Crop Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Charlotte

* 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 . Chia fresca is a popular regional drink, and the Mexican state of Chiapas is named...

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. Excellent for use in salads or steamed.

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. * Generally grown as an annual to produce desired onions for eating.

The flowering shoots contain about 0.5% essential oil, this is used as a food flavouring. The leaves are harvested just before the plant comes into flower. It is an annual, but otherwise is similar in use and flavor to the perennial Winter savory .

* The leaves contain 'stevioside', a substance that is 300 times sweeter than sucrose. * Other reports say that they contain 'estevin' a substance that, weight for weight, is 150 times sweeter than sugar.

* The Virginia strawberry, wild strawberry, or common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) is one of two species of strawberry that were hybridized to create the modern domesticated garden strawberry.

* This species was in use as a food source in Central America as early as 4000 BC. * The seeds are very small but easy to harvest and very nutritious. * The mild-flavoured leaves (cooked as a spinach) are rich in vitamins and minerals.

* This species was in use as a food source in Central America as early as 4000 BC. * The seeds are very small but easy to harvest and very nutritious. * The mild-flavoured leaves (cooked as a spinach) are rich in vitamins and minerals.

* Silybum marianum has other common names include cardus marianus, milk thistle, blessed milk thistle, Marian Thistle, Mary Thistle, Saint Mary's Thistle, Mediterranean milk thistle, variegated thistle and Scotch thistle.

* Although considered a "winter" squash, acorn squash belongs to the same species as all "summer" squashes (including zucchini and yellow crookneck squash). Seeds directly sown are placed one inch deep, 5-6 to a hill; hills are 6 feet in all direction...

* It was an All American winner in 1964. * It is currently still one of the most popular varieties in the world! * Produces 20-25 lb. * Crimson Sweet is a heirloom variety that has been around a long time.

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

The fruit can also be dried for later use. The fresh or dried leaves are used to brew an excellent tea. Tolerates semi-shade though fruit production will be reduced. In Turkey hundreds of tons of wild fruit are harvested annually, mainly for export.

It is never pithy and stays crunchy in the refrigerator. * Cherry Belle is an Heirloom Variety that can be planted in the spring or fall and is ready to eat 5 weeks after sowing. This is the variety that is most commonly seen in the supermarket, sold...

* Paeonia wittmanniana is up to 1.5 m tall. 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.

It has been introduced into North America , New Zealand and Australia . * Having a deep root system, the plant is also useful for checking soil erosion. * Plants form impenetrably dense clumps and when planted close together in drifts make an excellent...

* This Clematis is very fast growing and will cover an area quickly with beautiful yellow flowers that last most of the season.

The cumin plant grows to 30–50 cm (0.98–1.64 ft) tall and is harvested by hand. * Cumin is an aromatic, astringent herb that benefits the digestive system and acts as a stimulant to the sexual organs.

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. Timothy-grass can be confused with Meadow Foxtail ( Alopecurus pratensis ) and Purple-stem...

An insectivorous plant, it is best grown in a boggy position and prefers a soil low in nitrogen. Like all the Sarraceniaceae, it is native to the New World . Plants require continuously moist conditions in a loose compost of sphagnum peat, live sphagnum...

The plant is noted for its effectiveness in treating catarrhal problems of many kinds and has also been used successfully in treating diarrhoea, haemorrhoids and infantile cholera.

* The leaves are available from early spring until late in the autumn. * In warmer areas, garlic chives may remain green all year round. * The leaves have a mild flavour, somewhat like a cross between garlic and chives, they are delicious in salads.

* This perennial, clump-forming grass grows to a height of 3-5 ft. * Many slender stems arise from small rhizomes; each topped by a large, slightly nodding, branched inflorescence.

* This species is closely related to P. Veitchii, differing mainly in only having one flower to a stem. * 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...

Flowers are heart-shaped and 1–2 inches (3–5 cm) long, with pink outer petals and white inner petals , hanging in a horizontal raceme . They bloom from late spring to early summer .

* Perennial with small yellow flowers throughout the summer; makes a nice bluish mound of delicate foliage; will grow in deep shade; can seed itself about rather freely; native to southern Europe.

* This poppy is a perennial that spreads via rhizomes, typically no taller than 30 cm. The pinnate leaves usually have five soft green leaflets, although three and seven occur as well, each with a shape ranging from lanceolate-oblong to rhombic, and a...