Biennial Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Colorado

* The purple topped turnip root will reach 4-5 inches in diameter and matures in 40 to 60 days. * Purple Top White Globe Turnip is an outstanding Heirloom variety. * They are excellent raw or cooked , having a mild sweet flavor.

Native to subpolar regions of northern Europe and North America, Iceland poppies are hardy but short-lived perennials ,grown as biennials , that yield large, papery, bowl-shaped, lightly fragrant flowers supported by hairy, 1-foot, curved stems among...

* It tolerates a wide range of soil types and will grow in full sun or partial shade. * Its height of 10-18 inches makes it ideal for the front or closer portion of the meadow. * It is fragarnt and attracts bees and butterflies! * It is a short lived...

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. * The leaves are cardiac, stimulant and tonic.

The species name campestre means "of the fields". * Trifolium campestre , commonly known as Hop Trefoil and Low Hop Clover , is a species of clover native to Europe and western Asia , growing in most areas, but specifically thriving on dry, sandy grassland...

Closely related to the garden Rhubarb , Rheum rhaponticum , it has a similar purgative effect upon the human body . * Rheum palmatum , known as Turkey rhubarb , Chinese rhubarb , ornamental rhubarb , and East Indian rhubarb , is a plant in the family...

* 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 German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Althaea officinalis Marsh Mallow for irritation of mouth and throat and associated dry cough/bronchitis .

It is native to central and southwestern Asia . * This Heirloom variety has been around over 100 years , has long deep green leaves high in iron, vitamins and antioxidants. It is an annual plant (rarely biennial ), which grows to a height of up to 30...

* It grows in sunny, rocky or brushy places, with more or less mineral rich soils, at an altitude of 0–400 metres (0–1,300 ft) above sea level. * This is a glandular, woolly perennial which approaches a maximum height of two metres.Its erect, branching...

* Liriope muscari is a species of low, herbaceous flowering plants from East Asia . * Seedlings grown from our seed will not be variegated as the plants are in some of the pictures above.

* In their great first voyage to the New World, Christopher Columbus and his expedition were introduced to a plant whose smoke was called tobacco by the natives of Hispaniola. Temperatures of 20–30 °C (68–86 °F) are best for adequate growth; an...

Clumps slowly expand by creeping rhizomes. ) is an ornamental plant in the Iridaceae family. * Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soils in full sun. ) Kuntze , Iris chinensis Curtis , Ixia chinensis L.

* Try them as a fall crop by sowing seed in late summer. * They are very late to bolt and can be grown year round in mild climates. * They are quite frost tolerant and become even more flavorful after some frosty nights.

* 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. * The name "naked lady" comes from the fact that the flowers emerge from the ground long...

* Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer or rabbits. * This species is closely related to P. Veitchii, differing mainly in only having one flower to a stem.

In Peru, maca is prepared and consumed in various ways, although traditionally it always is cooked. It is grown for its fleshy hypocotyl (a fused hypocotyl and taproot), which is used as a root vegetable and a medicinal herb.

A very safe herb to use, it is suitable for the old and the young and especially useful when the patient is debilitated. * Yellow flowers of daisy form, to 4" across, from July to September; leaves to 2'; dried roots sometimes used medicinally; native...

(Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Hubei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mong) all in China. * Native to forest margins, grassy slopes; 400--2700 m.

* All parts of these plants are considered toxic to humans, causing severe digestive discomfort if ingested, and also skin irritation. The main flowering stem is erect. * The plants flower from late spring to late summer, and are pollinated by butterflies...

These secretions are produced about 3 - 4 months after sowing. 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.

* It is a popular garden plant both for its flowers and for its fragrance. * The whole plant contains a very aromatic essential oil, giving out a scent somewhat like lemon peel. It bears large elegant flowers of various colours: red, white, striped or...

Closely related to the garden Rhubarb , Rheum rhaponticum , it has a similar purgative effect upon the human body . * Rheum palmatum , known as Turkey rhubarb , Chinese rhubarb , ornamental rhubarb , and East Indian rhubarb , is a plant in the family...

* It is native to tropical Africa and southern India. * Leonotis nepetifolia, also known as klip dagga, Christmas candlestick, or lion's ear, is a species of plant in the genus Leonotis and the family Lamiaceae (mint).

Silene chalcedonica ) is a flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae , native from central and eastern European Russia east to Kazakhstan , Mongolia and northwestern China . * Lychnis chalcedonica ( Burning Love , Dusky Salmon , Flower of Bristol...

The flowers are bright yellow 3.5-5 cm across, starting out bowl-shaped, then flattening out with age. The pinnate leaves usually have five soft green leaflets, although three and seven occur as well, each with a shape ranging from lanceolate-oblong to...

Great for slicing and fresh eating! * Also make very good fried onion rings and can be used in cooking where a mild onion flavor is desired. * These are the sweet white onions famous raw on hamburgers and salads.