Herbaceous Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Birmingham

It spreads very quickly and will often kill local native plants such as palo verdes by taking away nearby water. * Cenchrus ciliaris (buffel-grass or African foxtail grass; syn. * African foxtail grass is native to tropical Africa, the Mediterranean region...

* A hardy perennial with gray or blue-gray rather frilly leaves, extremely fragrant (although many dislike the pungent scent); woody base; causes dermatitis in some people, for dry sunny places; also used medicinally and as a condiment; inconspicuous...

* There are numerous cultivars widely grown in horticulture. Long, in dense, terminal racemes. * Erect, many-branched perennial with ovate or lace-shaped to oblong, notched, wrinkled, mid-greed leaves, to 4 in.

* It is marginal in zone 8, going dormant and deciduous in cold winters, but usually evergreen to semi-evergreen. * It has green arching foliage to 3 feet in USDA 8, with highlights of orange, copper, and gold, especially in drier soils.

* This species has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria, these bacteria form nodules on the roots and fix atmospheric nitrogen. Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be used by other plants growing nearby.

* It produces up to 30 pink flowers in characteristic allium umbels in the mid to late summer and grows to between 8" and 40" in height. They contain sulphur compounds (which give them their onion flavour) and when added to the diet on a regular basis...

* A yellow dye is obtained from the bark * It is often planted as an ornamental as it is resistant to air pollution and long-living. * The fruit is a small, dark-purple berry-like drupe, 1 cm wide, hanging in short clusters, and are extremely popular...

The species is one of three closely related trees known as bristlecone pines and is sometimes known as the Intermountain or Western bristlecone pine . It is a very hard to secure item.

Flabellata pumila. * Plants seem to be immune to the predations of rabbits. * 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.

* Mountain Pine or Mugo Pine ( Pinus mugo ) is a high-altitude European pine , found in the Pyrenees , Alps , Erzgebirge , Carpathians , northern Apennines and Balkan Peninsula mountains from (mostly) 1,000 m to 2,200 m, occasionally as low as 200 m in...

The leaf bases are attenuate to cordate in shape and the margins of the leaves are usually entire or serrate, or sometimes lacerate. The upper surfaces of the leaves are glabrous or have hirsute to strigose hairs.

* This cypress was discovered in 1907 by Mrs. Leo Polkinghorn, but it took until 1915 for Leroy Abrams to inspect specimens forwarded by Mrs. * Cupressus nevadensis is a medium-sized evergreen tree with a conic crown, growing to heights of 10-25 m (exceptionally...

* This species has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria, these bacteria form nodules on the roots and fix atmospheric nitrogen. Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be used by other plants growing nearby.

* If all the flowers are removed early in the season, the plant will often produce a second flush of bloom later in the summer. * Unusual perennials with 2" spherical blue flowers in mid to late summer; the plant itself is rather rough and thistly with...

Flower buds purportedly resemble white pearls, hence the cultivar name. Elliptic, serrate, pale green leaves (to 3" long) turn yellow in fall. * This species of pearlbush is an early-blooming, upright deciduous shrub that is native to Manchuria and Korea.

* The leaves are alternate, 50–100 mm long, with a 15–20 mm petiole ; they are of two types, with palmately five-lobed juvenile leaves on creeping and climbing stems, and unlobed cordate adult leaves on fertile flowering stems exposed to full sun,...

When prescribed internally it is always used dried and in conjunction with fresh ginger root. * Tian Nan Xing has been used in Chinese herbal medicine for thousands of years and is valued especially for its beneficial affect upon the chest.

Worldwide, the figure is about 90% of all production for this species. It requires a minimum of 140 days from planting to harvest. * Gossypium hirsutum , known as Upland Cotton or Mexican Cotton , is the most widely planted species of cotton in the United...

The species is one of three closely related trees known as bristlecone pines and is sometimes known as the Intermountain or Western bristlecone pine . It is a very hard to secure item.

Autumn sown plants may require protection from frosts in cold winters. The seed usually germinates in 2 - 3 weeks. * The California poppy ( Eschscholzia californica ) is native to grassy and open areas from sea level to 2,000m (6,500 feet) altitude in...

Succeeds in dense shade. Prefers a moist soil but succeeds in dry soils and, once established, is drought tolerant. * Iris foetidissima ( Stinking Iris , Gladdon , Gladwin Iris , Roast-beef Plant , Stinking Gladwin ), is a species of Iris found in open...

Muricata has been used in plantations with resultant growth rates higher than in the wild . * The mature trees grow to a height of 15-25 m, rarely up to 34 m, with a trunk diameter of up to 1.2 m.

* Fawn Tall Fescue handles traffic well. It is a deep rooted bunchgrass and will bring soil nutirtnts from the depths to the surface. * Developed in Oregon in 1954 for increased yield of high quality forage in pastures.

It is typically found over calcareous substrates such as limestone , growing on limestone slopes and in moist valley soils, at elevations of 120–600 m. * A blue dye is obtained from the inner bark.

* Big Bluestem is a perennial grass. * Seed germination appears to be dependent on about a 2-week period of moistened seed at a time when soil temperatures have reached 60 degrees Fahrenheit.

* Lance-leaved coreopsis produces yellow flowers in late summer. It is commonly kept as an ornamental plant. * The lance-leaved coreopsis , Coreopsis lanceolata , is a species of coreopsis (Tickseed).

* It inhabits prairies , plains, roadsides, and disturbed areas from southern Canada through most of the United States to northern Mexico . * Ratibida columnifera , commonly known as Upright Prairie Coneflower or Mexican Hat , is a species of flowering...