Honey Bee Food Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Houston

A very ornamental plant, it prefers a continental climate with hot summers and cold winters. * Tolerant of dry alkaline soils. Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be used by other plants growing nearby.

* Dandelion sprouts make a great micro-green. The foliage is upright growing or horizontally orientated, with leaves having narrowly winged petioles or being unwinged. * The leaves are eaten raw or cooked.

* It is a prostrate or twining shrub which can spread to a width of 1.5 metres and has light green leaves that comprise 3 rounded leaflets with undulating edges Scarlet pea flowers are produced singly or in pairs between April and November in its native...

Hairy red drupes are produced, which can be brewed into a tea. The mixture should not be boiled since this will release tannic acids and make the drink astringent. It produces yellow flowers in clusters before anthesis.

* 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 plants grow too fast and need staking; may make a big clump of...

* Senna alata (also known as Cassia alata) is often called the ringworm bush because of its very effective fungicidal properties, for treating ringworm and other fungal infections of the skin.

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).

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).

Paitan is antiseptic, astringent and haemostatic. * An excrescence produced on the leaf by an insect Melaphis chinensis or M. It is used applied externally to burns, bleeding due to traumatic injuries, haemorrhoids and ulcers in the mouth.

The fruit contains about 20% sugars and can be used to make delicious and nourishing jams and preserves. * The Strawberry Tree grows to 5-10 m tall, rarely up to 15 m, with a trunk diameter of up to 80 cm.

Grows well in heavy clay soils. * Tolerates most soils and conditions, including poor soils and amongst the roots and under the drip of trees. * Symphoricarpos occidentalis is a woody species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family , commonly called...

Noxious weed in California. * The plant was first described by the French botanist Jacques Labillardiere in his publications Relation du Voyage a la Recherche de la Perouse (1800) and Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen (1804).

The genus is named in honour of John Templeton, an Irish naturalist and botanist. They are native to Australia. * Templetonia is a dryland shrub that grows 3-7 feet tall. * It will also tolerate more moist conditions if it is given well drained soil.

* In Ayurvedic medicine, the golden shower tree is known as aragvadha, meaning "disease killer". It ranges from southern Pakistan eastward throughout India to Myanmar and Thailand and south to Sri Lanka.

* A perennial mint with lemon-scented foliage and clusters of small white flowers in whorls in the leaf axils; the leaves are used in cooking--teas, soups--toilet water, soaps, and medicine; sun or part shade, grows well in dry sites; native to southern...

* The weeping boer-bean is easily grown, and is remarkably hardy in both poor soil and very dry conditions. The red flowers are produced straight after the new leaves during September and October and are very attractive to bees.

The tree is fairly free from fungal diseases and has few insect enemies. It weighs about 28lb per cubic foot. It also multiplies readily from cuttings. It is highly valued for posts and fencing rails, and is also used for interior finishes, cabinet work...

A poultice of the bruised leaves has been used to treat infected breasts. The stems can be used in making fine coiled baskets. It sends out long stems which are red when new and fade to gray with age, the bark shredding in small flakes.

The specific epithets sebifera and sebiferum mean "wax-bearing" and refer to the vegetable tallow that coats the seeds. The seed contains about 20% of a drying oil. Introduced to the United States, the tree is native to eastern Asia , and is most commonly...

It also contains fat branches and a spreading crown along with thick leaves. * It usually occurs as a native shrub or a medium sized tree. * The acorns usually mature around fall. * One of the largest southwestern oaks, this handsome tree reaches its...

The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout southern and eastern Ontario; in northern Ontario it occurs farther north than the alternateleaf dogwood, but does not extend past 50°N (Soper and Heimburger...

Hairy red drupes are produced, which can be brewed into a tea. The mixture should not be boiled since this will release tannic acids and make the drink astringent. It produces yellow flowers in clusters before anthesis.

Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang [Japan (Ryukyu Islands)]. * Native to forests; 100-800(-1600) m.

* Seed propagation - sow spring to mid-summer in situ. Germination will usually take place within 2 weeks. Leaves alternate on the stem and possess three leaflets. * Plants have large taproots and tend to grow in groups.

The fruit was a favourite treat of the North American Indians, they would beat it in an equal quantity of water until a foam with a consistency of beaten eggs was formed. The berries have an extremely bitter taste.

* The root is said to have a beneficial effect on the liver, stomach and spleen and may be taken to relieve indigestion and counteract liver malfunction. It is perhaps best known for its use as a hair tonic whilst the root is also taken internally as...

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