Dye Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In West Covina

* Gardenia jasminoides fructus (fruit) is used within Traditional Chinese Medicine to "drain fire" and thereby treat certain febrile conditions. * Gardenia jasminoides is a shrub with greyish bark and dark green shiny evergreen leaves with prominent veins.

* Grown for its white flowers, borne in late summer after most other flowering trees have long finished flowering. Japonicum contains the isoflavone glycoside sophoricoside. * A very ornamental and fast growing tree, it grows best in hot summers.

* Nettles are the exclusive larval food plant for several species of butterflies, such as the peacock butterfly or the small tortoiseshell, and are also eaten by the larvae of some moths including angle shades, buff ermine, dot moth, the flame, the gothic,...

It was used as a face paint by the North American Indians. The ants take the seeds to their nest, where they eat the elaiosomes, and put the seeds in their nest debris, where they are protected until they germinate.

Often grown as an informal hedge, it is also amenable to trimming. Yellow, orange and brownish dyes can also be obtained. It was introduced to North America as an ornamental shrub in the early 1800s or perhaps before.

It grows in moist soil, full sun to part shade, and grows up to one meter tall. * A perennial with tubular reddish-purple flowers in small terminal clusters; native to Europe, North Africa, and Siberia.

Small tree or shrub with horizontal branches; narrow, rounded, open crown; shiny red twigs; bitter, aromatic bark and foliage; and tiny red cherries. Scattered growth of the Pin cherry also occurs in the Rocky Mountains , south to Colorado and southeast...

* The tree is native in the Mediterranean region, Iran and parts of central Asia. * It is cultivated for a spice obtained from the seeds inside the cherry stones. It prefers moist soil.

* A dramatic plant with big dark green leaves, to 3', and tall flowering stalks in spring, with white or sometimes pink flowers; likes rich, moist soil; can be an attention-getting accent for the large border, a striking contrast to narrow-leaved plants...

* The name "naked lady" comes from the fact that the flowers emerge from the ground long after the leaves have died back. * The poisonous alkaloid 'colchicine' is extracted from this plant and used to alter the genetic make-up of plants in an attempt...

A climbing plant, supporting itself by means of tendrils. Lobata, commonly called wild cucumber, prickly cucumber, or balsam apple. * The seeds have been used as beads. * Sow seed early spring in a rich compost in a greenhouse, placing 2 - 3 seeds in...

It grows in moist soil, full sun to part shade, and grows up to one meter tall. * A perennial with tubular reddish-purple flowers in small terminal clusters; native to Europe, North Africa, and Siberia.

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

* The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. Aromatic and somewhat bitter. This species is also occasionally known as Felon Herb , Chrysanthemum Weed , Wild Wormwood , Old uncle Henry , Sailor's Tobacco , Naughty Man , Old Man or St. John's Plant (not to...

In the vegetative phase, until May to June, the lower part of the hypocotyl, as well as the upper part of the tap root, grows in size. Sweet and pleasantly flavoured. In Peru, maca is prepared and consumed in various ways, although traditionally it always...

* In general, gentians require a moist well-drained soil in a sheltered position, a certain minimum of atmospheric humidity, high light intensity but a site where temperatures are not too high.

Angustifolia , but plants often grow taller, ranging from 1.5 to 2.5 ft (45 to 75 cm) tall, with some growing 3 feet (90 cm) or more tall. Plants normally grow with one unbranched stem in the wild, but often produce multi-stemmed clumps in gardens.

* Edelweiss (pronounced /?e?d?lva?s/ ; Leontopodium alpinum ), is one of the best-known European mountain flowers , belonging to the sunflower family (Asteraceae). The scientific name, Leontopodium , means " lion's paw" and is derived from the Greek words...

The height of this tree is 20–35 m. The Japanese red pine prefers full sun on well-drained, slightly acidic soil. This pine has become a popular ornamental and has several cultivars, but in the winter it becomes yellowish.

* This shrub has a typical size of three to five meters - 9-15 feet in height. The shrub's white flowers are small, clustered, and mildly scented. * Native American Californians used the hard wood for arrows, digging, spearing fish, and digging.

* A good ground cover plant. Although it is clump forming rather than spreading it increases freely by self-sowing. Plants are best spaced about 90cm apart each way. * Hypericum androsaemum , commonly known as tutsan , is a plant in the genus Hypericum...

Its age was estimated in 1975 to be around 250 years, with a maximum of 365 years, not several thousand as had previously been claimed.It is also the largest D. * Dracaena draco is a monocot with a tree-like growth habit currently placed in the asparagus...

* Juniperus osteosperma ( Utah Juniper ; syn. It grows at moderate altitudes of 1,300-2,600 m, on dry soils, often together with Pinus monophylla . The wax can be used to make aromatic candles.

* Open forests, slopes, meadows, stream sides. Branchlets glabrous; buds ovoid, slightly pubescent. * A versatile mid sized, prolific flowering shrub that is quite cold hardy. * Shrubs to 1.5 m tall.

* Malvus sylvestris is a spreading herb , who is an annual in North Africa , biennial in the Mediterranean and a perennial elsewhere . * 2 1/2" deep purple flowers on a plant that resembles a small hollyhock; likes full sun; biennial or perennial; native...

The seeds are dispersed when birds eat the cones, digesting the fleshy scales and passing the hard seeds in their droppings. Common Juniper has needle-like leaves in whorls of three; the leaves are green, with a single white stomatal band on the inner...

They are very attractive to bees whilst the fruit is a good winter food source for many species of birds. * Shrubs evergreen, 1–3 m tall. Hybridizes freely with other members of this genus.