Poisonous Plant Seeds For Sale In Cambridge

* Wood - hard, elastic, very fine grained. Used for stamps, printing blocks, mosaics etc.

* The poisonous alkaloid 'colchicine' is extracted from this plant and used to alter the genetic make-up of plants in an attempt to find new, improved varieties. It works by doubling the chromosome number.

Take care since the plant resents disturbance. * This species produces flowering plants in 2 - 3 years from seed. Division after flowering or in autumn. * In antiquity the most famous place for the black hellebore was the Phokian city of Antikyra in Greece.

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

Although it is clump forming rather than spreading it increases freely by self-sowing. Plants are best spaced about 90cm apart each way. * Hypericum androsaemum , commonly known as tutsan , is a plant in the genus Hypericum native to open woods and hillsides...

Take care since the plant resents disturbance. * This species produces flowering plants in 2 - 3 years from seed. Division after flowering or in autumn. * In antiquity the most famous place for the black hellebore was the Phokian city of Antikyra in Greece.

* This Clematis is very fast growing and will cover an area quickly with beautiful yellow flowers that last most of the season.

* Substances extracted from theseeds are used to inhibit the growth of malignant tumours. * This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. * The leaves are used in the treatment of cancer and hepatoma.

* Substances extracted from theseeds are used to inhibit the growth of malignant tumours. * This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. * The leaves are used in the treatment of cancer and hepatoma.

* A sprawling plant unless staked, perhaps best for romping through a semi-wild border; small blue flowers in considerable numbers in midsummer; full sun or part shade, persistent once established; native to China.

* Euonymus europaeus , known as spindle , and also as European spindle and common spindle , is a deciduous shrub or small tree in the family Celastraceae , native to much of Europe from Ireland and southern Scandinavia in the north, to northern Spain...

Crocea is a beautiful and stately plant, probably the most striking of all spurias. According to Bowley (l.c. 176) it is disturbing that it is only known to be growing wild in the valley of Kashmir, for, with so limited a location there must be some anxiety...

A homeopathic remedy is made from the plant. 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.

It is brown otherwise. A delicately scented essential oil, obtained from the roots, has been used to adulterate the oil of Acorus calamus. * Iris pseudacorus is a species of Iris , native to Europe , western Asia and northwest Africa .

The leaves are oval with pointed tips and serrated edges. * A small deciduous tree with gray bark and spreading branches; 1/4" bright red fruit; native to West Virginia and southwest Virginia.

* Kalmia latifolia , commonly called Mountain-laurel or Spoonwood , is a species flowering plant in the blueberry family, Ericaceae , that is native to the eastern United States . Succeeds in open woodland or along the woodland edge.

* Taxus cuspidata ( Japanese Yew or Spreading Yew ) is a member of the genus Taxus , native to Japan , Korea , northeast China and the extreme southeast of Russia . Taxus cuspidata can do any size pot or style of bonsai but do not like soggy soils and...

* Mezereum has been used in the past for treating rheumatism and indolent ulcers, but because of its toxic nature it is no longer considered to be safe. The common name is Mezereon .

* Flat or bell-shaped 1 1/2" flowers in clusters of 5-7, rose, in spring before leaves; of upright habit; deciduous, with red fall color; native to North Carolina, where it grows in moist acid soil.

It has been used to make baskets, mats, ropes and as an ornament on bows, arrows etc. The bark is used to ornament baskets and is also split into strips and used for making baskets that are watertight and resist decay.

* As an ornamental plant, it is appreciated for its hardiness in dry and nutritionally deficient conditions, popular in subtropical gardens where temperatures never fall below 5 °C to 7 °C, and as a warm-season bedding plant in temperate gardens.

It is a folk remedy for chronic liver and skin ailments (including skin cancer), rheumatism, leucorrhoea, dysentery and suppressed menses. * Climbing bittersweet was employed medicinally by a number of native North American Indian tribes, though it is...

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 American Indian tribes, though modern users should be aware...

The leaves are oval with pointed tips and serrated edges. * A small deciduous tree with gray bark and spreading branches; 1/4" bright red fruit; native to West Virginia and southwest Virginia.

Birds consume the dry fruit. It is not to be confused with its European relative Prunus laurocerasus, which is also called Cherry Laurel, though mainly known as English Laurel in the U.S. * A handsome, evergreen, ornamental and large hedge plant in southeastern...

* The leaves are cardiac, stimulant and tonic. They are often used in the treatment of certain heart complaints. * An easily grown plant, succeeding in ordinary garden soil, especially if it is rich in organic matter.

* Profuse scarlet fruit in early fall; leaves pale yellow in fall; sun or part shade; native to northeastern Asia. * The white inner bark is used in making string shoes.