Herbaceous Plant Seeds For Sale In Brownsville

Above the plant is glabrous and dark green; below it is lighter green, glaucescent , with white hairs especially crowded along the veins, and the lower leaves are biternate . Yellow to white flowers, 10–13 cm across, bloom from April to June.

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

When prescribed internally it is always used dried and in conjunction with fresh ginger root. * The root is harvested when the plant is dormant in the autumn or winter and is dried for later use.

* The leaves contain 'stevioside', a substance that is 300 times sweeter than sucrose. * The dried leaves can be ground and used as a sweetener or soaked in water and the liquid used in making preserves.

Mlokosewitschii (Lomakin) D.Y.Hong 2003. 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 winter squash with distinctive longitudinal ridges and sweet, yellow-orange flesh. Roughly 85 days after germinating, acorn squash are ready to be harvested. * As the name suggests, its shape resembles that of an acorn.

* Lychnis chalcedonica ( Burning Love , Dusky Salmon , Flower of Bristol , Jerusalem Cross , Maltese Cross , Nonesuch ; syn. Silene chalcedonica ) is a flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae , native from central and eastern European Russia east...

Excellent for use in salads or steamed. * Fordhook is a well known and very popular variety of Swiss Chard. * The large stalks are topped by deep green leaves. It is cold hardy as well as tolerant of heat.

Like all the Sarracenia , it is native to the New World and inhabits moist and low-nutrient longleaf pine ( Pinus palustris ) savannas along the United States Gulf Coast , generally west of the Apalachicola River on the Florida Panhandle .

Mlokosewitschii (Lomakin) D.Y.Hong 2003. The plant is sometimes nicknamed "Molly the Witch", a humorous mispronunciation of the species name, which most non-Poles find difficult to pronounce.

However, as it is associated with cemetries, it is not clear whether it is a truly wild plant in Kashmir or an introduction from places unknown. It thrives well in heavy loam in England (Bowley, l.c.).

* The species is commonly cultivated in temperate areas. * The poisonous alkaloid 'colchicine' is extracted from this plant and used to alter the genetic make-up of plants in an attempt to find new, improved varieties.

* Forms mats of small green leaves and stemless sky-blue flowers, as large as 3"; wants good soil, cool, moist conditions; native to Swiss Alps. They are therefore more difficult to grow in areas with hot summers and in such a region they appreciate some...

* Erect, bushy annual with oval to heart-shaped, toothed, hairy, dark green leaves 2 1/2" long. The hairy leaves, scalloped on the edges, are pea green, varying in size, all the way up to 3 in (7.6 cm) long and 2 in (5.1 cm) wide.

This species is known as platycodon or Chinese bellflower . It is native to East Asia (such as China , Korea , Japan , and East Siberia ) and bears big blue flowers, although varieties with white and pink flowers are in cultivation.

* This easily cultivated, Annual plant grows and blooms best in cooler climates, but if kept cool by mulching around the base it can grow in hotter areas as well. * Sweet pea ( Lathyrus odoratus ) is a flowering plant in the genus Lathyrus in the family...

* It is hardy to zone 3 and is not frost tender. * A very ornamental plant, it is hardy to about -20°c. * Bergenia crassifolia is an evergreen Perennial growing to 0.3 m (1ft) by 0.8 m (2ft 7in).

* Adonis is a genus of about 20–30 species of flowering plants of the crowfoot family, Ranunculaceae, native to Europe and Asia. Contain poisonous chemicals similar to those found in many other genera in the Ranunculaceae.

It has a profound tonic effect upon a diseased heart, enabling the heart to beat more slowly, powerfully and regularly without requiring more oxygen. * The foxglove is a widely used herbal medicine with a recognised stimulatory effect upon the heart.

* 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 .

Its tendency to quickly colonize open areas with little competition, such as sites of forest fires and forest clearings , makes it a clear example of a pioneer species . This feature makes the plants very easy to identify in all stages of growth.

Blooms appear in late summer to early fall on branching-at-the-top stems rising to 4-6' tall. Leaves are glabrous above and hairy below. Smaller ovate stem leaves are sessile. Features sprays of single, daisy-like flower heads (to 3.5” across) with...

* Forms mats of small green leaves and stemless sky-blue flowers, as large as 3"; wants good soil, cool, moist conditions; native to Swiss Alps. They are therefore more difficult to grow in areas with hot summers and in such a region they appreciate some...

A good dense ground cover plant, growing well in light woodland. The above ground shoots rise from slender creeping rhizomes that are placed 2.5–7.5 cm deep in the soil, and form clonal colonies under trees.

Bracts ovate-lanceolate, 3–6 cm. * Herbaceous perennial with linear arching leaves to 60 cm. Flowers in July for 2–3 weeks and often reblooms in September.Two varieties are recognized: var.

It is slow to bolt as summer progresses so it can be grown later in the spring than many varieties. This a a great variety of oak leaf lettuce. It has deep lobed green leaves that are very sweet and tender.

* Surface sow the seed in March in a greenhouse. * In the laboratory it is a model organism,[6] for example containing the gene DEFICIENS which provides the letter "D" in the acronym MADS-box for a family of genes which are important in plant development.