Annual Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Fort Lauderdale

A lupane acid extracted from the thorns showed in vitro anti-HIV activity. The thorns of Gleditsia sinensis are used as a medicinal herb in China and Korea and may have antitumor properties.

* The stems of most members of this genus contain the alkaloid ephedrine and are valuable in the treatment of asthma and many other complaints of the respiratory system. * Ephedra nevadensis ( Nevada ephedra ) is a species of Ephedra native to dry areas...

* 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 generally yellow or yellow-green with bulbous yellow flowers. * Seed - surface sow in a light position, April in a warm greenhouse. Plant out in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts, and give some protection from the cold...

Elliptic, serrate, pale green leaves (to 3" long) turn yellow in fall. Flower buds purportedly resemble white pearls, hence the cultivar name. * This species of pearlbush is an early-blooming, upright deciduous shrub that is native to Manchuria and Korea.

The Purple D'Oro daylily prefers full sun. The Purple D'Oro daylily is a wonderfully colored reblooming daylily. Growing only 20'' tall, you will be able to find several places for it in your garden.

* Excellent as a fresh cut flower and for dried arrangements. * It is occasionally seen on the California coast where it is an introduced species and landscaping escapee. * Native to the Mediterranean region, statice (also commonly called notchleaf status)...

* It is best to sow as soon as it is ripe in a cold frame. The seed can be slow to germinate. * In traditional herbalism columbine was considered sacred to Venus; carrying a posy of it was said arouse the affections of a loved one.

* The active compound is 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine or mescaline which was reported at a concentration of 1.2% in the dried cactus. * Peruvian Torch ( Trichocereus peruvianus ) is found high in the Andean mountain deserts of Peru and Ecuador and is...

* Often has drooping branchlets; foliage green; half-inch cones; native to Mexico and Central America. * Cupressus lusitanica , ( Cedro Blanco ; Teotlate , distinctive names used in Mexico); Cedro Blanco means White Cedar and is also known as Mexican...

Sinaloa to Chiapas - and Guatemala in montane, relatively open pine or pine-oak forests at altitudes from 900 to 2500 m. * It is one of the most elementally Mexican of pines. * Pinus devoniana is closely related to Pinus montezumae (the Montezuma Pine).

* This species grows up to 50 feet, and has yellow flowers. * Sun- and drought-tolerant. Mediterranean and Asia Minor.

* It is very cold hardy, coming from Siberia, and will also tolerate drought and saline conditions. * This is an excellent plant to use for cut flowers and dried flowers. They keep their blue color well after drying.

* The seed is used in pinole or ground into a meal and used as a thickener in making bread or mixed with flour in making bread. The water in which the leaves are cooked is used in making corn pudding .

* Roman soldiers were given chestnut porridge before entering battle. * The use as food and an ornamental tree caused it to be introduced throughout western Europe, localised populations and cultivation occur on other continents.

The seed usually germinates in 2 - 3 weeks. Autumn sown plants may require protection from frosts in cold winters. * The California poppy ( Eschscholzia californica ) is native to grassy and open areas from sea level to 2,000m (6,500 feet) altitude in...

Leaves up to 12 inches long, with a central axis supporting 2 to 6 paired leaflets and a terminal one; leaflets up to 5 inches long, ovate to narrower with an elongate tip, rounded base, and serrate margins.

* The Borlotti bean, also known as the Roman bean or romano bean (not to be confused with the Italian flat bean, a green bean also called "romano bean"), is a variety of cranberry bean bred in Italy to have a thicker skin.

It can also be found growing abundantly in much of Latin America and the West Indies. It has very soft serrated leaves that can grow up to 4 inches wide. * It is native to tropical Africa and southern India.

All Bonsai need root protection in below freezing temperatures. * Ligustrum vulgare ( Wild Privet , also sometimes known as Common Privet or European Privet ), is a species of Ligustrum native to central and southern Europe , north Africa and southwestern...

Used in Mexico for washing clothes. It splits easily into thin strips and is often used in basket making. * A soap is obtained from the fruit by rubbing the fruit in water. * The wood is heavy, strong, close-grained, splits easily.

Leaves are obovate with bristle at the rounded tip. It has leaves with no teeth or lobes, hairless on the upperside and also on the underside except along the veins. * Quercus myrtifolia, commonly known as myrtle oak, is a small, often shrubby, evergreen...

* Flowers and fruit are conspicuous. * Common names in other Namibian language groups Oshiwambo Otjiherero Kavango languages Omuwombamenje Caprivi languages Setswana Afrikaans Lemoendoring Deutsch Khoekhoegowab Bushman languages Gruenhaarbaum ?Khas

Grow the seedlings on in the pot in light shade in the greenhouse for their first growing season, giving occasional liquid feeds to ensure they do not suffer nutrient deficiencies.

* This very symmetrical plant supports a crown of shiny, dark green leaves on a thick shaggy trunk that is typically about 20 cm (7.9 in) in diameter, sometimes wider. * Substances extracted from theseeds are used to inhibit the growth of malignant tumours.

* Crotalarias are grown in the tropics as green manure cover crops due to their nitrogen fixing capabilities and drought tolerance. * They are occationally grown as ornamentals for their yellow flowers and interesting rattling seed pods.

Older writers usually distinguished the turnip and rape by the adjectives round and long (- rooted ) respectively. * Rapeseed ( Brassica napus ), also known as rape , oilseed rape , rapa , rappi , rapaseed and (in the case of one particular group of cultivars...