Biennial Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Providence

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 Iceland Poppy ( Papaver nudicaule syn. The wild species blooms in white or yellow, and is hardy from USDA Zones 3a-10b. Papaver croceum, P. It contains some opium. Miyabeanum , and P.

It is grown for its fleshy hypocotyl (a fused hypocotyl and taproot), which is used as a root vegetable and a medicinal herb. The majority of harvested maca is dried. * Maca is mainly grown for the nutritional and health value of its root.

The high fiber content of parsnips may help prevent constipation and reduce blood cholesterol levels. Several of the B-group vitamins are present but most of the vitamin C is lost in cooking.

The dried flower heads were attached to spindles, wheels, or cylinders, sometimes called teasel frames, to raise the nap on fabrics (that is, to tease the fibres). * Not known in a truly wild condition.

* Burdock is one of the foremost detoxifying herbs in both Chinese and Western herbal medicine. * The seed contains arctiin, this excites the central nervous system producing convulsions an increase in respiration and later paralysis.

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...

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. 110 days to harvest. To produce seed for future years the bulbs need to be left in place and mulched heavily over...

The fruit resembles a cucumber . Commonly known as Smooth Luffa and Egyptian Luffa , sometimes under the obsolete name Luffa cylindrica and frequently misspelt "Luffa aegyptica", it is cultivated and grown for its fruit.

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

* 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.

It is also used in allopathic medicine in the treatment of heart complaints. * Great care should be exercised in the use of this plant, the therapeutic dose is very close to the lethal dose.

Silene chalcedonica ) is a flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae , native from central and eastern European Russia east to Kazakhstan , Mongolia and northwestern China . * Lychnis chalcedonica ( Burning Love , Dusky Salmon , Flower of Bristol...

The stems are densely covered with sharp-pointed, deeply cut leaves which appear fern-like. Flowers violet blue or white. It is native to northern Mexico and the southwestern and central United States, where it grows in several types of habitat.

* Lobelia inflata is an annual or biennial herbaceous plant growing to 15–100 cm (5.9–39.4 in) tall, with stems covered in tiny hairs. Side effects can include sweating, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, tremors, rapid heartbeat, mental confusion, convulsions,...

Like many members of that genus, it is prized by gardeners for its showy flowers. * Native to shrubby areas, meadows and stream banks from central Europe to Russia and China, solitary clematis is a woody-based, erect-stemmed, non-climbing clematis that...

* 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 .

The root is analgesic, antibacterial, antiviral, depurative, diaphoretic, diuretic, febrifuge, sedative, tonic. * This plant is an anti-infective herb that lowers fevers and reduces pain.

* Milk thistle has also been known to be used as food. * For therapeutic purposes drink 1 cup of tea/day. The seed can also be sown from May to August when the plant will normally wait until the following year to flower and thus behave as a biennial.

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 .

* Contrary to what the name suggests, neither a crocus nor the source of saffron; foliage emerges in spring, fades in early summer; flowers, pale rosy purple, spring up in October among fallen leaves.

* The leaves have a very sweet liquorice-like flavour. * 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 to people on carbohydrate-controlled...

* Aquilegia caerulea is the state flower of Colorado. * Aquilegia caerulea is a species of Aquilegia flower native to the Rocky Mountains from Montana south to New Mexico and west to Idaho and Arizona .

Japonica have been shown to effectively remove gaseous formaldehyde from indoor air. Ex K.Koch) is a species of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae, native to southern Japan and South Korea.

* Can be used as a ground cover plant in a sunny position. It is widespread and common in the more southerly mountain ranges of Europe, but is rarer in the north. * Mountain cornflower is seldom used in modern herbalism, though it does still have a reputation...

Like many members of that genus, it is prized by gardeners for its showy flowers. * Native to shrubby areas, meadows and stream banks from central Europe to Russia and China, solitary clematis is a woody-based, erect-stemmed, non-climbing clematis that...

* Common Soapwort ( Saponaria officinalis ) is a vespertine flower , and a common perennial plant from the carnation family ( Caryophyllaceae ). Its strongly irritant action within the gut is thought to stimulate the cough reflex and increase the production...