Nitrogen Fixing Plant Flowering Shrub For Sale In Alaska

* 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, but are said to be poisonous; native to Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico.

It makes a valuable fuel and is occasionally used in the manufacture of small articles for domestic and industrial use. * Cercocarpus montanus is a species of shrub or small tree in the family Rosaceae known by may common names (see below) including mountain...

Noxious weed in California. * 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.

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

This plant can be found growing in well drained soils of prairies, bluffs, and open woodlands. The compound leaves of this plant appear leaden due to their dense hairiness. * Resinous pustules on the plant contain 'amorpha', a contact and stomachic insecticide...

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

These are heart-shaped with a blunt apex, which occasionally has a shallow notch at the tip. * The leaves appear shortly after the first flowers emerge. They have a sweetish-acid taste, and are a nice addition to the salad bowl.

Juicy and pleasantly acid, they are tasty raw and can also be made into jams, preserves etc. Because airborne nitrogen can be fixed in its roots, it has the capability to grow in infertile habitats.

* The plant contains several biologically active compounds. Leaves & stems are covered with silver hair. An extract of the plant is of disputed utility in chronic kidney disease. Experimentally, it has demonstrated antitumor activity against Walker-256...

Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be used by other plants growing nearby. * Lupinus perennis ( Indian beet , Old maid's bonnets , Blue Lupine, and Sundial lupine ) is a medicinal plant in the Fabaceae family.

Stems branch from the base and bear clusters of about four leaflets on sharp spurs. In this manner the plant forms extensive thickets. Very intolerant of winter wet, especially when grown on its own roots.

The fruit is a globose dark blue drupe 6–15 mm (0.24–0.59 in) diameter, containing a single seed. The small, creamy-white flowers are extremely fragrant and are followed by blue-black fruit which resembles small cherries.

* Dark purple or purplish blue flowers in spikes; fast, coarse growth, good for dry, poor soil. Fruticosa grows as a glandular, thornless shrub which can reach 5 or 6 meters in height and spread to twice that in width.

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

* It is a perennial plant that develops in a cultivated or wild in the mountains of Peru . It is native to Mauritius , the United States and the west coast of South America in Chile and Peru .

* It has been in cultivation in China for at least a thousand years, and was introduced to English gardens in the mid 18th century. The white flowers bloom in spring and summer and are highly fragrant.

* White or rosy-lilac flowers in 3-7" clusters, often several to each branch tip, in May; flower fragrance, not intense, resembles privet; very hardy; forms a dense, arching shrub with substantial branches; does well in the U.S. Midwest; native to China.

* Fragrant lilac flowers in clusters as long as 1'; leaves to 6"; native to Manchuria and Korea. * Flora of China states: Shrubs to 6 m. Young branchlets green, becoming gray, glabrous or pubescent.

It is widespread particularly in coastal scrub and colonizing land recovering after a fire or reverting to a natural state after being used for agriculture. * A refreshing tea can be made from the young shoot tips.

Leucocephala is used for a variety of purposes, such as firewood , fiber and livestock fodder . It has also been described as a "conflict tree" in that it is both promoted for forage production and spreads like a weed in some places.

An upright, rounded shrub which typically grows 4-8' tall (less frequently to 15' tall) and as wide. Extremely winter hardy (grows in the wild as far north as Quebec) and is one of the parents of the Northern Lights hybrids developed by the University...

Camellias are evergreen shrubs which provide year round structure in your landscape, and color when everything else has stopped blooming. Pink Stella makes an excellent hedge, accent or privacy screen.

The scientific genus name is also used as a common name Kerria . * A decoction of the flowering shoots is used in the treatment of coughs and women's complaints. * Bright green stems in winter, bright yellow 1 1/2" flowers in spring, bright green leaves...

This plant will ship dormant in winter and is not guaranteed to be in bloom on arrival. Use a slow-release granular fertilizer in spring. When planting this Loropetalum, dig the hole twice as wide as the pot and mix rich garden soil in with your native...

It usually germinates in 1 - 3 months at 23°c. * Stored seed should be pre-soaked for 24 hours in warm water and the hard covering around the micropyle should be filed down to leave a thin covering.

The scientific genus name is also used as a common name Kerria . * A decoction of the flowering shoots is used in the treatment of coughs and women's complaints. * Bright green stems in winter, bright yellow 1 1/2" flowers in spring, bright green leaves...

It has glossy evergreen leaves, which are tightly arranged in whorls at the ends of the branches. Variegated Pittosporum, Live Plants and Shrubs: Water it twice a week until it's well established.