Erosion Control Seed Farm Seed For Sale In Durham

The twigs are grayish-yellow, stout, with large triangular leaf scars. * It is a large tree growing to 20–40 m tall and with a trunk up to 1.8 m diameter, one of the largest North American hardwood trees.

Flax will take up excess N and other minerals, will winter kill and provide moderate to high amounts of organic matter back to the soil. The multiple stems or branches of a flax plant are slender and flexible, bearing attractive blue flowers.

Adapted to hot humid climates. Pods average 6-7 ” long, and are silver colored, occasionally streaked with rose. Easy to grow and shell. Try with for maximum Nitrogen fixation. If using for Nitrogen fixation we highly recommend using a cowpea inoculant.

Switchgrass is a rhizomatous, warm-season bunchgrass that is native throughout most of the U.S. It is a major component of the Tallgrass Prairie ecosystem. It also provides good nesting habitat, cover and food for many different types of wildlife.

Multiple cut forage grass and green manure. High in protein, digestible, and free of prussic acid. Perfect used for hay, pasture, and silage for feeding cattle, horses, goats, and other livestock, it is also a very good green manure.

* 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 .

Widely adapted variety of barley! High yielding, good standing six-rowed barley. Uses: Bees & Beneficial Insects, Erosion Control, Green Manure, Nitrogen Scavenger, No Till, Organic Matter (Biomass), Weed Suppression

Wood - heavy, very hard, strong, durable in contact with the soil, coarse-grained. * Gleditsia aquatica, commonly called water locust, after its habitat of river swamps and slough margins.

* Poa palustris ( fowl bluegrass , fowl meadowgrass , swamp meadowgrass , woodland bluegrass ) is a species of grass native to Asia , Europe and Northern America . This plant is used as fodder and forage , and it also used for erosion control or revegetation...

Can be grown as a hedge. * Garden Uses Mass or group in the shrub border or native plant garden. Blooms on new growth. Prune in early spring. Tolerates wide range of soils, including dry rocky or sandy soils.

* The species readily produces suckers from roots and stumps, even after devastation by Dutch elm disease; consequently genetic resources are not considered endangered. Young branchlets occasionally have corky wings.

It tolerates acid soils and thin, infertile soils. It can be used to revegetate reclaimed land such as mine spoils. * The grass is not considered a good forage for livestock because it is low in nutrients.

Tends to stay off the ground and cluster making for easy picking. Bush type cowpea producing heavy yields of purple pods. Referred to as a “Knuckle Hull” because of the big, plump peas.

The shrub's white flowers are small, clustered, and mildly scented. Betula is the genus for birch, and the species name refers to the birch-like leaves. * The wood of the shrub extremely hard and reddish, from which the common name comes.

66,200 seeds/lb.This item's size, weight, or shape may require an additional shipping surcharge based on the shipping location selected. Thrives in cool conditions. Sow at 15-20 lb./acre.

* Sanguisorba officinalis ( Great Burnet ) is a plant in the family Rosaceae , subfamily Rosoideae . * The young leaves and flower buds can be eaten raw or cooked. They should be harvested in the spring before the plant comes into flower.

Each 3-pound canister of granules covers up to 1,500 square feet. Reapply if frequent rains occur during the first month after application. Shake from the canister or use a broadcast spreader.

Grasslike leaves (6-11 blades per culm) are broad (to 3/4" wide), linear and yellow green to dark green with rough edges. Culms are topped in late spring with dark green spikelets that are clustered into spherical heads.

Use in any standing or stagnant water including fish ponds, water bowls, large tree holes, and other places where standing water collects. Dissolves quickly to provide a natural mosquito repelling system.

8,300 seeds/lb.This item's size, weight, or shape may require an additional shipping surcharge based on the shipping location selected. Please call 1-877-564-6697 to place orders to Canada.Cut the plants near the base when most of the green color has...

Black Crowder cowpea is a high yielding variety of long pods. Try with for maximum Nitrogen fixation. The peas themselves have a deep purple color when first shelled which then turn black when dried.

Pest control for the organic gardener! Mix concentrate according to label to control all stages of insects and mites, from eggs and larvae to adults. Can also be used as a dormant spray for overwintering pests.

Should be grown with 1½ to 2 bushels of oats as a "nurse" crop. Mostly yellow with some white flowers. It is better than many of the other clovers for nutrient recycling and appears to have a greater capacity to extract potassium, phosphorus and other...

For winter cover, sow by early Sept. Oats are a quick-growing green manure. Organically grown. In the North, slightly later farther south; the heavy stubble will prevent erosion and oats will not regrow in the spring like winter rye.

* Multipurpose alder tree found in the subtropical highlands of the Himalaya. * A fall-flowering species. * It is called Utis in Nepalese and Nepalese Alder in English . * Prefers a heavy soil and a damp situation.

Prevents erosion and builds organic matter in the soil! Plant early to late fall; in mild climates fall through early spring. Uses: Erosion Control, Green Manure, Nitrogen Scavenger, No Till, Organic Matter (Biomass), Weed Suppression<

Seeds should be planted in the fall or moist-stratified and planted in the spring. * This native sedge, which grows on moist open ground in swamps, wet prairies or near water, is one of the most abundant sedges in the state.