Dye Plant Evergreen Plant For Sale In Colorado Springs

Paitan is antiseptic, astringent and haemostatic. It is used applied externally to burns, bleeding due to traumatic injuries, haemorrhoids and ulcers in the mouth. * An excrescence produced on the leaf by an insect Melaphis chinensis or M.

The leaves are used. Wood - moderately hard, very durable. This species is found in the Himalaya from 300 to 1800 m and on limestone in Sichuan , China and Vietnam . * Cupressus torulosa , known as the Himalayan cypress , is a species of cypress .

It also has numerous sharp needle-like spines produced on the leaf stems; these protect the stem growing point from browsing animals. * Very young leaf buds are cooked as a vegetable.

Attractive, long trusses of pure white flowers in May are only a prelude to the big show. Drought and deer resistant, evergreen, good for cutting. The Firethorn is wonderful for Christmas decorations.

* Gardenia jasminoides is a shrub with greyish bark and dark green shiny evergreen leaves with prominent veins. * With its shiny green leaves and heavily fragrant white summer flowers, it is widely used in gardens in warm temperate and subtropical climates,...

It is a highly variable tree, and closely related to Cupressus goveniana , enough to sometimes be considered a subspecies of it. * Cupressus pigmaea ( Mendocino Cypress ) is a taxon of disputed status in the genus Cupressus endemic to certain coastal...

Delightful blue-green feathery foliage. Thrives in full sun or partial shade in any well-drained soil, very drought resistant! Plant 3' apart in staggered rows. Spreads to form a dense mat 4-5' wide and only 4-6'' high.

* Ephedra nevadensis ( Nevada ephedra ) is a species of Ephedra native to dry areas of western North America. * A delicious tea is made by steeping the green or dried twigs inboiling water until they turn an amber or pink colour.

They can also be dried for winter use. * A beautiful and permanent green dye is obtained from a decoction of the leaves and stems. * Nettle leaves are steeped in a concentrated sugar solution to extract the flavour.

Very dense lustrous green needles. Grows up to 60 feet tall. Has a wonderful, pyramidal shape. We send 12-20'' seedlings. Adapts well to high pH and heavy clay soils.

* The species is native to an area from southern China, Japan, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam. * The fruit is edible when cooked, and can be used to make jam. It is often found in commercial as well as in private landscapes.

* The Cercocarpus betuloides leaves are distinctive in that they have smooth edges from the base to about half way up, then are wavy or toothed to the rounded tip. The shrub's white flowers are small, clustered, and mildly scented.

It occurs in two separated populations in their native habitats. It grows from the highlands of Chiapas and Oaxaca to Northern Nicaragua (17° to 14° North latitude). Ochoterenae Martinez; Pinus patula Schiede & Deppe spp.

* Plants can be grown on walls. * The flowers are very fragrant, diffusing a powerful clove-like scent. Succeeds in dry soils and in poor soils. * An attractive garden flower, blooms in May or June, 1 1/2" flowers, several per stem.

This remedy is very toxic and, even when used externally, should only be used under the supervision of a qualified practitioner. * Modern research has shown that yew trees contain the substance 'taxol' in their shoots and bark.

* Fragrant white or pink flowers to 3" across; 8" evergreen leaves; parent of many hybrids; native to eastern China. * 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,...

Late season dark red to black berries are ornamental as well. Grows 2-3' tall and 3-4' wide. The rich green foliage is ornamental year round, providing a welcome addition to partially shaded to fully shaded areas where most shrubs will not grow.

Bulgaria east to Georgia. Spain, Portugal. The leaves are evergreen , 6-18 cm long and 2-5 cm broad. Rhododendron ponticum subsp. The fruit is a dry capsule 15-25 mm long, containing numerous small seeds .There are two subspecies : Rhododendron ponticum...

* Fairly dense and bushy, especially when young. * Leaves are dark green and leathery. Japonica which has pendulous flower clusters. * Native to primarily North and South Carolina, but also found in Virginia and Georgia.

* A beautiful very vigorous variety well know for its extreme cold hardiness.

It makes a superb living Christmas tree. Grows 40-50' tall and 30-40' wide in sunny areas. This beautiful conifer has a great pyramidal form and graceful weeping branches. The lustrous needles will be a highlight in the landscape year round.

The large, flat flowers, borne on short stems from midwinter to early spring, are white, or occasionally pink. Take care since the plant resents disturbance. * This species produces flowering plants in 2 - 3 years from seed.

* The whole plant is used in the treatment of arthritis, recurring fever in pulmonary tuberculosis, tubercular lymph nodes, joint pained and lumbago. * Very shiny dark green leaves, spiny; ultimately forms a dense, rounded crown; attractive gray bark,...

* Osmanthus fragrans ( Sweet Osmanthus ; Chinese : ?? Kinmokusei ; also known as Sweet Olive, Tea Olive and Fragrant Olive) is a species of Osmanthus native to Asia , from the Himalaya east through southern China ( Guizhou , Sichuan , Yunnan ) and to...

The whole plant is harvested when in flower and distilled for its essential oil.The oil is used in perfumery, it is blended with sandalwood oil to produce 'attar genda' perfume. About 35 kilos of oil can be extracted from 1 hectare of the plant (yielding...

* It ranges from southernmost Alaska south to central California , mostly in the Pacific Coast Ranges , but with an isolated disjunct population in southeast British Columbia , most notably occurring on Zuckerberg Island near Castlegar and south to central...

It is taken internally in the treatment of complaints associated with weak kidney and liver energy such as menopausal problems (especially premature menopause), blurred vision, cataracts, tinnitus, rheumatic pains, palpitations, backache and insomnia.