Honey Bee Food Medicinal Plant For Sale In New Mexico

It is used applied externally to burns, bleeding due to traumatic injuries, haemorrhoids and ulcers in the mouth. * An excrescence produced on the leaf by an insect Melaphis chinensis or M.

This is mixed with the same amount of vegetable oil and rubbed on the affected area two or three times a day. * It also known as emperor's candlesticks, candle bush, candelabra bush, Christmas candles, empress candle plant, ringworm shrub, or candletree...

It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Colorado , where it grows in several habitat types including coniferous forest , chaparral , and various types of woodland.

Thimbleberry jam is made by combining equal volumes of berries and sugar and boiling the mixture for two minutes before packing it into jars. * Rubus parviflorus typically grows along roadsides, railroad tracks, and in forest clearings, commonly appearing...

This plant is native to Europe, but is now widespread throughout most of the United States as a common weed. * Burdock is one of the foremost detoxifying herbs in both Chinese and Western herbal medicine.

* They should be harvested when under 10 inches for the best flavor. It is an early bush zucchini that produces a high yield of straight dark green cylindrical fruit. * This is an Heirloom favorite.

Dislikes dry soils. * Succeeds in most reasonably good soils in an open sunny position. * A small tree with compound leaves, white flowers in clusters to 4", 1/4" orange-red fruit; native to northern China.

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. * Lilac or rosy-purple wonderfully fragrant 1/2" flowers in early spring; red fruit in June; may...

* It is best known as the source of the natural pigment annatto , produced from the fruit . The fruits dry and harden to brown capsules. * Not only was the dye used anciently to color food, but also to dye cloth and paint the skin (which is still done...

The flowers are fragrant and range in colour from pink to mauve, sometimes with a white base; they are produced in early summer on panicles 4-25 cm long and are attractive to bees, butterflies, and birds.

* The sprouted seeds can be eaten. This species is native to most of North America east of the Rocky Mountains , excluding the drier parts of the Prairies . It is in the genus Asclepias , making it a type of milkweed .

It is commonly grown in gardens for its showy purple flowers (pink or white in some cultivars). Native to moist prairies and sedge meadows. Excellent for attracting birds and butterflies.

* The fruit is being investigated as a food that is capable of reducing the incidence of cancer and also as a means of halting or reversing the growth of cancers. * 1" flowers in large or small clusters.

It produces yellow flowers in clusters before anthesis. * The fruit is small with very little flesh, but it is easily harvested and when soaked for 10 - 30 minutes in hot or cold water makes a very refreshing lemonade-like drink (without any fizz of course).

* Not known in a truly wild condition. It is water soluble. * The plant has a folk history of use in the treatment of cancer, an ointment made from the roots is used to treat warts, wens and whitlows.

It grows best in full sun, but tolerates light shade and thrives in any moist, but well-drained soil. The dried leaves and flowers are used to scent and add colour to pot-pourri. It grows in dense clusters along stream banks, thickets, and ditches, flowering...

It is also called "agueweed", "feverwort" or "sweating-plant". * Thoroughwort is one of the most popular domestic medicines in North America where it is used in the treatment of influenza, colds, acute bronchitis, catarrh and skin diseases.

* Not known in a truly wild condition. It is water soluble. * The plant has a folk history of use in the treatment of cancer, an ointment made from the roots is used to treat warts, wens and whitlows.

* The berries or seeds have been used in the treatment of grass sickness, low fever, headaches and weight loss. In the United States . It is native to the southeastern United States , Cuba , and the Bahamas .

It prefers rich humid soils. Umbelliferous plants are so named because of the umbrella-like arrangement of flowers they produce. * The roots and the leaves are aphrodisiac, digestive, mildly expectorant and sedative.

It is a good general tonic, treating various disorders of the digestive and respiratory systems. * Marjoram ( Origanum majorana , Lamiaceae ) is a somewhat cold-sensitive perennial herb or undershrub with sweet pine and citrus flavours.

It is native to Europe but has been introduced elsewhere, such as the western and eastern parts of the United States. It is in flower in June, and the seeds ripen in July. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated...

The author collected specimens at Recherche Bay during the d'Entrecasteaux expedition in 1792. They are about 6 to 15 cm long and covered with a blue-grey, waxy bloom, which is the origin of the common name "blue gum".

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

Wood - hard, heavy, strong, close grained. Too small for commercial exploitation, the wood is used locally for turnery, inlay work, woodenware etc. * This species is occasionally used for hedging in the southern states of America.

A lemon-flavoured tea can be made from the fresh or dried leaves. * Lemon balm ( Melissa officinalis ), not to be confused with bee balm , Monarda species, is a perennial herb in the mint family Lamiaceae , native to southern Europe and the Mediterranean...

Thick growing and winter hardy. Thrives in moist soil conditions, Prefers medium fertility soils with a pH between 6.0 - 6.5. Plants produce uncertain numbers of 4 leafed clovers considered lucky.