Honey Bee Food Evergreen Plant For Sale In San Jose

It is perhaps best known for its use as a hair tonic whilst the root is also taken internally as a treatment for non-malignant swollen glands and especially for mastitis. * The large leaves, up to 1 foot long, are interesting.

* A pleasant tasting tea is made from the leaves and flower heads. * It inhabits prairies , plains, roadsides, and disturbed areas from southern Canada through most of the United States to northern Mexico .

* This species has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria, these bacteria form nodules on the roots and fix atmospheric nitrogen. Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be used by other plants growing nearby.

It was formerly very popular either on its own or added to China tea, having a peculiar delicacy and aroma. It can be drunk hot or cold. * Agrimonia eupatoria is a species of agrimony that is often referred to as common agrimony , church steeples or sticklewort...

The fruit is a spherical drupe about 7 millimeters wide. It would be easier to dry the whole fruit, grind this into a powder and use it in soups etc. * The seed can be ground into a powder and added to soups etc.

Vigorous and easy to grow, the tree flourishes well south of its natural range, and has naturalised in the Wellington area and in the north of the South Island. * Renowned for its vibrant colour and its ability to survive even perched on rocky, precarious...

Tallowwood is drought and frost tender. * Tallowwood is so named owing to the greasy feel of the wood when cut. It grows in forests near the coast on moderate to fertile soils in a protected, sunny position.

Large tree with long trunk and a dense crown of many small, often drooping branches and large leaves; frequently has two or more trunks, and sprouts in a circle from a stump. The bark is gray to light brown, with narrow, well defined fissures.

The fruit is a red rose hip which may be over a centimeter long. The shrubs can form large, dense thickets. It is a bushy shrub which grows up to three meters tall, the stems studded with prickles .

* Though one of the most shade-tolerant roses, this species grows best in open, sunny locations. * The fragrant flowers emerge in early summer and are light pink in color. * It is a fairly good source of essential fatty acids, which is fairly unusual...

They quite probably also apply to this species. The fan-shaped fronds are 1.5–1.8 m (4.9–5.9 ft) wide and attach to 90–120 cm (35–47 in) spineless petioles . The roots contain tannin.

* Annatto, obtained from the oily arils of the seeds is the world's second most important (after caramel) natural colorant (Mercadante and Pfander 1998), yielding yellow to red colors.

* Tolerates most soils and conditions, including poor soils and amongst the roots and under the drip of trees. It is native across much of North America. * An infusion of the leaves has been used as a wash for weak and inflamed eyes.

It was formerly very popular either on its own or added to China tea, having a peculiar delicacy and aroma. It can be drunk hot or cold. * Agrimonia eupatoria is a species of agrimony that is often referred to as common agrimony , church steeples or sticklewort...

Large tree with long trunk and a dense crown of many small, often drooping branches and large leaves; frequently has two or more trunks, and sprouts in a circle from a stump. The bark is gray to light brown, with narrow, well defined fissures.

In tropical climates, it will flower all year round. The leaves are alternate, palmately five-lobed like a spread hand (sometimes three or seven lobes), 10–18 cm long and wide. * This plant can be used as a rootstock for some of the less hardy members...

An infusion is said to strengthen the stomach, create an appetite, remove obstructions of the liver and treat jaundice. * The flowering heads are also much prized by flower arrangers because they keep their colour almost indefinitely when dried.

* The fruit contains about 2.8% dry weight vitamin C. * 2" pinkish-purple flowers; scarlet hips to 1/2"; red branches; spreads into dense thickets by suckering from roots.

The leaves are 10~15 cm wide, and are three-lobed unlike five- to seven-lobed leaves of most American Liquidambar species. It is used medicinally. It requires moist soil and can grow in light to no shade areas.

* The Bird Cherry ( Prunus padus ) is a species of cherry , native to northern Europe and northern Asia , growing even north of the Arctic Circle in Norway , Sweden , Finland and Russia .

* Native to Southeast Australia. * Grows very fast with masses of tiny yellow flowers, blue leaves and delicate textures. * A shrub or tree in the legume family. * The scientific name of the species honors the botanist Frederick Manson Bailey.

* Sabal palmetto , also known as Cabbage Palm , Palmetto , Cabbage Palmetto , Palmetto Palm , and Sabal Palm , is one of 15 species of palmetto palm (Arecaceae, genus Sabal ). * An excellent fibre is obtained from the leaf stalks.

* Asclepias syriaca , commonly called Common Milkweed , Butterfly flower , Silkweed , Silky Swallow-wort , Virginia Silkweed , is a herbaceous plant species. * The unopened flower buds are eaten cooked.

* A semi-double form of the species said to come more or less true from seed; yellow flowers; native to U.S. east It is commonly kept as an ornamental plant. This perennial is a native plant found throughout the eastern part of the United States and in...

* Rosa palustris is a shrub with alternate, pinnately compound leaves , on thorny stems. The flowers are pink, borne in summer.

The plant prefers full sun, good drainage, and moderate weekly watering. Spreading growth to 24in. Many of them are hardy to –18 °C., with flowers ranging in color from violet, to violet-blue, rosy pink, and even white.

* Clematis terniflora is a PERENNIAL CLIMBER growing to 5 m (16ft 5in). The blooms are nicely fragrant and visited by bees. If given support, it will climb rapidly with the aid of tendrilous leaf petioles to 20-25' in length.