Nitrogen Fixing Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Seattle

This plant can be found growing in well drained soils of prairies, bluffs, and open woodlands. * 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...

The leaves are harvested before and during flowering, the pods are harvested when fully ripe in the autumn. They are best used with Foeniculum vulgare seeds in order to counteract a tendency to cause gripe.

It is native to eastern North America , from southern Quebec south to the extreme north of Georgia , and west to Minnesota . The leaves of the plant are linear to lanceolate, 3-15 cm long and 0.3-3 cm broad, with a modified dentate, pinnately lobed margin;...

* A tree of rounded habit with evergreen compound leaves; small red flowers in racemes in spring. * Carobs are also known as St. John's bread because, according to tradition of some Christians, St. John the Baptist subsisted on them in the wilderness.

* 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 trees. * This species has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria, these bacteria form nodules on...

* A deliciously scented essential oil, it has a fragrance of violets. * 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...

The flower is purple to yellowish or whitish in color and has a sickle -shaped keel. The fruit is a silky-hairy legume pod up to 5 centimeters long containing several seeds. It is a hairy, erect perennial herb often exceeding a meter in height.

It is bound to be a subject of conversation in your garden. Super hardy Edelweiss will survive the coldest winter temperatures and the worst summer droughts. Grows 6-12'' tall and 6-9'' wide.

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

* 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.

This soap is very good at removing dirt, though it does not remove oils very well. It grows up to 4 meters tall but generally remains under three, and forms colonies of individuals which tangle together to form nearly impenetrable thickets.

Requires an acid to neutral soil. Plants are hardy to about -25°c. * Perennial wildflower, palm shaped leaves, blooms 2nd and 3rd year and successive seasons from expanding clumps.

It is found throughout much of Europe but seldom as far north as Scotland . * Ononis spinosa is a plant belonging to the family Fabaceae , that is commonly known as spiny restharrow or just restharrow .

It grows naturally in wetlands, near flowing bodies of water, sand dunes , fields, hillsides, pine barrens , and in both needleleaf and mixed-broadleaf forests. * The fruit is a source of food for a lot of bird species, including the Northern Bobwhite...

It is the natural symbol of the island of Tenerife, together with the Blue Chaffinch. * When the bark or leaves are cut they secrete a reddish resin, one of several sources of substances known as dragon's blood.

* The wood is compact, dense, heavy, of great strength, tough, elastic, extremely durable. Used for bearings, turnery, cabinet work, ornamental uses etc. * Beautiful 2" golden yellow pealike flowers in pendulous clusters to 8", in May; pod, to 7", has...

* Bunches of the tied stems have been used as rough brooms. A red to brown dye can be obtained from the root bark. It is found in Nebraska, western Oklahoma, southwestern South Dakota, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, and Texas.

* The plant is under investigation as a potential stimulant of the immune system. * 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...

It grows naturally in wetlands, near flowing bodies of water, sand dunes , fields, hillsides, pine barrens , and in both needleleaf and mixed-broadleaf forests. * The fruit is a source of food for a lot of bird species, including the Northern Bobwhite...

* 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 southeast U.S. * Having an extensive root system, it is planted for stabilizing wet banks and marshes.

It is the national tree of Costa Rica. * The crown is broad and widely spreading. Guanacaste seedlings then grow rapidly, often reaching over one meter in height in their first year of life.

Common names include Texas Mountain Laurel , Texas Mescalbean , Frijolito , and Frijolillo . * An evergreen shrub with compound leaves, 1" violet-blue fragrant flowers in 2-3" pendulous clusters; pods 1-7"; seeds are bright red, sometimes used for necklaces,...

Muricata has been used in plantations with resultant growth rates higher than in the wild . The species is often smaller, stunted and twisted in coastal exposures. * The mature trees grow to a height of 15-25 m, rarely up to 34 m, with a trunk diameter...

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. The foliage grows in dense sprays, varying from dull gray-green to bright...

* Rough gray bark, bright green leaves; native to Monterey County, California * Cupressus goveniana is a species of cypress endemic to coastal California in the United States , where it is found in small, scattered populations, not in large forests.

* Cultivated in China for the rutin contained in its leaves and ovaries. Japonicum contains the isoflavone glycoside sophoricoside. * This species is commonly used in Chinese medicine and is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental herbs.

* The plant is under investigation as a potential stimulant of the immune system. * 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...