Herbaceous Plant Seeds For Sale In Waco

* Echinacea is one of the world's most important medicinal herbs. The stems and leaves are moderately to densely hairy. * Echinacea angustifolia ( Narrow-leaved purple coneflower , blacksamson echinacea ) is a herbaceous plant species in Asteraceae .

* Native Americans used it for respiratory and muscle disorders, as a purgative, and as a ceremonial medicine.The plant was used as a traditional medicinal plant by the Cherokee, Iroquois, Penobscot, and other indigenous peoples.

Its dark green leaves can be used much like spinach, raw in salads or steamed. * American president Thomas Jefferson cultivated mache at his home, Monticello, in Virginia in the early 1800s.

* Prefers a sandy soil. Succeeds in full sun so long as the soil does not dry out in the summer, otherwise it should be grown in partial shade in any moderately fertile well-drained soil.

This species is known as platycodon or Chinese bellflower . * Platycodon grandiflorus is a species of perennial flowering plant of the family Campanulaceae and the only member of the genus Platycodon.

* Lychnis chalcedonica ( Burning Love , Dusky Salmon , Flower of Bristol , Jerusalem Cross , Maltese Cross , Nonesuch ; syn. Silene chalcedonica ) is a flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae , native from central and eastern European Russia east...

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

The inflated bladder like flowers are interesting. * This plant is commonly seen along roadsides and in disturbed places in North America. It is considered a noxious weed in the state of Washington and seems to be tolerated most others.

Veitchii, differing mainly in only having one flower to a stem. * Paeonia anomala has an immense range of wild habitat, stretching from the Ural Mountains of Russia to the Pamir Mountains of Central Asia, then to the Mongolian Gobi Desert and the Tien...

* Birthwort has a very long history of medicinal use, though it has been little researched scientifically and is little used by present-day herbalists. The leaves are heart shaped and the flowers are pale yellow and tubular in form.

* 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.

* The leaves contain 'stevioside', a substance that is 300 times sweeter than sucrose. * The leaves have a very sweet liquorice-like flavour. * The dried leaves can be ground and used as a sweetener or soaked in water and the liquid used in making preserves.

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. * This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

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 . * This herb is often abundant in wet calcareous to slightly acidic soils in open...

Mlokosewitschii (Lomakin) D.Y.Hong 2003. * In 2002, the Chinese botanist Hong Deyuan reduced it to a subspecies of Paeonia daurica, namely Paeonia daurica (Andrews ) subsp. The plant is sometimes nicknamed "Molly the Witch", a humorous mispronunciation...

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

It is native to Morocco , but it can be found elsewhere growing wild as an introduced species , such as California . * Linaria maroccana is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family known by the common name Moroccan toadflax .

* Pseudofumaria lutea (syn. * Yellow Corydalis is hardy to –34°C (-30°F; hardiness zone 4). Corydalis lutea; Yellow Corydalis) is a short-lived perennial plant native to the southern foothills of the south-western and central Alps of Italy and Switzerland,...

Flowers are heart-shaped and 1–2 inches (3–5 cm) long, with pink outer petals and white inner petals , hanging in a horizontal raceme . * Compound leaves with leaflets in threes grow on fleshy green to pink stems up to 3 feet (0.9 m).

Use in larger gardens with partial shade. The leaf texture and dainty flowers are appealing. * An interesting garden plant.

Cultivated forms often show flowers completely surrounding the central spike, in contrast to the wild form, where the flowers only appear on one side. The foliage forms a tight rosette at ground level in the first year.

* A perennial weed, to most, with long curly leaves; develops a deep taproot; seed turns brown and remains conspicuous in winter; birdfood, native to Europe and Asia and common in North America.

Pallida is similar to E. Angustifolia , but plants often grow taller, ranging from 1.5 to 2.5 ft (45 to 75 cm) tall, with some growing 3 feet (90 cm) or more tall. * The flower heads are from ¾ to 3 inches (2 to 7.6 cm) wide with pale rose-purple or...

* Striking in the woodland garden; likes woodland soil; red berries in fall. * The leaves are trifoliate, with groups of three leaves growing together at the top of one long stem produced from a corm ; each leaflet is 8-15 cm long and 3-7 cm broad.

* The flowers and leaves are diaphoretic, diuretic and rubefacient. Growing usually on the margins of woodland areas, it is native to Eastern, Southern and Central Europe . It is used in the treatment of rheumatism and skin eruptions.

* 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.

* Although considered a "winter" squash, acorn squash belongs to the same species as all "summer" squashes (including zucchini and yellow crookneck squash). * It is a winter squash with distinctive longitudinal ridges and sweet, yellow-orange flesh.