Acid Loving Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In Santa Clara

Common names include yellow iris and yellow flag . * A beautiful yellow dye is obtained from the flowers. Its specific epithet , meaning "false acorus," refers to the similarity of its leaves to those of Acorus calamus , as they have a prominently veined...

* An evergreen Tree growing to 15 m. * It is in flower from Apr to May, and the seeds ripen in October. * Native to the west coast of North America , from British Columbia to California.

* Rhododendron catawbiense ( Catawba Rhododendron ) is a species of Rhododendron native to the eastern United States , growing mainly in the Appalachian Mountains from Virginia south to northern Alabama .

Likes plenty of moisture and a rich loamy slightly acid soil. Plants can be grown in containers in pond margins but are then best kept in drier conditions over winter. Requires a lime-free soil.

Pink flowers appear in early spring (April-May in St. Louis) before or at the time of the emergence of the foliage. Formerly known as Rhododendron roseum. Bright green foliage (grayish woolly beneath) turns bronzish in fall.

* Rhododendron viscosum , commonly known as swamp azalea or clammy azalea , is a deciduous shrub which is endemic to the United States .

* Native to China, common pearlbush is a loose, upright, early-blooming, deciduous shrub with a broad rounded shape. It typically matures to 10-15' tall and as wide. The flower buds resemble white pearls, hence the common name.

* It is a shrub or small tree that grows to 3–12 metres (9.8–39.4 ft) in height, with leathery leaves that are oblong to oblong-elliptic, 8–14.5 cm (3 1?8–5 3?4 in) by 3–9.2 cm (1 3?16–3 5?8 in) in size.

* The fruits are eaten by birds (birds do not taste astringency and feed on them readily), which then disperse the seeds in their droppings. They are most commonly found in wet woods and swamps.

Succeeds in open woodland or along the woodland edge. * Requires an acid humus-rich soil, succeeding in part shade or in full sun in cooler areas. Its range stretches from southern Maine south to northern Florida , and west to Indiana and Louisiana .

* Shiny dark green, evergreen leaves; upright, rounded, densely branched; unique among hollies in that it often spreads by suckering; doesn't mind shade but prefers sun; Dirr recommends it for foundations, hedges, and accent plants, particularly the cultivars;...

Likes plenty of moisture and a rich loamy slightly acid soil. Plants can be grown in containers in pond margins but are then best kept in drier conditions over winter. Requires a lime-free soil.

* A most unusual bayberry, a small tree with narrow 5" leaves and 1" deep reddish-purple berries, which are edible and are used to make a drink. * Besides fresh consumption, the fruits may be dried, canned, soaked in baijiu (Chinese liquor), or fermented...

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

Rhododendron schilippenbachii, a popular species for bonsai, these flowering shrubs are beautiful bonsai. Needs pruning and needs to be protected from frost. It is important to have healthy branching or the overall growth of the tree will suffer.

* 1/2-1" yellow-green trumpet-shaped flowers backed by white, pink, or rose sepals, "beautiful for flower effect" (Dirr); dark green simple 4-8" leaves; likes moist acid soil; native to southeast U.S. * In earlier days, malaria and other fevers were treated...

* Rhododendron atlanticum ( Dwarf azalea or Coastal azalea ), is a species of Rhododendron native to coastal areas of the eastern United States , from New Jersey south to Georgia .

* Actaea racemosa (black cohosh, black bugbane, black snakeroot, fairy candle; syn. The drying seed heads stay handsome in the garden for many weeks. Following the arrival of European settlers in the U.S. who continued the medicinal usage of black cohosh,...

Common names include yellow iris and yellow flag . * A beautiful yellow dye is obtained from the flowers. Its specific epithet , meaning "false acorus," refers to the similarity of its leaves to those of Acorus calamus , as they have a prominently veined...

* Sarracenia leucophylla , also known as the white pitcher plant , is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia . Like all the Sarracenia , it is native to the New World and inhabits moist and low-nutrient longleaf pine ( Pinus palustris ) savannas...

The cones are cylindric-conic, 4-8 cm long and 2 cm broad, maturing pale brown 5-7 months after pollination, and have stiff, smoothly rounded scales. The shoots are orange-brown, glabrous or with scattered pubescence.

* The Vaccinium angustifolium plant is fire-tolerant and its numbers often increase in an area following a forest fire. * In 2006, production of wild blueberries in Quebec has reached 70 million pounds.

* Landscape use: naturalizing borders with other ericaceous plants facer plants with taller plants shady bank stabilization * Fall Foliage: reddish, bronze winter color * An infusion of the leaves and stems has been used to bathe itchy skin.

* Rhododendron atlanticum ( Dwarf azalea or Coastal azalea ), is a species of Rhododendron native to coastal areas of the eastern United States , from New Jersey south to Georgia .

* Pieris japonica is a shrub with alternate, simple leaves , on brittle stems. The flowers are white, borne in early spring. A poisonous plant if consumed by people or animals.The name "andromeda" originated in the genus where the plant was formerly placed.

Japonica which has pendulous flower clusters. * Leaves are dark green and leathery. * Soils should be acidic and very well-drained but not excessively dry. * Upright flower clusters separate it from P.

* The nicest tree form of Serviceberry. * The fruit, which are pomes, are edible and can be eaten raw or cooked. * It is native to eastern U.S. and much used in Europe. * It is a good bird plant with 3/8" purple-black fruit that they love to eat.