flower from May to September. * Lolium multiflorum is a BIENNIAL growing to 0.3 m (1ft). * Lolium multiflorum ( Italian ryegrass , annual ryegrass ) is a ryegrass native to temperate Europe , although the precise location of its origin is unknown.

* This is an annual or biennial herb with one erect, mostly unbranched stem growing 20 to 100 centimeters tall. * Its common names include China aster and annual aster. * Callistephus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae,...

The leaves provide Cilantro and the seeds are Coriander. * Plants yield about 1¾ tonnes of seed per acre. * The fresh leaves (Cilantro) are probably the most widely used flavouring herb in the world.

Since most of the vitamins and minerals are found close to the skin many will be lost unless the root is finely peeled or cooked whole. * The consumption of parsnips has potential health benefits.

If you really want to grow a record breaker do your homework on growing techniques, fertilization, etc. * There is an art to growing the giants so don't be discouraged if you don't get pumpkins weighing hundreds of pounds on your first try.

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

* The poisonous alkaloid 'colchicine' is extracted from this plant and used to alter the genetic make-up of plants in an attempt to find new, improved varieties. * The species is commonly cultivated in temperate areas.

* In the Middle East, water is boiled with about a tablespoon of aniseed per teacup to make a special hot tea called yansoon. * The leaves have a sweet aniseed flavour, they are very refreshing to chew and are also nice as a flavouring in salads, puddings,...

* Best planted between two and four weeks after the average last frost, Big Max pumpkins typically become ripe 110 to 120 days after sowing. They are often bright orange in color, with fine-grained, yellow-orange flesh.

It is native to East Asia (such as China , Korea , Japan , and East Siberia ) and bears big blue flowers, although varieties with white and pink flowers are in cultivation. This species is known as platycodon or Chinese bellflower .

* Soapwort's main medicinal use is as an expectorant. Other common names are Bouncing Bet and Sweet William; locally it is simply "the Soapwort" although there are about 20 species of soapworts altogether.

* 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. * As the name suggests, its shape resembles that of an acorn.

Cernua is much less prevalent. Where the range of this species and Smooth Bur Marigold (B. The leaves are sessile with a coarsely-toothed margin. * The species name cernua is Latin for nodding.

* Soapwort's main medicinal use is as an expectorant. Other common names are Bouncing Bet and Sweet William; locally it is simply "the Soapwort" although there are about 20 species of soapworts altogether.

Spreading growth to 12". Flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds and butterflies. The hairy leaves, scalloped on the edges, are pea green, varying in size, all the way up to 3 in (7.6 cm) long and 2 in (5.1 cm) wide.

* Lavatera thuringiaca is a species of Lavatera native to eastern Europe and southwestern Asia , from southern Germany south to Italy , and east to southern Russia , Kazakhstan , and Turkey .