Herbaceous Plant Seeds For Sale In Illinois

* 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.

* Echinacea angustifolia ( Narrow-leaved purple coneflower , blacksamson echinacea ) is a herbaceous plant species in Asteraceae . The plants grow 40 to 70 centimetres (16 to 28 in) tall with spindle-shaped taproots that are often branched.

Established plants are fairly drought tolerant, they succeed in dry shade. Common names in English include lilyturf, big blue lilyturf, border grass, and monkey grass. * Seedlings grown from our seed will not be variegated as the plants are in some of...

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

* Yellow flowers of daisy form, to 4" across, from July to September; leaves to 2'; dried roots sometimes used medicinally; native to Europe and Asia, naturalized in the U.S. * Elecampane has a long history of use as a medicinal herb.

* A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of chest pains and stomach aches. * Penstemon grandiflorus is a perennial plant of the genus Penstemon. * A decoction of the leaves has been used in the treatment of chills and fevers.

Tabacum is sensitive to temperature, air, ground humidity and the type of land. The dried leaves can also be used, they remain effective for 6 months after drying. * In their great first voyage to the New World, Christopher Columbus and his expedition...

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 .

* This is an annual herb growing erect to approach half a meter in maximum height, its stem with linear leaves 2 to 4 centimeters long. It is native to Morocco , but it can be found elsewhere growing wild as an introduced species , such as California...

* This is a glandular, woolly perennial which approaches a maximum height of two metres.Its erect, branching gray stems bear the occasional sharply toothed, sharp-lobed pointed green leaf.

* So called because the roots were once ground for snuff. Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine. * The leaves are used as an insect repellent. * Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked.

* So called because the roots were once ground for snuff. Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine. * The leaves are used as an insect repellent. * Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked.

* Lilium pensylvanicum reaches a height of 30 cm to 70 cm and has a width up to 25 cm. The bulb is roundish with a diameter of about 2 cm. The stem is hard, smooth and straight, the leaves linear to lanceolate, 4 to 5 cm long and 3 to 4 mm wide.

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

Silene chalcedonica ) is a flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae , native from central and eastern European Russia east to Kazakhstan , Mongolia and northwestern China . * Lychnis chalcedonica ( Burning Love , Dusky Salmon , Flower of Bristol...

* Luffa aegyptiaca is a species of Luffa . It is native to northern Africa. Commonly known as Smooth Luffa and Egyptian Luffa , sometimes under the obsolete name Luffa cylindrica and frequently misspelt "Luffa aegyptica", it is cultivated and grown for...

Succeeds in ordinary garden soil. A very bitter tea brewed from the roots is analgesic and is also used as a love potion. It is an annual, sprawling plant that is native to North America.

* Bearsfoot root was used by the North American Indians as a stimulant and laxative remedy. * A poultice of the bruised root has been used as a dressing and salve on burns, inflammations and cuts.

* Echinops ritro is a species of globe thistle . Blooms late summer to early fall. It is native to Europe and western Asia . * If all the flowers are removed early in the season, the plant will often produce a second flush of bloom later in the summer.

* This is a glandular, woolly perennial which approaches a maximum height of two metres.Its erect, branching gray stems bear the occasional sharply toothed, sharp-lobed pointed green leaf.

* An attractive garden flower, blooms in May or June, 1 1/2" flowers, several per stem. Succeeds in dry soils and in poor soils. * The flowers are very fragrant, diffusing a powerful clove-like scent.

* Aristolochia serpentaria is a species of perennial flowering plant in the Aristolochiaceae (birthwort) family. It is used in a number of proprietary medicines for treating skin, circulatory and kidney disorders.

* Yellow flowers of daisy form, to 4" across, from July to September; leaves to 2'; dried roots sometimes used medicinally; native to Europe and Asia, naturalized in the U.S. * Elecampane has a long history of use as a medicinal herb.

In spring it bears large, single, lemon-yellow flowers five inches (10–12 cm) in diameter, the ovary pubescent, the two to four carpels white, pink or yellow, and the stamen filaments yellow-green.

* I just watched a You Tube video of a woman eating 1/4 of a flower. * These curiosities are well worth growing, if only for the conversation factor! * The buds are known as "buzz buttons", "Szechuan buttons", "sansho buttons", and "electric buttons"...

* This species is closely related to P. * Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer or rabbits. Veitchii, differing mainly in only having one flower to a stem.

Plants are not hardy in Britain, requiring a minimum temperature of 5°c. Like all the Sarraceniaceae, it is native to the New World . * Grow in sun or partial shade in peat or moss.