Biennial Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Ann Arbor

* High in Vitamins! * The tops can also be eaten when young as greens or in soups. * The purple topped turnip root will reach 4-5 inches in diameter and matures in 40 to 60 days. * This is a very easy to grow and rewarding vegetable.

* In Eurasia, some authorities distinguish between cultivated and wild versions of parsnip by using subspecies sylvestris for the latter, or even elevating it to species status as Pastinaca sylvestris.

The species name campestre means "of the fields". * 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...

To produce seed for future years the bulbs need to be left in place and mulched heavily over winter and allowed to grow until the second summer when they will produce flowers and seed.

To produce seed for future years the bulbs need to be left in place and mulched heavily over winter and allowed to grow until the second summer when they will produce flowers and seed.

* Celery (Apium graveolens var. * 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...

* The flowers can be added to salads or used as a garnish. * 2 1/2" deep purple flowers on a plant that resembles a small hollyhock; likes full sun; biennial or perennial; native to Europe, north Africa, and northwest China.

* The stalks should be peeled, they can be used like celery. They can also be used to sweeten tart fruits and to make jam. * The essential oil of the roots of Angelica archangelica contains ?-terebangelene, C10H16, and other terpenes; the oil of the seeds...

Plants are not very cold-tolerant, but they can beoverwintered outdoors in areas where winter temperatures do not fall below about -5°c. * Succeeds in a fertile well-drained soil in a sunny position.

* The roots grow into the soil up to a depth of 50 centimetres (20 in), so the plant can survive long periods of drought. Delphinium consolida ) is an annual plant in the Buttercup family Ranunculaceae .

* The root is diaphoretic, diuretic and stomachic. * A blue dye is obtained from the dried plant, an indigo substitute. * By the 20th century, teasels had been largely replaced by metal cards, which can be made uniformly and do not require constant replacement...

* Liriope muscari is a species of low, herbaceous flowering plants from East Asia . Requires a sunny position. Succeeds in full sun so long as the soil does not dry out in the summer, otherwise it should be grown in partial shade in any moderately fertile...

Take care since the plant resents disturbance. * This species produces flowering plants in 2 - 3 years from seed. The large, flat flowers, borne on short stems from midwinter to early spring, are white, or occasionally pink.

The inflated bladder like flowers are interesting. It is pollinated by evening flying insects and provides seed as food for finches in the winter. It is considered a noxious weed in the state of Washington and seems to be tolerated most others.

The fresh or dried leaves are used as a tea substitute. They should be harvested in the spring before the plant comes into flower. It is native throughout the cooler regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe , northern Asia , and northern North America...

* Sweet clover is a major source of nectar for domestic honey bees as hives near sweetclover can yield up to 200 pounds of honey in a year. * Melilotus officinalis, known as yellow sweet clover, yellow melilot, ribbed melilo and common melilot is a species...

Veitchii, differing mainly in only having one flower to a stem. * This species is closely related to P. * Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer or rabbits.

The young shoots in spring can be cut down to the root and boiled and buttered. The roots can be eaten raw or boiled and buttered or par-boiled and roasted. * Silybum marianum has other common names include cardus marianus, milk thistle, blessed milk...

A cold infusion of the plant can be used as a lotion on swollen knees and ankles. The plant has been used as a head wash and to treat scabs and eczema. * The seed floss makes an excellent tinder for starting fires, a spark from a flint will quickly ignite...

* These small round cucumbers ripen to a lemon yellow color.

In clinical trials about 67% of patients with mild to moderate depression improved when taking this plant. * The plant contains many biologically active compounds including rutin, pectin, choline, sitosterol, hypericin and pseudohypericin.

* An herbaceous perennial that sends up new stems each spring, each shoot emerging from leaf pairs like clasped hands, to culminate in 1 1/2 " down-facing blue flowers with reflexed petals; native to Europe and Asia.

* The seeds have been used in making cough syrups. The erect lower portion of the stem is smooth, but the curved branching inflorescence is covered in glandular hairs. * Penthorum sedoides (known by the common name ditch stonecrop), is a perennial forb...

* Performs better than Campanula in Southern gardens. * Use for border garden. * Adenophora (Lilyleaf Ladybell) is a genus of flowering plant within the family Campanulaceae. * Prefers well-drained soil.

An infusion has been used in the treatment of fevers and heart problems. A poultice of the root has been used in treating sores. They are best used with Foeniculum vulgare seeds in order to counteract a tendency to cause gripe.

Associated understory plants include swordfern, vanilla leaf, violets, redwood sorrel and salal. Occasional Trillium ovatum plants have petals that are maroon rather than the typical white.

* The seed remains viable for several years. Mirabilis in Latin means wonderful and Jalapa is a town in Mexico . * Mirabilis jalapa (The four o'clock flower or marvel of Peru ) is the most commonly grown ornamental species of Mirabilis , and is available...