Herbaceous Plant Seeds For Sale In Hampton

* Corn Salad is a gourmet green that has been used in Europe for centuries. Its dark green leaves can be used much like spinach, raw in salads or steamed. It grows best in cool weather so sow in early spring or in the fall.

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

The flowers are white, borne in fall. * Symphyotrichum lateriflorum is a herbaceous plant with alternate, simple leaves , on stiff, purplish stems.

Plants should be spaced about 60cm apart each way. * 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.

The seed usually germinates within 2 weeks. * Lobelia inflata has a long use as a medicinal plant, as an entheogenic, emetic, and a dermatological and respiratory aid. * Lobelia inflata (Indian tobacco, puke weed) is a species of Lobelia native to eastern...

Like all the Sarracenia , it is native to the New World . * Sarracenia minor , also known as the Hooded pitcher plant , is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia .

It is native to Europe and western Asia. * Scabiosa ochroleuca, commonly called cream scabious, is a species of scabiosa with creamy yellow flower heads.

It is pollinated by evening flying insects and provides seed as food for finches in the winter. The inflated bladder like flowers are interesting. * This plant is commonly seen along roadsides and in disturbed places in North America.

* The flowers are purple, borne in summer. * Astilbe chinensis is a herbaceous plant with alternate, pinnately compound leaves, on thin stems.

* The plant is part of a North American formula called essiac which is a popular treatment for cancer. Its effectiveness has never been reliably proven or disproven since controlled studies have not been carried out.

Matures in 45 days. It is an annual plant (rarely biennial ), which grows to a height of up to 30 cm. * Spinach ( Spinacia oleracea ) is an edible flowering plant in the family of Amaranthaceae .

* A perennial grass, to 3', with erect stems and leaves, very narrow; flowers and seedheads lax; native to Eurasia. * Stipa capillata is a perennial grass species in the family Poaceae , native to Europe and Asia .

In Korea, white flowers are more common. This species is known as platycodon or Chinese bellflower . * Platycodon grandiflorus is a species of perennial flowering plant of the family Campanulaceae and the only member of the genus Platycodon.

* An herbaceous perennial that sends up new stems each spring, each shoot emerging from leaf pairs like clasped hands, to culminate in 1 1/2 " down-facing blue flowers with reflexed petals; native to Europe and Asia.

* The heart of the plant is very rich in saccharine matter and can be eaten when baked. The fruits are capsules 1 to 3 centimeters long and containing black seed. The seed usually germinates in 1 - 3 months at 20°c.

* The Virginia snakeroot is attracting increasing interest for its medicinal virtues and as a result is becoming uncommon in the wild. It merits consideration for cultivation in forest areas.

* The flower looks something like a monkeys face, hence the common and genus names, the latter from the Latin mimus (a buffoon). It grows in a wide variety of wet habitat types. * Mimulus ringens is a species of monkeyflower known by the common names...

The sprouted seeds are eaten in salads, sandwiches, soups, stews etc. Due to their mucilaginous property they are often sprouted on clay or other porous materials. The seed can be ground into a meal and made into bread, biscuits, cakes etc, usually in...

* Plants seem to be immune to the predations of rabbits. * It is hardy to zone 3 and is not frost tender. * Bergenia crassifolia is an evergreen Perennial growing to 0.3 m (1ft) by 0.8 m (2ft 7in).

* This species is closely related to P. Veitchii, differing mainly in only having one flower to a stem. * Paeonia anomala has an immense range of wild habitat, stretching from the Ural Mountains of Russia to the Pamir Mountains of Central Asia, then to...

* The plant most of us think of as Bleeding Heart; extremely popular, and for good reason; each arching spike, often held horizontally, is lined with an elegant row of pink and white "hearts"; flowers in May in New York; may die back to the ground in...

This plant is native to Europe, but is now widespread throughout most of the United States as a common weed. * The seed contains arctiin, this excites the central nervous system producing convulsions an increase in respiration and later paralysis.

* 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 only a few minutes before the cooking is complete.

* This Clematis is very fast growing and will cover an area quickly with beautiful yellow flowers that last most of the season.

* Plants grow in sandy soils in open areas and are often found on disturbed ground. Golden-mane Coreopsis is native from the south Eastern and south central states of the USA. * Coreopsis basalis is a bushy annual species with finely cut foliage and showy...

The plant has a general stimulatory effect on the immune system and is widely used in modern herbal treatments. * Rose-purple 2"-3 1/2" daisylike flowers; native to central North America.

* The species is native to the North Temperate Zone of Eurasia, from Europe to Japan. * This plant can be found in forests or dry grasslands, in scrub and open woodland, in grassy but not too wet places, in the edges of woods and along the margins of...