Herbaceous Plant Seeds For Sale In Torrance

The divided leaf segments are ovate , cuneate , and often are oblique and abruptly cut off at the base. * Paeonia wittmanniana , also known as Wittmann's peony , is a perennial peony native to the southern Transcaucasian region, and is closely related...

* Purple Top White Globe Turnip is an outstanding Heirloom variety. * High in Vitamins! * The purple topped turnip root will reach 4-5 inches in diameter and matures in 40 to 60 days.

* Purple Top White Globe Turnip is an outstanding Heirloom variety. * High in Vitamins! * The purple topped turnip root will reach 4-5 inches in diameter and matures in 40 to 60 days.

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

* Helleborus niger is an evergreen plant with dark, leathery, pedate leaves carried on stems to 9–12 in (23–30 cm) tall. Take care since the plant resents disturbance. The large, flat flowers, borne on short stems from midwinter to early spring, are...

* These plants thrive best in shady areas and under protection of larger plants, and in all but the hottest and the driest conditions in the United States. * This late summer blooming Japanese anemone is a native of China that grows up to 2' tall and...

* Native to shrubby areas, meadows and stream banks from central Europe to Russia and China, solitary clematis is a woody-based, erect-stemmed, non-climbing clematis that typically grows in a dense, somewhat sprawling, shrubby mound to 12-18” tall.

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 dried leaves can also be used, they remain effective for 6 months after drying. * Nicotiana tabacum, or cultivated tobacco, is an annually-grown herbaceous plant. * In their great first voyage to the New World, Christopher Columbus and his expedition...

* Plant forming huge clumps with white or grayish spherical flowers 2-3" across, in late summer; rough, thistley foliage, dark green, good for the back of a large border. * It grows in sunny, rocky or brushy places, with more or less mineral rich soils,...

When the plant is bruised, this smell becomes more like fine balsam. * The name "Burning-bush" derives from the volatile oils produced by the plant, which can catch fire readily in hot weather, leading to comparisons with the burning bush of the Bible...

* The pulverized root is used as a poultice for headaches. * Sow seed early spring in a rich compost in a greenhouse, placing 2 - 3 seeds in each pot. Lobata, commonly called wild cucumber, prickly cucumber, or balsam apple.

A mucilage from the seed coats is used as a fabric stiffener. * Ribwort plantain is a safe and effective treatment for bleeding, it quickly staunches blood flow and encourages the repair of damaged tissue.

* Sanguisorba officinalis ( Great Burnet ) is a plant in the family Rosaceae , subfamily Rosoideae . The fresh or dried leaves are used as a tea substitute. It is native throughout the cooler regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe , northern Asia...

* 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 .

Grandiflorum was designated the provincial emblem of Ontario in 1937 (Flora Emblem Act). * Trillium grandiflorum, commonly known as great white trillium or wood lily, is a simple, graceful perennial that is one of the most familiar and beloved of the...

* Aquilegia caerulea is the state flower of Colorado. * It is also an ornamental plant in gardens, with numerous cultivars selected for different flower colors. * Aquilegia caerulea is a species of Aquilegia flower native to the Rocky Mountains from Montana...

Their flowers are red, yellow or orange and have 5–30 petals. According to the Metamorphoses of Ovid the anemone, also of the family Ranunculaceae, was created when Venus sprinkled nectar on his blood.

* Fordhook is a well known and very popular variety of Swiss Chard. Excellent for use in salads or steamed. It is cold hardy as well as tolerant of heat. * The large stalks are topped by deep green leaves.

* Rue has a long history of use as a domestic remedy, being especially valued for its strengthening action on the eyes. * The Common Rue ( Ruta graveolens ), also known as Herb-of-grace , is a species of rue grown as a herb .

* The leaves of fireweed are unique in that the leaf veins are circular and do not terminate on the edges of the leaf, but form circular loops and join together inside the outer leaf margins.

Mirabilis jalapa is said to have been exported from the Peruvian Andes in 1540. * The seed remains viable for several years. Mirabilis in Latin means wonderful and Jalapa is a town in Mexico .

* Chervil ( Anthriscus cerefolium ) is a delicate annual herb related to parsley . * The leaves are ready for harvesting in about 8 weeks from sowing, the plant responds well to cut and come again harvesting.

* 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.

* Elecampane , also called Horse-heal ( Inula helenium ) or Marchalan (in Welsh ), is a perennial composite plant common in many parts of Great Britain , and ranges throughout central and Southern Europe , and in Asia as far eastwards as the Himalayas...

* Aruncus dioicus (Walt.) (goat's beard or bride's feathers) is a flowering herbaceous perennial plant in the family Rosaceae, and is the type species of the genus Aruncus. * Plants with male flowers (numerous stamens per flower) produce a showier bloom...

* Rhizome thick, branched. Leaves falcate, 3-5, in rosette, as tall as stem. P - by division and by seed. V - from early spring to late autumn. Meadows, valleys, forest margins, along streams in the alpine zone.