Herbaceous Plant Seeds For Sale In Charleston

* An excellent garden plant for areas east of the Cascades. The plant has been used as a head wash and to treat scabs and eczema. The nodding, blue to reddish-purple flowers are solitary on short branches from the axils of three-parted leaves.

* It is a winter squash with distinctive longitudinal ridges and sweet, yellow-orange flesh. * As the name suggests, its shape resembles that of an acorn. Roughly 85 days after germinating, acorn squash are ready to be harvested.

It is a perennial with grass-like evergreen foliage and lilac-purple flowers which produce single seeded berries on a spike in the fall. A very ornamental plant. * Liriope muscari is a species of low, herbaceous flowering plants from East Asia .

Sweet and delicious, but rather fibrous. Prick out the seedlings into individual pots of well-drained soil when they are large enough to handle and grow them on in a sunny position in the greenhouse until they are at least 20cm tall.

* Lavatera thuringiaca is a species of Lavatera native to eastern Europe and southwestern Asia , from southern Germany south to Italy , and east to southern Russia , Kazakhstan , and Turkey .

* It was discovered by the Polish botanist Ludwik Mlokosiewicz in 1897, after whom it was named by Aleksandr Lomakin. Mlokosewitschii (Lomakin) D.Y.Hong 2003. The plant is sometimes nicknamed "Molly the Witch", a humorous mispronunciation of the species...

The inflorescence is a raceme of flowers occupying the top of the stem. * This is an annual herb growing erect to approach half a meter in maximum height, its stem with linear leaves 2 to 4 centimeters long.

* Helleborus niger is an evergreen plant with dark, leathery, pedate leaves carried on stems to 9–12 in (23–30 cm) tall. * In antiquity the most famous place for the black hellebore was the Phokian city of Antikyra in Greece.

They are sticky hairy above, and white woolly below.Atop each stem is an almost perfectly spherical inflorescence up to 6 cm in diameter, packed with blue-gray disc florets . * It grows in sunny, rocky or brushy places, with more or less mineral rich...

It is a fairly short variety, growing only to 3 feet high. * Native to shrubby areas, meadows and stream banks from central Europe to Russia and China, solitary clematis is a woody-based, erect-stemmed, non-climbing clematis that typically grows in a...

It works by doubling the chromosome number. * The poisonous alkaloid 'colchicine' is extracted from this plant and used to alter the genetic make-up of plants in an attempt to find new, improved varieties.

* Sanguisorba officinalis ( Great Burnet ) is a plant in the family Rosaceae , subfamily Rosoideae . * The young leaves and flower buds can be eaten raw or cooked. The fresh or dried leaves are used as a tea substitute.

* 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...

Golden-mane Coreopsis is native from the south Eastern and south central states of the USA. * The species range in the eastern part of the USA is increasing as plants are used in landscaping.

* Scabiosa ochroleuca, commonly called cream scabious, is a species of scabiosa with creamy yellow flower heads. It is native to Europe and western Asia.

* The foliage was burned by the Cherokee as a natural insecticide, to smoke out gnats. Side effects can include sweating, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, tremors, rapid heartbeat, mental confusion, convulsions, hypothermia, coma, and possibly death.

* A very ornamental plant, it should be planted into its permanent position as soon as possible because it dislikes root disturbance. When the plant is bruised, this smell becomes more like fine balsam.

The scientific name, Leontopodium , means " lion's paw" and is derived from the Greek words leon (lion) and podion (diminutive of pous , foot). The name comes from German edel (meaning noble ) and weiss (meaning white ).

* 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.

* The flower heads dry well and the plant will self seed if the flowers heads are left in the garden. * The flower heads are 8-12 inches in diameter and are very showy. * This bulb forming perennial produces short lived sword shaped leaves followed by...

* Can be used as a ground cover plant in a sunny position. * Mountain cornflower is seldom used in modern herbalism, though it does still have a reputation in parts of Europe as a wash for tired eyes.

Golden-mane Coreopsis is native from the south Eastern and south central states of the USA. * The species range in the eastern part of the USA is increasing as plants are used in landscaping.

* Dianthus barbatus ( Sweet William ) is a species of Dianthus native to the mountains of southern Europe from the Pyrenees east to the Carpathians and the Balkans , with a variety disjunct in northeastern China , Korea , and southeastern most Russia...

Use with caution, internal consumption can cause damage to the kidneys and uterine bleeding. * Birthwort has a very long history of medicinal use, though it has been little researched scientifically and is little used by present-day herbalists.

* Linaria vulgaris ( Common Toadflax , Yellow Toadflax , or Butter-and-eggs ) is a species of toadflax ( Linaria ), native to most of Europe and northern Asia , from the United Kingdom south to Spain in the west, and east to eastern Siberia and western...

* Symphyotrichum lateriflorum is a herbaceous plant with alternate, simple leaves , on stiff, purplish stems. The flowers are white, borne in fall.

* The plant is dormant during the summer and grows during the cooler half of the year. Thrives in the light shade of trees. Dormancy is shorter in cooler climates. * Prefers a cool habitat and a well-drained humus rich soil.