Crop Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Norwalk

* 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.

It is native to northern Africa. Young fruit can be eaten as a vegetable while ripe fruits can be use to make bath sponges. * Luffa aegyptiaca is a species of Luffa . The fruit resembles a cucumber .

* All parts of the plant contain nicotine, this has been extracted and used as an insecticide. The dried leaves can also be used, they remain effective for 6 months after drying. Tabacum is sensitive to temperature, air, ground humidity and the type of...

* Stipa capillata is a perennial grass species in the family Poaceae , native to Europe and Asia . * A perennial grass, to 3', with erect stems and leaves, very narrow; flowers and seedheads lax; native to Eurasia.

If you really want to grow a record breaker do your homework on growing techniques, fertilization, etc. GOOD LUCK! * The world record holder weighed in at 2009 pounds! * These are the seeds that can grow the largest pumpkin in the world! * They have pink/orange...

* 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...

* These small round cucumbers ripen to a lemon yellow color.

* The root is harvested when the plant is dormant in the autumn or winter and is dried for later use. When prescribed internally it is always used dried and in conjunction with fresh ginger root.

* Soapwort's main medicinal use is as an expectorant. Its strongly irritant action within the gut is thought to stimulate the cough reflex and increase the production of a more fluid mucus within the respiratory passages[

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

* This is an annual herb growing erect to approach half a meter in maximum height, its stem with linear leaves 2 to 4 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a raceme of flowers occupying the top of the stem.

* A herbaceous, perennial grass, very winter hardy, provides wildlife habitat, erosion control and ground cover. Shade tolerant and sod forming. * Festuca rubra is a species of grass known by the common name red fescue .

It is great fresh in salads or steamed. It is native to central and southwestern Asia . Spinach may survive over winter in temperate regions. The leaves are alternate, simple, ovate to triangular-based, very variable in size from about 2-30 cm long and...

* 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 .

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

Tahoka-daisy is a low, spreading, 6-12 in. Annual with delicate but showy, aster-like flowers. Flowers violet blue or white. It is native to northern Mexico and the southwestern and central United States, where it grows in several types of habitat.

It is in flower from May to September. * Uses: A good green manure crop, it can be sown in autumn or spring and is often combined with clover. * Lolium multiflorum ( Italian ryegrass , annual ryegrass ) is a ryegrass native to temperate Europe , although...

The leaves can also be finely chopped and added to salads. The leaves should be used before the plant starts to flower. The cooked young shoots, harvested when about 5cm long, have a flavour similar to green peas but with a slight bitterness.

The seeds are used in cookery and sweet desserts. It is a hardy, perennial herb with yellow flowers and feathery leaves. * On account of its aromatic properties, fennel fruit forms one of the ingredients of the well-known compound liquorice powder.

* Astilbe chinensis is a herbaceous plant with alternate, pinnately compound leaves, on thin stems. * The flowers are purple, borne in summer.

* 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.

A tangy, marjoram-like flavour. The flowering shoots contain about 0.5% essential oil, this is used as a food flavouring. * The leaves can be used fresh or dried. It is used more often than winter savory, as winter savory is thought to have a slightly...

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.

* The dried leaves can be ground and used as a sweetener or soaked in water and the liquid used in making preserves. * Stevia has become very popular as a natural sugar substitute with almost zero calories! * Because stevia has a negligible effect on...

* 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.

Mature in 45 to 65 days. * The fruits are loaded with vitamins and minerals yet low in calories! * This is an Heirloom favorite. It is an early bush zucchini that produces a high yield of straight dark green cylindrical fruit.

The leaves have an aromatic apple scented adding to the tea flavor. A few drops of oil in the bath or ointment is good for wounds or to sooth the skin. In particular it is an excellent herb for treating various digestive disorders, nervous tension and...