Fragrant Flowering Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Newport News

* The seed remains viable for several years. Mirabilis in Latin means wonderful and Jalapa is a town in Mexico . Mirabilis jalapa is said to have been exported from the Peruvian Andes in 1540.

The inflorescence is a raceme of flowers occupying the top of the stem. It is native to Morocco , but it can be found elsewhere growing wild as an introduced species , such as California .

* The flowers are very fragrant, diffusing a powerful clove-like scent. Succeeds in dry soils and in poor soils. * Plants can be grown on walls. * Prefers a neutral to slightly alkaline soil in a sunny well-drained position.

Most cultivars are root hardy once they become well established in the landscape but should be provided a winter mulch for added protection but can then often tolerate temperatures into the teens and will return from the roots once temperatures warm in...

* Open forests, slopes, meadows, stream sides. Branchlets glabrous; buds ovoid, slightly pubescent. Very worthy of greater use, especially in areas where flowering shrub choices are limited by lack of drought tolerance and/or cold hardiness.

The night and early morning fragrant flowers attract hummingbird moths (Sphinx and Hawk moths) and butterflies making this a great choice for moon-moth gardens. Grow the Belize White Shooting Star Flower in the ground where hardy or as a container plant...

Grow in containers and overwinter indoors where not hardy. The fragrance that is released late in the day and into early morning is sweet, heady, and intense and the flowers are borne throughout the warmer months of the year.

It is monotypic , the only species in the genus Ungnadia . * From a distance the plants in full flower resemble redbuds or peaches. Pinnate foliage turns golden yellow in fall. Fruit distinctive, a light reddish brown when ripe, 3 lobed capsule containing...

Sambac or Arabian Jasmine can be pruned into a shrub, allowed to grow into its natural scandent, fountaining, vine-like form, or trained to a trellis as an espalier. Grand Duke Supreme Jasmine sports deep green foliage that acts as the perfect foil for...

In India, it's also called Parijat. Revered in India where it is native, it grows as a shrub or small tree and produces small star-shaped blooms that are white with orange centers and smell like honey.

A close cousin of the Rose Cactus, the Lemon Vine is a true cactus that still has true leaves and considered one of the oldest cactus members of the cactus family. Mature plants may produce white to pale yellow flowers in spring or fall that may be followed...

The flowers are grouped in panicles, hence the specific epithet paniculata. * Phlox paniculata (garden phlox or perennial phlox) is a species of flowering plant in the family Polemoniaceae, native to the eastern United States, but extensively cultivated...

The stems are densely covered with sharp-pointed, deeply cut leaves which appear fern-like. * Machaeranthera tanacetifolia is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names tansyleaf tansyaster and Tahoka daisy .

* The leaves are available from early spring until late in the autumn. * In warmer areas, garlic chives may remain green all year round. * In China, they are often used to make dumplings with a combination of egg, shrimp and pork.

The seed usually germinates in 10 - 21 days at 18°c. * Large-flowered forms of the common garden snapdragon; usually grown as an annual but may overwinter in warmer areas. Cool nights assist germination.

Integrifolia bears nodding, urn-shaped blue flowers in summer that are 1.5 inches wide. Solitary, violet to blue, nodding, bell-shaped flowers with recurved and often twisted sepals and creamy white anthers bloom from May to July, with continued sporadic...

Durability, toughness, and vigor lend this tree to use as a street tree or practically anywhere in the garden. Large, 4-7'', clusters of fragrant brilliant white flowers are borne in spring as the rich green new growth emerges.

They can grow up to 3 ¼ inches, or eight centimeters across. Its early flowering nature gives it the name of the Hope for Spring Flower. Petals can be fried with flour batter coating.

Other names include 'Yellow Gentian', 'Bitter Root', 'Bitterwort', 'Centiyane', and 'Genciana'. It contains some of the most bitter compounds known and is used as a scientific basis for measuring bitterness.

* A confection made from the root since ancient Egyptian time evolved into today's marshmallow treat. * The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Althaea officinalis Marsh Mallow for irritation of mouth and throat...

* This double flowered variety is more compact than some and flowers thoughout the growing season. It is probably native to the Mediterranean region but its exact range is unknown due to extensive cultivation for the last 2,000 years.

A proper helps when growing gingers in dryer locations. Most Gingers need 2-4 hours of cool direct sunlight (i.e. early morning sunlight or filtered shade throughout the day). Multiplies readily but not invasive and is reliably hardy to zone 7B.

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 Taiwan and to southern Japan .

The inflorescence is a raceme of flowers occupying the top of the stem. It is native to Morocco , but it can be found elsewhere growing wild as an introduced species , such as California .

* An essential oil distilled from the plant is used in perfumery and lipsticks. * Usually flowers blue, pink, white, lavender, and purple. Blooms in the spring to early summer, but is said not to bloom well in very hot climates.

Other names include 'Yellow Gentian', 'Bitter Root', 'Bitterwort', 'Centiyane', and 'Genciana'. It contains some of the most bitter compounds known and is used as a scientific basis for measuring bitterness.

Gardenias perform best in a fertile, well-drained, humus rich, acidic soil with average moisture. Tubifera , are obviously moth pollinated with their flattened corollas that open at the ends of 3-5" long arching narrow tubes.