Herbaceous Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In Knoxville

It is native throughout the cooler regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe , northern Asia , and northern North America . A cucumber flavour they can be added to salads or used as a potherb.

A very safe herb to use, it is suitable for the old and the young and especially useful when the patient is debilitated. * Yellow flowers of daisy form, to 4" across, from July to September; leaves to 2'; dried roots sometimes used medicinally; native...

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

* Rue has a long history of use as a domestic remedy, being especially valued for its strengthening action on the eyes. It also is grown as both a medicinal herb and as a condiment.

It has also been introduced and is now common in North America . It is obtained from the flowers according to other reports. * A yellow dye is obtained from the whole plant. A tea made from the plant has been used as an insecticide.

Closely related to the garden Rhubarb , Rheum rhaponticum , it has a similar purgative effect upon the human body . Its effectiveness has never been reliably proven or disproven since controlled studies have not been carried out.

* The large leaves, up to 1 foot long, are interesting. * Does well along woods edges as a background plant in perennial gardens. * Bearsfoot root was used by the North American Indians as a stimulant and laxative remedy.

The seed usually germinates in 2 - 3 weeks. * Sow the seed in mid spring or late summer to early autumn in a sunny border outdoors and only just cover the seed. Autumn sown plants may require protection from frosts in cold winters.

* St John's wort (traditionally pronounced /se?nt?d??nz ?w?rt/ , now sometimes the spelling pronunciation /?w?rt/ ) is the plant species Hypericum perforatum, also known as Tipton's Weed , Chase-devil , or Klamath weed , but, with qualifiers, is used...

Common names include yellow iris and yellow flag . * Iris pseudacorus is a species of Iris , native to Europe , western Asia and northwest Africa . * A beautiful yellow dye is obtained from the flowers.

* A good bee plant. * Thistley plants for full sun and poor dry soil; the half-inch flower heads, also like thistles, can be a fine metallic blue or blue purple; flowers in mid to late summer; in rich soil the plants grow too fast and need staking; may...

The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Bees, flies, beetles.The plant is self-fertile. It is hardy to zone 6. It is in flower in June, and the seeds ripen in July.

* Use for border garden. * Adenophora (Lilyleaf Ladybell) is a genus of flowering plant within the family Campanulaceae. * Many Adenophora species have been used in traditional Chinese medicine.

* In Poland, where dill is called "koper," it is one of the most popular herbs used in the kitchen, and, along with parsley and chives, is used for various purposes. Both the dill "weed" and seed is used.

It is a perennial plant growing to 0.6-2 m (1 -2 feet) tall, with clustered orange or yellow flowers from early summer to early fall. It was much used by the North American Indians and acquired a reputation as a heal-all amongst the earlier white settlers.

* The plant is said to be extremely efficacious when used as a local application in the treatment of sore throats and gonorrhoea. It is commonly grown in gardens for its showy purple flowers (pink or white in some cultivars).

Should not be used by people who suffer from ragweed allergies. Make tea by pouring boiling water over 2 teaspoons of ground seed. * A good green manure plant, producing a lot of bulk for incorporation into the soil.

The sole species is E. * Sow seed early spring in a rich compost in a greenhouse, placing 2 - 3 seeds in each pot. It is used as a bitter tonic for alleviating stomach troubles, kidney ailments, rheumatism, chills, fevers etc.

It is also used as an antidote to poisonous mushrooms. It can be baked, stewed or added to soups, curries etc. It can be sliced and deep-fried, then served with plain yogurt, (optionally) topped with a tomato and garlic sauce, such as in the Turkish dish...

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.

It differs from other similar species in that it has 4 lobed flowers, whereas Small Scabious and Field scabious have 5 lobes and hence it has been placed in a separate genus in the same family .

* The plant self-sows freely and should not need much encouragement. * The flowers appear from late spring to summer in umbelliform cymes of about 4 flowers.The seeds are small and black, borne in a long capsule .

* Deeply lobed glossy green leaves (2-3' long) form an ornamental mound which usually remains attractive throughout the growing season. Flowers are on a very long flowering stem and consist of a lower lip and upper tooth-like lip.

* These curiosities are well worth growing, if only for the conversation factor! * The buds are known as "buzz buttons", "Szechuan buttons", "sansho buttons", and "electric buttons" * It is frost-sensitive but perennial in warmer climates.

This species is lime tolerant. * Paeonia lactiflora , also Chinese Peony ( ? Plants are tolerant of a wide range of soil conditions, but will not survive if the soil becomes waterlogged or is too dry.

* Ononis spinosa is a plant belonging to the family Fabaceae , that is commonly known as spiny restharrow or just restharrow . * The whole plant is pleasantly scented when bruised.

A lemon-flavoured tea can be made from the fresh or dried leaves. * A perennial mint with lemon-scented foliage and clusters of small white flowers in whorls in the leaf axils; the leaves are used in cooking--teas, soups--toilet water, soaps, and medicine;...