Honey Bee Food Crop Plant For Sale In Missouri

* Seed propagation- sow in situ in late spring or late summer. * The seeds are "negatively photoblastic", or photodormant, and will only germinate in darkness. The plant often self-sows.

Arctium lappa is the main species used, though this species has similar properties. * The seed contains arctiin, this excites the central nervous system producing convulsions an increase in respiration and later paralysis.

* Used as a rootstock for the cultivated apples. * The leaves contain up to 2.4% of an antibacterial substance called 'phloretin'.This inhibits the growth of a number of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria in as low a concentration as 30 ppm.

The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Bees, flies, beetles.The plant is self-fertile. The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and requires well-drained soil.The plant prefers...

* There are more than 7,500 known cultivars of apples, resulting in a range of desired characteristics. * Used as a rootstock for the cultivated apples. * The fruit can be eaten raw, cooked in pies, cakes etc or fermented into cider.

* Native to forests; 100-800(-1600) m. Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang [Japan (Ryukyu Islands)].

* Seed propagation- sow in situ in late spring or late summer. * The seeds are "negatively photoblastic", or photodormant, and will only germinate in darkness. The plant often self-sows.

* Rosa blanda grows naturally in meadows, prairies and fields occurs on dry hillsides, roadsides, fence rows, in either sandy or rocky soil. Among roses, it is closest to come to a “thornless” rose, with just a few thorns at the base.

* A fibre obtained from the stems is used in papermaking. * It was imported into Europe from southwestern China during, or possibly before, the 15th century. * A refreshing tea is made from the flower petals.

* The fruit contains about 2.8% dry weight vitamin C. * 2" pinkish-purple flowers; scarlet hips to 1/2"; red branches; spreads into dense thickets by suckering from roots.

American snowbell's showy, white, bell-shaped flowers are borne in pairs from leaf axils. When in bloom, they cover the plant creating a fragrant, white cloud. Tall, with a wide, wispy, open crown.

* There are more than 7,500 known cultivars of apples, resulting in a range of desired characteristics. * Used as a rootstock for the cultivated apples. * The fruit can be eaten raw, cooked in pies, cakes etc or fermented into cider.

It is similar in appearance to Tilia japonica except, in the words of Flora of China, it has "smaller leaves and bracts and a shorter cyme." Acuminate, broad-ovate to ovate-orbicular, green leaves (to 2.5" long) have sharply serrate margins, cordate bases...

A very ornamental plant, it prefers a continental climate with hot summers and cold winters. * Tolerant of dry alkaline soils. * This species has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria, these bacteria form nodules on the roots and fix atmospheric...

This will ensure the continued production of more pods by the plant. Flowering is reduced once the seeds begin to form inside the pods. When growing the plant for its seedpods, be sure to pick them whilst they are still small and tender.

* Plants are very vigorous and can be grown as a tall ground cover for large areas. * 2" fragrant rosy-purple flowers, even in full shade, throughout the summer; red fruit, edible but not tasty; thornless; spreads via suckers; used in Europe as an ornamental;...

* A perennial mint with lemon-scented foliage and clusters of small white flowers in whorls in the leaf axils; the leaves are used in cooking--teas, soups--toilet water, soaps, and medicine; sun or part shade, grows well in dry sites; native to southern...

An infusion has been taken by women when their periods are unusually long. Thimbleberry jam is made by combining equal volumes of berries and sugar and boiling the mixture for two minutes before packing it into jars.

* The roots and the leaves are aphrodisiac, digestive, mildly expectorant and sedative. The plant is little used in modern herbalism but has been employed in the treatment of laryngitis and bronchitis.

Inbreeding reduces flower quantity and size and pollen quality and quantity. * Erythranthe guttata is pollinated by bees, such as Bombus species. Grows well in heavy clay soils. A poultice of the crushed leaves has been applied to wounds, rope burns etc.

* This species is easy to grow from the seed. In the tropics, it grows up to an altitude of 1,200 metres (3,900 ft). * Senna alata (also known as Cassia alata) is often called the ringworm bush because of its very effective fungicidal properties, for...

The basal leaves are long and slender or very narrowly lanceolate. Echinacea paradoxa is native to Missouri , Arkansas , Oklahoma , and Texas , and is listed as threatened in Arkansas.

In some middle-eastern countries, Marjoram is synonymous with Oregano, and there the names Sweet Marjoram and Knotted Marjoram are used to distinguish it from other plants of the genus Origanum .

* A pleasant tasting tea is made from the leaves and flower heads. * It inhabits prairies , plains, roadsides, and disturbed areas from southern Canada through most of the United States to northern Mexico .

* A fibre obtained from the stems is used in papermaking. * It was imported into Europe from southwestern China during, or possibly before, the 15th century. * A refreshing tea is made from the flower petals.

* 1 3/4" pink or, less commonly, white flowers, in summer; round hips; native from Minnesota to British Columbia, south to northern Mexico. It grows in a variety of habitat types, including disturbed areas.

Once established, it succeeds in excessively moist soils and also tolerates drought. It is also used in making pies, preserves etc and can be dried for later use. There are up to five fairly large seeds in the centre of the fruit, these often stick together...