Herbaceous Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In Westminster

* Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. * So called because the roots were once ground for snuff. * The plant can tolerate maritime exposure. Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine.

* The peeled roots are cut up and added to soups. * The hardy plant can grow to a height of 60 cm.Comfrey has been used in folk medicine as a poultice for treating burns and wounds.

It contains some of the most bitter compounds known and is used as a scientific basis for measuring bitterness. * Gentiana lutea ( Great Yellow Gentian ) is a species of gentian native to the mountains of central and southern Europe .

* Contrary to what the name suggests, neither a crocus nor the source of saffron; foliage emerges in spring, fades in early summer; flowers, pale rosy purple, spring up in October among fallen leaves.

* The seeds have been used as beads. It is used as a bitter tonic for alleviating stomach troubles, kidney ailments, rheumatism, chills, fevers etc. * Echinocystis lobata is an annual vine that produces stems that can be as long as 8 m (26 ft) and which...

A very ornamental plant. The plants are very cold tolerant, but they can be damaged when dormant if the soil is too moist. Plant the roots out very shallowly. Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer or rabbits.

The plant contains flavonoids (notably rutin) that reduce capillary fragility, which might explain the plants reputation as an eye strengthener. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental plant in gardens , especially because of its bluish leaves, and also...

It is widespread and common in the more southerly mountain ranges of Europe, but is rarer in the north. * Can be used as a ground cover plant in a sunny position. * Mountain cornflower is seldom used in modern herbalism, though it does still have a reputation...

It should not be used by pregnant women. * Birthwort has a very long history of medicinal use, though it has been little researched scientifically and is little used by present-day herbalists.

The plant has been used as a head wash and to treat scabs and eczema. * A poultice of the pounded, dampened leaves has been applied to the feet to treat sweaty feet. * A slender-stemmed, sometimes creeping, semi-woody perennial that may attain a length...

* The crushed root has been applied to the body as an insect repellent. It was used as a face paint by the North American Indians. * Bloodroot ( Sanguinaria canadensis ) is a perennial , herbaceous flowering plant native to eastern North America from...

The leaves are harvested just before the plant comes into flower. A herb tea is made from the leaves. A tangy, marjoram-like flavour. The flowering shoots contain about 0.5% essential oil, this is used as a food flavouring.

* The Virginia snakeroot is attracting increasing interest for its medicinal virtues and as a result is becoming uncommon in the wild. * Aristolochia serpentaria is a species of perennial flowering plant in the Aristolochiaceae (birthwort) family.

* I just watched a You Tube video of a woman eating 1/4 of a flower. She describes it as "like popping candy" and "little needles poking the top of your mouth". * These curiosities are well worth growing, if only for the conversation factor! * The buds...

It is widespread and common in the more southerly mountain ranges of Europe, but is rarer in the north. * Can be used as a ground cover plant in a sunny position. * Mountain cornflower is seldom used in modern herbalism, though it does still have a reputation...

Research conducted on mice has offered a degree of confirmation for this use—it was found that wild carrot disrupts the implantation process, which reinforces its reputation as a contraceptive.

It contains some of the most bitter compounds known and is used as a scientific basis for measuring bitterness. * Gentiana lutea ( Great Yellow Gentian ) is a species of gentian native to the mountains of central and southern Europe .

Lanceolata is used frequently in tisanes and other herbal remedies. Gold and brown dyes are obtained from the whole plant. Something that is considered to be an indicator of grazing in that area.

* In Canada, dill is a favorite herb to accompany poached salmon. * This is common dill that is used in pickles and for flavoring. * The leaves lose their flavour if the are cooked for any length of time and so are best used raw or added to cooked dishes...

* Bright yellow 3/4" flowers on foot-long stalks before the leaves appear, in very early spring; flowers look like the result of a cross between dandelion and small yellow daisy; slightly lobed roundish leaves to 8"; can spread vigorously and become a...

* 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 fresh or dried leaves are used to brew an excellent tea. The woodland strawberry was first cultivated in ancient Persia where farmers knew the fruit as Toot Farangi. Tolerates semi-shade though fruit production will be reduced.

Veratrum lobelianum Bernh. ), is a medicinal plant of the Liliaceae (lily family) or Melanthiaceae which is native to Europe . * Upright stems topped by 1/2-1" flowers in a branched flower head, white, green, or yellowish; grows in wet, grassy subalpine...

* 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.

* 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.

* I just watched a You Tube video of a woman eating 1/4 of a flower. She describes it as "like popping candy" and "little needles poking the top of your mouth". * These curiosities are well worth growing, if only for the conversation factor! * The buds...

The plant is little used in modern herbalism but has been employed in the treatment of laryngitis and bronchitis. It is smaller in size than the Giant Hogweed ( Heracleum mantegazzianum ).