Crop Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Ann Arbor

* The purple topped turnip root will reach 4-5 inches in diameter and matures in 40 to 60 days. * They are excellent raw or cooked , having a mild sweet flavor. * High in Vitamins!

* This open pollinated variety has been around a long time and is still the favorite. * It produces an abundance of 8-9 inch dark green cucumbers with excellent mild flavor.

It is native to central and southwestern Asia . Matures in 45 days. It is great fresh in salads or steamed. 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...

If you let some go to seed, the pods are edible. If you like to eat them, you definitely should grow them! * The radish ( Raphanus sativus ) is an edible root vegetable of the Brassicaceae family that was domesticated in Europe in pre- Roman times.

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...

* Many Welsh onions can multiply by forming perennial evergreen clumps. * These scallions are perfect for adding mild flavor to salads of all kinds. * Develope to maturity in only 60-65 days.

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. To produce seed for future years the bulbs need to be left in place and mulched heavily over winter and allowed...

* Try them as a fall crop by sowing seed in late summer. * Vates Collards have dark green very tasty leaves with a mild cabbage like flavor. * They are very late to bolt and can be grown year round in mild climates.

It is a good general tonic, treating various disorders of the digestive and respiratory systems. * Marjoram ( Origanum majorana , Lamiaceae ) is a somewhat cold-sensitive perennial herb or undershrub with sweet pine and citrus flavours.

The seed usually germinates within 10 - 18 days at 15°c. In addition, the plant contains various antioxidants (in stem, leaf, and root tissues) that have potential long-term benefits for human health, although toxic (dioxin) properties have also been...

* In China, they are often used to make dumplings with a combination of egg, shrimp and pork. * The leaves have a mild flavour, somewhat like a cross between garlic and chives, they are delicious in salads.

Excellent for use in salads or steamed. * Fordhook is a well known and very popular variety of Swiss Chard. It is cold hardy as well as tolerant of heat. * The large stalks are topped by deep green leaves.

The plant is sometimes nicknamed "Molly the Witch", a humorous mispronunciation of the species name, which most non-Poles find difficult to pronounce. * It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing twenty-three to twenty-seven inches (60–70 cm) tall,...

* It is native to eastern and central North America, and there are occurrences in the western United States, some of which may represent introductions. * The flower looks something like a monkeys face, hence the common and genus names, the latter from...

After being dried they are cooked in water to make a sweet aromatic porridge that is called 'mazamorra' in S. As the demand rose rapidly, the producer's prices increased. The majority of harvested maca is dried.

* Celery is used in weight-loss diets, where it provides low-calorie dietary fibre bulk. The leaves are pinnate to bipinnate with rhombic leaflets 3–6 cm long and 2–4 cm broad.

* It is recommended to be grown in full sun. * The flesh is salmon-orange colored and firm and sweet. * It is very productive and a vigorous grower. * Seeds germinate in 10-15 days.

* It differs from the wild type in having stouter, somewhat recurved spines on the seed heads. The dried flower heads were attached to spindles, wheels, or cylinders, sometimes called teasel frames, to raise the nap on fabrics (that is, to tease the fibres).

* In general, gentians require a moist well-drained soil in a sheltered position, a certain minimum of atmospheric humidity, high light intensity but a site where temperatures are not too high.

Plants often form clumps or mounds. * Machaeranthera tanacetifolia is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names tansyleaf tansyaster and Tahoka daisy .

* Penthorum sedoides is 10 to 80 centimeters tall. * The seeds have been used in making cough syrups. * A tincture of the plant is somewhat astringent, demulcent, laxative and tonic.

* Yellow corydalis grows to 30–38 cm (12–15 in) tall. * Perennial with small yellow flowers throughout the summer; makes a nice bluish mound of delicate foliage; will grow in deep shade; can seed itself about rather freely; native to southern Europe.

* The plant is an ingredient of pot-pourri. * Anise plants grow best in light, fertile, well drained soil. * Anise , Pimpinella anisum, also called aniseed, is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae native to the eastern Mediterranean region and Southwest...

It grows in wet soils . It is an invasive species in the Great Lakes region where it was first sighted in 1843 . A herb tea is made from thefresh or dried leaves. * Mentha spicata ( Spear Mint or Spearmint ) is a species of mint native to much of Europe...

Plants can tolerate temperatures down to about -10°c. * Grow in sun or partial shade in peat or moss. They can be grown successfully in a plastic basin or in a pot that is standing in a deep saucer of water.

* All parts of these plants are considered toxic to humans, causing severe digestive discomfort if ingested, and also skin irritation. * The leaves are deeply lobed with 3 to 7 toothed, pointed lobes in a palmate shape.

* It is native to tropical Africa and southern India. It can also be found growing abundantly in much of Latin America and the West Indies. It has very soft serrated leaves that can grow up to 4 inches wide.