Crop Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Fort Collins

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

Rich in vitamin C. The dried leaves are a very pleasant tea substitute. Tolerates semi-shade though fruit production will be reduced when plants grow in such a position. * The whole plant is antiseptic, astringent, emmenagogue, galactogogue and odontalgic.

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.

Mature in 45 to 65 days. * The fruits are loaded with vitamins and minerals yet low in calories! * They should be harvested when under 10 inches for the best flavor. * This is an Heirloom favorite.

* Nicotiana tabacum, or cultivated tobacco, is an annually-grown herbaceous plant. Tabacum is sensitive to temperature, air, ground humidity and the type of land. * In their great first voyage to the New World, Christopher Columbus and his expedition...

It is still used in Mexico and Guatemala, with the seeds sometimes ground, while whole seed is used for nutritious drinks and as a food source. The seed can be ground into a meal and made into bread, biscuits, cakes etc, usually in a mix with cereal flours.

* Use Ornamental: Showy, Ground cover Conspicuous Flowers: yes Attracts: Butterflies Larval Host: Pipevine swallowtail butterfly. * The Virginia snakeroot is attracting increasing interest for its medicinal virtues and as a result is becoming uncommon...

* Vates Collards have dark green very tasty leaves with a mild cabbage like flavor. * They are very late to bolt and can be grown year round in mild climates. * Try them as a fall crop by sowing seed in late summer.

* 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 .

* Plant forming huge clumps with white or grayish spherical flowers 2-3" across, in late summer; rough, thistley foliage, dark green, good for the back of a large border. * This is a glandular, woolly perennial which approaches a maximum height of two...

* The Borlotti bean, also known as the Roman bean or romano bean (not to be confused with the Italian flat bean, a green bean also called "romano bean"), is a variety of cranberry bean bred in Italy to have a thicker skin.

* Lychnis chalcedonica ( Burning Love , Dusky Salmon , Flower of Bristol , Jerusalem Cross , Maltese Cross , Nonesuch ; syn. Silene chalcedonica ) is a flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae , native from central and eastern European Russia east...

* Poa palustris ( fowl bluegrass , fowl meadowgrass , swamp meadowgrass , woodland bluegrass ) is a species of grass native to Asia , Europe and Northern America . This plant is used as fodder and forage , and it also used for erosion control or revegetation...

A very ornamental plant. Hardy to at least -15°c. Established plants are fairly drought tolerant, they succeed in dry shade. Succeeds in full sun so long as the soil does not dry out in the summer, otherwise it should be grown in partial shade in any...

Compared to bell peppers it has thinner flesh, is longer, and has a slightly more wrinkled appearance. It is used extensively in the cuisine of Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.

* The plant can tolerate maritime exposure. * Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine. * The leaves are used as an insect repellent.

Specimens as large as 300 pounds have been grown. Normally in the 20 to 50 pound size, but it is not uncommon to see pumpkins over 100 lbs. * Big max seeds can grow very large pumpkins.

* A very ornamental plant! * Succeeds in ordinary rich garden soils so long as they are well-drained. * A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of chest pains and stomach aches.

* It is considered a good foraging grass for livestock and is also good for erosion control. * Bouteloua curtipendula , commonly known as Sideoats Grama , is a perennial short prairie grass that is native throughout the temperate and tropical New World...

* 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 .

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

In mass, this species puts a purple top on old fields and open woods. The seeds are purple, giving the grass its common name. * Purpletop ( Tridens flavus ), also Red Top and Greasegrass , is a large, robust perennial bunchgrass, native to North America.

Plants should be spaced about 60cm apart each way. * 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.

It was found at the Meseta of BomBom close to Junin Lake in the Andes. The majority of harvested maca is dried. As the demand rose rapidly, the producer's prices increased. In the 1990s, a quick expansion of cultivated land with maca was seen.

* Seeds germinate in 10-15 days. * Hearts of Gold is an Heirloom Variety of cantaloupe developed by Roland Morrill in 1895. * It is recommended to be grown in full sun. * It matures in 90 days from seed and produces 3-4 lb.

* Native to forest margins, grassy slopes; 400--2700 m. (Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Hubei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mong) all in China.

* A low growing, persistent, perennial, cool season legume. Thick growing and winter hardy. 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.