Honey Bee Food Seeds For Sale In Philadelphia

Their flowers are red, yellow or orange and have 5–30 petals. Annua), has flowers with bright red petals. * Adonis is a genus of about 20–30 species of flowering plants of the crowfoot family, Ranunculaceae, native to Europe and Asia.

It is used in preserves. Long, dark-green leaves are velvety beneath. Diameter, red fruits that are pleasantly flavored and used as a substitute for limes. * Edible Uses: Fruit - cooked.

* Red-brown bark, pink flowers, bright green leaves. It is low to the ground with some of the lower branches rooting in the soil and others extending more outward than upward. * The fully ripe fruit is pleasantly acid with a flavour resembling green apples.

* Tolerates most soils and conditions, including poor soils and amongst the roots and under the drip of trees. * An infusion of the leaves has been used as a wash for weak and inflamed eyes.

The fruit can also be dried and ground into a powder then mixed with corn meal and used in cakes, porridges etc. Hairy red drupes are produced, which can be brewed into a tea. * The leaves and stems of fragrant sumac have a citrus fragrance when crushed,...

* Red-brown bark, pink flowers, bright green leaves. It is low to the ground with some of the lower branches rooting in the soil and others extending more outward than upward. * The fully ripe fruit is pleasantly acid with a flavour resembling green apples.

* Tolerates most soils and conditions, including poor soils and amongst the roots and under the drip of trees. * An infusion of the leaves has been used as a wash for weak and inflamed eyes.

* When grouped or massed in light shade provided by pines the effect can be spectacular. * Native to the southern and eastern parts of the United States , found from Illinois to Virginia in the north and from Texas to Florida in the south.

* Leaves to 6"; branches brown and fuzzy; small clusters of 7-10 flowers; rounded fruit; native to northeast Asia.

All are perennial, with numerous leafy stems growing from the base at the beginning of summer. Long, in dense, terminal racemes. The plant prefers full sun, good drainage, and moderate weekly watering.

* Plants seem to be immune to the predations of rabbits. * 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.

* Fruits are very narrow, foot-long pods. * The flowers are very fragrant. Speciosa, it is much smaller, typically reaching heights between 20 and 30 feet. * Bark of mature trees is fissured, prominently ridged and pale gray-brown.

It thrives in full sun in ordinary garden soil. * The plant is said to be extremely efficacious when used as a local application in the treatment of sore throats and gonorrhoea. All spikes of purple flowers appear in July and August.

They taste somewhat like peas. * The sprouted seeds can be eaten. * The unopened flower buds are eaten cooked. * The latex in the stems is a suitable replacement for chicle and can be made into a chewing gum.

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.

The plant is little used in modern herbalism but has been employed in the treatment of laryngitis and bronchitis. It is smaller in size than the Giant Hogweed ( Heracleum mantegazzianum ).

They are taken both internally and externally in the treatment of syphilitic, cancerous and other foul ulcers. It is used in the treatment of rheumatism and skin eruptions. * The flowers and leaves are diaphoretic, diuretic and rubefacient.

* A very ornamental plant. * Established plants are drought tolerant. * A good bee plant. * Thistley plants for full sun and poor dry soil; the half-inch flower heads, also like thistles, can be a fine metallic blue or blue purple; flowers in mid to late...

All are perennial, with numerous leafy stems growing from the base at the beginning of summer. Long, in dense, terminal racemes. The plant prefers full sun, good drainage, and moderate weekly watering.

* Marjoram ( Origanum majorana , Lamiaceae ) is a somewhat cold-sensitive perennial herb or undershrub with sweet pine and citrus flavours. * Sweet marjoram is mainly used as a culinary herb, but is also medicinally valuable due to its stimulant and antispasmodic...

It is used in preserves. Long, dark-green leaves are velvety beneath. Diameter, red fruits that are pleasantly flavored and used as a substitute for limes. * Edible Uses: Fruit - cooked.

* It is native to the states of Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales. These are followed by cylindrical pods that are 3 to 5 cm in length. * The species was first formally described by Robert Brown in 1812 in Hortus...

* Templetonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. * It will also tolerate more moist conditions if it is given well drained soil. The genus is named in honour of John Templeton, an Irish naturalist and botanist.

The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and requires well-drained soil.The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils..It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade.It requires moist soil.

* Berberis thunbergii ( Japanese barberry or Thunberg's Barberry , also Red Barberry ) is a species of Berberis , native to Japan and eastern Asia . They are very tolerant of trimming and have prickles which make them an effective barrier to larger creatures.

* When grouped or massed in light shade provided by pines the effect can be spectacular. * Native to the southern and eastern parts of the United States , found from Illinois to Virginia in the north and from Texas to Florida in the south.

* Siberian Wallflower makes a dramatic vibrant addition to a wildflower meadow. * It is fragarnt and attracts bees and butterflies! * It is a short lived perennial or biennial but will self seed.