Nitrogen Fixing Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Illinois

* Resinous pustules on the plant contain 'amorpha', a contact and stomachic insecticide that also acts as an insect repellent. * The roots can grow deeper than 4 feet (1.2m). The compound leaves of this plant appear leaden due to their dense hairiness.

Japonicum contains the isoflavone glycoside sophoricoside. * Used to make the strong, springy curved "enju wood" handle used on the traditional Japanese woodworking adze, called the chouna.

It is commonly grown throughout the northern hemisphere as a landscaping plant and ornamental . Typically, it has a moderate to fast growth rate, being able to grow one to three feet during the first year after trimming.

* The roots can grow deeper than 4 feet (1.2m). * It has very small purple flowers which are grouped in racemes . The compound leaves of this plant appear leaden due to their dense hairiness.

* It is also extremely vigorous when young, often growing over a metre per year. * Makes a good screen or hedge in warm temperate areas. This is one of the best woody species for binding moving sand.

* The fruit is a source of food for a lot of bird species, including the Northern Bobwhite Quail and the Wild Turkey . Cerifera will also provide habitat for the Northern Bobwhite Quail.

Order: Fabales Bromhead family: Fabaceae Lindl. * class: Equisetopsida C. Agardh subclass: Magnoliidae Novak ex Takht. It's habitat is being destroyed and it is currently listed as a threatened species.

Among the Navajo, the plant is used to make blankets. Varieties of the species include the Nevada agave and Kaibab agave. * Agave utahensis is a rosette-shaped agave having blue-green sharp-spiked leaves.

* Appealing silvery-green leaves; small but fragrant flowers; likes sun; a tough plant, doesn't mind drought, or poor soil, very salt-tolerant; native over a wide swathe of southern Europe east to the Himalayas.

* It grows well in warm temperate and subtropical areas, and tolerates hot and humid coastal areas. * The pulp in the seedpods of carob is very nutritious and, due to its high sugar content, sweet-tasting and mildly laxative.

Grows 22'' tall. Red petals with orange-yellow stripes and other blends make this hybrid daylily stand out in any garden. Mid-late season bloomer. A stunning blend of orange, yellow, red and tan.

* A hardy perennial with gray or blue-gray rather frilly leaves, extremely fragrant (although many dislike the pungent scent); woody base; causes dermatitis in some people, for dry sunny places; also used medicinally and as a condiment; inconspicuous...

It is native to southern Europe ( Sicily ), southwestern Asia ( Lebanon , Syria , Turkey ) and eastern Asia ( China ), with two well-separated populations. Fortunei, but is shorter, broader, and more densely branched; small whitish flowers; native to...

* Wood - dark, durable, closely grained, nicely marked, not as heavy as that of other members of this genus. In suitable climates, the plant is much used in windbreaks, shelterbelts and for land reclamation.

* A broad, flat-topped shrub native to northeast U.S.; has fragrant foliage, long, narrow, frondlike leaves; a nitrogen-fixer, so good for poor soils; takes sun or part shade. It is still used for most of the same purposes in modern herbalism.

* With needles 4-6", stiffer and darker green than the typical species. Cones from the battlefield were taken home to Australia, and plants sourced from the seeds were planted as living memorials.

It is most common in chaparral habitat in central Arizona , through the transition zone of the Mogollon Rim – White Mountains , but also southeast Arizona in the Madrean Sky Island mountain ranges of sky islands .

* Gossypium hirsutum , known as Upland Cotton or Mexican Cotton , is the most widely planted species of cotton in the United States, constituting some 95% of all cotton production.

The plant produces pods containing yellow seeds with papery wings. It is drought-tolerant and grows well in warm climates. The flowers attract bees , butterflies , and hummingbirds .

* A very tolerant and easily grown plant, it succeeds in almost any soil or situation so long as it is not water-logged. * Gorgeous yellow flowers in 15" pendulous clusters in May, beautifully displayed against deep green leaves; few trees are more lovely...

Stephensonii and Cupressus arizonica var. It was previously listed as Cupressus arizonica subsp. * It is an IUCN Red List Critically endangered species, and a California Native Plant Society Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants listed Seriously endangered...

* The leaves are alternate, 50–100 mm long, with a 15–20 mm petiole ; they are of two types, with palmately five-lobed juvenile leaves on creeping and climbing stems, and unlobed cordate adult leaves on fertile flowering stems exposed to full sun,...

* The Sweet Pea has long been a favorite of gardeners because of the wonderful fragrance of the large clusters of colorful blue,pink,purple,red or white flowers. * This easily cultivated, Annual plant grows and blooms best in cooler climates, but if kept...

It also seeds prolifically, with each plant able to produce over one million seeds during its lifetime. * A widespread urban myth is that pampas grass is used by swingers to advertise their presence to other swingers in the area.

The water in which the leaves are cooked is used in making corn pudding . * The leaves are cooked and used as greens. * The seed is used in pinole or ground into a meal and used as a thickener in making bread or mixed with flour in making bread.

* Gleditsia aquatica, commonly called water locust, after its habitat of river swamps and slough margins. * A spiny tree with small greenish flowers in 4" racemes; leaves pinnate or bipinnate; name suggests it is a good choice for wet areas; native to...

* The fruit is a source of food for a lot of bird species, including the Northern Bobwhite Quail and the Wild Turkey . Cerifera will also provide habitat for the Northern Bobwhite Quail.