Herbaceous Plant Seeds For Sale In Pennsylvania

It merits consideration for cultivation in forest areas. * The Virginia snakeroot is attracting increasing interest for its medicinal virtues and as a result is becoming uncommon in the wild.

A cold infusion of the plant can be used as a lotion on swollen knees and ankles. * A poultice of the pounded, dampened leaves has been applied to the feet to treat sweaty feet. The nodding, blue to reddish-purple flowers are solitary on short branches...

Plant out in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts, and give some protection from the cold for at least their first few winters. Varieties of the species include the Nevada agave and Kaibab agave.

The leaves are heart shaped and the flowers are pale yellow and tubular in form. * Birthwort has a very long history of medicinal use, though it has been little researched scientifically and is little used by present-day herbalists.

Like all the Sarracenia , it is native to the New World . * Sarracenia minor , also known as the Hooded pitcher plant , is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia .

The leaves are lobed and crenate , 30 cm long. The sap is yellow to orange.The flowers consist of four yellow petals , each about 1 cm long, with two sepals . * The flowers appear from late spring to summer in umbelliform cymes of about 4 flowers.The...

* Usually flowers blue, pink, white, lavender, and purple. Blooms in the spring to early summer, but is said not to bloom well in very hot climates. The foliage makes a nice garden cover when not in bloom and the attractive seedpods add interest after...

* This is a very easy to grow and rewarding vegetable. * The tops can also be eaten when young as greens or in soups. * The purple topped turnip root will reach 4-5 inches in diameter and matures in 40 to 60 days.

* Centaurea montana ( Perennial Cornflower, Mountain Cornflower, Bachelor's Button, Montane Knapweed or Mountain Bluet ) is a species of Centaurea endemic to Europe . * Mountain cornflower is seldom used in modern herbalism, though it does still have...

Flowers are heart-shaped and 1–2 inches (3–5 cm) long, with pink outer petals and white inner petals , hanging in a horizontal raceme . They bloom from late spring to early summer .

* The seed contains arctiin, this excites the central nervous system producing convulsions an increase in respiration and later paralysis. * Burdock is one of the foremost detoxifying herbs in both Chinese and Western herbal medicine.

* The seeds have been used in making cough syrups. The erect lower portion of the stem is smooth, but the curved branching inflorescence is covered in glandular hairs. * The cooked leaves can be used as a potherb.

Mirabilis in Latin means wonderful and Jalapa is a town in Mexico . Mirabilis jalapa is said to have been exported from the Peruvian Andes in 1540. * Very fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers, 1-2" red, pink, yellow, white, or variously mottled with different...

* Easily grown in a stony leafy soil in sun or shade. Thrives in the light shade of trees. * A tuberous herb with vine like leaves. * The plant is dormant during the summer and grows during the cooler half of the year.

Caution is advised. It was used as a face paint by the North American Indians. It is the only species in the genus Sanguinaria , and is included in the family Papaveraceae and most closely related to Eomecon of eastern Asia.

* The plant contains many biologically active compounds including rutin, pectin, choline, sitosterol, hypericin and pseudohypericin. * St. John's wort has a long history of herbal use.

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

* This species of bugbane is an upright perennial that features ferny, deeply-cut, deep green, 2-3 ternate leaves on branched stems which form a foliage clump typically growing to 3-4' tall.

Laevis) overlap in coastal areas, B. * The species name cernua is Latin for nodding. Where the range of this species and Smooth Bur Marigold (B. It grows from 30-100cm tall in wet areas.

Like all the Sarracenia , it is native to the New World and inhabits moist and low-nutrient longleaf pine ( Pinus palustris ) savannas along the United States Gulf Coast , generally west of the Apalachicola River on the Florida Panhandle .

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

Plant out in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts, and give some protection from the cold for at least their first few winters. Varieties of the species include the Nevada agave and Kaibab agave.

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

Like all the Sarracenia , it is native to the New World and inhabits moist and low-nutrient longleaf pine ( Pinus palustris ) savannas along the United States Gulf Coast , generally west of the Apalachicola River on the Florida Panhandle .

* Vates Collards have dark green very tasty leaves with a mild cabbage like flavor. * Try them as a fall crop by sowing seed in late summer. * They are quite frost tolerant and become even more flavorful after some frosty nights.

Its tendency to quickly colonize open areas with little competition, such as sites of forest fires and forest clearings , makes it a clear example of a pioneer species . * The leaves of fireweed are unique in that the leaf veins are circular and do not...

* The flower looks something like a monkeys face, hence the common and genus names, the latter from the Latin mimus (a buffoon). It grows in a wide variety of wet habitat types. Naturalizes in optimum growing conditions by both self-seeding and creeping...