Medicinal Plant Seeds For Sale In Norman

* Modern research has shown that yew trees contain the substance 'taxol' in their shoots and bark. Taxol has shown exciting potential as an anti-cancer drug, particularly in the treatment of ovarian cancers.

* A confection made from the root since ancient Egyptian time evolved into today's marshmallow treat. * Marsh mallow is a very useful household medicinal herb. * The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Althaea...

* A small ash native to China with 1 1/2" leaflets on compound leaves and 1" seeds. * It can grow in very alkaline soils, but not in the shade. * The barkcontains aesculin, this has anti-inflammatory, anticoagulant and analgesic actions.

* Echinacea is one of the world's most important medicinal herbs. * Rose-purple 2"-3 1/2" daisylike flowers; native to central North America. The plant has a general stimulatory effect on the immune system and is widely used in modern herbal treatments.

* 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. When prescribed internally it is always used dried and in conjunction with fresh ginger root.

* Habitats: Woodland Garden Sunny Edge; Dappled Shade; Shady Edge. * This plant is commonly used in Chinese herbalism, where it is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental herbs.

* The species, from central Europe and Russia, has blue-purple, lavender, or white flowers, but there are dozens of cultivars, in a varied range of splendid blues, purples, pinks, and whites, including some of the most striking and elegant of all iris;...

* This is an interesting small tree that can be grown as far north as zone 7. * Wood - hard, durable, very strong. It is used to make oil presses, spokes, tool handles etc. * Antiphlogistic.

* Modern research has shown that it contains the substance 'taxol' in its shoots and bark. * It is a small to medium-sized evergreen tree, growing 10-15 m tall and with a trunk up to 50 cm diameter, rarely more.

It grows at moderate altitudes of 1,300-2,600 m, on dry soils, often together with Pinus monophylla . * A wax on the fruit is obtained by simmering the fruit in hot water and skimming off the wax as it rises to the surface.

This plant is native to Europe, but is now widespread throughout most of the United States as a common weed. * Burdock is one of the foremost detoxifying herbs in both Chinese and Western herbal medicine.

* Cercocarpus montanus is common in the chaparral, on mesas and on the lower foothills of the south eastern Rocky mountains of North America. * Cercocarpus montanus is a species of shrub or small tree in the family Rosaceae known by may common names (see...

Its tolerance of cool summers and cold winters makes it highly valued by palm enthusiasts, landscape designers, and gardeners. It does not however grow well in hot climates. Young plants are less hardy, and can be damaged by only ?8 °C (17.6 °F).

* A deciduous tree widely cultivated in parts of China, sometimes grown in southern California. * The Happy Tree , Cancer Tree , or Tree of Life ( Camptotheca ) is a genus of medium-sized deciduous trees growing to 20 m tall, native to central China .

* Raspberry fruit may protect the liver. * The fruit is delicious when eaten out of hand, the fruit is also used in pies, preserves etc. * A herb tea is made from the dried leaves.

* Ptelea trifoliata is the second-northernmost New World representative of the Rue (Citrus) family after American prickly-ash (Zanthoxylum americanum). * A small tree but often a shrub of a few spreading stems.

* Paeonia lactiflora , also Chinese Peony ( ? This species is lime tolerant. Plants are tolerant of a wide range of soil conditions, but will not survive if the soil becomes waterlogged or is too dry.

* Sorbus torminalis ( syn. Torminalis clusii , Wild Service Tree ), sometimes known as the Chequer(s) Tree or Checker(s) Tree , is a species of Sorbus native to Europe from England and Wales east to Denmark and Poland , south to northwest Africa , and...

These include Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Zaire, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, KwaZulu-Natal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal,...

Although it is clump forming rather than spreading it increases freely by self-sowing. * Hypericum androsaemum , commonly known as tutsan , is a plant in the genus Hypericum native to open woods and hillsides in Eurasia.

* An essential oil is obtained from the flowers, it is used in perfume. * Spanish Broom ( Spartium junceum , syn. Genista juncea ), also known as Weaver's Broom , is a perennial, leguminous shrub native to the Mediterranean region in southern Europe ,...

* Curled Dock ( Rumex crispus ), also known as Curly Dock, Yellow Dock, Sour Dock, Narrow Dock , sometimes as "narrow-leaved dock" (which properly refers to a variant of Sorrel ), and ambiguously as " garden patience " , is a perennial flowering plant...

* 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 aches.

* Smilax glauca has thorny stems climb by means of tendrils. A vigorous plant, it can be grown through trees or shrubs or over tree stumps. Commonly inhabiting wooded areas and fences and often found growing with other species of Smilax.

* Crataegus marshallii is a species of hawthorn known by the common name parsley haw . It is native to the southeastern U.S. * The leaves of C. Marshallii are finely dissected and decorative.

* A perennial with tubular reddish-purple flowers in small terminal clusters; native to Europe, North Africa, and Siberia. * Serratula tinctoria , commonly known as Saw-wort , is a species in the genus Serratula .

* This is an interesting small tree that can be grown as far north as zone 7. * Wood - hard, durable, very strong. It is used to make oil presses, spokes, tool handles etc. * Antiphlogistic.