* It is planted by wildlife enthusiasts to attract and keep game in an area. * Fall color is quite variable, ranging from attractive combinations of orange, rose, purplish red, yellow and green to undistinguished, dull yellowish green.
Species: americana
Minimum Hardiness Zone: 5
Family: Betulaceae
Common Name: Hazelnut, American Hazelnut, American Filbert
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 root is eaten cooked. * Maca is mainly grown for the nutritional and health value of its root. * Due to its purported effects on fertility, maca has experienced a major gain of commercial interest, as well as research, in the last few decades.
It can be cooked with other vegetables, soaked in syrup or pickled in vinegar. * The Sacred water lotus has been used in the Orient as a medicinal herb for well over 1,500 years. * The flowers have a sweet fruity perfume.
Extracts from these plant materials are thought to possess analgesic, sedative, and anti-inflammatory properties. * Cohosh comes from an Algonquin word meaning rough in reference to the appearance of plant rhizomes.
Species: racemosa
Common Name: Black Cohosh, Black Bugbane, Black Snakeroot, Fairy Candle
* 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...
Genus: Colchicum
Common Name: Meadow Saffron, Common Autumn Crocus, Naked Lady
Stem arising from a divided root-stock, simple or branched, slightly sulcate, glabrous beneath the inflorescence. Leave ternately pinnate or biternate, the lower ones with a long, the upper ones with a very short petiole, leaflets ovate-acuminate, deeply...
* The pod is used as a soap substitute. The thorns of Gleditsia sinensis LAM. Gleditsia sinensis has been used in China for at least 2000 years as a detergent. (Leguminosae) have been used in traditional medicine for the treatment of inflammatory diseases...
Seeds Per Pound: 2,088
Botanical Name: Gleditsia sinensis
Purity: 99%
Species: sinensis
Common Name: Chinese Honeylocust, Soap Bean, Soap Pod
It is still used in Mexico and Guatemala, with the seeds sometimes ground, while whole seed is used for nutritious drinks and as a food source. * Chia (Salvia hispanica) was the third most important food of the Aztecs in the time of Cortez (behind corn...
A tangy, marjoram-like flavour. * The leaves can be used fresh or dried. The flowering shoots contain about 0.5% essential oil, this is used as a food flavouring. The leaves are harvested just before the plant comes into flower.
* 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.
* "The plant is rich in minerals and vitamins with potassium concentrations at 610 mg/100 g and carotene at 3.4 g/100 g in edible portions. It is also cultivated and naturalized in East Asia and in scattered locations in North America.
Hardy to at least -20°c. * Smilax glauca, the cat greenbriar or catbriar is a woody vine in the family Smilacaceae. Commonly inhabiting wooded areas and fences and often found growing with other species of Smilax.
The bark is thick and brown but does not fissure. * Magnolia officinalis (commonly called Houpu Magnolia or Magnolia-bark) is a species of Magnolia native to the mountains and valleys of China at altitudes of 300-1500 m.
Genus: Magnolia
Common Name: Houpu Magnolia, Magnolia-bark Magnolia
* Anemone chinensis is a basionym of the currently known Pulsatilla chinensis and is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine. It is most commonly taken as a decoction to counter infection within the gastro-intestinal tract.
The palm can be cultivated the furthest north in the world, being grown successfully in such cool and damp but relatively winter-mild locales as Scotland and the panhandle of Alaska.
Purity: 99%
Family: Arecaceae
Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8
Germination Test Type: cut
Genus: Trachycarpus
Common Name: Windmill Palm, Chinese Windmill Palm, Chusan Palm
The woodland strawberry was first cultivated in ancient Persia where farmers knew the fruit as Toot Farangi. The fresh or dried leaves are used to brew an excellent tea. * Woodland strawberry fruit is strongly flavored, and is still collected and grown...
Pallida is similar to E. Plants normally grow with one unbranched stem in the wild, but often produce multi-stemmed clumps in gardens. * The flower heads are from ¾ to 3 inches (2 to 7.6 cm) wide with pale rose-purple or nearly white colored petals.
In Germany over 200 pharmaceutical preparations are made from Echinacea. Research shows that it has the ability to raise the body's resistance to bacterial and viral infections by stimulating the immune system.
* Penstemon grandiflorus is a perennial plant of the genus Penstemon. * A very ornamental plant! * Succeeds in ordinary rich garden soils so long as they are well-drained. * A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of chest pains and stomach...
* Considered to be an indicator of agriculture in pollen diagrams, P. The leaves contain mucilage, tannin and silic acid. * Plantago lanceolata is a species of genus Plantago known by the common names ribwort plantain, English plantain, buckhorn plantain,...
* With its small but abundant flowers it can colour a whole hillside white, almost giving the appearance of snow cover. It is widespread particularly in coastal scrub and colonizing land recovering after a fire or reverting to a natural state after being...
If interested please inquire. We have dried bloodroot for sale in 1lb, 5lb, and 10lb lots. Natural, not cut or sifted, fresh! 2009 wild crafted dried bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) ready for shipping.
Always seek advice from a professional before using a plant medicinally. Synonyms are: Chamomilla chamomilla , Chamomilla recutita (correct name according to the Flora Europaea ), Matricaria chamomilla , and Matricaria suaveolens .
Species: recutita
Quantity: 0.93 lb
Common Name: German Chamomile, Mayweed, Scented Mayweed, German Camomile
* Anise is a herbaceous annual plant growing to 1 m (3 ft) or more tall. * Anise plants grow best in light, fertile, well drained soil. * The plant is an ingredient of pot-pourri. * In the Middle East, water is boiled with about a tablespoon of aniseed...
