Poisonous Plant Seeds For Sale In Oregon

Other common names are Bouncing Bet and Sweet William; locally it is simply "the Soapwort" although there are about 20 species of soapworts altogether. * Soapwort's main medicinal use is as an expectorant.

Other common names are Bouncing Bet and Sweet William; locally it is simply "the Soapwort" although there are about 20 species of soapworts altogether. * Soapwort's main medicinal use is as an expectorant.

* The foliage was burned by the Cherokee as a natural insecticide, to smoke out gnats. * Lobelia inflata is an annual or biennial herbaceous plant growing to 15–100 cm (5.9–39.4 in) tall, with stems covered in tiny hairs.

The large, flat flowers, borne on short stems from midwinter to early spring, are white, or occasionally pink. Division after flowering or in autumn. Take care since the plant resents disturbance.

* An easily grown plant, succeeding in ordinary garden soil, especially if it is rich in organic matter. * Yellowish flowers marked with rusty red, particularly on the inside; in spikes; biennial or short-lived perennial; full or part sun, dry, well-drained...

* A very ornamental plant, it should be planted into its permanent position as soon as possible because it dislikes root disturbance. * It is a popular garden plant both for its flowers and for its fragrance.

* This Clematis is very fast growing and will cover an area quickly with beautiful yellow flowers that last most of the season.

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 . Seeds with whitish elaiosomes are borne in long pods .The plant often goes dormant in summer after blooming.

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

* The species is commonly cultivated in temperate areas. * 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.

* The plant self-sows freely and should not need much encouragement. * The flowers appear from late spring to summer in umbelliform cymes of about 4 flowers.The seeds are small and black, borne in a long capsule .

A homeopathic remedy is made from the plant. They are taken both internally and externally in the treatment of syphilitic, cancerous and other foul ulcers. Caution is advised since this is a poisonous plant.

* A form with reddish-purple flowers, otherwise similar to the species, which see.

* Wormwood is a very bitter plant with a long history of use as a medicinal herb. * This is the main botanical ingredient in Absinthe, an alcoholic spirit that has a long and interesting history.

* In their great first voyage to the New World, Christopher Columbus and his expedition were introduced to a plant whose smoke was called tobacco by the natives of Hispaniola. Temperatures of 20–30 °C (68–86 °F) are best for adequate growth; an...

It is a perennial shrub reaching up to 1.5 m in height. 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...

The bark is used to ornament baskets and is also split into strips and used for making baskets that are watertight and resist decay. Wood - close-grained, soft, brittle. The thin outer bark can be peeled off the tree in the same way as birch trees.

* Wood - hard, elastic, very fine grained. Used for stamps, printing blocks, mosaics etc.

Crocea is a beautiful and stately plant, probably the most striking of all spurias. According to Bowley (l.c. 176) it is disturbing that it is only known to be growing wild in the valley of Kashmir, for, with so limited a location there must be some anxiety...

Closely related to the garden Rhubarb , Rheum rhaponticum , it has a similar purgative effect upon the human body . Its effectiveness has never been reliably proven or disproven since controlled studies have not been carried out.

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

Like the rest of the Clematis genus, it contains essential oils and compounds which are extremely irritating to the skin and mucous membrames. They used it as a pepper substitute to spice up food since real black pepper (Piper nigrum) was a costly and...

It is native to Europe and Asia , and widely naturalised elsewhere, including North America , where it is an invasive problem weed . * A twining vine with clusters of purple flowers with yellow stamens, followed by 1/2" bright red berries; the entire...

* The flowers and leaves are diaphoretic, diuretic and rubefacient. Growing usually on the margins of woodland areas, it is native to Eastern, Southern and Central Europe . They are taken both internally and externally in the treatment of syphilitic,...

* 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".

Cultivated forms often show flowers completely surrounding the central spike, in contrast to the wild form, where the flowers only appear on one side. It is also used in allopathic medicine in the treatment of heart complaints.

In clinical trials about 67% of patients with mild to moderate depression improved when taking this plant. It fell out of favour in the nineteenth century but recent research has brought it back to prominence as an extremely valuable remedy for nervous...