Herbaceous Plant Seeds For Sale In Kent

NASIR Naturhistorisches Museum, Botanische Abteilung, Wien, Austria. As found in The Flora of Pakistan website: Cimicifuga foetida L., Syst. Petals (nectarines) with a ± scarious margin, slightly emarginated or rarely entire.

Its strongly irritant action within the gut is thought to stimulate the cough reflex and increase the production of a more fluid mucus within the respiratory passages[ * Soapwort's main medicinal use is as an expectorant.

Research shows that it has the ability to raise the body's resistance to bacterial and viral infections by stimulating the immune system. The plants grow 40 to 70 centimetres (16 to 28 in) tall with spindle-shaped taproots that are often branched.

* They are quite frost tolerant and become even more flavorful after some frosty nights. * They are very late to bolt and can be grown year round in mild climates. * Try them as a fall crop by sowing seed in late summer.

In Korea, white flowers are more common. It is native to East Asia (such as China , Korea , Japan , and East Siberia ) and bears big blue flowers, although varieties with white and pink flowers are in cultivation.

It is best if gathered before flowers appear. * American president Thomas Jefferson cultivated mache at his home, Monticello, in Virginia in the early 1800s. Its dark green leaves can be used much like spinach, raw in salads or steamed.

When prescribed internally it is always used dried and in conjunction with fresh ginger root. * Tian Nan Xing has been used in Chinese herbal medicine for thousands of years and is valued especially for its beneficial affect upon the chest.

Research shows that it has the ability to raise the body's resistance to bacterial and viral infections by stimulating the immune system. The plants grow 40 to 70 centimetres (16 to 28 in) tall with spindle-shaped taproots that are often branched.

When the plant is bruised, this smell becomes more like fine balsam. * It is a popular garden plant both for its flowers and for its fragrance. * A very ornamental plant, it should be planted into its permanent position as soon as possible because it...

Golden-mane Coreopsis is native from the south Eastern and south central states of the USA. * Plants grow in sandy soils in open areas and are often found on disturbed ground. * The species range in the eastern part of the USA is increasing as plants...

Other names include 'Yellow Gentian', 'Bitter Root', 'Bitterwort', 'Centiyane', and 'Genciana'. * t is one of the best strengtheners of the human system, stimulating the liver, gall bladder and digestive system, and is an excellent tonic to combine with...

* Erect, bushy annual with oval to heart-shaped, toothed, hairy, dark green leaves 2 1/2" long. The hairy leaves, scalloped on the edges, are pea green, varying in size, all the way up to 3 in (7.6 cm) long and 2 in (5.1 cm) wide.

* 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. * In 2002, the Chinese botanist Hong Deyuan reduced it to a subspecies of Paeonia daurica, namely...

Sweet and pleasantly flavoured. Its Spanish and Quechua names include maca-maca, maino, ayak chichira, and ayak willku. * Maca (Peruvian Ginseng) seedlings usually emerge about one month after sowing with the onset of the rainy season in October.

Plant the roots out very shallowly. Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer or rabbits. The plants are very cold tolerant, but they can be damaged when dormant if the soil is too moist.

* Astilbe chinensis is a herbaceous plant with alternate, pinnately compound leaves, on thin stems. * The flowers are purple, borne in summer.

* Purple or blue solitary flowers; native to northwest U.S. and Canada. The seed floss can be used as an insulation in shoes etc. * A poultice of the pounded, dampened leaves has been applied to the feet to treat sweaty feet.

It blooms in spring. Flowers yellow, 1.5-2 cm in diameter, solitary in leaf axils and without forming inflorescence. * It is found over much of Europe except northern Europe , Ireland , Great Britain , Holland and Poland.

NASIR Naturhistorisches Museum, Botanische Abteilung, Wien, Austria. As found in The Flora of Pakistan website: Cimicifuga foetida L., Syst. Petals (nectarines) with a ± scarious margin, slightly emarginated or rarely entire.

* Veratrum nigrum ( Black Hellebore ) is a medicinal plant and poisonous plant native to Asia and Europe . In China, it, and other false hellebore species are collectively called "li lu".

* In Poland, where dill is called "koper," it is one of the most popular herbs used in the kitchen, and, along with parsley and chives, is used for various purposes. * This is common dill that is used in pickles and for flavoring.

* Can be used as a ground cover plant in a sunny position. It is widespread and common in the more southerly mountain ranges of Europe, but is rarer in the north. * Mountain cornflower is seldom used in modern herbalism, though it does still have a reputation...

It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions – growing to 60 centimetres (24 in) (less in poor soils), and producing pale lilac and white flowers in spring. * Iris magnifica is a bulbous flowering plant in the genus Iris, native to the...

A homeopathic remedy is made from the plant. It is used as a blood purifier and as a treatment for eczema and other skin disorders. An infusion is used internally as a blood purifier and externally for treating cuts, burns and bruises.

* Native to forest margins, grassy slopes; 400--2700 m. (Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Hubei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mong) all in China.

* Mostly identical to the species, which see, but with white flowers.

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