Crop Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Yonkers

* The tops can also be eaten when young as greens or in soups. * This is a very easy to grow and rewarding vegetable. * They are excellent raw or cooked , having a mild sweet flavor.

It is slow to bolt as summer progresses so it can be grown later in the spring than many varieties. This a a great variety of oak leaf lettuce. It has deep lobed green leaves that are very sweet and tender.

* They should be harvested when under 10 inches for the best flavor. Mature in 45 to 65 days. It is an early bush zucchini that produces a high yield of straight dark green cylindrical fruit.

Small but delicious, up to 20mm in diameter. * The whole plant is antiseptic, astringent, emmenagogue, galactogogue and odontalgic. * The fruit is weet and succulent. Tolerates semi-shade though fruit production will be reduced when plants grow in such...

* Sow in early spring or early fall. * Spinach ( Spinacia oleracea ) is an edible flowering plant in the family of Amaranthaceae . It is native to central and southwestern Asia . * This Heirloom variety has been around over 100 years , has long deep green...

Oval to round fruit with red sweet flesh and small seeds, maturing in 85 days. * Crimson Sweet is a heirloom variety that has been around a long time. * It is currently still one of the most popular varieties in the world! * Produces 20-25 lb.

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).

* Chia (Salvia hispanica) was the third most important food of the Aztecs in the time of Cortez (behind corn and beans and in front of amaranth), and has long been an important crop in Mesoamerica for the unique nutritional qualities of its seed.

* A perennial grass, to 3', with erect stems and leaves, very narrow; flowers and seedheads lax; native to Eurasia. * Stipa capillata is a perennial grass species in the family Poaceae , native to Europe and Asia .

* Maca is mainly grown for the nutritional and health value of its root. It is grown for its fleshy hypocotyl (a fused hypocotyl and taproot), which is used as a root vegetable and a medicinal herb.

* The plant is part of a North American formula called essiac which is a popular treatment for cancer. Its effectiveness has never been reliably proven or disproven since controlled studies have not been carried out.

* Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. * The plant can tolerate maritime exposure. * The leaves are used as an insect repellent. * So called because the roots were once ground for snuff.

* Seed propagation - sow spring or autumn in situ. * Lobelia inflata (Indian tobacco, puke weed) is a species of Lobelia native to eastern North America, from southeastern Canada (Nova Scotia to southeast Ontario) south through the eastern United States...

* The growing plant is an insect repellent, it repels the cabbage white butterfly so is a good companion for brassicas. The leaves are strongly flavoured and are used less often, either as a flavouring in soups and stews or as a dried herb.

It is used extensively in the cuisine of Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. * This pepper is on the lower end of the HEAT scale measured in scoville units. Compared to bell peppers it has thinner flesh, is longer, and has a slightly more wrinkled...

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

* It is in leaf 12-Jan It is in flower from Mar to April. * A very ornamental plant, it is hardy to about -20°c. * It is hardy to zone 3 and is not frost tender. * Plants seem to be immune to the predations of rabbits.

* 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 to alter the genetic make-up of plants in an attempt...

May be grown in moist soils in borders as long as soils do not dry out. * Mimulus ringens is a species of monkeyflower known by the common names Allegheny monkeyflower and square-stemmed monkeyflower.

They are eaten cooked or ground into a powder and used for making cakes etc. * The seeds are very small but easy to harvest and very nutritious. * Amaranthus cruentus is a common flowering plant species that yields the nutritious staple amaranth grain...

* Native to Eurasia and widely introduced elsewhere, this sod forming grass is useful as a forage and for erosion control. * Alopecurus arundinaceus ( Creeping meadow foxtail , Creeping foxtail ) is a rhizomatous perennial species in the Grass family...

* 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.

* Many slender stems arise from small rhizomes; each topped by a large, slightly nodding, branched inflorescence. The inflorescence is purplish when in flower, becoming tan later in the season.

Aromatic and somewhat bitter. Their addition to the diet aids the digestion and so they are often used in small quantities as a flavouring, especially with fatty foods. * The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked.

Care should be taken however, because all parts of the plant are poisonous. * Grown as a garden flower due to its unique flower shape.

* Seeds germinate in 10-15 days. * It is very productive and a vigorous grower. * Hearts of Gold is an Heirloom Variety of cantaloupe developed by Roland Morrill in 1895. * The flesh is salmon-orange colored and firm and sweet.

Research shows that lemongrass oil has antifungal properties. * Lemongrass oil is used as a pesticide and a preservative. It has a subtle citrus flavor and can be dried and powdered, or used fresh.