Fragrant Flowering Plant Flowering Shrub For Sale In Tacoma

* With its shiny green leaves and heavily fragrant white summer flowers, it is widely used in gardens in warm temperate and subtropical climates, and as a houseplant in temperate regions.

Formerly known as Rhododendron roseum. Extremely winter hardy (grows in the wild as far north as Quebec) and is one of the parents of the Northern Lights hybrids developed by the University of Minnesota.

* Well worth growing if you have the right spot to enjoy its fragrant blooms. * This flowering shrub is native to the eastern United States, likes a moist shady location.

"Bioassay-guided isolation of anti-inflammatory and antinociceptive principles from a folk remedy, Rhododendron ponticum L. More than 90% of Rhododendron sensu Chamberlain belong to the Asian subgenera Rhododendron , Hymenanthes and section Tsutsusi .

* The flowers are very fragrant, they are used in pot-pourri and to make perfumes. * This plant is cultivated in gardens, producing valued flower colour in the dormant season. * Chimonanthus praecox, also known as wintersweet or Japanese allspice, is...

The flowers open at night and fall by the next morning but the profusion of bloom is so abundant that they are hardly ever without a flower during their blooming cycle. Revered in India where it is native, it grows as a shrub or small tree and produces...

The bark is removed and the shoots are used unsplit as rod foundations in coil basketry. Despite the common name Desert-willow , given because of its willow -like leaves, it is actually a member of the bignonia family, Bignoniaceae .

* The bark or leaves have been chewed by children as a treatment for sore mouth. * An essential oil used in perfumery is obtained from the flowers. * The lilac is a very popular ornamental plant in gardens and parks, because of its attractive, sweet-smelling...

It is an ingredient of many patent cough medicines. * Eriodictyol is one of the 4 flavanones identified in this plant by the Symrise Corporation as having taste-modifying properties, the other three being: homoeriodictyol, its sodium salt and sterubin.

* The leaves contain the dyestuff quercetin. * Black, blue and brown dyes are obtained from the dried leaves. * It is a small Maple with deciduous leaves that is grown as a garden subject or boulevard tree.

It is an ingredient of many patent cough medicines. * Eriodictyol is one of the 4 flavanones identified in this plant by the Symrise Corporation as having taste-modifying properties, the other three being: homoeriodictyol, its sodium salt and sterubin.

* The tree has a symmetrical, somewhat pyramidal shape, with different individuals of the species forming almost identical crowns. It is prized for its fragrant white flowers, similar to camellia blossoms.

* Osmanthus fragrans ( Sweet Osmanthus ; Chinese : ?? They are also added to herbal medicines in order to disguise obnoxious flavours. The very fragrant flowers are used by the Chinese to impart a pleasant aroma to tea, wine and sweet dishes such as lotus...

* Hardy to USDA Zone 4. * Genus name honors Pierre Magnol, French botanist (1638-1715). A number of hybrid cultivars are now available in commerce featuring flowers that are white, blush-pink, lilac pink or pink.

* Rubus odoratus ( Purple-flowering Raspberry , Flowering Raspberry , or Virginia raspberry ) is a species of Rubus , native to eastern North America , from Nova Scotia west to Ontario , and south to Georgia and Alabama .

Its flowers, produced in early spring, are small (1 cm long), white, with a four-lobed corolla and have a strong fragrance. The leaves are 5–14 cm (2.0–5.5 in) long and 2–4 cm (0.79–1.57 in) broad, with an entire margin.

* A decoction of the leaves has been used in the treatment of influenza. A very ornamental plant, when fully dormant it is hardy to about -15°c, though the young growth in spring can be damaged by late frosts.

It is called Winged Tobacco , Jasmine Tobacco , tanbaku , and sometimes Persian Tobacco , though the latter name is also used for Nicotiana persica . * All parts of the plant contain nicotine, this has been extracted and used as an insecticide.

* The flowers have a beautiful mild spicy fragrance. They can be used as an insect repellent, perfume and disinfectant. The colonial planters of the Carolinas transplanted it into their gardens, and the botanist Peter Collinson described it to Linnaeus...

Formerly known as Rhododendron roseum. Extremely winter hardy (grows in the wild as far north as Quebec) and is one of the parents of the Northern Lights hybrids developed by the University of Minnesota.

* A good hedging plant, it is very tolerant of trimming. * Syringa josikaea ( Hungarian Lilac ) is a species of Lilac , native to central and eastern Europe , in the Carpathian Mountains in Hungary , Romania , and western Ukraine .

* Osmanthus fragrans ( Sweet Osmanthus ; Chinese : ?? They are also added to herbal medicines in order to disguise obnoxious flavours. The very fragrant flowers are used by the Chinese to impart a pleasant aroma to tea, wine and sweet dishes such as lotus...

* The flower buds are large and round, opening into large flowers 8-16 cm diameter, with 5-10 white, pink, or crimson petals and yellow stamens . This species is lime tolerant. Plants are tolerant of a wide range of soil conditions, but will not survive...

For individual planting, plant 6 feet apart. For hedge use, plant 2 feet apart. A cascading waterfall of white, as it blooms in June with masses of flowers so thick you can barely see the leaves.

* The dried young leaves are used as a tea substitute. * Valued more as a novelty, the fruit looks somewhat like a deep-purple coloured sausage. The scientific name, akebia, is a Latinization of the Japanese name for species Akebia quinata: akebi (??).

* 2" pinkish-purple flowers; scarlet hips to 1/2"; red branches; spreads into dense thickets by suckering from roots. * The fruit contains about 2.8% dry weight vitamin C.

Plant out in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts, and give some protection from the cold for their first winter or two outdoors. * With its small but abundant flowers it can colour a whole hillside white, almost giving the appearance...