Honey Bee Food Plant For Moist Soil For Sale In Alaska

Plant them in spring or fall in rich, moist but well drained soil in full sun. * Blooms in late summer, with dark blue-violet, hooded flowers borne in tall spikes. Seed and tubers are poisonous.

* Succisa pratensis Moench, also known as Devil's-bit Scabious, is a flowering plant of the genus Succisa in the family Dipsacaceae . * An herbaceous perennial, forming a basal rosette to 1', from which arise 3' flowering stems with purplish blue (rarely...

* Cornus alba (red-barked or Siberian dogwood) is a species of flowering plant in the family Cornaceae, native to Siberia, northern China and Korea. * For the brightest winter bark, young shoots are encouraged by cutting to the ground some older stems...

* Sourwood or sorrel tree (Oxydendrum arboreum, /??ks??d?ndr?m ?r?b??ri?m/) is the sole species in the genus Oxydendrum, in the family Ericaceae. * A lovely native American with shiny dark green leaves, red, yellow, and purple in fall; an ericaceous plant...

* Sakaki ( Cleyera japonica ) is a flowering evergreen tree or shrub native to warm areas of Japan , Korea and mainland China . It can reach a height of 10 m. * The small, scented, cream-white flowers open in early summer, and are followed later by berries...

* A small delicate shrub with 1" white bell-shaped flowers in small clusters from the leaf axils, in early or mid summer; bright green flowers; grayish fruit in fall; prefers moist, acid soil; a good garden shrub in the right conditions; native to the...

At least forty species of birds are known to feed on the fruit of the Roughleaf Dogwood. * The roughleaf dogwood is used as a buffer strip around parking lots, in the median of highways and near the decks and patios of homes.

* In the northern part of its range, the leaves turn rust-red in fall, dropping in spring just as the new leaves unfurl. * This deciduous tree stays under 30 ft., and, though it looks shrubby for several years, eventually makes a slender tree with smooth,...

These factors combine to make the trees eminently suitable for a mixed woodland planting with shrubs and other trees beneath them. During this time they cast a heavy shade. * Nutmeg Hickory ( Carya myristiciformis ) of the Juglandaceae or Walnut family,...

* Common Hogweed ( Heracleum sphondylium ) is an herbaceous biennial plant of the family Apiaceae , which grows in the prairies of Eurasia. The plant is little used in modern herbalism but has been employed in the treatment of laryngitis and bronchitis.

* Ilex mucronata is a deciduous shrub growing to 3 m (rarely 4 m) tall. The leaves are 1.5-7 cm long and 1-3 cm broad, with an entire or finely serrated margin and an acute apex, and a 0.5–2 cm petiole.

Like many other plants in this family, they are demulcent and emollient and are used in the treatment of dysentery, lung ailments and urinary ailments. * White, pink, or rose flowers to 6", usually with a crimson base; a swamp plant; very salt tolerant;...

* The Great Blue Lobelia ( Lobelia siphilitica ) is a species within the Campanulaceae family. It produces a spike of zygomorphic flowers in the late summer. Growing up to a meter tall, it lives in zones 4 to 9 in moist to wet soils.

* Alnus acuminata (also called Alder is a species of tree in the Betulaceae family. It is found in Argentina , Bolivia , Colombia , Costa Rica , Ecuador , Guatemala , Mexico , Panama , Peru and Venezuela .

The fruit is up to 11mm in diameter and is borne in small clusters. They are especially indicated in the treatment of weak heart combined with high blood pressure. It is also used in making pies, preserves etc and can be dried for later use.

They are useful in the treatment of chest complaints. * The flowers are demulcent, diuretic and emollient. * It was imported into Europe from southwestern China during, or possibly before, the 15th century.

* A shrub; shiny dark green leaves to 3" long; Native to Europe. * It is a large shrub or small tree 3-12 m tall with smooth grey bark even in old age. The leaves are shiny green, ovoid, 3-8 cm long and 2-6 cm broad.

Seeds should be planted in the fall or moist-stratified and planted in the spring. The sedge lives in wet and seasonally wet habitat, and grows easily as a roadside weed. * This native sedge, which grows on moist open ground in swamps, wet prairies or...

Some named forms have been developed for their ornamental value. * Propagation Seed - best if given 1 months cold stratification. Tolerates poor soils. A poultice of the bruised leaves has been used to treat infected breasts.

It includes all the purple flowering North American species of the genus Eupatorium as traditionally defined. They are native to Eastern North America and have non-dissected foliage and pigmented flowers.

* An oval shrub with pleasing dark green leaves and very fragrant white flowers in upright terminal racemes in late summer; does well in heavy shade; yellow or golden brown fall color; may expand by suckering to form colonies; likes moist soil.

* Cornus glabrata is a species of dogwood native to California and Oregon and known by the common names brown dogwood , smooth dogwood , and western cornel . This shrub is most often found near water, usually directly on the bank of a water source.

Grasslike leaves (6-11 blades per culm) are broad (to 3/4" wide), linear and yellow green to dark green with rough edges. The terminal inflorescense contains many spikelets that are crowded into dense, nearly spherical heads on rays that angle out in...

* The original Cook strain of Balsam Fir was selected due to the blue tinge of the needles. * The seeds from these improved selections will be more true to type due to continued selection for blue color and appropriate growth habit for use as Christmas...

* It is a deciduous tree growing to 20 m tall, rarely 30 m, and 40–80 cm stem diameter, with light gray bark . Oily and sweet tasting with a rich agreeable flavour. * The seed is eaten raw or ground into a powder and used with cereal flours in making...

Like many other plants in this family, they are demulcent and emollient and are used in the treatment of dysentery, lung ailments and urinary ailments. * White, pink, or rose flowers to 6", usually with a crimson base; a swamp plant; very salt tolerant;...

* The species is being tested as a potential source of genes for resistance to emerald ash borer. * It is also highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even grow well in inner city environments.