Nitrogen Fixing Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In San Antonio

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...

Order: Fabales Bromhead family: Fabaceae Lindl. Species: !Amorpha georgiana Wilbur Agardh subclass: Magnoliidae Novak ex Takht. It's habitat is being destroyed and it is currently listed as a threatened species.

A poultice of the root has been used in treating sores. The seeds have been soaked in water until they are mucilaginous and then swallowed as a treatment for sore throats. Both are dried for later use.

* 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. * The wood is heavy, hard and brittle.

* 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...

* Lupinus perennis ( Indian beet , Old maid's bonnets , Blue Lupine, and Sundial lupine ) is a medicinal plant in the Fabaceae family. This species has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria, these bacteria form nodules on the roots and fix...

* The yellow flowers appear in early spring and late winter. This is one of the best woody species for binding moving sand. * Makes a good screen or hedge in warm temperate areas. * It is also extremely vigorous when young, often growing over a metre...

* Native to semiconsolidated sand dunes; 900-2400 m. Gansu, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, W Shanxi, Xinjiang [Mongolia]. It is good fodder for animals, improves the soil, allows natural vegetation to become established, and prevents soil erosion by wind...

Three consecutive years of shoot destruction may kill all plants affected. However, this plant will not survive shoot destruction indefinitely. Cerifera will also provide habitat for the Northern Bobwhite Quail.

The thorns of Gleditsia sinensis are used as a medicinal herb in China and Korea and may have antitumor properties. * The fruit extract of Gleditsia sinensis also has inhibitory effects on isolated cancer cell cultures.

It should not be used for residential plantings, or anywhere that formal landscaping is desired. In comparison with most other shrubs it will excel in seedling vigor. It provides quick, woody, vegetative cover on droughty, critical areas needing stabilizing...

* Habitat and Range: sandy, gravelly, or rocky slopes, often growing in areas underlain by limestone bedrock. The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout southern and eastern Ontario; in northern...

* 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. * An essential oil obtained from the flowers is used in perfumery.

The Purple D'Oro daylily is a wonderfully colored reblooming daylily. You'll be thrilled with the first flush of 3'' purple blooms from June to October. Growing only 20'' tall, you will be able to find several places for it in your garden.

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

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

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

* A highly perfumed balsamic gum is obtained from the branches and stems. The same species is considered to occur native to California (a Mediterranean-American disjunct distribution.

Pre-soaking the seed for 12 hours in warm water will speed up the germination process, particularly in dry weather. * Seed propagation - sow spring to mid-summer in situ. * Prior to World War II before the common use of commercial agricultural fertilizers,...

* Habitat and Range: sandy, gravelly, or rocky slopes, often growing in areas underlain by limestone bedrock. The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout southern and eastern Ontario; in northern...

* The flowers can be eaten raw. The flower buds are pickled and used as a condiment. These are heart-shaped with a blunt apex, which occasionally has a shallow notch at the tip. * The deep pink flowers are produced on year-old or older growth, including...

* The flowers can be eaten raw. The flower buds are pickled and used as a condiment. These are heart-shaped with a blunt apex, which occasionally has a shallow notch at the tip. * The deep pink flowers are produced on year-old or older growth, including...

* Open forests, slopes, meadows, stream sides. * The Asian and European populations are widely disjunct, separated by over 5000 km. Branchlets glabrous; buds ovoid, slightly pubescent.

The cones remain closed for many years, only opening after the parent tree is killed in a wildfire , thereby allowing the seeds to colonize the bare ground exposed by the fire. * Trees are very drought tolerant and are planted on slopes in its native...

* A much-branched evergreen shrub; dull-green or sage-green leaves; small green flowers, male and female on separate plants; produces edible nuts, the oil from which was once used as a substitute for sperm oil; needs full sun, dry soil; native to the...

Yellow Trumpetbush is a ruderal species , readily colonizing disturbed, rocky, sandy , and cleared land and occasionally becoming an invasive weed The leaves and roots of the plant contain bioactive compounds, especially monoterpenes , which may have...

Pre-soaking the seed for 12 hours in warm water will speed up the germination process, particularly in dry weather. * Seed propagation - sow spring to mid-summer in situ. * Prior to World War II before the common use of commercial agricultural fertilizers,...