Biennial Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In Jacksonville

Vincent van Gogh and Ernest Hemingway were Absinthe drinkers. * The plant is applied externally to bruises and bites. It is an extremely useful medicine for those with weak and under-active digestion.

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. Should not be used by people who suffer from ragweed allergies.

110 days to harvest. To produce seed for future years the bulbs need to be left in place and mulched heavily over winter and allowed to grow until the second summer when they will produce flowers and seed.

It is also used in allopathic medicine in the treatment of heart complaints. The foliage forms a tight rosette at ground level in the first year. It has a profound tonic effect upon a diseased heart, enabling the heart to beat more slowly, powerfully...

* Datura stramonium , known by the common names jimson weed , devil's trumpet , devil's weed , thorn apple , tolguacha , Jamestown weed , stinkweed , locoweed , datura , moonflower , and, in South Africa , malpitte and mad seeds , is a common weed in...

110 days to harvest. To produce seed for future years the bulbs need to be left in place and mulched heavily over winter and allowed to grow until the second summer when they will produce flowers and seed.

* The Virginia snakeroot is attracting increasing interest for its medicinal virtues and as a result is becoming uncommon in the wild. It is used in a number of proprietary medicines for treating skin, circulatory and kidney disorders.

It is commonly cultivated in Japan where it gives its name to a particular construction technique, burdock piling. It is used to treat conditions caused by an 'overload' of toxins, such as throat and other infections, boils, rashes and other skin problems.

The seed floss can be used as an insulation in shoes etc. An infusion of the leaves alone, or the leaves and stems, has been used as a hair wash to prevent gray hair. A cold infusion of the plant can be used as a lotion on swollen knees and ankles.

* Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine. * So called because the roots were once ground for snuff. * The leaves are used as an insect repellent.

* Melilotus officinalis, known as yellow sweet clover, yellow melilot, ribbed melilo and common melilot is a species of legume native to Eurasia and introduced in North America, Africa and Australia.

Perforatum is sometimes called Common St John's wort to differentiate it. These last two compounds have been shown to have potent anti-retroviral activity without serious side effects and they are being researched in the treatment of AIDS.

* Habitats: Woodland Garden Sunny Edge; Dappled Shade; Shady Edge. * Securinega suffruticosa (Pall.) Rehder = Flueggea suffruticosa (Pall.) Baill. * This plant is commonly used in Chinese herbalism, where it is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental...

* Smilax glauca, the cat greenbriar or catbriar is a woody vine in the family Smilacaceae. It is native to central and eastern portions of the United States, where it is a common and conspicuous part of the forest vegetation.

* Ephedra nevadensis ( Nevada ephedra ) is a species of Ephedra native to dry areas of western North America. * The stems of most members of this genus contain the alkaloid ephedrine and are valuable in the treatment of asthma and many other complaints...

* The tops can also be eaten when young as greens or in soups. * High in Vitamins! * Purple Top White Globe Turnip is an outstanding Heirloom variety. * The purple topped turnip root will reach 4-5 inches in diameter and matures in 40 to 60 days.

Young plants were harvested by Native Americans and used as a cooked plant in spring when other food plants were scarce. A tea made from the leaves has traditionally been used as a cleansing tonic and blood purifier so the plant is often used in the treatment...

The North American populations may, however, be naturalised from early human introduction. The leaves are used as a flavouring in vinegar. The young shoots can also be cooked and used as a potherb.

Care should be taken however, because all parts of the plant are poisonous. * Grown as a garden flower due to its unique flower shape.

* Edelweiss (pronounced /?e?d?lva?s/ ; Leontopodium alpinum ), is one of the best-known European mountain flowers , belonging to the sunflower family (Asteraceae). The scientific name, Leontopodium , means " lion's paw" and is derived from the Greek words...

It is obtained by macerating the seed in hot water. * Plantago lanceolata is a species of genus Plantago known by the common names ribwort plantain, English plantain, buckhorn plantain, narrowleaf plantain, ribleaf and lamb's tongue.

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.

* Beet seed can take two weeks to germinate so an old trick is to sow radish seeds in the same row. * The tops are loaded with vitamin A and the roots with Vitamin C. Nutrition comes from the beets fiber, vitamins, minerals and unique plant derived anti-oxidants.

* Trees have extensive root systems and are sometimes planted on the banks of streams in order to prevent erosion.

Growing up to a meter tall, it lives in zones 4 to 9 in moist to wet soils. It is an herbaceous, perennial dicot native to eastern and central Canada and United States. * It was believed by some native North American Indian tribes that if the finely ground...

* The whole plant is used in the treatment of arthritis, recurring fever in pulmonary tuberculosis, tubercular lymph nodes, joint pained and lumbago. * Very shiny dark green leaves, spiny; ultimately forms a dense, rounded crown; attractive gray bark,...

* A good ground cover plant. It is a perennial shrub reaching up to 1.5 m in height. Plants are best spaced about 90cm apart each way. * Hypericum androsaemum , commonly known as tutsan , is a plant in the genus Hypericum native to open woods and hillsides...