Biennial Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Antioch

* Siberian Wallflower makes a dramatic vibrant addition to a wildflower meadow. * Its height of 10-18 inches makes it ideal for the front or closer portion of the meadow. * It tolerates a wide range of soil types and will grow in full sun or partial shade.

Great for slicing and fresh eating! * Also make very good fried onion rings and can be used in cooking where a mild onion flavor is desired. To produce seed for future years the bulbs need to be left in place and mulched heavily over winter and allowed...

* Maca (Peruvian Ginseng) seedlings usually emerge about one month after sowing with the onset of the rainy season in October. It is grown for its fleshy hypocotyl (a fused hypocotyl and taproot), which is used as a root vegetable and a medicinal herb.

* Malvus sylvestris is a spreading herb , who is an annual in North Africa , biennial in the Mediterranean and a perennial elsewhere . * 2 1/2" deep purple flowers on a plant that resembles a small hollyhock; likes full sun; biennial or perennial; native...

* This plant is commonly seen along roadsides and in disturbed places in North America. It is pollinated by evening flying insects and provides seed as food for finches in the winter.

* Oenothera biennis ( Common evening primrose or Evening star ) is a species of Oenothera native to eastern and central North America , from Newfoundland west to Alberta , southeast to Florida , and southwest to Texas , and widely naturalized elsewhere...

Make tea by pouring boiling water over 2 teaspoons of ground seed. * Seed - if sown in situ during March or April, the plant will usually flower in the summer and complete its life cycle in one growing season.

* Covered in beautiful white flowers! * The Forking Larkspur ( Consolida regalis syn. Delphinium consolida ) is an annual plant in the Buttercup family Ranunculaceae . * A strong tincture of the fresh seed is used externally to kill lice and nits in the...

* Platycodon grandiflorus is a species of perennial flowering plant of the family Campanulaceae and the only member of the genus Platycodon. It is native to East Asia (such as China , Korea , Japan , and East Siberia ) and bears big blue flowers, although...

* Siberian Wallflower makes a dramatic vibrant addition to a wildflower meadow. * Its height of 10-18 inches makes it ideal for the front or closer portion of the meadow. * It tolerates a wide range of soil types and will grow in full sun or partial shade.

* The tops are loaded with vitamin A and the roots with Vitamin C. * Beets are low in calories (about 45 kcal per 100 g), have zero cholesterol and a minute amount of fat. They germinate right away and will mark the row.

* Plant forming huge clumps with white or grayish spherical flowers 2-3" across, in late summer; rough, thistley foliage, dark green, good for the back of a large border. * This is a glandular, woolly perennial which approaches a maximum height of two...

* The seed is very agreeable to the taste. The wild species blooms in white or yellow, and is hardy from USDA Zones 3a-10b. They were first described by botanists in 1759. * A perennial poppy with 2-3" pink, red, orange, greenish, or yellow fragrant flowers;...

It is found only in cultivation, where it is the most commonly grown of all plants in the Nicotiana genus, and its leaves are commercially grown in many countries to be processed into tobacco.

* Corn salad, also known as mache or lamb's lettuce, grows in a low rosette with spatulate leaves up to 15.2 cm long. It is a hardy plant that grows to zone 5, and in mild climates it is grown as a winter green.

This a a great variety of oak leaf lettuce. It is ready to harvest in about 60 days from sowing and does well in cool weather in the spring and early summer. It is slow to bolt as summer progresses so it can be grown later in the spring than many varieties.

This species is cultivatedas a vegetable in China. Plants are not very cold-tolerant, but they can beoverwintered outdoors in areas where winter temperatures do not fall below about -5°c.

Closely related to the garden Rhubarb , Rheum rhaponticum , it has a similar purgative effect upon the human body . The other herbs included in the formula are Arctium lappa, Ulmus rubra and Rumex acetosella.

However, internal consumption, such as in the form of herbal tea , is discouraged, as it can cause serious liver damage. The roasted roots are used with dandelion and chicory roots for making coffee.

* The purple topped turnip root will reach 4-5 inches in diameter and matures in 40 to 60 days. * High in Vitamins! * Purple Top White Globe Turnip is an outstanding Heirloom variety.

* Plants self-sow freely when grown in a suitable position. It is best treated as a biennial in the garden. * Dianthus barbatus ( Sweet William ) is a species of Dianthus native to the mountains of southern Europe from the Pyrenees east to the Carpathians...

Pre-soaking the seed for 12 hours in warm water will speed up the germination process, particularly in dry weather. * Yellow flowers bloom in spring and summer and produce fruit in pods typically containing one seed.

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

* Compound leaves with leaflets in threes grow on fleshy green to pink stems up to 3 feet (0.9 m). Seeds with whitish elaiosomes are borne in long pods .The plant often goes dormant in summer after blooming.

It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions – growing to 60 centimetres (24 in) (less in poor soils), and producing pale lilac flowers in spring. * Iris magnifica is a bulbous flowering plant in the genus Iris, native to the mountains...

* A strong fibre is obtained from the stems, it is used for making string, bags, paper etc. * 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...

It is an annual, but otherwise is similar in use and flavor to the perennial Winter savory . A tangy, marjoram-like flavour. * The leaves can be used fresh or dried. * Summer savory ( Satureja hortensis ) is the better known of the Savory species.