Medicinal Plant Seeds For Sale In Indianapolis

It is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine . A bitter tasting pungent herb with an antiseptic effect, it is chiefly used to treat boils, carbuncles, mumps and infected neck glands.

Oval, brown cones to 3.5” long. Needles (to 6” long) in bundles of two are an attractive dark green. Mature trees have reddish-scaled bark in the crown and fissured, dark gray bark near the ground.

* A decoction of the flowering shoots is used in the treatment of coughs and women's complaints. It is named after William Kerr , who introduced the cultivar 'Pleniflora'. The scientific genus name is also used as a common name Kerria .

It works by doubling the chromosome number. * The species is commonly cultivated in temperate areas. * The name "naked lady" comes from the fact that the flowers emerge from the ground long after the leaves have died back.

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. It merits consideration for cultivation in forest areas.

The leaves are harvested for use as required and can be used fresh or dried. * Platycladus is a distinct genus of evergreen coniferous tree in the cypress family Cupressaceae , containing only one species, Platycladus orientalis , also known as Chinese...

* The California flannelbush ( Fremontodendron californicum , syn. * The bark can be made into cordage then used in making nets etc. Fremontia californica Torr. It bears the alternate common names California fremontia and flannel flower .

Actinospora frigida Fisch. The eastern border of the species range is not quite clear, as the correlation between morphological characters and chromosome numbers are still doubtful from Emura's Papers.

It does not however grow well in hot climates. It is commonly grown in gardens in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, the Southeastern and Pacific Northwestern United States and California, coastal regions of British Columbia,...

* Golden larch is a very attractive ornamental tree for parks and large gardens. The sole species, Pseudolarix amabilis, is commonly known as the golden larch, though it is not a true larch (Larix), being more closely related to Keteleeria, Abies and...

A few drops of oil in the bath or ointment is good for wounds or to sooth the skin. In particular it is an excellent herb for treating various digestive disorders, nervous tension and irritability and is also used externally to treat skin problems.

* It has gained an almost magical reputation for being able to promote health, general body vigour and also to prolong life. * Ginseng is characterized by the presence of ginsenosides.

* Plants in this genus were probably the most frequently used of all North American Indian herbal remedies. The plant has a general stimulatory effect on the immune system and is widely used in modern herbal treatments.

The species is also cultivated for afforestation and as an ornamental. * It's a deciduous coniferous tree, growing to 25–30 meters tall. It is named after Olga Bay in the Sea of Japan.

Most species will grow well in the rock garden. * Forms mats of small green leaves and stemless sky-blue flowers, as large as 3"; wants good soil, cool, moist conditions; native to Swiss Alps.

It is a common weed of cultivated land. Lanceolata contains phenylethanoids such as acteoside (verbascoside), cistanoside F, lavandulifolioside, plantamajoside and isoacteoside. The leaves contain mucilage, tannin and silic acid.

In China, it, and other false hellebore species are collectively called "li lu". * Veratrum nigrum ( Black Hellebore ) is a medicinal plant and poisonous plant native to Asia and Europe .

The bright red, acidic berries were used extensively for food throughout the year. * Indigenous peoples of North America found the plant and its fruit very useful. Dried berries were stewed and made into sauces, or mixed with salmon roe and oil to eat...

* Trees have extensive root systems and are sometimes planted on the banks of streams in order to prevent erosion.

Suksdorfii , and C. Okennonii , have also been associated with considerable taxonomic confusion, despite the statement from Cronquist et al. It is a handsome shrub or small tree with delicate-looking leaves, small flowers, small black fruit, and beautiful...

* Penthorum sedoides (known by the common name ditch stonecrop), is a perennial forb native to the eastern United States which produces small white flowers in summer. * A tincture of the plant is somewhat astringent, demulcent, laxative and tonic.

* Bai Tou Weng is thought to clear toxicity and to lower fever. * Anemone chinensis is a basionym of the currently known Pulsatilla chinensis and is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine.

* Lobelia inflata (Indian tobacco, puke weed) is a species of Lobelia native to eastern North America, from southeastern Canada (Nova Scotia to southeast Ontario) south through the eastern United States to Alabama and west to Kansas.

The red gum or manna exuding from cracks in the bark is eaten eagerly by boys. Viminalis is widely distributed in the cooler areas of Australia where the leaves are the favoured food of Koalas.

* The Lebanon Cedar is an evergreen coniferous tree growing up to 40 m (130 ft) tall, with a trunk up to 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) in diameter. They act to disinfect the respiratory tract.

The bright red, acidic berries were used extensively for food throughout the year. * Indigenous peoples of North America found the plant and its fruit very useful. Dried berries were stewed and made into sauces, or mixed with salmon roe and oil to eat...

* A dark red dye is obtained from the leaves. * Nice shiny dark green leaves to 3"; large shrub, small tree; quarter-inch bright red fruit in fall; best of the hardy evergreen hollies, Dirr says; may not do well in hot regions; native to Japan and China.