Crop Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Downey

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

Mature in 45 to 65 days. * They should be harvested when under 10 inches for the best flavor. It is an early bush zucchini that produces a high yield of straight dark green cylindrical fruit.

* In their great first voyage to the New World, Christopher Columbus and his expedition were introduced to a plant whose smoke was called tobacco by the natives of Hispaniola. Tabacum is sensitive to temperature, air, ground humidity and the type of land.

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

Timothy-grass can be confused with Meadow Foxtail ( Alopecurus pratensis ) and Purple-stem Cat's-tail ( Phleum phleoides ). The flowerhead is 7–15 cm long and 8–10 mm broad, with densely packed spikelets.

* Symphyotrichum lateriflorum is a herbaceous plant with alternate, simple leaves , on stiff, purplish stems. The flowers are white, borne in fall.

* Cumin is an aromatic, astringent herb that benefits the digestive system and acts as a stimulant to the sexual organs. * A popular drink in southern India such as Kerala and Tamil Nadu is calld jira water, made by boiling cumin seeds in water.

With long flattened ± patent scales. Carpels up to 5, pubescent, glabrescent. Type: Described from Siberia. Sepals petaloid, soon deciduous. Petals (nectarines) with a ± scarious margin, slightly emarginated or rarely entire.

* Coreopsis basalis is a bushy annual species with finely cut foliage and showy round flowers. * Plants grow in sandy soils in open areas and are often found on disturbed ground. * The species range in the eastern part of the USA is increasing as plants...

Each has an elaiosome , which attracts ants to disperse the seeds ( myrmecochory ). * It is considered an aggressive invasive plant in natural areas (both woods and fields). The leaves are lobed and crenate , 30 cm long.

* African foxtail grass is a perennial grass growing to 20 to 120 cm (10 to 50 in) tall. * African foxtail grass is native to tropical Africa, the Mediterranean region and the hotter and drier parts of Asia.

* A low growing, persistent, perennial, cool season legume. Thrives in moist soil conditions, Prefers medium fertility soils with a pH between 6.0 - 6.5. Plants produce uncertain numbers of 4 leafed clovers considered lucky.

The leaves are harvested just before the plant comes into flower. * The leaves can be used fresh or dried. * Summer savory ( Satureja hortensis ) is the better known of the Savory species.

Cool nights assist germination. * In the laboratory it is a model organism,[6] for example containing the gene DEFICIENS which provides the letter "D" in the acronym MADS-box for a family of genes which are important in plant development.

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

* The poisonous alkaloid 'colchicine' is extracted from this plant and used to alter the genetic make-up of plants in an attempt to find new, improved varieties. * The name "naked lady" comes from the fact that the flowers emerge from the ground long...

* The seeds are very small but easy to harvest and very nutritious. They can also be sprouted and used in salads. * This species was in use as a food source in Central America as early as 4000 BC.

A very ornamental plant. Grows well in heavy clay soils. * Iris sibirica , the Siberian Iris , is a flowering plant in the genus Iris , native to eastern and central Europe and northern Asia .

* A herbaceous, perennial grass, very winter hardy, provides wildlife habitat, erosion control and ground cover. It is a nutritious and palatable forage grass for domestic and wild animals.

* The grass is also drought- and cold-tolerant and is hardy in zones 4-9. * A pasture grass occurring widely throughout the Western Hemisphere * The foliage is blue green in color and has bright purple flowers.

It is an invasive species in the Great Lakes region where it was first sighted in 1843 . A herb tea is made from thefresh or dried leaves. It grows in wet soils . The leaves are often used in 'mint sauce', which is used as a flavouring in meals.

* The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. They are also used to give colour and flavour to glutinous-rice dumplings (Mochi). This species is also occasionally known as Felon Herb , Chrysanthemum Weed , Wild Wormwood , Old uncle Henry , Sailor's Tobacco...

* A good ground cover plant, succeeding in dense shade but rather slow to spread. * Heart-shaped shiny dark green leaves with prominent veins, 9" x 5"; dark violet flowers in August; a 2' mound, flowers to almost 3'; native to China.

Compared to bell peppers it has thinner flesh, is longer, and has a slightly more wrinkled appearance. Measuring in at about 1000 on the scoville scale, its more sweet than spicy as compared to a jalapeno.

The fruit resembles a cucumber . It is native to northern Africa. Commonly known as Smooth Luffa and Egyptian Luffa , sometimes under the obsolete name Luffa cylindrica and frequently misspelt "Luffa aegyptica", it is cultivated and grown for its fruit.

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

* Plants in this genus were probably the most frequently used of all North American Indian herbal remedies. The plant has a general stimulatory effect on the immune system and is widely used in modern herbal treatments.