Crop Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Aurora

* The foliage was burned by the Cherokee as a natural insecticide, to smoke out gnats. * Seed propagation - sow spring or autumn in situ. Side effects can include sweating, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, tremors, rapid heartbeat, mental confusion, convulsions,...

It is slow to bolt as summer progresses so it can be grown later in the spring than many varieties. This a a great variety of oak leaf lettuce. It is ready to harvest in about 60 days from sowing and does well in cool weather in the spring and early summer.

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.

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

The seed, or the oil from the seed are normally used. * Flax was extensively cultivated in ancient Ethiopia and ancient Egypt . In a prehistoric cave in the Republic of Georgia dyed flax fibers have been found that date to 34,000 BC .

It is never pithy and stays crunchy in the refrigerator. Sow the seed as soon as the soil temperatures are bove 40 degrees F. This is the variety that is most commonly seen in the supermarket, sold in bunches.

It grows best in cool weather so sow in early spring or in the fall. * Corn Salad is a gourmet green that has been used in Europe for centuries. It is a hardy plant that grows to zone 5, and in mild climates it is grown as a winter green.

Successional sowings can be made at intervals of a few weeks in order to ensure a constant supply of young plants. * Glebionis coronaria, formerly called Chrysanthemum coronarium, is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family.

Take care since the plant resents disturbance. * In antiquity the most famous place for the black hellebore was the Phokian city of Antikyra in Greece. Division after flowering or in autumn.

The stiff-stemmed, upright growth is highly rated for wildlife nesting, brood rearing and winter cover habitat. The stiff straw is exceptional as field borders and wind barriers and its extensive root system provides an excellent stabilizing force for...

* Uses: A good green manure crop, it can be sown in autumn or spring and is often combined with clover. It is in flower from May to September. * Lolium multiflorum is a BIENNIAL growing to 0.3 m (1ft).

The plant grows to 1 m tall. The leaves are strongly flavoured and are used less often, either as a flavouring in soups and stews or as a dried herb. * Celery is used in weight-loss diets, where it provides low-calorie dietary fibre bulk.

* A form with reddish-purple flowers, otherwise similar to the species, which see.

The seed, or the oil from the seed are normally used. * Flax was extensively cultivated in ancient Ethiopia and ancient Egypt . In a prehistoric cave in the Republic of Georgia dyed flax fibers have been found that date to 34,000 BC .

* A strong fibre is obtained from the stems, it is used for making string, bags, paper etc. * Lavatera thuringiaca is a species of Lavatera native to eastern Europe and southwestern Asia , from southern Germany south to Italy , and east to southern Russia...

It is a perennial with grass-like evergreen foliage and lilac-purple flowers which produce single seeded berries on a spike in the fall. Succeeds in full sun so long as the soil does not dry out in the summer, otherwise it should be grown in partial shade...

Best in part shade. May be grown in moist soils in borders as long as soils do not dry out. * Best naturalized in moist to wet soils in water gardens, bog gardens, wet meadows, water margins or low spots.

* Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer or rabbits. * Paeonia anomala has an immense range of wild habitat, stretching from the Ural Mountains of Russia to the Pamir Mountains of Central Asia, then to the Mongolian Gobi Desert...

The roasted roots are used with dandelion and chicory roots for making coffee. * 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,...

However, some people who weave wool still prefer to use teasels for raising the nap, claiming that the result is better; in particular, if a teasel meets serious resistance in the fabric, it will break, whereas a metal tool will rip the cloth.

The leaves can also be finely chopped and added to salads. * Silene vulgaris or Bladder Campion is a plant species of the genus Silene of the Pink Family ( Caryophyllaceae ). The leaves should be used before the plant starts to flower.

Blooms late summer to early fall. * The flowers are often used for dried flower displays. * 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...

* The leaves have a sweet aniseed flavour, they are very refreshing to chew and are also nice as a flavouring in salads, puddings, soups, stews etc. * In the Middle East, water is boiled with about a tablespoon of aniseed per teacup to make a special...

* Many Welsh onions can multiply by forming perennial evergreen clumps. * These scallions are perfect for adding mild flavor to salads of all kinds. * Develope to maturity in only 60-65 days.

It is a deep rooted bunchgrass and will bring soil nutirtnts from the depths to the surface. * It is virtually endophyte free. * Developed in Oregon in 1954 for increased yield of high quality forage in pastures.

The young shoots in spring can be cut down to the root and boiled and buttered. Should not be used by people who suffer from ragweed allergies. The leaves can be trimmed of prickles and boiled and make a good spinach substitute or they can also be added...

* An essential oil obtained from the flowers is used in perfumery. * Sweet pea ( Lathyrus odoratus ) is a flowering plant in the genus Lathyrus in the family Fabaceae ( legumes ), native to the eastern Mediterranean region from Sicily east to Crete .