Drought Tolerant Plant Seeds For Sale In Fairfield

It also occurs south into northern Baja California in Mexico . The dark-green leaves are usually small, 2.5-7 cm long and 2-5 cm broad, thick and often spiny-toothed, particularly on young trees.

It has also been introduced to Belize , Costa Rica and Nicaragua , growing at 1200–3000 m altitude. * Often has drooping branchlets; foliage green; half-inch cones; native to Mexico and Central America.

* It has lovely red fall color. * Will grow on alkaline soils while withstanding climatic extremes; hot, cold and dry! * This small tree or shrub is well adapted to harsh conditions.

* The Lebanon Cedar is the national emblem of Lebanon, and is displayed on the Lebanese flag and coat of arms. * The crown is conic when young, becoming broadly tabular with age with fairly level branches.The shoots are dimorphic, with long shoots and...

* A source of pulp, timber, and turpentine. Dark green needles, to 18" (9" in older trees), in tufts at ends of branchlets; hangs on to its cones (to 20") for as long as 20 years; native from Virginia to Florida and Mississippi.

It is widely grown in regions of the world where the growing season is long enough to allow the fruit to mature. * Gossypium hirsutum , known as Upland Cotton or Mexican Cotton , is the most widely planted species of cotton in the United States, constituting...

It may also occur naturally in Vietnam. * Cupressus funebris is cultivated as an ornamental tree, due to its graciously weeping form and texture, and planted in gardens and public parks in other warm temperate regions, such as California.

* It differs from all other pinyon species in that it has very massive cones and large seeds. * A very attractive tree. * Because of its isolation in a remote area, it escaped discovery until 1964.

It is native to southern Europe ( Sicily ), southwestern Asia ( Lebanon , Syria , Turkey ) and eastern Asia ( China ), with two well-separated populations. * Fontanesia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae , usually treated as comprising...

* The American Turkey Oak ( Quercus laevis ) is a member of the red oak group of oaks . It is native to the southeastern United States , occurring on the coastal plain from Delaware south to central Florida , and west to southeast Louisiana .

* A delicious tea is made by steeping the green or dried twigs inboiling water until they turn an amber or pink colour. * The stems of most members of this genus contain the alkaloid ephedrine and are valuable in the treatment of asthma and many other...

* Its natural habitats are dry forests and low shrublands. It is threatened by habitat destruction, mainly due to introduced grazing mammals. * Canavalia pubescens, commonly known as ʻawikiwiki or Lavafield Jack-bean, is a species of flowering plant...

* A blue dye is obtained from the inner bark. Isolated populations exist in Alabama, Southern Ontario, and small sections of the Appalachian Mountains. The bark is ground into a powder and then steeped in water in order to obtain the dye.

* Butcher's broom has been known to enhance blood flow to the brain, legs, and hands. * A study published in 1999 suggested that Butcher's Broom may also improve symptoms of postural hypotension without increasing supine blood pressure.

It grows at higher elevations (to 9500') with a slower growth rate, and has shorter cones (to 3"), blue-green needles and better winter hardiness. Glauca is hardy to Zone 4). Glauca is the Rocky Mountain variety of this tree.

It requires ample sunlight and well-drained soils. * The common name of moss rose is quite descriptive of this plant's key ornamental features: ruffled, rose-like flowers (to 1” diameter) appearing on prostrate to slightly ascending stems that form...

* Thorns showed antibacterial activity against a Gram-positive bacterium Xanthomonas vesicatoria and a Gram-negative bacterium Bacillus subtilis. * The pod is used as a soap substitute.

* The leaves are alternate, 50–100 mm long, with a 15–20 mm petiole ; they are of two types, with palmately five-lobed juvenile leaves on creeping and climbing stems, and unlobed cordate adult leaves on fertile flowering stems exposed to full sun,...

* The bark is cathartic, febrifuge and tonic. 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,...

It is native to the southeastern United States ( Mississippi , Alabama , Florida , Georgia , South Carolina ). Untoothed margins are rolled under. Foliage is considered to be evergreen (leaves persist on the tree until new growth commences in spring).

* A decoction of the leaves has been used in the treatment of chills and fevers. * A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of chest pains and stomach aches. * A very ornamental plant! * Succeeds in ordinary rich garden soils so long as...

The seed is up to 3cm long. * Although it can grow to the height of 25 meters, many specimens are seen as shrubs 3–5 m tall with many small trunks. The seed ripens in late autumn and, when stored in its shell in a cool place, will keep for at least...

The fruit is an acorn-shaped ovoid, three-angled capsule 1–2 centimetres (0.39–0.79 in) long, partly enclosed at the base by the sepals. Only Bailey's Pocket Mouse , however, is known to be able to digest the wax found inside the jojoba nut.

* Unusual perennials with 2" spherical blue flowers in mid to late summer; the plant itself is rather rough and thistly with dark green leaves; good for middle or back of border; wants full sun and good drainage; can be dried for winter arrangements.

* Apache pine was sometimes treated as a variety of ponderosa pine in the past (as P. * "In general appearance Pinus engelmannii much resembles P. * Ecologically very similar to P.

"Cornflower" is also erroneously used for chicory , and more correctly for a few other Centaurea species ; to distinguish C. The dried petals are used in pot-pourri in order to add colour.

* Succeeds in ordinary garden soil, preferring a moist but not wet soil and a sunny position. * The name of this species is based on the cultivated form, the true wild form is A. * Plants seem to be immune to the predations of rabbits.