Nitrogen Fixing Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Cambridge

Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be used by other plants growing nearby. * This tree is remarkable for the number and length of the spines growing on its trunk, which makes it the most formidably armed of temperate...

* 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...

* Native to southern Italy (including Sardinia ) and Corsica. * An excellent windbreak for maritime areas, it grows quite quickly and establishes well even in very windy sites. * This is an excellent pioneer species for re-establishing woodlands on disused...

* 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.

The flowers are a very good source, when used as a body soap they leave behind a pleasant perfume on the skin. It grows up to 4 meters tall but generally remains under three, and forms colonies of individuals which tangle together to form nearly impenetrable...

* 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.

Australis is the most commonly cultivated species in its genus, and is also cultivated beyond its native continent in other areas such as Great Britain, where it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

* The young pods are edible and occasionally eaten along with Javanese vegetables salad with spicy peanut sauce and spicy fish wrapped in papaya or taro leaves in Indonesia, papaya salad in Laos and in Thailand.

* Lupinus perennis ( Indian beet , Old maid's bonnets , Blue Lupine, and Sundial lupine ) is a medicinal plant in the Fabaceae family. Plants are hardy to about -25°c. * Perennial wildflower, palm shaped leaves, blooms 2nd and 3rd year and successive...

* This is a fast growing evergreen flowering tree. * A yellow dye is obtained from the flowers. * The extensiveroot system of this plant helps to prevent soil erosion. * Has various edible uses, such as cooking the flowers and obtaining a gum from the...

It should not be used for residential plantings, or anywhere that formal landscaping is desired. It has the ability to fix nitrogen in the soil, and with light shade it does not inhibit growth of annual and perennial herbs.

Australis is the most commonly cultivated species in its genus, and is also cultivated beyond its native continent in other areas such as Great Britain, where it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

* Cercocarpus montanus is a species of shrub or small tree in the family Rosaceae known by may common names (see below) including mountain mahogany and alder-leaf cercocarpus. A red to brown dye can be obtained from the root bark.

The thorns of Gleditsia sinensis LAM. * It is one of the alleged "50 fundamental herbs" used in traditional Chinese medicine. (Leguminosae) have been used in traditional medicine for the treatment of inflammatory diseases including swelling, suppuration,...

* The seedpods are filled with a saccharine pulp and can be eaten both green or dried. * As a xerophytic (drought-resistant) species, carob is well adapted to the ecological conditions of the Mediterranean region.

Dragon's blood has a number of traditional medical uses, although dragon's blood obtained from Dracaena draco was not known until the 15th century. Each branch grows for about 10–15 years and re-branches, so a mature plant has an umbrella-like habit.

* The plant can tolerate maritime exposure. The species is often smaller, stunted and twisted in coastal exposures. Muricata has been used in plantations with resultant growth rates higher than in the wild .

* Ruscus aculeatus is a low evergreen Eurasian shrub, with flat shoots known as cladodes that give the appearance of stiff, spine-tipped leaves. Ruscus aculeatus occurs in woodlands and hedgerows, where it is tolerant of deep shade, and also on coastal...

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...

* Beautiful 2" golden yellow pealike flowers in pendulous clusters to 8", in May; pod, to 7", has four wings; evergreen or semideciduous compound leaves; native to both Chile and New Zealand.

The wax can be used to make aromatic candles. * Juniperus osteosperma ( Utah Juniper ; syn. Utahensis ) is a shrub or small tree reaching 3-6 m (rarely to 9 m) tall. It is native to the southwestern United States , in Utah , Nevada , Arizona , western...

* A shrub; red flowers in racemes. * The leaves and flowers are boiled and eaten.

The California varieties Styrax officinalis subsp. Some believe it to have been the stacte used together with frankincense , galbanum , and onycha to make Ketoret , the Tabernacle incense of the Old Testament.

* This species grows up to 50 feet, and has yellow flowers. Mediterranean and Asia Minor. * Sun- and drought-tolerant.

* Cupressus lusitanica , ( Cedro Blanco ; Teotlate , distinctive names used in Mexico); Cedro Blanco means White Cedar and is also known as Mexican White Cedar , is a species of cypress native to Mexico and Central America ( Guatemala , El Salvador and...

* Canavalia pubescens, commonly known as ʻawikiwiki or Lavafield Jack-bean, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. It is threatened by habitat destruction, mainly due to introduced grazing mammals.

It is a very hard to secure item. * Pinus longaeva , the Great Basin Bristlecone Pine , is a long-living species of tree found in the higher mountains of the southwest United States .