Drought Tolerant Plant Seeds For Sale In Elgin

'Northern Pearls' is a compact cultivar that grows to 6-8' tall and features racemes (3-5" long) of 5-petaled white flowers (to 2" diameter) which bloom in early spring. Elliptic, serrate, pale green leaves (to 3" long) turn yellow in fall.

Flowers give way to woody drupes that ripen in July-September. Fall color is a respectable yellow. The species is cultivated as an ornamental plant for landscape design use in gardens.

* This species often grows in mixed in stands with several other pines and/or junipers, in Arizona most often with Apache Pine and Alligator Juniper, but also grows in pure stands.

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

The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout southern and eastern Ontario; in northern Ontario it occurs farther north than the alternateleaf dogwood, but does not extend past 50°N (Soper and Heimburger...

It generally occurs in foothills , being most abundant in the lower altitudes of the Sierra Nevada , but also widespread in the Pacific Coast Ranges and the San Gabriel Mountains .

* Peruvian Torch ( Trichocereus peruvianus ) is found high in the Andean mountain deserts of Peru and Ecuador and is similar to the San Pedro cactus ( Trichocereus pachanoi ) which is found in the same region.

* A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of chest pains and stomach aches. * Penstemon grandiflorus is a perennial plant of the genus Penstemon. * A very ornamental plant! * Succeeds in ordinary rich garden soils so long as they are well-drained.

Some believe it to have been the stacte used together with frankincense , galbanum , and onycha to make Ketoret , the Tabernacle incense of the Old Testament. The inflorescence is short and few-flowered.

* An evergreen tree with compound leaves to 14", leaflets to 6"; flowers in small pendulous clusters to 8"; native to coastal areas, South Carolina to Florida. Used in Mexico for washing clothes.

The green, ovate leaves grow in opposite pairs. The solitary flowers are 3–5 cm in diameter, a rich yellow, with five petals and numerous yellow stamens . For the densest cover plants should be cut to ground level each April.

* Maple native to the Mediterranean region from Morocco and Portugal in the west, to Turkey and Lebanon in the east, and north to the Jura Mountains in France and the Eifel in Germany .

* The Mexican government has declared this species endangered. * Seedlings have up to 24 cotyledons on germination (the most of any plant)! * A very attractive tree. * Because of its isolation in a remote area, it escaped discovery until 1964.

It is native to interior western North America , in the U.S. states of Arizona , California , Colorado , Nevada , New Mexico , Utah , and Wyoming , growing in mountains at 1600–3000 m altitude.

It is drought-tolerant and grows well in warm climates. Yellow Trumpetbush is a ruderal species , readily colonizing disturbed, rocky, sandy , and cleared land and occasionally becoming an invasive weed The leaves and roots of the plant contain bioactive...

* 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...

* The Arizona White Oak is a perennial tree and may grow up to 60 ft with a diameter of 3.3 ft. It also contains fat branches and a spreading crown along with thick leaves. * The acorns usually mature around fall.

* Echinops ritro is a species of globe thistle . * The flowers are often used for dried flower displays. * If all the flowers are removed early in the season, the plant will often produce a second flush of bloom later in the summer.

It can be fermented into 'Mescal', a very potent alcoholic drink. The sap can also be tapped by boring a hole into the middle of the plant at the base of the flowering stem. The fruits are capsules 1 to 3 centimeters long and containing black seed.

* Pinus palustris , commonly known as the Longleaf Pine , is a pine native to the southeastern United States , found along the coastal plain from eastern Texas to southeast Virginia extending into northern and central Florida .

Utahensis ) is a shrub or small tree reaching 3-6 m (rarely to 9 m) tall. The wax can be used to make aromatic candles. It grows at moderate altitudes of 1,300-2,600 m, on dry soils, often together with Pinus monophylla .

* The tree reaches its best development in the Gympie region, where some magnificent forest trees attain heights near 60 metres. * Eucalyptus cloeziana, Gympie Messmate, is a small to tall tree with rough bark on most or the whole of the trunk and larger...

* It is a popular ornamental tree , extensively planted in parks and gardens in hot dry areas such as southern California. * Good for seashore planting; native to Mediterranean region.

* 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...

Easily grown from seed in the early spring, the seeds are soaked in water to start germination. * Extremely salt tolerant, good for seaside planting and holding beach sand in place.

* It is also an ornamental plant in gardens, with numerous cultivars selected for different flower colors. * Aquilegia caerulea is a species of Aquilegia flower native to the Rocky Mountains from Montana south to New Mexico and west to Idaho and Arizona...

They act to disinfect the respiratory tract. The most prominent landscaping feature in London's historic Highgate Cemetery is its "Circle of Lebanon", where a Lebanon Cedar stands in the centre of a circular trench cut into the ground and lined with mausoleums.