Nitrogen Fixing Plant Flowering Shrub For Sale In Athens Clarke County

* Bunches of the tied stems have been used as rough brooms. The species is considered to be long lived. It makes a valuable fuel and is occasionally used in the manufacture of small articles for domestic and industrial use.

Readily eaten by grazing animals. * A deep rooted legume found on a variety of soils in prairies & open woods. An open or shrubby growth form with round shaped flower heads attached to stems near the ends.

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

* It is found throughout eastern Canada, northern Mexico, and most of the continental United States. Fruticosa grows as a glandular, thornless shrub which can reach 5 or 6 meters in height and spread to twice that in width.

The plant is native to Siberia and parts of China and neighboring Mongolia and Kazakhstan . It is a shrub growing to heights of 12 feet or more and is a perennial . * Extremely hardy--a plant lifted from a pot in December spent the winter in zone 5 with...

* Elaeagnus umbellata , also referred to as Japanese Silverberry , Umbellate Oleaster or Autumn-olive , is a species of Elaeagnus native to eastern Asia from the Himalayas east to Japan .

* Beautiful 2" golden yellow pealike flowers in pendulous clusters to 8", in May; pod, to 7", has four wings; evergreen or semideciduous compound leaves; native to both Chile and New Zealand.

* A very tolerant and easily grown plant, it succeeds in almost any soil or situation so long as it is not water-logged. * Laburnum alpinum (Scottish Laburnum) is a leguminous flowering tree.

* The Psoralea glandulosa, also called wallwa, culen or St. Augustine grass is a perennial plant belonging to the family of Fabaceae . This species contains essential oils , tannins , gums and resins .

* Beautiful 2" golden yellow pealike flowers in pendulous clusters to 8", in May; pod, to 7", has four wings; evergreen or semideciduous compound leaves; native to both Chile and New Zealand.

* Comptonia is a monotypic genus (containing only Comptonia peregrina ) in the family Myricaceae , order Fagales . 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; they...

For hedge use, plant 2 feet apart. Grows fast up to 6' tall. Drought resistant, attracts butterflies. A cascading waterfall of white, as it blooms in June with masses of flowers so thick you can barely see the leaves.

Thick growing and winter hardy. * A low growing, persistent, perennial, cool season legume. Thrives in moist soil conditions, Prefers medium fertility soils with a pH between 6.0 - 6.5. Plants produce uncertain numbers of 4 leafed clovers considered lucky.

In September, branches are smothered with baskets of bright red berries loved by songbirds. Cardinal Autumn Olive makes a wonderful hedge and wildlife shelter. It's a natural feeding station and nesting place for many desirable songbirds.

Flowers appear in May-June (somewhat late for trees) and give way to grayish-brown drupes which persist into late autumn. Features small pendulous clusters of bell-shaped, mildly fragrant, pale pink, long-stalked flowers (3/4" long) with showy yellow...

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 that also acts as an insect repellent.

* Mexican-buckeye, an 8-12 ft., deciduous tree, can reach 30 ft. This distinct plant, alone in its genus, commemorates Baron Ferdinand von Ungnad, Austrian ambassador at Constantinople, who introduced the Horsechestnut into western Europe in 1576.

It is currently widespread in temperate countries. This species is beginning to spread as an ornamental plant in France, for its flowering and its robustness (it withstands temperatures from -25 ° C).

Blooms mid-late season. We are pleased to offer you a very unusual find in rhododendrons. When just beginning to show color the flowerbuds on Polar Night Rhododendron are so dark they appear black and then maintain a rich deep dark purple bloom.

It is native to open forests, thickets and disturbed areas in Japan. Plants in this genus are notably resistant to honey fungus. The fruit for most shrubs in the genus Staphlea is an inflated baggy seed capsule (usually more inflated than the flattened...

* Habit and Form an deciduous shrub dense, rounded habit ascending branches, erect 6' to 10' tall 4' to 10' wide medium texture moderate growth rate * White or rosy-lilac flowers in 3-7" clusters, often several to each branch tip, in May; flower fragrance,...

The ends of branches narrow to spines. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in the greenhouse for at least their first winter.

The compound leaves of this plant appear leaden due to their dense hairiness. * It has very small purple flowers which are grouped in racemes . This plant can be found growing in well drained soils of prairies, bluffs, and open woodlands.

Australis is the most commonly cultivated species in its genus, and is also cultivated beyond its native continent in other areas such as Great Britain, where it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

A bitter tasting pungent herb with an antiseptic effect, it is chiefly used to treat boils, carbuncles, mumps and infected neck glands. * Forsythia suspensa (pinyin : lianqiao ) is a flowering plant native to Asia.

However a "wattle seed-eating insect' which enjoys liquid meals using its proboscis-like injector to pierce the testa and suck out the embryo often reduces the seeds viability. Mearnsii produces copious numbers of small seeds that are not dispersed actively.

It is named after William Kerr , who introduced the cultivar 'Pleniflora'. * 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...