Biennial Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Alabama

Its long tuberous root has cream-colored skin and flesh and can be left in the ground when mature as it becomes sweeter in flavor after winter frosts. It has been used as a vegetable since antiquity and was cultivated by the Romans, although there is...

It is native to Europe and western Asia. * Scabiosa ochroleuca, commonly called cream scabious, is a species of scabiosa with creamy yellow flower heads.

* The tops can also be eaten when young as greens or in soups. * They are excellent raw or cooked , having a mild sweet flavor. * High in Vitamins! * The purple topped turnip root will reach 4-5 inches in diameter and matures in 40 to 60 days.

* The root is boiled and eaten like salsify. The taste somewhat resembles salsify or parsnips. * Oenothera biennis ( Common evening primrose or Evening star ) is a species of Oenothera native to eastern and central North America , from Newfoundland west...

It is also used in allopathic medicine in the treatment of heart complaints. * Digitalis purpurea is an herbaceous biennial or short-lived perennial plant. * Great care should be exercised in the use of this plant, the therapeutic dose is very close to...

* A perennial grass, to 3', with erect stems and leaves, very narrow; flowers and seedheads lax; native to Eurasia. * Stipa capillata is a perennial grass species in the family Poaceae , native to Europe and Asia .

* It produces an abundance of 8-9 inch dark green cucumbers with excellent mild flavor. * This open pollinated variety has been around a long time and is still the favorite.

* The leaves contain 'stevioside', a substance that is 300 times sweeter than sucrose. * Stevia has become very popular as a natural sugar substitute with almost zero calories! * Because stevia has a negligible effect on blood glucose it is attractive...

Although the Sweet William is a perennial species, it is quite short-lived and degenerates after its second year. * A very ornamental plant, its flowers are very attractive to butterflies and moths.

* Try them as a fall crop by sowing seed in late summer. * They are quite frost tolerant and become even more flavorful after some frosty nights. * Vates Collards have dark green very tasty leaves with a mild cabbage like flavor.

The plant has a general stimulatory effect on the immune system and is widely used in modern herbal treatments. * Echinacea angustifolia ( Narrow-leaved purple coneflower , blacksamson echinacea ) is a herbaceous plant species in Asteraceae .

The dried leaves can also be used, they remain effective for 6 months after drying. Tabacum is sensitive to temperature, air, ground humidity and the type of land. * In their great first voyage to the New World, Christopher Columbus and his expedition...

It is slow to bolt as summer progresses so it can be grown later in the spring than many varieties. It has deep lobed green leaves that are very sweet and tender. This a a great variety of oak leaf lettuce.

* The flowers appear from late spring to summer in umbelliform cymes of about 4 flowers.The seeds are small and black, borne in a long capsule . * Greater celandine has an erect habit, and may reach 30 to 120 cm high.

Naturalizes in optimum growing conditions by both self-seeding and creeping rhizomes. * Best naturalized in moist to wet soils in water gardens, bog gardens, wet meadows, water margins or low spots.

* A perennial grass, to 3', with erect stems and leaves, very narrow; flowers and seedheads lax; native to Eurasia. * Stipa capillata is a perennial grass species in the family Poaceae , native to Europe and Asia .

* Tian Nan Xing has been used in Chinese herbal medicine for thousands of years and is valued especially for its beneficial affect upon the chest. * The root is harvested when the plant is dormant in the autumn or winter and is dried for later use.

There is no difference whatsoever between the European and the Himalayan collections, wh ile plants from Siberia Subsp. Cimicifuga europaea N. 1:30, 1972, Conventry, Wild Flow. 1:17:1923, Stewart, Ann.

Flowers are heart-shaped and 1–2 inches (3–5 cm) long, with pink outer petals and white inner petals , hanging in a horizontal raceme . * The plant most of us think of as Bleeding Heart; extremely popular, and for good reason; each arching spike,...

* It is found over much of Europe except northern Europe , Ireland , Great Britain , Holland and Poland. It blooms in spring. * Dwarf bush up to 40 cm, leaves alternate fine pointed, linear, and extended marginal hairs, stipules absent.

* The peeled roots are cut up and added to soups. * A perennial herb with 8" leaves covered with prickly hairs; flowers to 1/2", yellowish white, pink, or purplish, in summer, in nodding clusters; rather coarse; likes rich, moist, limestone soils; native...

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

Like all the Sarracenia , it is native to the New World . * Sarracenia minor , also known as the Hooded pitcher plant , is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia .

* The common name of bugbane is in reference to the odoriferous insect repellant properties of this plant. The root is analgesic, antibacterial, antiviral, depurative, diaphoretic, diuretic, febrifuge, sedative, tonic.

* The plant is used in the treatment of blennorrhoea and also as an unguent for burns. * This species is grown as a green manure crop in Japan and southern China. * Astragalus sinicus is widely used on rice land as a winter crop.

The leaves should be used before the plant starts to flower. The cooked young shoots, harvested when about 5cm long, have a flavour similar to green peas but with a slight bitterness.

* The growing plant is an insect repellent, it repels the cabbage white butterfly so is a good companion for brassicas. The leaves are strongly flavoured and are used less often, either as a flavouring in soups and stews or as a dried herb.