Plant For Moist Soil Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Stamford

They are eaten cooked or ground into a powder and used for making cakes etc. They can also be sprouted and used in salads. * The seeds are very small but easy to harvest and very nutritious.

* 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.

* Plants are reliably perennial if they are prevented from setting seed. * Early America settlers boiled parts of the plant to make into candy and they also used it as an ingredient in cake .

* Shiny reddish-brown or dark brown bark; often of shrubby habit; native to Rocky Mountains * The buds and twigs are used as a flavouring in stews It typically occurs along streams in mountainous regions.

* Leaves are often used in floral arrangements. * Also commonly called pig squeak because of the noise produced by rubbing a leaf between thumb and finger. Small dark pink flowers in dense panicles appear within or above the foliage on stout stalks to...

* A variable evergreen of upright, rounded habit, with 1/2" white flowers in small clusters; 1" green or red berries; likes moist soil, part shade; emerging leaves bronzy to reddish, later leathery, dark green; leaves to 4" x 1 1/2", turning bronzy-red...

* 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.

* The leaves have been used to weave baskets and mats. * Some native North American Indian tribes used the root as a protection against rattlesnakes. * A fine blue infusion is obtained from the flowers and this can be used as a litmus substitute to test...

The inflorescence is purplish when in flower, becoming tan later in the season. * Blue-joint grass stands up well in winter. * Many slender stems arise from small rhizomes; each topped by a large, slightly nodding, branched inflorescence.

Some mannagrasses are considered weeds while others are endangered in their native habitats. Widely used within its range as a wetland mitigation species. It is a good forage crop for livestock and wildlife especially for wetter sites.

It produces a spike of zygomorphic flowers in the late summer. * It was believed by some native North American Indian tribes that if the finely ground roots were secretly added to the food of an arguing couple then this would avert a divorce and they...

* The bark is used to make drinking vessels, canoe skins, roofing tiles etc. It is waterproof, durable, tough and resinous[11, 61]. * White, gray, or brownish bark; wood used for pulp and plywood; native from Europe to Siberia.

* Seeds In mid to late simmer, the berries turn bright red . The berries also have a black dot on them. * The whole plant, but especially the root, is analgesic, antirheumatic, galactogogue and rubefacient.The plant was often used medicinally by North...

* The bark and the leaves are mildly diuretic, expectorant and stimulant. The plant is seldom used medicinally, but is sometimes included in propriety medicines for chronic prostate and bladder disorders.

It has narrow-elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate leaves, 12-20cm long, and small flowers appear in slender greyish catkins in spring; male and female borne on separate plants. * Wood - very light, soft, close grained.

* The bulb is eaten cooked. A starchy and slightly sweet taste. Common names include, Turk's Cap Lily , Turban Lily , Swamp lily or American Tiger Lily . Used like potatoes or as a thickener in soups.

It grows in a wide variety of wet habitat types. * Mimulus ringens is a species of monkeyflower known by the common names Allegheny monkeyflower and square-stemmed monkeyflower. * The flower looks something like a monkeys face, hence the common and genus...

The branches may take root if the tree falls. It is poisonous if taken internally. The leaves and stems have been used as an incense. Their aromatic smell serves to deodorize the house whilst sweeping.

It has been shown to stimulate resistance to viral and bacterial infections, and reduces fevers by encouraging sweating. The plant, however, should be used with some caution since large doses are laxative and emetic and the plant might contain potentially...

* This rhizomatous perennial grass has stems which can exceed two meters in height. * Paspalum floridanum is a species of grass known by the common name Florida paspalum. * The seeds provide food for birds.

* Well worth growing if you have the right spot to enjoy its fragrant blooms. * This flowering shrub is native to the eastern United States, likes a moist shady location.

* The species name is derived from the persistently unopened cones that may remain closed for several years before they release their seeds; the opening is often in response to forest fires.

It commonly grows to about 20 cm or higher. This plant usually grows in wet places, especially in grasslands and forests . * The Asian Globeflower ( Trollius asiaticus ) is an ornamental plant of the family Ranunculaceae , which is native to Asia and...

The terminal inflorescense contains many spikelets that are crowded into dense, nearly spherical heads on rays that angle out in different directions. * A sedge with stems to 4 1/2 ft.

The plant is also used for revegetation efforts on disturbed land such as mine spoils and roadsides. * This grass provides a good graze for cattle and horses throughout most of the year.

It has been shown to stimulate resistance to viral and bacterial infections, and reduces fevers by encouraging sweating. The plant, however, should be used with some caution since large doses are laxative and emetic and the plant might contain potentially...

* Clump-forming tree or shrub, stems extremely prickly, lacy white flower panicles; leaves to 2-6' (that's feet, not inches)!! * The leaves usually have a number of slender prickles, they must be gathered before the prickles harden and are then chopped...