Drought Tolerant Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In Illinois

* The crown is conic when young, becoming broadly tabular with age with fairly level branches.The shoots are dimorphic, with long shoots and short shoots. * As a result of long exploitation, few old trees remain in Lebanon, but there is now an active...

* The wood is heavy, hard and brittle. * Tolerant of maritime exposure and amenable to training, this species can be grown as a hedge in seaside gardens. * Cercocarpus montanus is common in the chaparral, on mesas and on the lower foothills of the south...

* 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 leaves are cooked and used as greens. * Shadscale fruits and leaves provide important winter browse for both domestic...

The seed germinates better if it is given a period of cold stratification. * A study published in 1999 suggested that Butcher's Broom may also improve symptoms of postural hypotension without increasing supine blood pressure.

It is native to eastern North America , from southern Quebec south to the extreme north of Georgia , and west to Minnesota . * t is a deciduous shrub, growing to 1.5 m tall. * It tends to grow on dry sandy sites, and is associated with pine stands.

* A large specimen planted in 1550 stands before the church in the village perche of Fox-Amphoux in the Provence region of southern France. * A yellow dye is obtained from the bark * It is often planted as an ornamental as it is resistant to air pollution...

The seeds have been soaked in water until they are mucilaginous and then swallowed as a treatment for sore throats. * The leaves and seedpods are cathartic, diuretic and vermifuge.

It has been used to treat fungal infections such as candidiasis and athlete's foot, as well as wounds and cough. It is a small tree native to the southwestern United States and Mexico .

Useful for making tool handles, mallets and other small items. * The wood is heavy, hard, tough, close-grained. The fruit is bright red, 1.5 inches in diameter. It ripens fairly late, specimens seen at the end of October 1998 were not quite fully ripe.

Mid-late season bloomer. Red petals with orange-yellow stripes and other blends make this hybrid daylily stand out in any garden. A stunning blend of orange, yellow, red and tan. Grows 22'' tall.

* A pleasant tasting tea is made from the leaves and flower heads. * Ratibida columnifera , commonly known as Upright Prairie Coneflower or Mexican Hat , is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae , that is native to much of North...

* A yellow dye is obtained from the whole plant. A tea made from the plant has been used as an insecticide. * Linaria vulgaris ( Common Toadflax , Yellow Toadflax , or Butter-and-eggs ) is a species of toadflax ( Linaria ), native to most of Europe and...

* Thorns showed antibacterial activity against a Gram-positive bacterium Xanthomonas vesicatoria and a Gram-negative bacterium Bacillus subtilis. Studies in mice suggest that Gleditsia sinensis ethanolic extract could be an effective therapeutic agent...

* Dodonaea viscosa is a species of flowering plant in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae, that has a cosmopolitan distribution in tropical, subtropical and warm temperate regions of Africa, the Americas, southern Asia and Australasia.

It also occurs south into northern Baja California in Mexico . * The Interior Live Oak is classified in the red oak section (Quercus sect. * It is a large shrub or tree growing to 22 m tall.

* A good bee plant. * Thistley plants for full sun and poor dry soil; the half-inch flower heads, also like thistles, can be a fine metallic blue or blue purple; flowers in mid to late summer; in rich soil the plants grow too fast and need staking; may...

The green, ovate leaves grow in opposite pairs. A yellow-orange dye is obtained from the flowers. * A good ground cover plant, succeeding in the heavy shade of trees and in dry shade.

* 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...

* The unusually shaped pods are often gathered, cleaned and decorated for use on Christmas trees and in dried arrangements. * Water extract of Jacaranda mimosifolia shows higher antimicrobial action against Bacillus cereus and Escherichia coli than gentamicin...

* Common names in other Namibian language groups Oshiwambo Otjiherero Kavango languages Omuwombamenje Caprivi languages Setswana Afrikaans Lemoendoring Deutsch Khoekhoegowab Bushman languages Gruenhaarbaum ?Khas

Planting Smoketree is a good way to extend the spring flowering-tree season into the summer before the Crape-Myrtles come into full bloom. They make a wonderful accent in a shrub border and can be planted as a specimen or as a patio tree where the black,...

* The species shows a preference for disturbed sites; in the "semi-wild" stands at Tian Mu Shan, many specimens are found along stream banks, rocky slopes, and cliff edges. The baked seed makes very pleasant eating, it has a taste rather like a cross...

Its historical use to construct religious temples and in landscaping around temples is well recorded. Succeeds in very chalky soils. * This is the most popular landscape cedar, mostly because of it's fast growth and branch density in youth.

It is a very hard to secure item. The species is one of three closely related trees known as bristlecone pines and is sometimes known as the Intermountain or Western bristlecone pine .

* Cornflowers were also used in the funeral wreath made for Pharaoh Tutankhamun. * A blue ink and a dye is obtained from the petals mixed with alum-water. Extracts of the plant are added to hair shampoos and rinses.

* The fruit is eaten raw, cooked or dried for later use. The fruit can also be made into preserves, pies, drinks etc or be dried and used like raisins. * Gaultheria shallon is a leathery-leaved shrub in the heather family ( Ericaceae ), native to western...

The woody fruit is up to 30mm in diameter. * Small greenish-yellow flowers from April to July, in profusion; conspicuous brown-yellow winged fruit from August to October; 1 1/2" leaves; spiny branches; dry soil, full sun; native to southern Europe, western...