Edible Leaf Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In St Louis

The plant is happiest with water temperatures of 23 - 27°c in the growing season and requires a five month growing season. * From ancient times the lotus has been a divine symbol in Asian traditions representing the virtues of sexual purity and non-attachment.

* Portulaca oleracea ( Common Purslane , also known as Verdolaga , Pigweed , Little Hogweed or Pusley ), is an annual succulent in the family Portulacaceae , which can reach 40 cm in height.

It is especially important as source of levulose. The root is said to be an ideal food for diabetics because of its inulin content. The blanched leaves are often used in winter salads (they are known as chicons) and are also cooked.

* The leaves are used as a tea substitute. * The Psoralea glandulosa, also called wallwa, culen or St. Augustine grass is a perennial plant belonging to the family of Fabaceae . The young shoots are used in making a refreshing cold drink.

The leaves can be used fresh or are harvested in the summer and dried. * The most abundant essential oil found in laurel is cineole, also called eucalyptol. * Bay laurel was used to fashion the laurel wreath of ancient Greece, a symbol of highest status.

* Fenugreek is much used in herbal medicine, especially in North Africa, the Middle East and India. * Fenugreek (/?f?nj??ri?k/; Trigonella foenum-graecum) is an annual plant in the family Fabaceae with leaves consisting of three small obovate to oblong...

Around the 16th century the milk thistle became quite popular and almost all parts of it were eaten. The seed can also be sown from May to August when the plant will normally wait until the following year to flower and thus behave as a biennial.

The young shoots that grow from the cut stems can be harvested during the early growing season. * Toona sinensis (syn. * This is a highly esteemed food in China, it is said to resemble onions in flavour and is usually boiled.

Lupulus contains myrcene, humulene, xanthohumol, myrcenol, linalool, tannins, and resin. It is a dioecious, perennial, herbaceous climbing plant which sends up new shoots in early spring and dies back to a cold-hardy rhizome in autumn.

It is an aromatic bitter tonic herb that reduces blood pressure, relieves indigestion, stimulates the uterus and is anti-inflammatory. * Celery (Apium graveolens var. * Celery is used around the world as a vegetable for the crisp petiole (leaf stalk).

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 be confused with St John's wort ).

They make a very good perennial substitute for lettuce in a salad, producing fresh leaves from spring until the middle of summer, or until the autumn from spring germinating plants.

* A shrub; red flowers in racemes. * The leaves and flowers are boiled and eaten.

* The cooked leaves can be used as a potherb. * Penthorum sedoides (known by the common name ditch stonecrop), is a perennial forb native to the eastern United States which produces small white flowers in summer.

Pronounced Yostaberry , this is a currant gooseberry cross. Hardy in zones 2-8. Very high in vitamin C. Dark colored berries at three times the size of a currant. Plant two in insure pollination.

A consistent producer, that develops runners freely under adverse conditions. Amazing USDA variety with unusual vigor, hardiness, and dependability! High yielding, Surecrop averaged almost 3 pints of berries per plant in tests.

* Many cultures in India, Afghanistan, Iran, and the Middle East use fennel seed in cooking. * An easily grown plant, it succeeds in most soils but prefers a sunny dry position. The seeds, leaves and roots can be used, but the seeds are most active medicinally...

They are used in Burmese and also in Thai cuisine where one of the most well-known preparations is Kaeng khilek. * Senna siamea (khilek), also known as Kassod Tree, Cassod Tree and (incorrectly) as Cassia tree, is a legume in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.

The wood is used to make furniture, farm implements, crafts, and utensils. It is native to central and southern China. The branches, roots, leaves, and seeds are a source of many alkaloids, which are used to treat leukaemia and lymphosarcoma.

This species is cultivatedas a vegetable in China. * Succeeds in a fertile well-drained soil in a sunny position. Plants are not very cold-tolerant, but they can beoverwintered outdoors in areas where winter temperatures do not fall below about -5°c.

* Native to Ethiopia but now found all over the tropics. * It is a sprawling vine 8-10 feet long. * The fruits are beautiful hanging on the vines so it is recommended to grow on a trellis if possible.

It acts principally on the digestive and nervous systems, easing flatulence, stomach cramps, colic and indigestion. * Ocimum basilicum , or Sweet Basil, is a culinary herb of major importance.

* Tetragonia tetragonioides (previously T. Its Australian names of warrigal greens and warrigal cabbage come from the local use of warrigal to describe plants that are wild (not farmed originally).

A pleasant mild flavour, with a similar texture to the leaves, they make a pleasant and pretty addition to the salad bowl. * Malvus sylvestris is a spreading herb , who is an annual in North Africa , biennial in the Mediterranean and a perennial elsewhere...

* A tea is made by boiling the leaves and stems. * Juniperus communis subsp. It is dioecious , with male and female cones on separate plants, which are wind pollinated. * The seed cones are berry -like, green ripening in 18 months to purple-black with...

Wood - close-grained, soft, brittle. * Oregon cherry or Bitter cherry ( Prunus emarginata ) is a species of Prunus native to western North America , from British Columbia south to California , and east to western Wyoming and Arizona .

The sprouted seeds are eaten in salads, sandwiches, soups, stews etc. * Chia (Salvia hispanica) was the third most important food of the Aztecs in the time of Cortez (behind corn and beans and in front of amaranth), and has long been an important crop...