Annual Plant Seeds For Sale In West Covina

* Coreopsis basalis is a bushy annual species with finely cut foliage and showy round flowers. * The species range in the eastern part of the USA is increasing as plants are used in landscaping.

* The leaves contain 'stevioside', a substance that is 300 times sweeter than sucrose. * The dried leaves can be ground and used as a sweetener or soaked in water and the liquid used in making preserves.

* Ocimum basilicum , or Sweet Basil, is a culinary herb of major importance. It acts principally on the digestive and nervous systems, easing flatulence, stomach cramps, colic and indigestion.

The dried leaves can also be used, they remain effective for 6 months after drying. * Nicotiana tabacum, or cultivated tobacco, is an annually-grown herbaceous plant. Tabacum is sensitive to temperature, air, ground humidity and the type of land.

* The name basket flower refers to the stiff, straw-colored bracts just beneath the flower head, which are divided at the tip into long, sharp teeth. * Blooms are 4" in diameter and are held from May until June.

The whole plant is harvested when in flower and distilled for its essential oil.The oil is used in perfumery, it is blended with sandalwood oil to produce 'attar genda' perfume. About 35 kilos of oil can be extracted from 1 hectare of the plant (yielding...

It is used in Italian, Portuguese (Catarino bean), Turkish, and Greek cuisine. * The Borlotti bean, also known as the Roman bean or romano bean (not to be confused with the Italian flat bean, a green bean also called "romano bean"), is a variety of cranberry...

The gelled seeds can also be prepared as a gruel or pudding. It is still used in Mexico and Guatemala, with the seeds sometimes ground, while whole seed is used for nutritious drinks and as a food source.

It was used for canning, juice and fresh market. The flavor is good. It was the main commercial tomato grown in New Jersey for many years. * Newer varieties have taken over the commercial world, as you may notice in your grocery store, that are flavorless...

* A hot and aromatic flavour, it is an important ingredient in curries, and is also often used as a flavouring in biscuits, cakes and bread where it also helps in improving the digestion.

* It is a hardy grass which can grow in many types of habitat, including disturbed areas such as roadsides and railroad tracks , and cultivated farmland. * This is an annual grass growing up to about half a meter in maximum height.

Succeeds in ordinary garden soil. * 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 coiling, branched tendrils, over shrubs and fences or trail across the ground.

It is native to Morocco , but it can be found elsewhere growing wild as an introduced species , such as California . * This is an annual herb growing erect to approach half a meter in maximum height, its stem with linear leaves 2 to 4 centimeters long.

Mirabilis in Latin means wonderful and Jalapa is a town in Mexico . * Very fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers, 1-2" red, pink, yellow, white, or variously mottled with different color combinations, in quantity; the common name is based on the flower's opening...

Gather the flowers in the summer. A few drops of oil in the bath or ointment is good for wounds or to sooth the skin. The leaves have an aromatic apple scented adding to the tea flavor.

It is native to Morocco , but it can be found elsewhere growing wild as an introduced species , such as California . * This is an annual herb growing erect to approach half a meter in maximum height, its stem with linear leaves 2 to 4 centimeters long.

* This variety of seed will produce gourds common for making birdhouses.

The flowering shoots contain about 0.5% essential oil, this is used as a food flavouring. * Summer savory ( Satureja hortensis ) is the better known of the Savory species. * The leaves can be used fresh or dried.

Both the dill "weed" and seed is used. * Depending on where it is grown, is either a perennial or annual herb. * In Poland, where dill is called "koper," it is one of the most popular herbs used in the kitchen, and, along with parsley and chives, is used...

* It is a small, but fast-growing annual plant growing to 30 cm tall, though usually less. In places with old architecture it can grow between the stones of the road or sidewalk. * In Bangladesh, it is called "time fuul", meaning "time flower", because...

* The legume is a used as a vegetable in interiors of central and south central India, though not commercially farmed. In Telugu it is called 'chamma kaya' also called 'Tammi kaya' * The fruits are eaten as a vegetable in Africa and Asia.

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

Pratensis, but the bracts which show behind the flower head, a distinctive feature of salsifies, are longer and more noticeable. Young stems, when 5 - 10cm high, and the bases of the lower leaves - raw or cooked.

* 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 gelled seeds can also be prepared as a gruel or pudding. It is still used in Mexico and Guatemala, with the seeds sometimes ground, while whole seed is used for nutritious drinks and as a food source.

* Essential oil yielded by distillation is generally around 2-3% and anethole makes up 80-90% of this. * Anise is a herbaceous annual plant growing to 1 m (3 ft) or more tall. The seeds should be planted as soon as the ground warms up in spring.

The dried leaves can also be used, they remain effective for 6 months after drying. * Nicotiana tabacum, or cultivated tobacco, is an annually-grown herbaceous plant. Tabacum is sensitive to temperature, air, ground humidity and the type of land.