Herbaceous Plant Seeds For Sale In Lancaster

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

* Something like a 6" wide daisy, with this difference: it is stemless, growing prostrate on the ground; blooms in May or June; coarse, deeply lobed leaves; likes a scree soil; a rock garden plant or curiosity native to the Mediterranean.

This species is known as platycodon or Chinese bellflower . In Korea, white flowers are more common. Depending upon the region, it is also referred to as the Japanese bellflower , common balloon flower , or balloon flower .

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

Flowers violet blue or white. The stems are densely covered with sharp-pointed, deeply cut leaves which appear fern-like. It is an annual or biennial herb growing one or more branching stems up to about 70 centimeters in maximum height.

It is native to Morocco , but it can be found elsewhere growing wild as an introduced species , such as California . The inflorescence is a raceme of flowers occupying the top of the stem.

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...

* This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions – growing to 60 centimetres (24 in) (less in poor soils), and producing pale lilac and white flowers in spring.

* The species, from central Europe and Russia, has blue-purple, lavender, or white flowers, but there are dozens of cultivars, in a varied range of splendid blues, purples, pinks, and whites, including some of the most striking and elegant of all iris;...

It is best if gathered before flowers appear. It grows best in cool weather so sow in early spring or in the fall. It is a hardy plant that grows to zone 5, and in mild climates it is grown as a winter green.

They should be harvested in the spring before the plant comes into flower. A cucumber flavour they can be added to salads or used as a potherb. * The young leaves and flower buds can be eaten raw or cooked.

* Plantago lanceolata is a species of genus Plantago known by the common names ribwort plantain, English plantain, buckhorn plantain, narrowleaf plantain, ribleaf and lamb's tongue.

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

Plants normally grow with one unbranched stem in the wild, but often produce multi-stemmed clumps in gardens. * Succeeds in ordinary garden soil but prefers a deep rich loam with plenty of leafmold and a sunny position.

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

An essential oil from the leaves is used as a flavouring. The young shoots can also be cooked and used as a potherb. * The leaves can also be harvested in late summer and dried for later use.

They should be harvested in the spring before the plant comes into flower. A cucumber flavour they can be added to salads or used as a potherb. * The young leaves and flower buds can be eaten raw or cooked.

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 . * Showy four-petaled summer flowers of magenta or rose pink on straight stalks; especially...

A very ornamental plant. * Seedlings grown from our seed will not be variegated as the plants are in some of the pictures above. * Liriope muscari is a species of low, herbaceous flowering plants from East Asia .

It blooms in spring. * 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 German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Panax ginseng for lack of stamina. * Ginseng has a history of herbal use going back over 5,000 years.

* The peeled roots are cut up and added to soups. A tea is made from the dried leaves and roots. * A perennial herb with 8" leaves covered with prickly hairs; flowers to 1/2", yellowish white, pink, or purplish, in summer, in nodding clusters; rather...

It is used in Italian, Portuguese (Catarino bean), Turkish, and Greek cuisine. * The Borlotti bean, also known as the Roman bean or romano bean (not to be confused with the Italian flat bean, a green bean also called "romano bean"), is a variety of cranberry...

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.

Other common names are Bouncing Bet and Sweet William; locally it is simply "the Soapwort" although there are about 20 species of soapworts altogether. Its strongly irritant action within the gut is thought to stimulate the cough reflex and increase the...

Cultivated forms often show flowers completely surrounding the central spike, in contrast to the wild form, where the flowers only appear on one side. It is also used in allopathic medicine in the treatment of heart complaints.

* The flower heads dry well and the plant will self seed if the flowers heads are left in the garden. * The flower heads are 8-12 inches in diameter and are very showy. * This bulb forming perennial produces short lived sword shaped leaves followed by...