Honey Bee Food Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In San Antonio

The leaves are ground in a mortar to obtain a kind of "green cotton wool". They may either be sown directly or started in a nursery. * Its laxative effect, due to its anthraquinone content, is also well proven.

* A very ornamental plant. * 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...

* 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. * This species has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria, these bacteria form nodules on the...

* Fine plant for naturalizing in moist soils and where there is some shade. * Native to the southern and eastern parts of the United States , found from Illinois to Virginia in the north and from Texas to Florida in the south.

It weighs about 28lb per cubic foot. * Wood - coarse and straight-grained, soft, not strong, moderately high in shock resistance, very durable in the soil. * Many people grow this tree in the Southern USA just so they can gather the Catalpa worms to use...

It ranges from southern Pakistan eastward throughout India to Myanmar and Thailand and south to Sri Lanka. * The species is native to the Indian subcontinent and adjacent regions of Southeast Asia.

In 1966, it was also named the "city tree" of South Miami, Florida. * Parkinsonia florida grows to heights of 10–12 metres (33–39 ft). * Parkinsonia florida, the blue palo verde (syn.

They quite probably also apply to this species. The following reports are for S. The roots contain tannin. The best quality is from young leaf stalks still in the bud, whilst coarser material is obtained from older leaves or the bases of old leaf stalks...

The leaves are ground in a mortar to obtain a kind of "green cotton wool". They may either be sown directly or started in a nursery. * Its laxative effect, due to its anthraquinone content, is also well proven.

* Berberis thunbergii ( Japanese barberry or Thunberg's Barberry , also Red Barberry ) is a species of Berberis , native to Japan and eastern Asia . * Bright green leaves, very dense, with a horizontal habit; orange, scarlet, and reddish purple in fall;...

* It is in flower in June, and the seeds ripen in September. * A decidious Shrub growing to 5 m. * Fine plant for naturalizing in moist soils and where there is some shade. * Native to the southern and eastern parts of the United States , found from Illinois...

* Quercus turbinella is a species of oak known by the common names Sonoran scrub oak and shrub live oak . It is most common in chaparral habitat in central Arizona , through the transition zone of the Mogollon Rim – White Mountains , but also southeast...

* The Interior Live Oak is classified in the red oak section (Quercus sect. It generally occurs in foothills , being most abundant in the lower altitudes of the Sierra Nevada , but also widespread in the Pacific Coast Ranges and the San Gabriel Mountains...

* Prosopis glandulosa, commonly known as honey mesquite, is a species of small to medium-sized, thorny shrub or tree in the legume family (Fabaceae). It is a larval host for the Long-tailed Skipper and Reakirt's Blue butterfly.

Blooms are also attractive to bees. * Winter Cassia is probably best located among other shrubs, especially evergreen shrubs like azaleas, hollies, etc., or in the back of the perennial bed.

Leaves may be clipped fresh as needed or dried for year-round culinary use. Tiny, white flowers appear in terminal or axillary spikelets in July. * This herb is commonly called Greek oregano or winter sweet marjoram, and is a hardy perennial grown primarily...

The berries have an extremely bitter taste. One recognized form however bears yellow fruits . It was important that the berries were not allowed to come into contact with anything greasy since this would prevent it becoming foamy.

* Buddleja davidii , (old spelling Buddleia davidii ); also called summer lilac , butterfly-bush or orange eye ) is a shrub in the Buddlejaceae family . * It is widely used as an ornamental plant.

The common name of drunken parrot tree is derived from a the fact that the consumption of ample amounts of the nectar seems to have a narcotic effect on lorikeets, though the effect is not limited to the tree species or parrots, and its cause is not fully...

* Bright yellow flowers.

Also effective as an edger or low hedge in some areas. * Lavender can be grown as a low hedge, responding well to trimming. Can be particularly effective when massed. * Lavandula angustifolia (also Lavandula spica or Lavandula vera ; common lavender ,...

* Normally used as a flavouring on bread, cakes, curries, pickles etc. There is a belief that eating the seed will make a woman's breasts plumper. Melanthin is toxic in large doses and nigelline is paralytic, so this spice must be used in moderation.

* The tree has thin, straight, light, grey spines in axillary pairs, usually in 3 to 12 pairs, 5 to 7.5 cm (3 in) long in young trees, mature trees commonly without thorns. * Vachellia nilotica is a tree 5–20 m high with a dense spheric crown, stems...

The fruit of many members of this genus is a very rich source of vitamins and minerals, especially in vitamins A, C and E, flavanoids and other bio-active compounds. It is being investigated as a food that is capable of reducing the incidence of cancer...

* Leaves to 6"; branches brown and fuzzy; small clusters of 7-10 flowers; rounded fruit; native to northeast Asia.

It is a shrub growing to 3-6 m tall, with erect branches. * Syringa komarowii is a species of lilac native to central China, commonly called Nodding Lilac. The flowers are fragrant and range in colour from pink to mauve, sometimes with a white base; they...

* Ononis spinosa is a plant belonging to the family Fabaceae , that is commonly known as spiny restharrow or just restharrow . * The whole plant is pleasantly scented when bruised.