Biennial Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In Grand Rapids

* The foliage was burned by the Cherokee as a natural insecticide, to smoke out gnats. * Seed propagation - sow spring or autumn in situ. * Native Americans used it for respiratory and muscle disorders, as a purgative, and as a ceremonial medicine.The...

* Celery is used around the world as a vegetable for the crisp petiole (leaf stalk). Dulce) is a plant variety in the family Apiaceae, commonly used as a vegetable. * Celery is used in weight-loss diets, where it provides low-calorie dietary fibre bulk.

It also lowers the blood pressure by dilating the blood vessels. This plant is native to Europe, but is now widespread throughout most of the United States as a common weed. Arctium lappa is the main species used, though this species has similar properties.

* Cynoglossum amabile is a flowering plant native to Asia , which is also called Chinese hound's tongue , or Chinese forget-me-not . This plant is often used as an ornamental plant in gardens.

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

* Digitalis purpurea is an herbaceous biennial or short-lived perennial plant. * The much-loved foxglove of cottage gardens; flowers usually purple, but may be white, pink, or some variation, usually speckled in the throat; biennial, forming a basal rosette...

It is common in Middle Eastern , European , and American cooking . * Parsley is a commonly grown culinary and medicinal herb that is often used as a domestic medicine. The fresh leaves are highly nutritious and can be considered a natural vitamin and...

The flowers have a strong clove-like scent. Although the Sweet William is a perennial species, it is quite short-lived and degenerates after its second year. It is best treated as a biennial in the garden.

* The seed is used as a flavouring in liqueurs such as Chartreuse. A liquorice-like flavour, they can be used as a flavouring in mixed salads. * The stalks should be peeled, they can be used like celery.

* Wormwood is a very bitter plant with a long history of use as a medicinal herb. * The plant is applied externally to bruises and bites. The active ingredient Thujone is said to create a clear headed intoxication and is also reputed to be dangerous in...

* Echinacea angustifolia ( Narrow-leaved purple coneflower , blacksamson echinacea ) is a herbaceous plant species in Asteraceae . * Plants in this genus were probably the most frequently used of all North American Indian herbal remedies.

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 leaves are lobed and crenate , 30 cm long. * The flowers appear from late spring to summer in umbelliform cymes of about 4 flowers.The seeds are small and black, borne in a long capsule .

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

* A purple to dull blue dye is obtained from the fruit. * Raspberry fruit may protect the liver. * The fruit is delicious when eaten out of hand, the fruit is also used in pies, preserves etc.

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

* 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 .

It is native to southern Europe . It also is grown as both a medicinal herb and as a condiment. * A hardy perennial with gray or blue-gray rather frilly leaves, extremely fragrant (although many dislike the pungent scent); woody base; causes dermatitis...

* It is fragarnt and attracts bees and butterflies! * It is a short lived perennial or biennial but will self seed. * Its height of 10-18 inches makes it ideal for the front or closer portion of the meadow.

Sepals petaloid, soon deciduous. Petals (nectarines) with a ± scarious margin, slightly emarginated or rarely entire. In the author's opinion a recognition above the rank of subspecies does not seem to be justified.

* This species is grown as a green manure crop in Japan and southern China. * This species used to be cultivated for its edible leaves in China. * The plant is used in the treatment of blennorrhoea and also as an unguent for burns.

* Succeeds in most soils in sun or semi-shade. Hardy to at least -20°c. It is also common across much of Mexico. Male and female plants must be grown if seed is required. * Smilax glauca, the cat greenbriar or catbriar is a woody vine in the family Smilacaceae.

* In Virginia, Penthorum sedoides grows in habitats such as alluvial swamps, floodplain pools, rocky or sandy shores, fens, marshes, beaver ponds, and disturbed wetlands. The plant is noted for its effectiveness in treating catarrhal problems of many...

* Gentian root has a long history of use as a herbal bitter in the treatment of digestive disorders and is an ingredient of many proprietary medicines. * t is one of the best strengtheners of the human system, stimulating the liver, gall bladder and digestive...

Angustifolia , but plants often grow taller, ranging from 1.5 to 2.5 ft (45 to 75 cm) tall, with some growing 3 feet (90 cm) or more tall. * The flower heads are from ¾ to 3 inches (2 to 7.6 cm) wide with pale rose-purple or nearly white colored petals.

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. * For therapeutic purposes drink 1 cup of tea/day.

* A perennial herb with 8" leaves covered with prickly hairs; flowers to 1/2", yellowish white, pink, or purplish, in summer, in nodding clusters; rather coarse; likes rich, moist, limestone soils; native to Europe, where it is used medicinally; a weed...