Herbaceous Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Portland

Blooms late summer to early fall. * If all the flowers are removed early in the season, the plant will often produce a second flush of bloom later in the summer. * The flowers are often used for dried flower displays.

A tea made from the plant has been used as an insecticide. * A yellow dye is obtained from the whole plant. * This is considered a noxious weed in some areas. It is obtained from the flowers according to other reports.

Grows well in heavy clay soils. Plant the roots out very shallowly. * 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...

It has very soft serrated leaves that can grow up to 4 inches wide. * Leonotis nepetifolia is known in Trinidad as shandilay and the leaves are brewed as a tea for fever, coughs, womb prolapse and malaria.

It is drought-tolerant and grows on dry, rocky soil. * Of symmetrical conical habit; needles stiff, often twisted, dark green, to 7"; cones 2-4 1/2"; native to California, where it is used ornamentally.

Thrives in a bog garden. Succeeds in dense shade. * An easily grown and very tolerant plant, it succeeds in most positions in any good soil in sun or partial shade. Prefers a moist soil but succeeds in dry soils and, once established, is drought tolerant.

* A wax on the fruit is obtained by simmering the fruit in hot water and skimming off the wax as it rises to the surface. It is native to the southwestern United States , in Utah , Nevada , Arizona , western New Mexico , western Colorado , Wyoming , southern...

Panicles continue to provide some interest well into winter. Foliage turns orange-yellow in fall and usually retains hints of color into the winter. It forms upright clumps (to 2-3' tall) of slender, blue-green leaves (to 1/2" wide and 2' long).

The common name is large-flowered tickseed. * 3" yellow-orange flowers in midsummer; native to southern U.S. * Coreopsis grandiflora is a perennial plant species of the tickseed genus, Coreopsis, in Asteraceae.

* The fruit extract of Gleditsia sinensis also has inhibitory effects on isolated cancer cell cultures. (Leguminosae) have been used in traditional medicine for the treatment of inflammatory diseases including swelling, suppuration, carbuncle and skin...

* This essential oil is emitted from the plant in hot weather and, on a still day, can be ignited and will burn for a second or two without harming the plant, thus giving the plant its common name.

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

* Its natural habitats are dry forests and low shrublands. * Canavalia pubescens, commonly known as ʻawikiwiki or Lavafield Jack-bean, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii.

A yellow-orange dye is obtained from the flowers. * A good ground cover plant, succeeding in the heavy shade of trees and in dry shade. * A low shrub with dark green evergreen leaves, shiny on the undersides; 2-3" flowers, bright yellow, throughout summer;...

Blooms on new growth. Can be grown as a hedge. Tolerates wide range of soils, including dry rocky or sandy soils. Also useful for stabilizing embankments. * Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade.

The seed can also be sown from May to August when the plant will normally wait until the following year to flower and thus behave as a biennial. Silymarin is a complex mixture of polyphenolic molecules, including seven closely related flavonolignans (silybin...

They are often, but not always, sweetly scented. * An upright bush with evergreen leaves; five-petaled very fragrant flowers at the tips of branches, throughout the year in hot areas; parents of this strain have pink flowers; doesn't mind wind, salt,...

* A good bee plant. * Established plants are drought tolerant. * Thistley plants for full sun and poor dry soil; the half-inch flower heads, also like thistles, can be a fine metallic blue or blue purple; flowers in mid to late summer; in rich soil the...

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

* A delicious tea is made by steeping the green or dried twigs inboiling water until they turn an amber or pink colour. * Ephedra nevadensis ( Nevada ephedra ) is a species of Ephedra native to dry areas of western North America.

Like all the Sarracenia , it is native to the New World . * Sarracenia minor , also known as the Hooded pitcher plant , is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia .

It has also been introduced to Belize , Costa Rica and Nicaragua , growing at 1200–3000 m altitude. * Cupressus lusitanica , ( Cedro Blanco ; Teotlate , distinctive names used in Mexico); Cedro Blanco means White Cedar and is also known as Mexican White...

* The fruit can be used as a pickle like olives. * Grown for its masses of glorious, delicate, white, slightly fragrant flowers in May; of open, spreading habit; native to the southeastern United States but hardy nearly everywhere; dark green leaf sometimes...

A lemon-flavoured tea can be made from the fresh or dried leaves. * A pleasant lemon-like aroma and flavour, they are used mainly as a flavouring in salads and cooked foods. * A perennial mint with lemon-scented foliage and clusters of small white flowers...

* Celtis reticulata is cultivated by plant nurseries and available as an ornamental plant for: native plant, drought tolerant, natural landscape, and habitat gardens; and for ecological restoration projects.

* Unlike virtually all members of this genus, trees of this species can be coppiced. * In South Africa and Queensland, Australia there are big extensions of this tree planted. It is used for construction, firewood, and railroad ties.

* Performs better than Campanula in Southern gardens. * Use for border garden. * Adenophora (Lilyleaf Ladybell) is a genus of flowering plant within the family Campanulaceae. * Many Adenophora species have been used in traditional Chinese medicine.