Edible Leaf Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In Chesapeake

After 260 to 280 days, it is formed to the harvestable hypocotyl. As the demand rose rapidly, the producer's prices increased. In Peru, maca is prepared and consumed in various ways, although traditionally it always is cooked.

* The dried leaves can be ground and used as a sweetener or soaked in water and the liquid used in making preserves. * The leaves have a very sweet liquorice-like flavour. * The leaves contain 'stevioside', a substance that is 300 times sweeter than sucrose.

The fragrant flower cones impart bitterness and flavor, and also have preservative qualities. They are also medicinal. It is a dioecious, perennial, herbaceous climbing plant which sends up new shoots in early spring and dies back to a cold-hardy rhizome...

* The seed is used in pinole or ground into a meal and used as a thickener in making bread or mixed with flour in making bread. * The leaves are cooked and used as greens. The water in which the leaves are cooked is used in making corn pudding .

A tea can be made from the leaves, seed or roots. The root is the most active medicinally, it should be harvested in the autumn of its first year of growth, sliced longitudinally if necessary and dried quickly.

The young shoots are used in making a refreshing cold drink. It is native to Mauritius , the United States and the west coast of South America in Chile and Peru . It is very good. * The Psoralea glandulosa, also called wallwa, culen or St. Augustine grass...

* This is a very easy to grow and rewarding vegetable. * The tops can also be eaten when young as greens or in soups. * Purple Top White Globe Turnip is an outstanding Heirloom variety.

After 260 to 280 days, it is formed to the harvestable hypocotyl. As the demand rose rapidly, the producer's prices increased. In Peru, maca is prepared and consumed in various ways, although traditionally it always is cooked.

* Sheep's sorrel is a detoxifying herb, the fresh juice of the leaves having a pronounced diuretic effect. Like other members of the genus, it is mildly laxative and holds out potential as a long term treatment for chronic disease, in particular that...

* Nettles contain a lot of nitrogenous compounds, so are used as a compost activator or can be used to make a liquid fertilizer, which although somewhat low in phosphate, is useful in supplying magnesium, sulphur, and iron.They are also one of the few...

* The tea plant is commonly used in Chinese herbalism, where it is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental herbs. * The source of tea; white flowers in fall; tolerates shade or sun well; an attractive small shrub for its ornamental value as well.

The leaves can be used fresh or are harvested in the summer and dried. * Dried laurel berries and pressed leaf oil can both be used as robust spices, and even the wood can be burnt for strong smoke flavoring.

* Leaves are palmately divided into 5-7 finger-like lobes. Stamens form a prominent central column typical of mallow family members, but with distinctive style branches. * Purple poppy mallow is a mat-forming, Missouri native perennial which most frequently...

* Sow in early spring or early fall. It is native to central and southwestern Asia . Matures in 45 days. * Spinach ( Spinacia oleracea ) is an edible flowering plant in the family of Amaranthaceae .

* Leaves are palmately divided into 5-7 finger-like lobes. Stamens form a prominent central column typical of mallow family members, but with distinctive style branches. * Purple poppy mallow is a mat-forming, Missouri native perennial which most frequently...

It acts principally on the digestive and nervous systems, easing flatulence, stomach cramps, colic and indigestion. Most culinary and ornamental basils are cultivars of the species Ocimum basilicum , but other species are also grown and there are many...

In addition, the plant contains various antioxidants (in stem, leaf, and root tissues) that have potential long-term benefits for human health, although toxic (dioxin) properties have also been observed.

A pleasant mild flavour, with a similar texture to the leaves, they make a pleasant and pretty addition to the salad bowl. * 2 1/2" deep purple flowers on a plant that resembles a small hollyhock; likes full sun; biennial or perennial; native to Europe,...

The species is quite variable, and several subspecies or varieties have been recognized within it. This plant, with showy summer-blooming white flowers, is often used as a honey plant, medicinal plant, and garden ornamental.

Leaves and young shoots - cooked. Start seeds indoors and transplant outside when danger of frost is past. The roasted seed is a coffee substitute. They will store for up to 21 days at 10°c with a relative humidity of 90%.

Other Standard Peach varieties available include the Red Haven and Hale Haven. Good keeper stores well. This Elberta peach is also offered in the Home Orchard Collection. The Elberta Standard Peach is hardier in bud than many others -- therefore a more...

* A poultice made from the bark is used to close cuts and wounds. * Fall color is quite variable, ranging from attractive combinations of orange, rose, purplish red, yellow and green to undistinguished, dull yellowish green.

* An herbaceous perennial, forming a basal rosette to 1', from which arise 3' flowering stems with purplish blue (rarely pink or white) flowers resembling scabiosa; likes moist, peaty soil in sun or part shade; native to Europe, north Africa, east to...

This vigorous variety bears lightly in summer and heavily in September in most northern states. Used widely at ''Pick Your Own'' farms. One of the most popular red raspberry cultivars available! September produces medium size, tart, juicy berries.

* When eaten they first of all impart a viscid sweetness, followed by a strong penetrating taste of a saline nature. It is also used as a hair rinse, adding golden tints to brown or auburn hair.

* A biennial with pretty four-petaled fragrant flowers in loose clusters, white to purplish and everything in between; the main flowering is in May in New York state; native to Europe, but naturalized and nearly ubiquitous in the open woodlands of the...

* When found in a truly wild situation this species is considered to be an indication of primary woodland. Torminalis clusii , Wild Service Tree ), sometimes known as the Chequer(s) Tree or Checker(s) Tree , is a species of Sorbus native to Europe from...