Biennial Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Washington

* It tolerates a wide range of soil types and will grow in full sun or partial shade. * Its height of 10-18 inches makes it ideal for the front or closer portion of the meadow. * It is fragarnt and attracts bees and butterflies! * It is a short lived...

110 days to harvest. 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...

* The foxglove is a widely used herbal medicine with a recognised stimulatory effect upon the heart. * Great care should be exercised in the use of this plant, the therapeutic dose is very close to the lethal dose.

* 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. * High in Vitamins! * This is a very easy to grow and rewarding vegetable.

It was found at the Meseta of BomBom close to Junin Lake in the Andes. After 260 to 280 days, it is formed to the harvestable hypocotyl. * Maca (Peruvian Ginseng) seedlings usually emerge about one month after sowing with the onset of the rainy season...

* 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 is considered a noxious weed in the state of Washington and seems to be tolerated most others. It is pollinated by evening flying insects and provides seed as food for finches in the winter.

Established plants are fairly drought tolerant, they succeed in dry shade. Common names in English include lilyturf, big blue lilyturf, border grass, and monkey grass. Succeeds in full sun so long as the soil does not dry out in the summer, otherwise...

* Ginseng is characterized by the presence of ginsenosides. * It has gained an almost magical reputation for being able to promote health, general body vigour and also to prolong life.

When prescribed internally it is always used dried and in conjunction with fresh ginger root. * 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.

Established plants are fairly drought tolerant, they succeed in dry shade. Common names in English include lilyturf, big blue lilyturf, border grass, and monkey grass. Succeeds in full sun so long as the soil does not dry out in the summer, otherwise...

* Fatsia japonica (fatsi or Japanese aralia; syn. The leaves are spirally-arranged, large, 20–50 cm (7.9–20 in) in width and on a petiole up to 50 cm (20 in) long, leathery, palmately lobed, with 7–9 broad lobes, divided to half or two-thirds of...

* The peeled roots are cut up and added to soups. 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.

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 flower consists of six petals curving backward from the center. The stem is hard, smooth and straight, the leaves linear to lanceolate, 4 to 5 cm long and 3 to 4 mm wide. The bulb is roundish with a diameter of about 2 cm.

* St. John's wort has a long history of herbal use. It fell out of favour in the nineteenth century but recent research has brought it back to prominence as an extremely valuable remedy for nervous problems.

According to Bowley (l.c. 176) it is disturbing that it is only known to be growing wild in the valley of Kashmir, for, with so limited a location there must be some anxiety that it might disappear in the course of agriculture and other developments.

Other common names are Bouncing Bet and Sweet William; locally it is simply "the Soapwort" although there are about 20 species of soapworts altogether. * Common Soapwort ( Saponaria officinalis ) is a vespertine flower , and a common perennial plant from...

Excellent for use in salads or steamed. It is cold hardy as well as tolerant of heat. * The large stalks are topped by deep green leaves. * Fordhook is a well known and very popular variety of Swiss Chard.

The name comes from German edel (meaning noble ) and weiss (meaning white ). * Edelweiss (pronounced /?e?d?lva?s/ ; Leontopodium alpinum ), is one of the best-known European mountain flowers , belonging to the sunflower family (Asteraceae).

* The flower looks something like a monkeys face, hence the common and genus names, the latter from the Latin mimus (a buffoon). It grows in a wide variety of wet habitat types. Naturalizes in optimum growing conditions by both self-seeding and creeping...

In spring it bears large, single, lemon-yellow flowers five inches (10–12 cm) in diameter, the ovary pubescent, the two to four carpels white, pink or yellow, and the stamen filaments yellow-green.

* This easily cultivated, Annual plant grows and blooms best in cooler climates, but if kept cool by mulching around the base it can grow in hotter areas as well. * The Sweet Pea has long been a favorite of gardeners because of the wonderful fragrance...

* Mountain cornflower is seldom used in modern herbalism, though it does still have a reputation in parts of Europe as a wash for tired eyes. It is widespread and common in the more southerly mountain ranges of Europe, but is rarer in the north.

In spring it bears large, single, lemon-yellow flowers five inches (10–12 cm) in diameter, the ovary pubescent, the two to four carpels white, pink or yellow, and the stamen filaments yellow-green.

Its stamens are around 22 mm long. Paeonia wittmanniana filaments are red and up to 1 cm long and its anthers are yellow to orange. Yellow to white flowers, 10–13 cm across, bloom from April to June.

Tabacum is sensitive to temperature, air, ground humidity and the type of land. Temperatures of 20–30 °C (68–86 °F) are best for adequate growth; an atmospheric humidity of 80 to 85% and soil without a high level of nitrogen are also optimal.