Herbaceous Plant Seeds For Sale In Louisville Jefferson County

* A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of chest pains and stomach aches. * A very ornamental plant! * Succeeds in ordinary rich garden soils so long as they are well-drained.

Blooms in the spring to early summer, but is said not to bloom well in very hot climates. * Usually flowers blue, pink, white, lavender, and purple. * An essential oil distilled from the plant is used in perfumery and lipsticks.

It is widespread and common in the more southerly mountain ranges of Europe, but is rarer in the north. * Centaurea montana ( Perennial Cornflower, Mountain Cornflower, Bachelor's Button, Montane Knapweed or Mountain Bluet ) is a species of Centaurea...

* Luffa aegyptiaca is a species of Luffa . 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 its fruit.

* The seed floss makes an excellent tinder for starting fires, a spark from a flint will quickly ignite it. A cold infusion of the plant can be used as a lotion on swollen knees and ankles.

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

Blooms in the spring to early summer, but is said not to bloom well in very hot climates. * Usually flowers blue, pink, white, lavender, and purple. * An essential oil distilled from the plant is used in perfumery and lipsticks.

A.k.a. Aster tanacetifolia * Branched stems with fern-like leaves ending in flower heads with many bright purple, very narrow rays surrounding a yellow central disk. The stems are densely covered with sharp-pointed, deeply cut leaves which appear fern-like.

* Aristolochia serpentaria is a species of perennial flowering plant in the Aristolochiaceae (birthwort) family. The species is commonly known as Virginia snakeroot and is native to eastern North America, from Connecticut to southern Michigan and south...

It is an annual, sprawling plant that is native to North America. Thin the seedlings to the best plant in each pot, grow them on fast and plant them out after the last expected frosts.

* Clematis integrifolia is a flowering vine of the genus Clematis. Like many members of that genus, it is prized by gardeners for its showy flowers. * Native to shrubby areas, meadows and stream banks from central Europe to Russia and China, solitary...

* Mimulus ringens is a species of monkeyflower known by the common names Allegheny monkeyflower and square-stemmed monkeyflower. * It is native to eastern and central North America, and there are occurrences in the western United States, some of which...

Flowers yellow, 1.5-2 cm in diameter, solitary in leaf axils and without forming inflorescence. * Dwarf bush up to 40 cm, leaves alternate fine pointed, linear, and extended marginal hairs, stipules absent.

The divided leaf segments are ovate , cuneate , and often are oblique and abruptly cut off at the base. 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...

* Make sure to water during the hot months to keep it from fading, and pick off dead flowers to keep the plant blooming till the first frosts of fall. * This easily cultivated, Annual plant grows and blooms best in cooler climates, but if kept cool by...

* The root is anodyne and anti-inflammatory. The young leaves are purple. * Has long roots. It is used internally in the treatment of snakebite, gastric disorders involving bloating, and is clinically effective against hypertension.

(50–120cm) tall. It grows from 2–4ft. * The name distichum refers to the two types of leaves the plant carries. * The flowers are yellow–orange or orange–vermillion with the petals spotted in purple, somewhat ‘flatfaced' in appearance with irregular...

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

* In general, gentians require a moist well-drained soil in a sheltered position, a certain minimum of atmospheric humidity, high light intensity but a site where temperatures are not too high.

* It is native to China,and it is cultivated worldwide as an ornamental plant. * Its common names include China aster and annual aster. * The large solitary flower head grows at the top of the stem and sometimes on branches.

This is not to be confused with the typical pinkness observed as the petals age. Associated understory plants include swordfern, vanilla leaf, violets, redwood sorrel and salal. * Near California shores, it is common under coast redwood.

(Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Hubei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mong) all in China. * Native to forest margins, grassy slopes; 400--2700 m.

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.

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

* The name "naked lady" comes from the fact that the flowers emerge from the ground long after the leaves have died back. * The species is commonly cultivated in temperate areas. It works by doubling the chromosome number.

* Sanguisorba officinalis ( Great Burnet ) is a plant in the family Rosaceae , subfamily Rosoideae . It is native throughout the cooler regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe , northern Asia , and northern North America .

* Centaurea americana , commonly called American Starthistle or American Basketflower , is an annual native to the southern central United States and northeastern Mexico. * The plant looks similar to the thistles but lacks their prickly characteristics...