Honey Bee Food Perennial Plant For Sale In Washington

* A fibre obtained from the stems is used in papermaking. * A nutritious starch is obtained from the root. * The flowers are demulcent, diuretic and emollient. * The red anthocyanin constituent of the flowers is used as a litmus.

Obtusifolia) and Coffee Senna (S. * Clusters of light yellow to orange flowers atop a sparsely branched perennial or in axils of compound leaves. The flowers of this large plant are not typically pea-like.

Paitan is antiseptic, astringent and haemostatic. It is used in the treatment of persistent cough with blood, chronic diarrhoea, spontaneous sweating, night sweats, bloody stool, urorrhoea and bloody sputum.

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

Arctium lappa is the main species used, though this species has similar properties. This plant is native to Europe, but is now widespread throughout most of the United States as a common weed.

* The leaves are eaten raw or cooked. When used in salads, they are rather bitter, though less so in the winter. * Dandelion sprouts make a great micro-green. A very nutritious food, 100g of the raw leaves contain about 2.7g.

* A fibre obtained from the stems is used in papermaking. * A nutritious starch is obtained from the root. * The flowers are demulcent, diuretic and emollient. * The red anthocyanin constituent of the flowers is used as a litmus.

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

Spreading growth to 24in. The many inflorescences have closely spaced whorls of small flowers with brightly colored calyces. All are perennial, with numerous leafy stems growing from the base at the beginning of summer.

* A pleasant tasting tea is made from the leaves and flower heads. * Ratibida columnifera , commonly known as Upright Prairie Coneflower or Mexican Hat , is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae , that is native to much of North...

The leaves are ground in a mortar to obtain a kind of "green cotton wool". * Its laxative effect, due to its anthraquinone content, is also well proven. A fresh preparation is made every day.

Space plants 2' to 3' apart. Grows well in heavy clay soils. * Blooms in late summer, with dark blue-violet, hooded flowers borne in tall spikes. Also propagates by division of brittle roots in fall or early spring.

A very ornamental plant, it prefers a continental climate with hot summers and cold winters. * This species has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria, these bacteria form nodules on the roots and fix atmospheric nitrogen.

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

* Its height of 10-18 inches makes it ideal for the front or closer portion of the meadow. * It is fragarnt and attracts bees and butterflies! * It is a short lived perennial or biennial but will self seed.

Arctium lappa is the main species used, though this species has similar properties. This plant is native to Europe, but is now widespread throughout most of the United States as a common weed.

Its typical habitat is rough grassy places, broad-leaved woodland, forest margins, hedgerows and banks. * Lathyrus tuberosus, also known as the tuberous pea, tuberous vetchling, earthnut pea, or aardaker, is a small, climbing perennial plant, native in...

* Fruits are very narrow, foot-long pods. Speciosa, it is much smaller, typically reaching heights between 20 and 30 feet. * The flowers are considered to be one of the best bee plants in Japan.

It can be dried, ground into a powder then used in making cakes etc. This shrub reaches between one and two meters in height. * Red-brown bark, pink flowers, bright green leaves. It is low to the ground with some of the lower branches rooting in the soil...

It is the type species of the subgenus Padus with flowers in racemes , which are hermaphroditic and pollinated by bees and flies; it is a deciduous small tree or large shrub 8–16 m tall.

Space plants 2' to 3' apart. Grows well in heavy clay soils. * Blooms in late summer, with dark blue-violet, hooded flowers borne in tall spikes. Also propagates by division of brittle roots in fall or early spring.

It thrives in full sun in ordinary garden soil. It is commonly grown in gardens for its showy purple flowers (pink or white in some cultivars). All spikes of purple flowers appear in July and August.

Thrives in moist soil conditions, Prefers medium fertility soils with a pH between 6.0 - 6.5. Plants produce uncertain numbers of 4 leafed clovers considered lucky. Thick growing and winter hardy.

* The flowers and leaves are diaphoretic, diuretic and rubefacient. * Clematis recta , the Erect Clematis or Ground virginsbower , is a species of Clematis unusual in that it is a free-standing shrub rather than a climbing plant .

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

Spreading growth to 24in. The many inflorescences have closely spaced whorls of small flowers with brightly colored calyces. All are perennial, with numerous leafy stems growing from the base at the beginning of summer.

It has many commercial uses. It grows in forests near the coast on moderate to fertile soils in a protected, sunny position. It is one of the species whose leaves are used for food by Koalas.