Nitrogen Fixing Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Bridgeport

* An essential oil called Cassie is distilled from the flowers. * While the point of origin is Mexico and Central America the species has a pantropical distribution incorporating Northern Australia and Southern Asia.

* A very ornamental and fast growing tree, it grows best in hot summers. * Grown for its white flowers, borne in late summer after most other flowering trees have long finished flowering.

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

* Myrica cerifera is a small tree or large shrub , and is adaptable to many habitats. Cerifera will also provide habitat for the Northern Bobwhite Quail. This is most rapid in the first season after a fire.

* Calia secundiflora is a species of flowering shrub or small tree in the pea family, Fabaceae , that is native to the southwestern United States ( Texas , New Mexico ) and Mexico ( Chihuahua and Coahuila south to Hidalgo , Puebla and Queretaro ).

* The legume provides an excellent source of high protein cattle fodder. * Leucaena leucocephala is a species of small Mimosoid tree that is native to southern Mexico and northern Central America ( Belize and Guatemala ).

Studies in mice suggest that Gleditsia sinensis ethanolic extract could be an effective therapeutic agent for the treatment of allergic asthma. * The fruit extract of Gleditsia sinensis also has inhibitory effects on isolated cancer cell cultures.

* Bristly locust is perhaps the best erosion control shrub for steep sloping sites with active erosion. Bristly locust is primarily used for surface mine spoil reclamation, industrial waste piles, roadbanks, cuts and fills, etc.

It can withstand cold, heat, and drought. It may be hard to kill! * Caragana microphylla is a polymorphic species and in some cases with transitional forms. Korshin skii may occur where these species are sympatric.

* The whole plant, known as ning tiao, is used in the treatment of cancer of the breast, and the orifice to the womb, and for dysmenorrhoea and other gynaecological problems. * Caragana arborescens , or Caragana or Siberian peashrub or Siberian peashrub...

* Palestine Strawberry Clover was developed in Australia and is very tolerant of adverse conditions. * It can be slow to establish but it will hold up to grazing, high saline soils, wet soils and can take some shade.

Conservation Plant Characteristics Amorpha canescens Pursh leadplant AMCA6 Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Subshrub, Shrub Native Status L48 (N), CAN (N) Federal T/E Status National Wetland Indicator Morphology/Physiology Active Growth Period...

* The legume provides an excellent source of high protein cattle fodder. * Leucaena leucocephala is a species of small Mimosoid tree that is native to southern Mexico and northern Central America ( Belize and Guatemala ).

* Bristly locust is perhaps the best erosion control shrub for steep sloping sites with active erosion. Bristly locust is primarily used for surface mine spoil reclamation, industrial waste piles, roadbanks, cuts and fills, etc.

Plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts. Very intolerant of winter wet, especially when grown on its own roots.

* 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.

* A blue dye is obtained from the inner bark. The bark is ground into a powder and then steeped in water in order to obtain the dye. * The "blue" refers to a substance secreted by the inner bark when exposed to air, not to the leaves, which are dark green,...

* This is an excellent plant to use for cut flowers and dried flowers. * It is very cold hardy, coming from Siberia, and will also tolerate drought and saline conditions. They keep their blue color well after drying.

The plant contains flavonoids (notably rutin) that reduce capillary fragility, which might explain the plants reputation as an eye strengthener. * The Common Rue ( Ruta graveolens ), also known as Herb-of-grace , is a species of rue grown as a herb .

* Trees have extensive root systems and are sometimes planted on the banks of streams in order to prevent erosion.

* Ruscus aculeatus is a low evergreen Eurasian shrub, with flat shoots known as cladodes that give the appearance of stiff, spine-tipped leaves. Since Butcher's broom tightens blood vessels and capillaries, it is used to treat varicose veins.

* For now, this small-coned form of P. * Pinus washoensis may be synonymous with P. Ponderosa, as detailed on that page. * Many botanists believe that this is merely a southern outlier of the typical North Plateau race of ponderosa pine.

* It is a large shrub or small tree 3-12 m tall with smooth grey bark even in old age. * It is sometimes used for afforestation on infertile soils which it enriches by means of its nitrogen-fixing nodules, while not growing large enough to compete with...

* Seedlings have up to 24 cotyledons on germination (the most of any plant)! * It has started being cultivated recently and is a very attractive ornamental tree. * The Mexican government has declared this species endangered.

* This tropical legume can be grown as an annual in the north. They have a flavour similar to mushrooms when sauteed. They will store for up to 21 days at 10°c with a relative humidity of 90%.

* A blue dye is obtained from the inner bark. The bark is ground into a powder and then steeped in water in order to obtain the dye. * The "blue" refers to a substance secreted by the inner bark when exposed to air, not to the leaves, which are dark green,...

* Cynoglossum amabile is a flowering plant native to Asia , which is also called Chinese hound's tongue , or Chinese forget-me-not . * Annual or biennial; parent is dwarfish, dark blue flowers throughout summer; does well in hot, dry sun.