Biennial Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In San Jose

* A biennial with pretty four-petaled fragrant flowers in loose clusters, white to purplish and everything in between; the main flowering is in May in New York state; native to Europe, but naturalized and nearly ubiquitous in the open woodlands of the...

* The Lesser Burdock , Arctium minus , is a biennial thistle , also known as Burweed, Louse-bur, Common Burdock, and Button-bur. * Native to Europe, naturalized in North America, tends to be very weedy.

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

* The usually deep-red roots of garden beet are eaten boiled either as a cooked vegetable, or cold as a salad after cooking and adding oil and vinegar. * Beet seed can take two weeks to germinate so an old trick is to sow radish seeds in the same row.

* 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 native to Morocco , but it can be found elsewhere growing wild as an introduced species , such as California...

* Luffa aegyptiaca is a species of Luffa . They may also be grown as an ornamental plant . Commonly known as Smooth Luffa and Egyptian Luffa , sometimes under the obsolete name Luffa cylindrica and frequently misspelt "Luffa aegyptica", it is cultivated...

* Prior to World War II before the common use of commercial agricultural fertilizers, the plant was commonly used as a cover crop to increase nitrogen content and improve subsoil water capacity in poor soils * Sweet clover contains coumarin that converts...

* This plant is commonly seen along roadsides and in disturbed places in North America. It is considered a noxious weed in the state of Washington and seems to be tolerated most others.

* Siberian Wallflower makes a dramatic vibrant addition to a wildflower meadow. * It tolerates a wide range of soil types and will grow in full sun or partial shade. * It is fragarnt and attracts bees and butterflies! * It is a short lived perennial or...

Seeds with whitish elaiosomes are borne in long pods .The plant often goes dormant in summer after blooming. 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 .

* Symphyotrichum lateriflorum is a herbaceous plant with alternate, simple leaves , on stiff, purplish stems. The flowers are white, borne in fall.

* Covered in beautiful white flowers! * The Forking Larkspur ( Consolida regalis syn. * A strong tincture of the fresh seed is used externally to kill lice and nits in the head and pubic hair.It is also effective against aphids and thrips.

* Surface sow the seed in March in a greenhouse. * The plants are pollinated by bumblebees , and the flowers close over the insects when they enter and deposit pollen on their bodies.

* Something like a 6" wide daisy, with this difference: it is stemless, growing prostrate on the ground; blooms in May or June; coarse, deeply lobed leaves; likes a scree soil; a rock garden plant or curiosity native to the Mediterranean.

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

* 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. * It grows in sunny, rocky or brushy places, with more or less mineral rich soils,...

* The poisonous alkaloid 'colchicine' is extracted from this plant and used to alter the genetic make-up of plants in an attempt to find new, improved varieties. * The species is commonly cultivated in temperate areas.

It grows in meadows, on roadsides, riversides etc. Stays green a long time. A tall, tufted grass similar to tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea). Thrives in deep rich soil, but also grows well on poorer sandy soils providing they are moist.

* Trillium ovatum, the Western Wake Robin, Pacific Trillium, or Western White Trillium, is a member of the Trilliaceae family, or sometimes included within the Liliaceae or Melanthiaceae.

* Centaurea montana ( Perennial Cornflower, Mountain Cornflower, Bachelor's Button, Montane Knapweed or Mountain Bluet ) is a species of Centaurea endemic to Europe . * Mountain cornflower is seldom used in modern herbalism, though it does still have...

* Pseudofumaria lutea (syn. * Yellow corydalis grows to 30–38 cm (12–15 in) tall. It does best in light shade with good moisture, but will tolerate both full sun and deep shade.

* Helleborus niger is an evergreen plant with dark, leathery, pedate leaves carried on stems to 9–12 in (23–30 cm) tall. Division after flowering or in autumn. The large, flat flowers, borne on short stems from midwinter to early spring, are white,...

The flowers produce an abundnce of seed every year and your small planting will soon spread. * This is a great little flower that really livens up the spring garden. * Anemone blanda ( Grecian Windflower ) is a tuberous perennial valued for its daisy...

* Malvus sylvestris is a spreading herb , who is an annual in North Africa , biennial in the Mediterranean and a perennial elsewhere . A pleasant mild flavour, with a similar texture to the leaves, they make a pleasant and pretty addition to the salad...

* Seedlings grown from our seed will not be variegated as the plants are in some of the pictures above. A very ornamental plant. It is a perennial with grass-like evergreen foliage and lilac-purple flowers which produce single seeded berries on a spike...

The whole plant is harvested when in flower and distilled for its essential oil.The oil is used in perfumery, it is blended with sandalwood oil to produce 'attar genda' perfume. * Secretions from the roots of growing plants have an insecticidal effect...

* Echinops ritro is a species of globe thistle . * Unusual perennials with 2" spherical blue flowers in mid to late summer; the plant itself is rather rough and thistly with dark green leaves; good for middle or back of border; wants full sun and good...