Annual Horticultural Plant Seeds For Sale In Topeka

During frosty weather, part of the starch is converted to sugar and the root tastes sweeter. It was used as a sweetener before the arrival in Europe of cane sugar. * Seed - sow from late winter to late spring in situ.

* Nicotiana tabacum, or cultivated tobacco, is an annually-grown herbaceous plant. Tabacum is sensitive to temperature, air, ground humidity and the type of land. Temperatures of 20–30 °C (68–86 °F) are best for adequate growth; an atmospheric humidity...

* Other common names include coixseed, tear grass and Yi Yi. Job's tears are also commonly sold as Chinese pearl barley in Asian supermarkets, although C. * In its native environment it is grown in higher areas where rice and corn do not grow well.

The gelled seeds can also be prepared as a gruel or pudding. It was cultivated by the Aztec in pre-Columbian times, and was so valued that it was given as an annual tribute by the people to the rulers.

* Chamaecrista nictitans (Sensitive Partridge Pea, Small Partridge Pea or Wild Sensitive Plant) is a herbaceous species of legume widely distributed through the temperate and tropical Americas.

In India, it is called "nau bajiya" or "9 o'clock flower" as it blooms in morning around 9:00 am. * Portulaca grandiflora is a flowering plant in the family Portulacaceae, native to Argentina, southern Brazil, and Uruguay and often cultivated in gardens.

* Nicotiana tabacum, or cultivated tobacco, is an annually-grown herbaceous plant. Tabacum is sensitive to temperature, air, ground humidity and the type of land. Temperatures of 20–30 °C (68–86 °F) are best for adequate growth; an atmospheric humidity...

* It is grown for the edible leaves, and can be used as food or an ornamental plant for ground cover. * The species prefers a moist environment for growth. * The species, rarely used by indigenous people as a leaf vegetable, was first mentioned by Captain...

* It is grown for the edible leaves, and can be used as food or an ornamental plant for ground cover. * The species prefers a moist environment for growth. * The species, rarely used by indigenous people as a leaf vegetable, was first mentioned by Captain...

The flowers are small, white in color and arranged in a terminal spike. He appears to her in a dream and shows her where he is buried. While human effects are currently unstudied, the rodent experiments indicate that it would take 100–1000 times the...

* Depending on where it is grown, is either a perennial or annual herb. Both the dill "weed" and seed is used. * The leaves are eaten raw or cooked, used as a flavouring in salads etc.

* It is an evergreen subshrub or herbaceous plant growing 1 m tall. * Vinblastine and vincristine, chemotherapy medications used to treat several types of cancers, are found in the plant and are biosynthesised from the coupling of the alkaloids catharanthine...

* This open pollinated variety has been around a long time and is still the favorite. * It produces an abundance of 8-9 inch dark green cucumbers with excellent mild flavor.

* Leonotis nepetifolia is known in Trinidad as shandilay and the leaves are brewed as a tea for fever, coughs, womb prolapse and malaria. It can also be found growing abundantly in much of Latin America and the West Indies.

* It is occasionally seen on the California coast where it is an introduced species and landscaping escapee. * Native to the Mediterranean region, statice (also commonly called notchleaf status) is noted for producing clusters of papery, funnel-shaped...

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

The seed usually germinates within 1 - 2 weeks at 20°c. It is an annual, sprawling plant that is native to North America. * Echinocystis lobata is an annual vine that produces stems that can be as long as 8 m (26 ft) and which climb, with the help of...

Older writers usually distinguished the turnip and rape by the adjectives round and long (- rooted ) respectively. The name derives from the Latin for turnip , r?pum or r?pa , and is first recorded in English at the end of the 14th century.

* Flax was extensively cultivated in ancient Ethiopia and ancient Egypt . The seed, or the oil from the seed are normally used. * Linseed has a long history of medicinal use, its main effects being as a laxative and expectorant that soothes irritated...

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

* The dried leaves can be ground and used as a sweetener or soaked in water and the liquid used in making preserves. * Other reports say that they contain 'estevin' a substance that, weight for weight, is 150 times sweeter than sugar.

* Depending on where it is grown, is either a perennial or annual herb. Both the dill "weed" and seed is used. * The leaves are eaten raw or cooked, used as a flavouring in salads etc.

* The seed is anthelmintic, diuretic and laxative. * Ipomoea purpurea, the purple, tall, or common morning glory, is a species in the genus Ipomoea, native to Mexico and Central America.

* Ageratum houstonianum ( Flossflower , Bluemink , Garden Ageratum , Blueweed , Pussy Foot ) syn. Ageratum mexicanum Hort. ) is a cool-season annual plant often grown as a bedding plant in gardens .

* The dried leaves can be ground and used as a sweetener or soaked in water and the liquid used in making preserves. * Other reports say that they contain 'estevin' a substance that, weight for weight, is 150 times sweeter than sugar.

* The roselle ( Hibiscus sabdariffa ) is a species of Hibiscus native to the Old World tropics, used for the production of bast fibre and as an infusion . * An annual or, in tropical areas, perennial; 4-5" yellow flowers with a brownish-red base; calyx...

The fresh fruit has a light green smooth skin and a white flesh. Taken with Achyranthes spp the seed is used to treat aching teeth and gums, boils etc. * The bottle gourd, Lagenaria siceraria (synonym Lagenaria vulgaris Ser.), also known as opo squash,...