Annual Plant Crop Plant For Sale In Salinas

The leaves are alternate, simple, ovate to triangular-based, very variable in size from about 2-30 cm long and 1-15 cm broad, with larger leaves at the base of the plant and small leaves higher on the flowering stem.

Due to their mucilaginous property they are often sprouted on clay or other porous materials. The gelled seeds can also be prepared as a gruel or pudding. Chia fresca is a popular regional drink, and the Mexican state of Chiapas is named after the plant.

Immature flowering stems - cooked in much the same way as broccoli. Added to salads or used as a potherb. It has 18-20% crude protein, is quite heat, cold and drought tolerant, and fast growing.

* In the laboratory it is a model organism,[6] for example containing the gene DEFICIENS which provides the letter "D" in the acronym MADS-box for a family of genes which are important in plant development.

It acts principally on the digestive and nervous systems, easing flatulence, stomach cramps, colic and indigestion. * Sweet basil has been used for thousands of years as a culinary and medicinal herb.

They are eaten cooked or ground into a powder and used for making cakes etc. * The mild-flavoured leaves (cooked as a spinach) are rich in vitamins and minerals. * It is an important crop for subsistence farmers in Africa.

* An annual baby's breath, large white blossoms, used as a cut flower. * Gypsophila elegans ( Annual Baby's-breath , Showy Baby's-breath ) is an ornamental plant native to Asia and Europe .

It is a good general tonic, treating various disorders of the digestive and respiratory systems. * Sweet marjoram is mainly used as a culinary herb, but is also medicinally valuable due to its stimulant and antispasmodic properties.

Blooms in the spring to early summer, but is said not to bloom well in very hot climates. * Usually flowers blue, pink, white, lavender, and purple. * Nigella damascena ( Love-in-a-mist ) is an annual garden flowering plant , belonging to the buttercup...

* They should be harvested when under 10 inches for the best flavor. It is an early bush zucchini that produces a high yield of straight dark green cylindrical fruit. * This is an Heirloom favorite.

It is an annual, but otherwise is similar in use and flavor to the perennial Winter savory . * The leaves can be used fresh or dried. A herb tea is made from the leaves. The leaves are harvested just before the plant comes into flower.

Added to salads or used as a potherb. Sow at a rate of 4-8 lbs./acre. * It is preferred forage by livestock. 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.

Sotolon is the chemical responsible for fenugreek's distinctive sweet smell. * Fenugreek (/?f?nj??ri?k/; Trigonella foenum-graecum) is an annual plant in the family Fabaceae with leaves consisting of three small obovate to oblong leaflets.

It is found only in cultivation, where it is the most commonly grown of all plants in the Nicotiana genus, and its leaves are commercially grown in many countries to be processed into tobacco.

It is an annual, sprawling plant that is native to North America. The sole species is E. * The seeds have been used as beads. * Prefers a sunny position in a well-drained rich soil with abundant moisture.

* Annual or biennial; parent is dwarfish, dark blue flowers throughout summer; does well in hot, dry sun. * Cynoglossum amabile is a flowering plant native to Asia , which is also called Chinese hound's tongue , or Chinese forget-me-not .

Its Australian names of warrigal greens and warrigal cabbage come from the local use of warrigal to describe plants that are wild (not farmed originally). Expansa) is a leafy groundcover also known as Botany Bay spinach, Cook's cabbage, k?kihi (in M?ori),...

* Although purslane is considered a weed in the United States, it may be eaten as a leaf vegetable. The species status in the New World is uncertain: it is generally considered an exotic weed; however, there is evidence that the species was in Crawford...

Used as a cereal, it is probably best known as the breakfast cereal porridge but it can also be used in many other ways. It has a floury texture and a mild, somewhat creamy flavour.

* Annual or biennial; parent is dwarfish, dark blue flowers throughout summer; does well in hot, dry sun. * Cynoglossum amabile is a flowering plant native to Asia , which is also called Chinese hound's tongue , or Chinese forget-me-not .

* High in Vitamins! * The tops can also be eaten when young as greens or in soups. * This is a very easy to grow and rewarding vegetable. * The purple topped turnip root will reach 4-5 inches in diameter and matures in 40 to 60 days.

The plant can reach 5-6' tall and has rough 4" long lance-shaped leaves. * The plant is often cultivated for its showy flowers, and can sometimes be found outside its native range as an escape from cultivation.

Cultivated varieties include orange-red, pink, salmon, red, white, and scarlet, and include bi-colored varieties. * The plant reaches 2 to 4 ft (0.61 to 1.2 m) in height, with many branches, and a spread of about 2.5 ft (0.76 m).

To produce seed for future years the bulbs need to be left in place and mulched heavily over winter and allowed to grow until the second summer when they will produce flowers and seed.

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

An agreeable cooling taste, somewhat like an orange with a mixture of acid. * The fruit is eaten raw or cooked. Common names include Passion Fruit' , Granadilla (South America), Liliko ?

* It was the favorite flower of John F. "Cornflower" is also erroneously used for chicory , and more correctly for a few other Centaurea species ; to distinguish C. * A hardy cool season annual with blue, pink, or white 1 1/2" flowers, Branching, slender...