Herbaceous Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Cary

* Sow the seed in mid spring or late summer to early autumn in a sunny border outdoors and only just cover the seed. The seed usually germinates in 2 - 3 weeks. Autumn sown plants may require protection from frosts in cold winters.

The plant contains flavonoids (notably rutin) that reduce capillary fragility, which might explain the plants reputation as an eye strengthener. * Rue has a long history of use as a domestic remedy, being especially valued for its strengthening action...

They can be used fresh or dried to make an aromatic herb tea. * A mint-like flavour, they make an aromatic flavouring in salads. It can be a repellent for certain insects, including aphids and squash bugs.

* Astilbe chinensis is a herbaceous plant with alternate, pinnately compound leaves, on thin stems. * The flowers are purple, borne in summer.

The stiff-stemmed, upright growth is highly rated for wildlife nesting, brood rearing and winter cover habitat. * Cave-in-Rock switchgrass has valuable adaptations that can be used for range and pasture land, wind barriers, biofuel, and protection for...

* It occurs in parts of the western United States and western Canada, usually in rich forest. 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...

* Sow the seed in mid spring or late summer to early autumn in a sunny border outdoors and only just cover the seed. The seed usually germinates in 2 - 3 weeks. Autumn sown plants may require protection from frosts in cold winters.

* Mirbelia is a plant genus belonging to the Fabaceae family. It is endemic to Australia, occurring in every mainland state except South Australia.

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

* These trees project a sense of vigorous strength, for though not generally very large, they are robust, with thick branches and twigs, and large foliar units of very long, often drooping needles.

* Milk thistle has also been known to be used as food. The seed is the part of the plant used medicinally. This fairly typical thistle has red to purple flowers and shiny pale green leaves with white veins.

Sweet and delicious, but rather fibrous. The fruits are capsules 1 to 3 centimeters long and containing black seed. It is generally yellow or yellow-green with bulbous yellow flowers.

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 . * The lance-leaved coreopsis , Coreopsis lanceolata , is a species of coreopsis (Tickseed).

Carbohydrate, 187mg Calcium, 66mg phosphorus, 3.1mg iron, 76mg sodium, 397mg potassium, 36mg magnesium, 14000iu vitamin A, 0.19mg vitamin B1, 0.26mg vitamin B2, 35mg vitamin C. Tender young leaves are considerably less bitter than older leaves.

* The wood is heavy, strong, close-grained, splits easily. The fruit can be dried and stored for later use. * An evergreen tree with compound leaves to 14", leaflets to 6"; flowers in small pendulous clusters to 8"; native to coastal areas, South Carolina...

It makes a valuable fuel and is occasionally used in the manufacture of small articles for domestic and industrial use. * Tolerant of maritime exposure and amenable to training, this species can be grown as a hedge in seaside gardens.

* The Navajo considered it to be a "life medicine", chewed it for toothaches, and poured an infusion into ears for earaches. * Yarrow has also been used as a food, and was very popular as a vegetable in the 17th century.

* Carpinus orientalis (Oriental Hornbeam) is a hornbeam native from southeastern Europe to northern Iran and occurs usually on hot dry sites at lower altitudes in comparison to the European Hornbeam.

It spreads very quickly and will often kill local native plants such as palo verdes by taking away nearby water. It prefers light soils with a high phosphorus content. * It is considered a good forage grass in Africa.

* Securigera varia , commonly known as Crown Vetch or Purple Crown Vetch , is a low-growing legume vine. It is native to Africa , Asia and Europe and is commonly used throughout the United States and Canada for erosion control , roadside planting and...

* The leaves are cooked and used as greens. * The seed is used in pinole or ground into a meal and used as a thickener in making bread or mixed with flour in making bread. The water in which the leaves are cooked is used in making corn pudding .

* The species, from central Europe and Russia, has blue-purple, lavender, or white flowers, but there are dozens of cultivars, in a varied range of splendid blues, purples, pinks, and whites, including some of the most striking and elegant of all iris;...

* It has bright yellow latex, and though poisonous to grazing animals, is rarely eaten, but has been used medicinally by many people including those in its native area, the Natives of the western US and parts of Mexico.

* Ponderosa pine was employed medicinally by several native North American Indian tribes, who valued it especially for its antiseptic and vulnerary properties, using it to treat a range of skin problems, cuts, wounds, burns etc.

* A species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae ,native to South China (which includes Hong Kong ) and southeastern Asia * Common names include Hong Kong Orchid Tree, and Hawaiian orchid tree.

* Catechin-7-O-glucoside can be produced by biotransformation of (+)-catechin by cultured cells of E. * The leaves yield up to 1% essential oil. * Eucalyptus perriniana , commonly known as Spinning Gum , is a tree or mallee which is native to New South...

'Northern Pearls' is a compact cultivar that grows to 6-8' tall and features racemes (3-5" long) of 5-petaled white flowers (to 2" diameter) which bloom in early spring. Elliptic, serrate, pale green leaves (to 3" long) turn yellow in fall.