Herbaceous Plant Seeds For Sale In Fort Wayne

* The root is anodyne and anti-inflammatory. Native to the Yangzhi River area of China and Japan. * This has anti-cancer properties and can be used in conjunction with chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

Other common names are Bouncing Bet and Sweet William; locally it is simply "the Soapwort" although there are about 20 species of soapworts altogether. * An herbaceous perennial, erect; with 3/4"white or pinkish fragrant flowers in terminal clusters and...

* 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...

Use with caution, internal consumption can cause damage to the kidneys and uterine bleeding. It is an aromatic tonic herb that stimulates the uterus, reduces inflammation, controls bacterial infections and promotes healing.

Well worth putting in a partial shade location. The flowers produce an abundnce of seed every year and your small planting will soon spread. * Sky blue to deep blue flowers in April, native to Greece, forms tubers, self sows to form mass plantings.

* It is a winter squash with distinctive longitudinal ridges and sweet, yellow-orange flesh. * 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.

* 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. * Pale pink flowers. * This late summer blooming Japanese anemone is a native of China that grows...

* Plant forming huge clumps with white or grayish spherical flowers 2-3" across, in late summer; rough, thistley foliage, dark green, good for the back of a large border. * It grows in sunny, rocky or brushy places, with more or less mineral rich soils,...

* Dwarf bush up to 40 cm, leaves alternate fine pointed, linear, and extended marginal hairs, stipules absent. * It is found over much of Europe except northern Europe , Ireland , Great Britain , Holland and Poland.

The plant has a general stimulatory effect on the immune system and is widely used in modern herbal treatments. It is also antibiotic and helps to relieve allergies. The plants grow 40 to 70 centimetres (16 to 28 in) tall with spindle-shaped taproots...

* It is hardy to zone 3 and is not frost tender. * It is in leaf 12-Jan It is in flower from Mar to April. * Plants seem to be immune to the predations of rabbits. * A very ornamental plant, it is hardy to about -20°c.

* 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".

* Yellowish flowers marked with rusty red, particularly on the inside; in spikes; biennial or short-lived perennial; full or part sun, dry, well-drained soil; flowering in summer; native to southern Europe and Turkey.

Crocea is a beautiful and stately plant, probably the most striking of all spurias. According to Bowley (l.c. 176) it is disturbing that it is only known to be growing wild in the valley of Kashmir, for, with so limited a location there must be some anxiety...

It fell out of favour in the nineteenth century but recent research has brought it back to prominence as an extremely valuable remedy for nervous problems. Perforatum is sometimes called Common St John's wort to differentiate it.

Their flowers are red, yellow or orange and have 5–30 petals. * They are cultivated for use in gardens, and have been introduced to North America. * Adonis is a genus of about 20–30 species of flowering plants of the crowfoot family, Ranunculaceae,...

* 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.

* Purple or blue solitary flowers; native to northwest U.S. and Canada. The plant has been used as a head wash and to treat scabs and eczema. A cold infusion of the plant can be used as a lotion on swollen knees and ankles.

* 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. * Make sure to water during the hot months to keep it from fading, and pick off dead flowers...

A mucilage from the seed coats is used as a fabric stiffener. * Considered to be an indicator of agriculture in pollen diagrams, P. Lanceolata contains phenylethanoids such as acteoside (verbascoside), cistanoside F, lavandulifolioside, plantamajoside...

The plant is noted for its effectiveness in treating catarrhal problems of many kinds and has also been used successfully in treating diarrhoea, haemorrhoids and infantile cholera.

It is an early bush zucchini that produces a high yield of straight dark green cylindrical fruit. * They should be harvested when under 10 inches for the best flavor. * The fruits are loaded with vitamins and minerals yet low in calories!

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

It fell out of favour in the nineteenth century but recent research has brought it back to prominence as an extremely valuable remedy for nervous problems. Perforatum is sometimes called Common St John's wort to differentiate it.

* Artemisia vulgaris ( mugwort or common wormwood ) is one of several species in the genus Artemisia which have common names that include the word mugwort. Aromatic and somewhat bitter.

* Blue-purple flowers in a mass at the top of the stalks in June and July and perhaps again in late summer; likes sun, grows quickly in good soil, propagating by runners * The seed usually germinates in 2 - 4 weeks at 18°c.

* California Wonder peppers are an open pollinated heirloom variety of sweet bell pepper. * This is a timeless classic. * Blocky shape, excellent for stuffing with a sweet mild flavor.