Herbaceous Plant Seeds For Sale In Boston

It is native to northern Africa. Young fruit can be eaten as a vegetable while ripe fruits can be use to make bath sponges. The fruit resembles a cucumber . * Luffa aegyptiaca is a species of Luffa .

* Tian Nan Xing has been used in Chinese herbal medicine for thousands of years and is valued especially for its beneficial affect upon the chest. When prescribed internally it is always used dried and in conjunction with fresh ginger root.

* An excellent garden plant for areas east of the Cascades. An infusion of the leaves alone, or the leaves and stems, has been used as a hair wash to prevent gray hair. The plant has been used as a head wash and to treat scabs and eczema.

It is used internally in the treatment of snakebite, gastric disorders involving bloating, and is clinically effective against hypertension. Native to the Yangzhi River area of China and Japan.

* Anemone blanda ( Grecian Windflower ) is a tuberous perennial valued for its daisy -like spring -blooming flowers , native to southeastern Europe , Turkey , Lebanon , and Syria .

* A confection made from the root since ancient Egyptian time evolved into today's marshmallow treat. * Marsh mallow is a very useful household medicinal herb. * The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Althaea...

Roughly 85 days after germinating, acorn squash are ready to be harvested. * Seeds are started after all danger of frost is past and the soil is warm or within 3–4 weeks before the predicted last frost date in the area.

* Linaria maroccana is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family known by the common name Moroccan toadflax . It is native to Morocco , but it can be found elsewhere growing wild as an introduced species , such as California .

* Veratrum nigrum ( Black Hellebore ) is a medicinal plant and poisonous plant native to Asia and Europe . In China, it, and other false hellebore species are collectively called "li lu".

* Heart-shaped shiny dark green leaves with prominent veins, 9" x 5"; dark violet flowers in August; a 2' mound, flowers to almost 3'; native to China. * A good ground cover plant, succeeding in dense shade but rather slow to spread.

It is an annual, sprawling plant that is native to North America. It is used as a bitter tonic for alleviating stomach troubles, kidney ailments, rheumatism, chills, fevers etc. A climbing plant, supporting itself by means of tendrils.

* t is one of the best strengtheners of the human system, stimulating the liver, gall bladder and digestive system, and is an excellent tonic to combine with a purgative in order to prevent its debilitating effects.

It grows in meadows, on roadsides, riversides etc. It has a short ligule compared to other grasses, and is an important forage crop. Adapted to cool climates as a cool seasons turfgrass.

It is used in the treatment of rheumatism and skin eruptions. They are taken both internally and externally in the treatment of syphilitic, cancerous and other foul ulcers. * Clematis recta , the Erect Clematis or Ground virginsbower , is a species of...

* The leaves are deeply lobed with 3 to 7 toothed, pointed lobes in a palmate shape. * All parts of these plants are considered toxic to humans, causing severe digestive discomfort if ingested, and also skin irritation.

* An excellent garden plant for areas east of the Cascades. An infusion of the leaves alone, or the leaves and stems, has been used as a hair wash to prevent gray hair. The plant has been used as a head wash and to treat scabs and eczema.

Grandiflorum is a perennial that grows from a short rhizome and produces a single, showy white flower atop a whorl of three leaves. Grandiflorum is one of the most popular trilliums in cultivation, primarily because of the size of its flowers and its...

* This herb is often abundant in wet calcareous to slightly acidic soils in open fields, pastures, and particularly burned-over lands; the name Fireweed derives from the species' abundance as a coloniser on burnt sites after forest fires .

It does best in light shade with good moisture, but will tolerate both full sun and deep shade. * Pseudofumaria lutea (syn. It grows wild in cracks in old walls where drainage is excellent.

The plant is sometimes nicknamed "Molly the Witch", a humorous mispronunciation of the species name, which most non-Poles find difficult to pronounce. * It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing twenty-three to twenty-seven inches (60–70 cm) tall,...

* Nigella damascena ( Love-in-a-mist ) is an annual garden flowering plant , belonging to the buttercup family ( Ranunculaceae ). * Usually flowers blue, pink, white, lavender, and purple.

* Pale pink flowers. * These plants thrive best in shady areas and under protection of larger plants, and in all but the hottest and the driest conditions in the United States. * This late summer blooming Japanese anemone is a native of China that grows...

* Coreopsis basalis is a bushy annual species with finely cut foliage and showy round flowers. * The species range in the eastern part of the USA is increasing as plants are used in landscaping.

Leaves are glabrous above and hairy below. * A bold perennial plant with upright, branching stems topped by yellow or orange-yellow daisylike flowers to 4", July-September; leaves to 10", hairy, serrated on the edges; grows in woodland clearings, in scrub,...

Roughly 85 days after germinating, acorn squash are ready to be harvested. * Seeds are started after all danger of frost is past and the soil is warm or within 3–4 weeks before the predicted last frost date in the area.

In Germany over 200 pharmaceutical preparations are made from Echinacea. Research shows that it has the ability to raise the body's resistance to bacterial and viral infections by stimulating the immune system.

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