Annual Plant Seeds For Sale In Minnesota

* The leaves have a very sweet liquorice-like flavour. * Other reports say that they contain 'estevin' a substance that, weight for weight, is 150 times sweeter than sugar. * Stevia has become very popular as a natural sugar substitute with almost zero...

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

It has a longhistory of use as a herbal medicine, though it is very poisonous and should be used with extreme caution. There are also traces of scopolamine, a potent cholinergic-blocking hallucinogen,which has been used to calm schizoid patients.

* The leaves have a very sweet liquorice-like flavour. * Other reports say that they contain 'estevin' a substance that, weight for weight, is 150 times sweeter than sugar. * Stevia has become very popular as a natural sugar substitute with almost zero...

* Nicotiana tabacum, or cultivated tobacco, is an annually-grown herbaceous plant. 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.

Thin the seedlings to the best plant in each pot, grow them on fast and plant them out after the last expected frosts. A very bitter tea brewed from the roots is analgesic and is also used as a love potion.

* Marjoram ( Origanum majorana , Lamiaceae ) is a somewhat cold-sensitive perennial herb or undershrub with sweet pine and citrus flavours. * Sweet marjoram is mainly used as a culinary herb, but is also medicinally valuable due to its stimulant and antispasmodic...

* Summer savory ( Satureja hortensis ) is the better known of the Savory species. * The leaves can be used fresh or dried. It is used more often than winter savory, as winter savory is thought to have a slightly more bitter flavor.

* It is native to tropical Africa and southern India. It can also be found growing abundantly in much of Latin America and the West Indies. * Leonotis nepetifolia, also known as klip dagga, Christmas candlestick, or lion's ear, is a species of plant in...

The seed usually germinates in 10 - 21 days at 18°c. Cool nights assist germination. * Surface sow the seed in March in a greenhouse. * The plants are pollinated by bumblebees , and the flowers close over the insects when they enter and deposit pollen...

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

In India, it is called "nau bajiya" or "9 o'clock flower" as it blooms in morning around 9:00 am. It requires ample sunlight and well-drained soils. * In Bangladesh, it is called "time fuul", meaning "time flower", because the flower has a specific time...

* Ocimum basilicum , or Sweet Basil, is a culinary herb of major importance. * Sweet basil has been used for thousands of years as a culinary and medicinal herb. Most culinary and ornamental basils are cultivars of the species Ocimum basilicum , but other...

It is great fresh in salads or steamed. The leaves are alternate, simple, ovate to triangular-based, very variable in size from about 2-30 cm long and 1-15 cm broad, with larger leaves at the base of the plant and small leaves higher on the flowering...

They will burst in color early in the spring and keep color into early summer. Perfect companion of spring flowering bulbs. The best plant to have in the landscape bed around the house in fall and during the winter months.

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. It was used as a sweetener before the arrival in Europe of cane sugar.

A few drops of oil in the bath or ointment is good for wounds or to sooth the skin. Dried Chamomile flowers make a sedative and delicious tea that is calming to the stomach and improves digestion.

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

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

* Mirabilis jalapa (The four o'clock flower or marvel of Peru ) is the most commonly grown ornamental species of Mirabilis , and is available in a range of colours. Mirabilis jalapa is said to have been exported from the Peruvian Andes in 1540.

* The plant looks similar to the thistles but lacks their prickly characteristics . * The name basket flower refers to the stiff, straw-colored bracts just beneath the flower head, which are divided at the tip into long, sharp teeth.

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

* This variety is perfect for growing in containers or restricted spaces. * It will yield normal sized cucumbers but not take up as much room in the garden.

* 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 a longhistory of use as a herbal medicine, though it is very poisonous and should be used with extreme caution. There are also traces of scopolamine, a potent cholinergic-blocking hallucinogen,which has been used to calm schizoid patients.

* It is also attractive to hoverflies (family Syrphidae), which are useful as biological pest control agents because they eat aphids and other pests. * The seeds are "negatively photoblastic", or photodormant, and will only germinate in darkness.

In modern cooking, parsley is used for its leaf in much the same way as coriander (which is also known as Chinese parsley or cilantro ), although parsley is perceived to have a milder flavor.