Crop Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Birmingham

Its effectiveness has never been reliably proven or disproven since controlled studies have not been carried out. Closely related to the garden Rhubarb , Rheum rhaponticum , it has a similar purgative effect upon the human body .

* This is a very easy to grow and rewarding vegetable. * The purple topped turnip root will reach 4-5 inches in diameter and matures in 40 to 60 days. * High in Vitamins! * They are excellent raw or cooked , having a mild sweet flavor.

* It is currently still one of the most popular varieties in the world! * Produces 20-25 lb. Oval to round fruit with red sweet flesh and small seeds, maturing in 85 days. * Crimson Sweet is a heirloom variety that has been around a long time.

* Salvia hispanica , commonly known as Chia , is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae , that is native to central and southern Mexico and Guatemala . Due to their mucilaginous property they are often sprouted on clay or other porous...

* This variety of seed will produce gourds common for making birdhouses.

* Timothy grass is a very variable species that is commonly grown as a hay grass. It grows to 50–150 cm tall, with leaves up to 45 cm long and 1 cm broad. The flowerhead is 7–15 cm long and 8–10 mm broad, with densely packed spikelets.

* Seeds germinate in 10-15 days. * It is recommended to be grown in full sun. * It matures in 90 days from seed and produces 3-4 lb. Well rounded, heavily netted medium ribbed fruit.

* Machaeranthera tanacetifolia is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names tansyleaf tansyaster and Tahoka daisy . Numerous lavender rays surround a yellow center.

As found in The Flora of Pakistan website: Cimicifuga foetida L., Syst. Actaea frigida Wall. Stem arising from a divided root-stock, simple or branched, slightly sulcate, glabrous beneath the inflorescence.

Shade tolerant and sod forming. It is found worldwide and can tolerate many habitats and climates; it generally needs full sun to thrive. It is a nutritious and palatable forage grass for domestic and wild animals.

Golden-mane Coreopsis is native from the south Eastern and south central states of the USA. * The species range in the eastern part of the USA is increasing as plants are used in landscaping.

It can be cooked with other vegetables, soaked in syrup or pickled in vinegar. The plant also contains nuciferine and aporphine. * Nelumbo nucifera , known by numerous common names including Indian lotus, sacred lotus, bean of India, or simply lotus,...

The scientific name, Leontopodium , means " lion's paw" and is derived from the Greek words leon (lion) and podion (diminutive of pous , foot). The name comes from German edel (meaning noble ) and weiss (meaning white ).

The seeds mature from August to September. 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.

Added to salads or used as a potherb. Older writers usually distinguished the turnip and rape by the adjectives round and long (- rooted ) respectively. * The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked.

* The plants are pollinated by bumblebees , and the flowers close over the insects when they enter and deposit pollen on their bodies. The seed usually germinates in 10 - 21 days at 18°c.

It is perennial so will continue to supply fresh chives for years to come. * Used in cooking, on baked potatoes, and in salads ; flowers rose to rosy purple. * Chives ( Allium schoenoprasum ) are the smallest species of the onion family Alliaceae * Allium...

The dried leaves can also be used, they remain effective for 6 months after drying. * All parts of the plant contain nicotine, this has been extracted and used as an insecticide. It is found only in cultivation, where it is the most commonly grown of...

* Best naturalized in moist to wet soils in water gardens, bog gardens, wet meadows, water margins or low spots. Best in part shade. Naturalizes in optimum growing conditions by both self-seeding and creeping rhizomes.

* 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.

* The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Althaea officinalis Marsh Mallow for irritation of mouth and throat and associated dry cough/bronchitis .

The young shoots can also be cooked and used as a potherb. The aromatic leaves have a very nice flavour that is somewhat liquorice-like. They make an excellent flavouring in salads.

* Showy four-petaled summer flowers of magenta or rose pink on straight stalks; especially common in areas of forest newly cleared by cutting or fire; needs full sun; for wild garden, may self-sow; spreads by rhizomes to form colonies; native to Europe,...

Sow 2 or 3 seeds per pot and thin out to the best plant. Evolutionarily speaking the genus is relatively recent in origin as no species within the genus is genetically isolated from all the other species.

The young plants can also be eaten as a slightly spicy tasting micro-green. They are grown and consumed throughout the world. If you let some go to seed, the pods are edible. It's flavor is mild and is great fresh, in salads or sandwiches.

It is especially useful in states of exhaustion from chronic disease and in all cases of debility, weakness of the digestive system and lack of appetite. Other names include 'Yellow Gentian', 'Bitter Root', 'Bitterwort', 'Centiyane', and 'Genciana'.

Autumn sown plants may require protection from frosts in cold winters. The seed usually germinates in 2 - 3 weeks. * The California poppy ( Eschscholzia californica ) is native to grassy and open areas from sea level to 2,000m (6,500 feet) altitude in...