Crop Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Alabama

Closely related to the garden Rhubarb , Rheum rhaponticum , it has a similar purgative effect upon the human body . * A dramatic plant with big dark green leaves, to 3', and tall flowering stalks in spring, with white or sometimes pink flowers; likes...

Closely related to the garden Rhubarb , Rheum rhaponticum , it has a similar purgative effect upon the human body . * A dramatic plant with big dark green leaves, to 3', and tall flowering stalks in spring, with white or sometimes pink flowers; likes...

* The leaves contain 'stevioside', a substance that is 300 times sweeter than sucrose. * Other reports say that they contain 'estevin' a substance that, weight for weight, is 150 times sweeter than sugar.

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.

* Try them as a fall crop by sowing seed in late summer. * They are quite frost tolerant and become even more flavorful after some frosty nights. * Vates Collards have dark green very tasty leaves with a mild cabbage like flavor.

* Sow in early spring or early fall. Spinach may survive over winter in temperate regions. It is native to central and southwestern Asia . The leaves are alternate, simple, ovate to triangular-based, very variable in size from about 2-30 cm long and 1-15...

Commonly known as Smooth Luffa and Egyptian Luffa , sometimes under the obsolete name Luffa cylindrica and frequently misspelt "Luffa aegyptica", it is cultivated and grown for its fruit.

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.

* The leaves are ready for harvesting in about 8 weeks from sowing, the plant responds well to cut and come again harvesting. * It has a mild aromatic flavour that is suggestive of aniseed.

* The seeds are very small but easy to harvest and very nutritious. * This species was in use as a food source in Central America as early as 4000 BC. * It is an important crop for subsistence farmers in Africa.

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 .

They prefer a poor dry soil and tolerate cool moist conditions. It can be used as a staple food crop in either savoury or sweet dishes. * The seed ripens in the latter half of summer and, when harvested and dried, can store for several years.

Flowers violet blue or white. Annual with delicate but showy, aster-like flowers. A.k.a. Aster tanacetifolia * Branched stems with fern-like leaves ending in flower heads with many bright purple, very narrow rays surrounding a yellow central disk.

It is native to Morocco , but it can be found elsewhere growing wild as an introduced species , such as California . It is a readily available ornamental plant for the flower garden.

The species is commonly known as Virginia snakeroot and is native to eastern North America, from Connecticut to southern Michigan and south to Texas and Florida. * Use Ornamental: Showy, Ground cover Conspicuous Flowers: yes Attracts: Butterflies Larval...

This squash is very tender and full of flavor. Golden summer turns deeper yellow as it matures. They are best harvested when 8" long. It is one of the earliest producing crookneck squash on the market that produces all summer long.

The seed usually germinates in 10 - 21 days at 18°c. Cool nights assist germination. * The plants are pollinated by bumblebees , and the flowers close over the insects when they enter and deposit pollen on their bodies.

* Cumin is an aromatic, astringent herb that benefits the digestive system and acts as a stimulant to the sexual organs. The cumin plant grows to 30–50 cm (0.98–1.64 ft) tall and is harvested by hand.

* The plant should not be used internally without experienced supervision, externally it is used in the treatment of slow-healing cuts, eczema, infected toe and finger nails etc. The leaves are heart shaped and the flowers are pale yellow and tubular...

As the demand rose rapidly, the producer's prices increased. It was found at the Meseta of BomBom close to Junin Lake in the Andes. After 260 to 280 days, it is formed to the harvestable hypocotyl.

* The species is commonly cultivated in temperate areas. * The name "naked lady" comes from the fact that the flowers emerge from the ground long after the leaves have died back. * The poisonous alkaloid 'colchicine' is extracted from this plant and used...

* Other names by which this grass is known include dhaman grass, anjan grass and koluk katai. Its flammability (injurious to neighbors) and quick regrowth allow it to compete successfully against almost all vegetation in the Sonoran Desert region.

* Cumin is an aromatic, astringent herb that benefits the digestive system and acts as a stimulant to the sexual organs. The cumin plant grows to 30–50 cm (0.98–1.64 ft) tall and is harvested by hand.

Tabacum is sensitive to temperature, air, ground humidity and the type of land. 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...

Flowers are heart-shaped and 1–2 inches (3–5 cm) long, with pink outer petals and white inner petals , hanging in a horizontal raceme . They bloom from late spring to early summer .

Other trees which frequently shade this trillium include grand fir, western red cedar, and western hemlock; bigleaf maple, red alder and Sitka spruce join in near the coast. * It occurs in parts of the western United States and western Canada, usually...

When growing the plant for its seedpods, be sure to pick them whilst they are still small and tender. They are great fresh, frozen or canned. It is resistant to common bean mosaic virus and New York 15 virus.