Herbaceous Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Berkeley

* Echinops ritro is a species of globe thistle . It is native to Europe and western Asia . * Unusual perennials with 2" spherical blue flowers in mid to late summer; the plant itself is rather rough and thistly with dark green leaves; good for middle...

Plants are often found in very acid soils in the wild. * Native to SE United States * Requires a light porous sandy soil in full sun. It is native to the southeastern United States and as far north as the Great Lakes .

* The familiar yarrow from which many garden cultivars have been derived; grows in very poor soil in full sun. * It is a frequent component in butterfly gardens. * Yarrow has a high reputation and is widely employed in herbal medicine, administered both...

* Asclepias tuberosa is a species of milkweed native to eastern North America . It is a perennial plant growing to 0.6-2 m (1 -2 feet) tall, with clustered orange or yellow flowers from early summer to early fall.

* This plant has a very low ignition threshold and can burn even during the peak growing season. * It was introduced in the 1930s into Arizona, United States, to provide grazing. It prefers light soils with a high phosphorus content.

* Pampas grass is highly adaptable and can grow in a wide range of environments and climates. It also seeds prolifically, with each plant able to produce over one million seeds during its lifetime.

The Purple D'Oro daylily is a wonderfully colored reblooming daylily. Growing only 20'' tall, you will be able to find several places for it in your garden. The Purple D'Oro daylily prefers full sun.

* Crotalarias are grown in the tropics as green manure cover crops due to their nitrogen fixing capabilities and drought tolerance. * They are occationally grown as ornamentals for their yellow flowers and interesting rattling seed pods.

Sinensis has in vitro effects that may be indicative of antiallergic activities, possibly due to the saponins in fruits. * The fruit extract of Gleditsia sinensis also has inhibitory effects on isolated cancer cell cultures.

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

* Noxious weed in California. * This is an outstanding ornamental that can be used as an effective screen or accent plant. * Parent has an abundance of pinkish plumes.

The stiff straw is exceptional as field borders and wind barriers and its extensive root system provides an excellent stabilizing force for soil erosion and control. * Cave-in-Rock switchgrass has valuable adaptations that can be used for range and pasture...

* This is a popular "ornamental grass" even though it is technically a sedge. Grown mostly for its warm orange color and dense clump forming habit. * Leaves are olive green in partial shade and orange in full sun and in the fall/winter.

* The familiar yarrow from which many garden cultivars have been derived; grows in very poor soil in full sun. * It is a frequent component in butterfly gardens. * Yarrow has a high reputation and is widely employed in herbal medicine, administered both...

The raceme inflorescence is very tall, reaching a maximum of 4 m (12 ft). It is an uncommon plant of the United States' desert southwest, in the states of Utah, Nevada, Arizona and California.

* The name of this species is based on the cultivated form, the true wild form is A. * Succeeds in ordinary garden soil, preferring a moist but not wet soil and a sunny position. * Plants seem to be immune to the predations of rabbits.

Grows well in heavy clay soils. The plants are very cold tolerant, but they can be damaged when dormant if the soil is too moist. A very ornamental plant. * Iris sibirica , the Siberian Iris , is a flowering plant in the genus Iris , native to eastern...

Blooms on new growth. Prune in early spring. * Garden Uses Mass or group in the shrub border or native plant garden. * Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade.

Untoothed margins are rolled under. * Quercus myrtifolia, commonly known as myrtle oak, is a small, often shrubby, evergreen oak with a spreading rounded crown and smooth dark brown bark.

* Dandelion sprouts make a great micro-green. A very nutritious food, 100g of the raw leaves contain about 2.7g. Tender young leaves are considerably less bitter than older leaves.

The species status in the New World is uncertain: it is generally considered an exotic weed; however, there is evidence that the species was in Crawford Lake deposits ( Ontario ) in 1430-89, suggesting that it reached North America in the pre-Columbian...

* It is a warm-season grass growing 30-100 cm (12-40 inches) tall, and grows well on mountainous plateaus, rocky slopes, and sandy plains. * The small oat-like seeds develop on the side of the stalk.

* In North America it is known as Hedge Maple and in Australia it is sometimes called Common Maple. * A deciduous Tree growing to 15 m, at a fast rate. * A maple native to much of Europe , north to southern England (where it is the only native maple),...

Turkish pine is also known by several other common names, Calabrian pine (from a naturalised population of the pine in Calabria in southern Italy, from where the pine was first botanically described), East Mediterranean pine and Brutia pine.

They are often, but not always, sweetly scented. The fruit is a long narrow capsule 5–23 cm (2.0–9.1 in) long, which splits open at maturity to release numerous downy seeds .In the past, scented plants were sometimes treated as the distinct species...

It is commonly kept as an ornamental plant. * Lance-leaved coreopsis produces yellow flowers in late summer. This perennial is a native plant found throughout the eastern part of the United States and in many parts of the western U.S., Canada , and Mexico...

Other trees which frequently shade this trillium include grand fir, western red cedar, and western hemlock; bigleaf maple, red alder and Sitka spruce join in near the coast. * Near California shores, it is common under coast redwood.