Honey Bee Food Medicinal Plant For Sale In Charlotte

* It is a fairly good source of essential fatty acids, which is fairly unusual for a fruit. * The fragrant flowers emerge in early summer and are light pink in color. * White or pink flowers to 2 1/2"; pear-shaped 1/3-2/3" hips, shiny red or red-orange;...

* Ratibida columnifera , commonly known as Upright Prairie Coneflower or Mexican Hat , is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae , that is native to much of North America .

The dried root of one year old plants is the official herb, but the leaves and fruits can also be used. This plant is native to Europe, but is now widespread throughout most of the United States as a common weed.

It is generally confined to soils derived from limestone . In southern Europe it is confined to medium to higher elevations and in the subalpine vegetation zone, but descends to near sea level in northern Europe.

* The root is said to have a beneficial effect on the liver, stomach and spleen and may be taken to relieve indigestion and counteract liver malfunction. * The large leaves, up to 1 foot long, are interesting.

* During World War II in the United States Rosa canina was planted in victory gardens. The syrup is used as a nutritional supplement, especially for babies. * Used as understock for hybrid tea roses.

The dried root of one year old plants is the official herb, but the leaves and fruits can also be used. This plant is native to Europe, but is now widespread throughout most of the United States as a common weed.

It is smaller in size than the Giant Hogweed ( Heracleum mantegazzianum ). It prefers rich humid soils. It is an umbelliferous plant, in the same group as fennel, cow parsley, elder and giant hogweed.

Petiole 1.5-3 cm, strong; leaf blade ovate to orbicular, 7-18 × 5-14 cm, leathery, light green, glabrous, base cuneate, margin crenate, apex acute to shortly acuminate; secondary veins 5-7 pairs, obviously prominent on adaxial surface.

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

* 1" flowers in large or small clusters. * The name Rosa arkansana comes from the Arkansas River in Colorado. * A low shrub found on dry slopes and prairies. * Wild Prairie Rose is the state flower of the U.S. states of Iowa and North Dakota.

Petiole 1.5-3 cm, strong; leaf blade ovate to orbicular, 7-18 × 5-14 cm, leathery, light green, glabrous, base cuneate, margin crenate, apex acute to shortly acuminate; secondary veins 5-7 pairs, obviously prominent on adaxial surface.

* Ononis spinosa is a plant belonging to the family Fabaceae , that is commonly known as spiny restharrow or just restharrow . It is found throughout much of Europe but seldom as far north as Scotland .

It was introduced to American colonists by Indians who used the plant for breaking fevers by means of heavy sweating. It is also called "agueweed", "feverwort" or "sweating-plant".

The flowers are pink, borne in summer. * Rosa palustris is a shrub with alternate, pinnately compound leaves , on thorny stems.

A very ornamental plant, it prefers a continental climate with hot summers and cold winters. Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be used by other plants growing nearby.

It is a shrub growing to 3-6 m tall, with erect branches. * Syringa komarowii is a species of lilac native to central China, commonly called Nodding Lilac. The flowers are fragrant and range in colour from pink to mauve, sometimes with a white base; they...

The central flower opens first, containing no bract and a pedicel 2-4 cm (0.8-1.6 in) long shorter and stouter than those of other prairie rose species. Among roses, it is closest to come to a “thornless” rose, with just a few thorns at the base.

* Smooth, bluish-white bark; young leaves shiny white, shiny dark green when mature; sometimes used for windbreaks; the most widely cultivated of all Eucalyptus; source of an essential oil; dried leaves used medicinally; naturalized in California; native...

* The young shoots are eaten cooked. It is hardy to zone 6 and is not frost tender. Considered to be a delicacy in Siberia, the flavour is intermediate between purslane and spinach.

It has been widely introduced worldwide as a pasture crop, and is now also common in most grassy areas of North America and New Zealand. * White clover ( Trifolium repens ) is a species of clover native to Europe , North Africa , and West Asia .

Flabellata pumila. * Succeeds in ordinary garden soil, preferring a moist but not wet soil and a sunny position. * The name of this species is based on the cultivated form, the true wild form is A.

* It is in flower in June, and the seeds ripen in September. * Fine plant for naturalizing in moist soils and where there is some shade. * A decidious Shrub growing to 5 m. * When grouped or massed in light shade provided by pines the effect can be spectacular.

The leaves are alternate, trifoliate (with three leaflets), each leaflet 15–30 mm long and 8–15 mm broad, green with a characteristic pale crescent in the outer half of the leaf; the petiole is 1–4 cm long, with two basal stipules.

Tall, with a wide, wispy, open crown. When in bloom, they cover the plant creating a fragrant, white cloud. * A small delicate shrub with 1" white bell-shaped flowers in small clusters from the leaf axils, in early or mid summer; bright green flowers;...

Hairy red drupes are produced, which can be brewed into a tea. It produces yellow flowers in clusters before anthesis. * The leaves and stems of fragrant sumac have a citrus fragrance when crushed, and it inhabits mostly uplands areas, while poison ivy...

* By the 20th century, teasels had been largely replaced by metal cards, which can be made uniformly and do not require constant replacement as the teasel heads wear. * A blue dye is obtained from the dried plant, an indigo substitute.