Nitrogen Fixing Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Odessa

* They are occationally grown as ornamentals for their yellow flowers and interesting rattling seed pods. * Crotalarias are grown in the tropics as green manure cover crops due to their nitrogen fixing capabilities and drought tolerance.

* The wood of the shrub extremely hard and reddish, from which the common name comes. * The etymology of the species name derives from the Greek “kerkos”, from which the genus name root cerco derives, meaning "tail", referring to the tail-like appearance...

An infusion has been used in the treatment of fevers and heart problems. The seedpods can also be used and are milder but slower in their action. The seeds have been soaked in water until they are mucilaginous and then swallowed as a treatment for sore...

* Extremely hardy--a plant lifted from a pot in December spent the winter in zone 5 with its bare rootball frozen to the turf--still bloomed well in the spring; bright yellow flowers in spring; small bright green compound leaves.

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...

Used as a reclamation species on very poor soils. Seeds are eaten by many birds. * A deep rooted legume found on a variety of soils in prairies & open woods. Leaves & stems are covered with silver hair.

It is good fodder for animals, improves the soil, allows natural vegetation to become established, and prevents soil erosion by wind and rain. Gansu, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, W Shanxi, Xinjiang [Mongolia].

Its value for wildlife food is minimal, but is a very attractive shrub when in bloom. Bristly locust is primarily used for surface mine spoil reclamation, industrial waste piles, roadbanks, cuts and fills, etc.

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

It may be hard to kill! * Caragana microphylla is a polymorphic species and in some cases with transitional forms. My guess is that you shouldn't plant it unless you want to have it for a long time.

* It is considered to be a desirable plant in the garden due to its deep blue to violet spring flowers, the attractive light green compound leaves, and also for the somewhat unusual oblong fruits that emerge in the late summer.

It is still used for most of the same purposes in modern herbalism. * t is a deciduous shrub, growing to 1.5 m tall. * It tends to grow on dry sandy sites, and is associated with pine stands.

Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be used by other plants growing nearby. A very ornamental plant, it prefers a continental climate with hot summers and cold winters.

* The roots can grow deeper than 4 feet (1.2m). * Resinous pustules on the plant contain 'amorpha', a contact and stomachic insecticide that also acts as an insect repellent. * It has very small purple flowers which are grouped in racemes .

* Makes a good screen or hedge in warm temperate areas. * It is also extremely vigorous when young, often growing over a metre per year. * It is used for reclaiming eroded hillsides and wastelands and for stabilizing drift sands as well as for fuel.

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

* A deliciously scented essential oil, it has a fragrance of violets. * While the point of origin is Mexico and Central America the species has a pantropical distribution incorporating Northern Australia and Southern Asia.

* It is grown as an ornamental tree, often planted in temple grounds in Japan. * An attractive, variable plant, often with a vertical central leader, horizontal side branches, and drooping branchlets; a loose, open habit; sharp, needlelike bright green...

The flowers are a very good source, when used as a body soap they leave behind a pleasant perfume on the skin. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Colorado , where it grows in several habitat types including coniferous...

* The Lebanon Cedar is widely planted as an ornamental tree in parks and large gardens, often being planted in landscape avenues, and as focal point trees in large landscapes. * As a result of long exploitation, few old trees remain in Lebanon, but there...

The tree was 18 m in height with a d.b.h. of 5 m in 2013. * The fruit is a small, dark-purple berry-like drupe, 1 cm wide, hanging in short clusters, and are extremely popular with birds and other wildlife.

* A blue dye is obtained from the inner bark. * Fraxinus quadrangulata ( Blue Ash ) is a species of Fraxinus native primarily to the Midwestern United States , as well as the Bluegrass region of Kentucky and the Nashville Basin region of Tennessee.

* A delicious tea is made by steeping the green or dried twigs inboiling water until they turn an amber or pink colour. * The stems of most members of this genus contain the alkaloid ephedrine and are valuable in the treatment of asthma and many other...

It is native to northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States from far eastern California to southwest Colorado , Rio Grande New Mexico , to west Texas , where it grows in woodland, chaparral , forest, and other habitat.

* A delicious tea is made by steeping the green or dried twigs inboiling water until they turn an amber or pink colour. * The stems of most members of this genus contain the alkaloid ephedrine and are valuable in the treatment of asthma and many other...

* 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 tree was 18 m in height with a d.b.h. of 5 m in 2013. * The fruit is a small, dark-purple berry-like drupe, 1 cm wide, hanging in short clusters, and are extremely popular with birds and other wildlife.