Biennial Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In Maryland

It is also used in allopathic medicine in the treatment of heart complaints. * The plant is popular as a garden subject, and numerous cultivars have been developed with a range of colours from white through pink to purple.

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. * Generally grown as an annual to produce desired onions for eating.

A warm compress has been used to ease sprains and strained muscles. * The plant is applied externally to bruises and bites. * Wormwood is a very bitter plant with a long history of use as a medicinal herb.

Wood - white, beautifully veined. * A dark red dye is obtained from the leaves. * Nice shiny dark green leaves to 3"; large shrub, small tree; quarter-inch bright red fruit in fall; best of the hardy evergreen hollies, Dirr says; may not do well in hot...

* This plant is an anti-infective herb that lowers fevers and reduces pain. * The common name of bugbane is in reference to the odoriferous insect repellant properties of this plant.

This species is cultivatedas a vegetable in China. Plants are not very cold-tolerant, but they can beoverwintered outdoors in areas where winter temperatures do not fall below about -5°c.

It is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine . A bitter tasting pungent herb with an antiseptic effect, it is chiefly used to treat boils, carbuncles, mumps and infected neck glands.

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

* Annual or biennial; parent is dwarfish, dark blue flowers throughout summer; does well in hot, dry sun. This plant is often used as an ornamental plant in gardens. * Cynoglossum amabile is a flowering plant native to Asia , which is also called Chinese...

These last two compounds have been shown to have potent anti-retroviral activity without serious side effects and they are being researched in the treatment of AIDS. * The plant contains many biologically active compounds including rutin, pectin, choline,...

The dried leaves can also be used, they remain effective for 6 months after drying. * All parts of the plant contain nicotine, this has been extracted and used as an insecticide. * In their great first voyage to the New World, Christopher Columbus and...

* Contrary to what the name suggests, neither a crocus nor the source of saffron; foliage emerges in spring, fades in early summer; flowers, pale rosy purple, spring up in October among fallen leaves.

* The Asian and European populations are widely disjunct, separated by over 5000 km. S Gansu (Min Xian, Xigu), E Qinghai (Haiyan Xian, Xining Shi), E Xizang (Sog Xian) [Kazakhstan, Russia (Siberia); SE Europe (Bosnia, Croatia)].

The flowering shoots contain about 0.5% essential oil, this is used as a food flavouring. A tangy, marjoram-like flavour. The leaves are harvested just before the plant comes into flower.

* This species used to be cultivated for its edible leaves in China. * The plant is used in the treatment of blennorrhoea and also as an unguent for burns. * This species is grown as a green manure crop in Japan and southern China.

* The leaves are very rich in vitamins and minerals, especially iron and the vitamins A and C. * A perennial weed, to most, with long curly leaves; develops a deep taproot; seed turns brown and remains conspicuous in winter; birdfood, native to Europe...

* Securinega suffruticosa (Pall.) Rehder = Flueggea suffruticosa (Pall.) Baill. * This plant is commonly used in Chinese herbalism, where it is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental herbs.

It is widespread particularly in coastal scrub and colonizing land recovering after a fire or reverting to a natural state after being used for agriculture. * The leaves and young shoots are antihalitosis, antiphlogistic, astringent, depurative, sedative...

The flowers, which superficially resemble dandelions , appear in early spring before dandelions appear. The plant is typically between 10 - 30 cm in height. Thus, the flowers appear on stems with no apparent leaves, and the later appearing leaves then...

* The root is harvested when the plant is dormant in the autumn or winter and is dried for later use. When prescribed internally it is always used dried and in conjunction with fresh ginger root.

It is native throughout the cooler regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe , northern Asia , and northern North America . A cucumber flavour they can be added to salads or used as a potherb.

Common names include meadow buttercup and tall buttercup . * The bright yellow flowers are a common sight in summer meadows. Children can't resist testing their friends to see if they like butter.

* The tree is native in the Mediterranean region, Iran and parts of central Asia. * The species is grown as an ornamental tree for its strongly fragrant flowers. * Flowers bloom in mid spring and are pollinated mainly by bees and insects.

Requires shade from the midday sun. Prefers a well-drained loamy soil. * Thrives in almost any soil, including chalk, it is particularly suited to dry shaded areas. * Euonymus americanus is commonly referred to as Strawberry Bush , Bursting Hearts or...

These secretions are produced about 3 - 4 months after sowing. The whole plant contains substances that are toxic to cockroaches. About 35 kilos of oil can be extracted from 1 hectare of the plant (yielding 2,500 kilos of flowers and 25,000 kilos of herbage).

The flowering shoots contain about 0.5% essential oil, this is used as a food flavouring. A tangy, marjoram-like flavour. The leaves are harvested just before the plant comes into flower.

* This species used to be cultivated for its edible leaves in China. * The plant is used in the treatment of blennorrhoea and also as an unguent for burns. * This species is grown as a green manure crop in Japan and southern China.