Herbaceous Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Virginia

* Thorns showed antibacterial activity against a Gram-positive bacterium Xanthomonas vesicatoria and a Gram-negative bacterium Bacillus subtilis. A lupane acid extracted from the thorns showed in vitro anti-HIV activity.

Named for Ferdinand Roemer, a German geologist who collected specimens in the New Braunfels, Texas, area from 1845-47. * This attractive perennial maintains a neat mound shape and grows 1-2 ft.

* It is a frequent component in butterfly gardens. * Yarrow has also been used as a food, and was very popular as a vegetable in the 17th century. * Yarrow has a high reputation and is widely employed in herbal medicine, administered both internally and...

Grows 6-12'' tall and 6-9'' wide. This superb perennial produces beautiful cream colored star-shaped flowers and silvery green foliage. It is bound to be a subject of conversation in your garden.

It can also be found growing abundantly in much of Latin America and the West Indies. * Leonotis nepetifolia is known in Trinidad as shandilay and the leaves are brewed as a tea for fever, coughs, womb prolapse and malaria.

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.

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

It is commonly kept as an ornamental plant. * The lance-leaved coreopsis , Coreopsis lanceolata , is a species of coreopsis (Tickseed). This perennial is a native plant found throughout the eastern part of the United States and in many parts of the western...

Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link) is a species of grass native to most of Africa, southern Asia (east to India), southern Iran, and the extreme south of Europe(Sicily). * This plant has a very low ignition threshold and can burn even during the peak growing...

* 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. When prescribed internally it is always used dried and in conjunction with fresh ginger root.

Prune in early spring. Can be grown as a hedge. Tolerates wide range of soils, including dry rocky or sandy soils. Blooms on new growth. Also useful for stabilizing embankments. Also tolerates some drought.

A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of kidney complaints and TB. * Habitat and Range: sandy, gravelly, or rocky slopes, often growing in areas underlain by limestone bedrock.

* It is occasionally seen on the California coast where it is an introduced species and landscaping escapee. * Native to the Mediterranean region, statice (also commonly called notchleaf status) is noted for producing clusters of papery, funnel-shaped...

Fortunei, but is shorter, broader, and more densely branched; small whitish flowers; native to Asia Minor. * Fontanesia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae , usually treated as comprising a single species Fontanesia philliraeoides ,...

Prick out the seedlings into individual pots of well-drained soil when they are large enough to handle and grow them on in a sunny position in the greenhouse until they are at least 20cm tall.

* It has green arching foliage to 3 feet in USDA 8, with highlights of orange, copper, and gold, especially in drier soils. * The only known species is Anemanthele lessoniana, often called gossamer grass or New Zealand wind grass or pheasant's tail grass.

* The plant can tolerate maritime exposure. * Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. * So called because the roots were once ground for snuff. * The leaves are used as an insect repellent.

Angustifolia , but plants often grow taller, ranging from 1.5 to 2.5 ft (45 to 75 cm) tall, with some growing 3 feet (90 cm) or more tall. Plants normally grow with one unbranched stem in the wild, but often produce multi-stemmed clumps in gardens.

The leaves have blades that are lanceolate to broadly ovate or elliptic in shape with out lobes. The leaf bases are attenuate to cordate in shape and the margins of the leaves are usually entire or serrate, or sometimes lacerate.

The plant has a lignified stem with green branches bearing five to nine leaflets. * This plant occurs in northeastern Spain and in central Mediterranean countries up to northern Europe and to Asia Minor and Tunisia.

* The roots themselves are branched and deep, which helps the plant withstand periods of drought. Australis is the most commonly cultivated species in its genus, and is also cultivated beyond its native continent in other areas such as Great Britain,...

* The Mexican government has declared this species endangered. In cultivation, leaves up to 23 cm long may be produced. * A very attractive tree. * It differs from all other pinyon species in that it has very massive cones and large seeds.

The leaves are spirally arranged, lanceolate, 5-12 cm long and 2-3 cm broad. * Orange flowers in late summer; grows well in dry soil; native to eastern U.S. * Pleurisy root is a bitter, nutty-flavoured tonic herb that increases perspiration, relieves...

* Works well in a perennial border or container in either full sun or partial shade. * It is native to New Zealand where it grows on sand dunes proving its drought and salt tolerance.

It is drought-tolerant and grows well in warm climates. The plant is desirable fodder when it grows in fields grazed by livestock . The plant produces pods containing yellow seeds with papery wings.

* The human use of the cactus dates back thousands of years to the northern coast of Peru and the monks of a pre-Inca culture known as Chavin . Besides mescaline, it also contains varying phenethylamines and other substances in minimal proportions * Today...

It grows slowly, requiring about ten years to reach 1.2 metres (4 ft) in height but can grow much faster. * When the bark or leaves are cut they secrete a reddish resin, one of several sources of substances known as dragon's blood.