Herbaceous Plant Seeds For Sale In San Diego

* Nigella damascena ( Love-in-a-mist ) is an annual garden flowering plant , belonging to the buttercup family ( Ranunculaceae ). The foliage makes a nice garden cover when not in bloom and the attractive seedpods add interest after flowering.

* Surface sow the seed in March in a greenhouse. The seed usually germinates in 10 - 21 days at 18°c. * The plants are pollinated by bumblebees , and the flowers close over the insects when they enter and deposit pollen on their bodies.

* 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.

They are sticky hairy above, and white woolly below.Atop each stem is an almost perfectly spherical inflorescence up to 6 cm in diameter, packed with blue-gray disc florets . * It grows in sunny, rocky or brushy places, with more or less mineral rich...

The leaves are used as a flavouring in vinegar. The young shoots can also be cooked and used as a potherb. * Tarragon or dragon's-wort ( Artemisia dracunculus ) is a perennial herb in the family Asteraceae related to wormwood .

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

* The Nepal poppy ( Meconopsis napaulensis ) is a plant of the family Papaveraceae . * Many 3" nodding blue, red, purple, or white nodding flowers on a branching stem; forms basal rosette of 20" leaves; monocarpic--blooms and dies; native to eastern Himalayas,...

The root is analgesic, antibacterial, antiviral, depurative, diaphoretic, diuretic, febrifuge, sedative, tonic. * The common name of bugbane is in reference to the odoriferous insect repellant properties of this plant.

* Platycodon grandiflorus is a species of perennial flowering plant of the family Campanulaceae and the only member of the genus Platycodon. It is native to East Asia (such as China , Korea , Japan , and East Siberia ) and bears big blue flowers, although...

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.

* Iris magnifica is a bulbous flowering plant in the genus Iris, native to the mountains of Central Asia. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions – growing to 60 centimetres (24 in) (less in poor soils), and producing pale lilac...

* Purple Top White Globe Turnip is an outstanding Heirloom variety. * The purple topped turnip root will reach 4-5 inches in diameter and matures in 40 to 60 days. * This is a very easy to grow and rewarding vegetable.

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

* The much-loved foxglove of cottage gardens; flowers usually purple, but may be white, pink, or some variation, usually speckled in the throat; biennial, forming a basal rosette one year, flower stalk the next; likes part shade, moist (not wet) soil;...

* This bulb forming perennial produces short lived sword shaped leaves followed by flower spikes having huge umbels of fushia colored flowers at the top. * The flower heads are 8-12 inches in diameter and are very showy.

It is an aromatic tonic herb that stimulates the uterus, reduces inflammation, controls bacterial infections and promotes healing. * The plant should not be used internally without experienced supervision, externally it is used in the treatment of slow-healing...

* It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing twenty-three to twenty-seven inches (60–70 cm) tall, with biternate, glaucous leaves with obovate lobes. In spring it bears large, single, lemon-yellow flowers five inches (10–12 cm) in diameter, the ovary...

* The seeds of deertongue attract many types of birds, such as turkeys. It can be used to revegetate reclaimed land such as mine spoils. * Dichanthelium clandestinum is a species of grass known by the common name deertongue.

* Echinops ritro is a species of globe thistle . It is native to Europe and western Asia . * Unusual perennials with 2" spherical blue flowers in mid to late summer; the plant itself is rather rough and thistly with dark green leaves; good for middle...

* Compound leaves with leaflets in threes grow on fleshy green to pink stems up to 3 feet (0.9 m). Seeds with whitish elaiosomes are borne in long pods .The plant often goes dormant in summer after blooming.

Native to the Yangzhi River area of China and Japan. * This very important medicinal plant was first identified by Thunberg as Aristolochia longa Linnaeus. The young leaves are purple.

Native to the Yangzhi River area of China and Japan. * This very important medicinal plant was first identified by Thunberg as Aristolochia longa Linnaeus. The young leaves are purple.

* They are quite frost tolerant and become even more flavorful after some frosty nights. * Try them as a fall crop by sowing seed in late summer. * They are very late to bolt and can be grown year round in mild climates.

Although the Sweet William is a perennial species, it is quite short-lived and degenerates after its second year. It is best treated as a biennial in the garden. * Plants self-sow freely when grown in a suitable position.

It blooms in spring. * It is found over much of Europe except northern Europe , Ireland , Great Britain , Holland and Poland. Flowers yellow, 1.5-2 cm in diameter, solitary in leaf axils and without forming inflorescence.

* Sarracenia leucophylla , also known as the white pitcher plant , is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia . Leucophylla produces crimson flowers in the spring before its characteristically small spring pitchers.

* The plants flower from late spring to late summer, and are pollinated by butterflies and bumble bees. * All parts of these plants are considered toxic to humans, causing severe digestive discomfort if ingested, and also skin irritation.