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The whole plant is harvested when in flower and distilled for its essential oil.The oil is used in perfumery, it is blended with sandalwood oil to produce 'attar genda' perfume. These secretions are produced about 3 - 4 months after sowing.

Both the dill "weed" and seed is used. * This is common dill that is used in pickles and for flavoring. * Depending on where it is grown, is either a perennial or annual herb. * In Poland, where dill is called "koper," it is one of the most popular herbs...

* 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.

Caution is advised. The seeds have a fleshy organ called an elaiosome that attracts ants. * The crushed root has been applied to the body as an insect repellent. * The welcome wildflower of early spring; sap and root are red, hence the common name.

Purpurea is easily grown from seed or purchased as potted plants in the spring. It is also used in allopathic medicine in the treatment of heart complaints. * The much-loved foxglove of cottage gardens; flowers usually purple, but may be white, pink,...

* This plant is an anti-infective herb that lowers fevers and reduces pain. The root is analgesic, antibacterial, antiviral, depurative, diaphoretic, diuretic, febrifuge, sedative, tonic.

The species status in the New World is uncertain: it is generally considered an exotic weed; however, there is evidence that the species was in Crawford Lake deposits ( Ontario ) in 1430-89, suggesting that it reached North America in the pre-Columbian...

* It is an herb that is 0.5–1 m. It is also an insecticide and nematicide. * The plant contains between 0.7 - 2.0% essential oil, plus alkaloids and saponins. * The whole plant is antiinflammatory and antiallergic.

* 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.

* The root is boiled and eaten like salsify. * Oenothera biennis ( Common evening primrose or Evening star ) is a species of Oenothera native to eastern and central North America , from Newfoundland west to Alberta , southeast to Florida , and southwest...

The seed can be ground into a meal and made into bread, biscuits, cakes etc, usually in a mix with cereal flours. * 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),...

* An attractive plant with small pink flowers; can be grown as an annual in cold areas; native to the tropics. * The stem is erect in young plants, but becomes creeping or trailing with age.

* Due to its purported effects on fertility, maca has experienced a major gain of commercial interest, as well as research, in the last few decades. As the demand rose rapidly, the producer's prices increased.

* The flower clusters can be french-fried to produce a carrot-flavoured gourmet's delight. * A teaspoon of crushed seeds has long been used as a form of natural birth control; its use for this purpose was first described by Hippocrates over 2,000 years...

It was much used by the North American Indians and acquired a reputation as a heal-all amongst the earlier white settlers. * Asclepias tuberosa is a species of milkweed native to eastern North America .

It is hardy to zone 6. * ANNUAL growing to 0.3 m (1ft). It is in flower in June, and the seeds ripen in July. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Bees, flies, beetles.The plant is self-fertile.

* A perennial grown for its 2" bright red-orange inflated husk in fall, which encloses an edible red berry; the plant itself is rather lax and weedy, spreading by underground stems; nodding white flowers; native from southeast Europe to Japan.

The plant contains beta-carbolines, which (in doses high enough) act as a psychedelic drug . * The Nepal poppy ( Meconopsis napaulensis ) is a plant of the family Papaveraceae . * Many 3" nodding blue, red, purple, or white nodding flowers on a branching...

It is a member of the Ericaceae (heath family). * An evergreen groundcover, a source of wintergreen oil; 1/4" very light pink or pinkish white flowers in summer, scarlet fruit; wants acid, woodland-type soil; native to eastern and central North America...

* Succeeds in ordinary garden soil but prefers a deep rich loam with plenty of leafmold and a sunny position. Pallida is similar to E. Angustifolia , but plants often grow taller, ranging from 1.5 to 2.5 ft (45 to 75 cm) tall, with some growing 3 feet...

* 2 1/2" deep purple flowers on a plant that resembles a small hollyhock; likes full sun; biennial or perennial; native to Europe, north Africa, and northwest China. * The flowers can be added to salads or used as a garnish.

The dried root of one year old plants is the official herb, but the leaves and fruits can also be used. * Burdock is one of the foremost detoxifying herbs in both Chinese and Western herbal medicine.

* 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 . The sap is yellow to orange.The flowers consist of four yellow petals , each about 1 cm long, with two sepals...

The fresh or dried flowering plant can be used, with or without the roots. * The whole plant is astringent and mildly diuretic. An infusion is used internally as a blood purifier and externally for treating cuts, burns and bruises.

* The bright yellow flowers are a common sight in summer meadows. * Ranunculus acris is one of the more common buttercups across Europe and temperate Eurasia . Common names include meadow buttercup and tall buttercup .

The stems can be tinted purplish, they are upright or lax, and produce flower heads that are held as tall or taller than the foliage. Grow them year round in your kitchen! The 5–45 cm long and 1–10 cm wide leaves are oblanceolate, oblong, or obovate...

* Lavatera thuringiaca is a species of Lavatera native to eastern Europe and southwestern Asia , from southern Germany south to Italy , and east to southern Russia , Kazakhstan , and Turkey .