Crop Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Honolulu

* Corn Salad is a gourmet green that has been used in Europe for centuries. * A very interesting addition to the garden. * Corn salad was originally foraged by European peasants until Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie, royal gardener of King Louis XIV, introduced...

* It has a mild aromatic flavour that is suggestive of aniseed. * Sometimes called garden chervil , it is used to season mild-flavoured dishes and is a constituent of the French herb mixture fines herbes .

* Can be overwintered if mulched to zone 4. * Develope to maturity in only 60-65 days. * Many Welsh onions can multiply by forming perennial evergreen clumps. * These scallions are perfect for adding mild flavor to salads of all kinds.

* It is recommended to be grown in full sun. * The flesh is salmon-orange colored and firm and sweet. * It matures in 90 days from seed and produces 3-4 lb. Well rounded, heavily netted medium ribbed fruit.

The growing plant repels whitefly and can be grown near tomatoes to keep that crop free of the insect. The whole plant is harvested when in flower and distilled for its essential oil.The oil is used in perfumery, it is blended with sandalwood oil to produce...

* 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.

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

Closely related to the garden Rhubarb , Rheum rhaponticum , it has a similar purgative effect upon the human body . * A dramatic plant with big dark green leaves, to 3', and tall flowering stalks in spring, with white or sometimes pink flowers; likes...

Annual with delicate but showy, aster-like flowers. Plants often form clumps or mounds. A.k.a. Aster tanacetifolia * Branched stems with fern-like leaves ending in flower heads with many bright purple, very narrow rays surrounding a yellow central disk.

* An herbaceous perennial, erect; with 3/4"white or pinkish fragrant flowers in terminal clusters and in the leaf axils; blooms throughout summer; spreads by creeping rhizomes; roots used as a soap substitute; grows on roadsides; native to Europe, but...

* A pasture grass occurring widely throughout the Western Hemisphere * It is a warm-season grass growing 30-100 cm (12-40 inches) tall, and grows well on mountainous plateaus, rocky slopes, and sandy plains.

The seed usually germinates within 1 - 2 weeks at 20°c. It is used as a bitter tonic for alleviating stomach troubles, kidney ailments, rheumatism, chills, fevers etc. Give the plants some protection, such as a cloche, until they are growing away well.

It has been widely introduced worldwide as a pasture crop, and is now also common in most grassy areas of North America and New Zealand. * A low growing, persistent, perennial, cool season legume.

It can be used as a staple food crop in either savoury or sweet dishes. Common oat AVSA Summary Duration Annual Growth Habit Graminoid Native Status L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), PR (I), CAN (W), GL (W), SPM (W) Federal T/E Status National Wetland Indicator...

As found in The Flora of Pakistan website: Cimicifuga foetida L., Syst. China, Korea, Mongolia. B-7 Hazara: Kagan vy., Inayat Khan 19127 (RAW), B-8 Kashmir: above Gulmarg, 10,000', R.R. Stewart 103352 (RAW), Sankh, Poonch, 2.10.1952, A.

Mirabilis jalapa is said to have been exported from the Peruvian Andes in 1540. * The seed remains viable for several years. * Mirabilis jalapa (The four o'clock flower or marvel of Peru ) is the most commonly grown ornamental species of Mirabilis , and...

* The leaves are cardiac, stimulant and tonic. * An easily grown plant, succeeding in ordinary garden soil, especially if it is rich in organic matter. They are often used in the treatment of certain heart complaints.

* Alopecurus arundinaceus ( Creeping meadow foxtail , Creeping foxtail ) is a rhizomatous perennial species in the Grass family ( Poaceae ). * Native to Eurasia and widely introduced elsewhere, this sod forming grass is useful as a forage and for erosion...

* Linseed has a long history of medicinal use, its main effects being as a laxative and expectorant that soothes irritated tissues, controls coughing and relieves pain. In a prehistoric cave in the Republic of Georgia dyed flax fibers have been found...

* In the Middle East, water is boiled with about a tablespoon of aniseed per teacup to make a special hot tea called yansoon. * The plant is an ingredient of pot-pourri. Because the plants have a taproot, they do not transplant well after being established,...

However, its phytochemistry remains predominatly unstudied. * An edible oil is extracted from the seed. * The Nepal poppy ( Meconopsis napaulensis ) is a plant of the family Papaveraceae .

* A red dye is obtained from the sap of the root. * The crushed root has been applied to the body as an insect repellent. They also get the added bonus of growing in a medium made richer by the ant nest debris.

* An easily grown plant, it succeeds in most soils but prefers a sunny dry position. * Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) is a flowering plant species in the carrot family. Division in March as the new growth appears.

The stem is hard, smooth and straight, the leaves linear to lanceolate, 4 to 5 cm long and 3 to 4 mm wide. * The plant flowers in June and July with one to six upright, dish-shaped flowers.

It has also been introduced and is now common in North America . * This is considered a noxious weed in some areas. It is obtained from the flowers according to other reports. A tea made from the plant has been used as an insecticide.

* Prefers a humus-rich soil, succeeding in a moist border or by water. Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer or rabbits. Plant the roots out very shallowly.

* Other reports say that they contain 'estevin' a substance that, weight for weight, is 150 times sweeter than sugar. * Stevia has become very popular as a natural sugar substitute with almost zero calories! * Because stevia has a negligible effect on...