Fragrant Flowering Plant Shade Tolerant Plant For Sale In District Of Columbia

* Hippocrepis emerus reaches on average 50–150 centimetres (20–59 in) of height, with a maximum of 200 centimetres (79 in). * Hippocrepis emerus or the scorpion senna is a species of perennial plant belonging to the genus Hippocrepis in the Fabaceae...

* The unripe fruits are preserved in brine like olives. The very fragrant flowers are used by the Chinese to impart a pleasant aroma to tea, wine and sweet dishes such as lotus seed soup, pastries and steamed pears.

* Calycanthus were used as a traditional medicinal plant by Native Americans. * Calycanthus species are cultivated as ornamental plants by plant nurseries, including in the United States and England.

* Hamamelis vernalis is a species of Witch-hazel native to the Ozark Plateau in central North America , in Missouri , Oklahoma , and Arkansas . Vernalis is valued in cultivation for its strongly scented flowers appearing in late winter, when little else...

* It attaches itself by means of twining around other plants, it has been recommended for covering pergolas. * The plant contains the antiseptic and antitumor compound aristolochic acid.

Good when added to soups they also make an excellent jelly. * The fruit can be eaten raw or cooked. It typically grows on dry to moist sandy and gravel soils in steppes, meadows or woodland edges.

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

It typically matures to 10-15' tall and as wide. The flower buds resemble white pearls, hence the common name. * Medium green leaves, of loose upright habit; "spectacular in flower...does extremely well in Southeast" (Dirr); flower buds pearllike; 11/2"...

It grows from 2–4ft. (50–120cm) tall. * The name distichum refers to the two types of leaves the plant carries. * Lilium distichum is a herbaceous plant of the lily family which is native to northeastern China and Korea where it flourishes among shrubs...

The leaves are spirally-arranged, large, 20–50 cm (7.9–20 in) in width and on a petiole up to 50 cm (20 in) long, leathery, palmately lobed, with 7–9 broad lobes, divided to half or two-thirds of the way to the base of the leaf; the lobes are edged...

* It tends to grow on dry sandy sites, and is associated with pine stands. * Sweet fern was employed medicinally by several native North American Indian tribes who used it especially as a poultice to treat a variety of complaints.

* Native to southeastern U.S.; lavender-pink or bluish flowers from mid- to late summer, followed by bright purple, violet, or magenta fruits in great profusion. * American beautyberries produce large clusters of purple berries, which birds and deer eat,...

Stored seed can be sown in late winter in a cold frame. * This mixed wildflower perennial is a double form of columbine that has been used in gardens for a long time, due to its curious flower shape.

The species epithet and common names are from the Amur River region, where the tree originated. * Attractive compound leaves, gray-green when young, olive green when mature; white flowers in 5" erect clusters in June and July, "smell like new mown grass"...

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. The flowers open at night and fall by the next morning but the profusion of bloom is...

* The essential oil that is obtained from the flowers is exquisitely scented and has a very wide range of applications, both in the home and commercially.It is commonly used in soap making, in making high quality perfumes (it is also used in 'Eau de Cologne'),...

It is native to eastern North America, from southern Pennsylvania south to northwest Florida and west to southern Illinois; it is most common in the lower chain of the Appalachian Mountains.

They also get the added bonus of growing in a medium made richer by the ant nest debris. The ants take the seeds to their nest, where they eat the elaiosomes, and put the seeds in their nest debris, where they are protected until they germinate.

A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of kidney complaints and TB. * The bark is cathartic, febrifuge and tonic. The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout southern and eastern...

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

* Rhododendron viscosum , commonly known as swamp azalea or clammy azalea , is a deciduous shrub which is endemic to the United States .

Flowers give way to drupes which may persist into late autumn. * Fragrant white flowers in 8" clusters in spring; large dark green leaves, to 8" long; smooth gray bark on rather sinuous branches; in habit, upright when young, more rounded and open with...

A very free blooming old garden rose which requires little care for the great rewards of color it provides. I can't say enough about the toughness and free-flowering qualities. It can be grown as a hedge or as a specimen or foundation plant in the back...

Clusters of dark pink to red buds open to highly fragrant white flowers in mid and late spring. Fall foliage often becomes a brilliant red. The flowers are followed by 1/4" red fruit that ripens to black.

Shaped like a spade, similar in many ways to a Bradford Pear. The tree is native to Taiwan, eastern China, and Japan. Kawakamii is on the Critically Endangered list which means it is quite possible it is extinct in nature.

* It is used cosmetically as an ingredient in almost any preparation made to relieve capillary weaknesses. * The native witchhazel can be grown as a large shrub or small tree and offers fantastic fall attributes.

One of the most prolific flowering Angel's Trumpets producing masses of white, fragrant trumpets that are borne in profusion on this free flowering tropical. Full sun is preferred for the best growth and flowering but as long as they receive 6-8 hours...