Annual Plant Seeds For Sale In Oceanside

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

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

* Sweet pea ( Lathyrus odoratus ) is a flowering plant in the genus Lathyrus in the family Fabaceae ( legumes ), native to the eastern Mediterranean region from Sicily east to Crete .

* Blooms are 4" in diameter and are held from May until June. * The plant is often cultivated for its showy flowers, and can sometimes be found outside its native range as an escape from cultivation.

* A blue ink and a dye is obtained from the petals mixed with alum-water. * Centaurea cyanus ( Cornflower , Bachelor's button , Bluebottle , Boutonniere flower , Hurtsickle , Cyani flower ) is a small annual flowering plant in the family Asteraceae ,...

The foliage makes a nice garden cover when not in bloom and the attractive seedpods add interest after flowering. Blooms in the spring to early summer, but is said not to bloom well in very hot climates.

* This is an annual or biennial herb with one erect, mostly unbranched stem growing 20 to 100 centimeters tall. * It is native to China,and it is cultivated worldwide as an ornamental plant.

* Canavalia gladiata, usually called Sword Bean, is a domesticated plant species in the legume (Fabaceae) family. * The legume is a used as a vegetable in interiors of central and south central India, though not commercially farmed.

* Blooms are 4" in diameter and are held from May until June. * The plant is often cultivated for its showy flowers, and can sometimes be found outside its native range as an escape from cultivation.

* 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.

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

Flower color and size is quite variable. * Erect, bushy annual with oval to heart-shaped, toothed, hairy, dark green leaves 2 1/2" long. Spreading growth to 12". Blooms from summer to autumn with red flowers up to 3/4" long.

* 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...

* Valerianella locusta is a small dicot annual plant of the family Caprifoliaceae that is an edible leaf vegetable with a characteristic nutty flavor, dark green color, and soft texture, popularly served as salad greens.

* Sweet basil has been used for thousands of years as a culinary and medicinal herb. It acts principally on the digestive and nervous systems, easing flatulence, stomach cramps, colic and indigestion.

* Ageratum conyzoides (billygoat-weed, chick weed, goatweed, whiteweed) is native to Tropical America, especially Brazil, and considered an invasive weed in many other regions. High, with ovate leaves 2–6 cm long, and flowers are white to mauve.

The flowers are small, white in color and arranged in a terminal spike. Cultivation: Basil grows to between 30–130 cm tall, with opposite, light green, silky leaves 3–11 cm long and 1–6 cm broad.

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

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

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. Lobata, commonly called wild cucumber, prickly cucumber, or balsam apple.

* It grows to a height of 3 metres and has whorls of striking lipped flowers, that are most commonly orange, but can vary to red, white, and purple. * Leonotis nepetifolia is known in Trinidad as shandilay and the leaves are brewed as a tea for fever,...

* This is an annual herb growing erect to approach half a meter in maximum height, its stem with linear leaves 2 to 4 centimeters long. It is a readily available ornamental plant for the flower garden.

* The vines produce tubular bell-shaped flowers each about two centimeters long. * This is a fast-growing vining annual herb producing long, thin stems with ivylike petioled , heart-shaped leaves 3 to 6 centimeters long.

* The fruit should not be eaten raw. * In tropical and subtropical climates, eggplant can be sown directly into the garden. In particular the fruit helps to lower blood cholesterol levels and is suitable as part of a diet to help regulate high blood pressure.

* The oat (Avena sativa), sometimes called the common oat, is a species of cereal grain grown for its seed, which is known by the same name (usually in the plural, unlike other cereals and pseudocereals).

* This is an annual grass growing up to about half a meter in maximum height. It is known in some areas as a weed, for example, in alfalfa fields in the southwestern United States.

Flower color and size is quite variable. * Erect, bushy annual with oval to heart-shaped, toothed, hairy, dark green leaves 2 1/2" long. Spreading growth to 12". Blooms from summer to autumn with red flowers up to 3/4" long.