Nitrogen Fixing Plant Flowering Shrub For Sale In Cedar Rapids

An open or shrubby growth form with round shaped flower heads attached to stems near the ends. Experimentally, it has demonstrated antitumor activity against Walker-256 carcinosarcoma and is also reportedly effective in lowering blood cholesterol levels.

* The leaves appear shortly after the first flowers emerge. They have a sweetish-acid taste, and are a nice addition to the salad bowl. * The deep pink flowers are produced on year-old or older growth, including the trunk in late spring ( cauliflory ).

Typically, it has a moderate to fast growth rate, being able to grow one to three feet during the first year after trimming. It is a shrub growing to heights of 12 feet or more and is a perennial .

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

* Because the plant fixes atmospheric nitrogen, it makes a hedge that enriches the soil rather than depriving it of nutrients. It is fairly fast-growing and very tolerant of pruning, but is rather open in habit and does not form a dense screen.

It sends roots down really fast to lock itself onto shifting sands and in search of moisture. * Small, gray-green compound leaves, light yellow flowers in May and June; native to Siberia and northern China; Hortus says this species only gets 3' tall and...

* 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. * Plants have an extensive root system, they tolerate poor dry soils and are also wind resistant,...

Polar Night blooms mid-late season and is a compact 3' tall by 6' wide. We are pleased to offer you a very unusual find in rhododendrons. Blooms mid-late season. When just beginning to show color the flowerbuds on Polar Night Rhododendron are so dark...

* It tends to grow on dry sandy sites, and is associated with pine stands. It is still used for most of the same purposes in modern herbalism. It is native to eastern North America , from southern Quebec south to the extreme north of Georgia , and west...

We have put together a collection containing 2 Tree Form Persian Lilacs and 3 Persian Lilac shrubs. Make your garden come alive with fragrance in spring by planting our Fragrant Persian Lilac Garden.

* This species has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria, these bacteria form nodules on the roots and fix atmospheric nitrogen. * Tolerant of dry alkaline soils. Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be...

Grows well in a poor sandy soil. Blooms early to mid season. * An easily grown plant, succeeding in any moderately good soil in a sunny position. This species is very susceptible to slug damage.

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. This means that when used on the skin it will not remove the natural body oils, but nor will...

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

Anthers yellow, inserted near or slightly below mouth of corolla tube. Panicles erect, terminal, 5-30 × 3-18 cm; rachis, pedicel, and calyx villous or pubescent, occasionally subglabrous.

It thrives in forest edges and riparian environments. 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 °...

Rubrifolia ) is a species of rose native to the mountains of central and southern Europe , from Spanish Pyrenees east to Bulgaria , and north to Germany and Poland . * Rosa glauca ( Red-leaved Rose or Redleaf Rose ; syn.

* 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...

* Leucaena leucocephala is a species of small Mimosoid tree that is native to southern Mexico and northern Central America ( Belize and Guatemala ). * Leucaena leucocephala has been considered for biomass production, as its reported yield of foliage corresponds...

Its strongly scented pendent flowers, produced in winter on bare stems, have 15-21 yellow tepals, the inner ones usually with purplish red pigments. The wood, after soaking in water, polishes to a brilliant black finish.

* Wood - hard, elastic, very fine grained. Used for stamps, printing blocks, mosaics etc.

It is the sole species in the genus Spartium , but is closely related to the other brooms in the genera Cytisus and Genista . * An essential oil is obtained from the flowers, it is used in perfume.

* Shrubs to 1.5 m tall. S Gansu (Min Xian, Xigu), E Qinghai (Haiyan Xian, Xining Shi), E Xizang (Sog Xian) [Kazakhstan, Russia (Siberia); SE Europe (Bosnia, Croatia)]. Very worthy of greater use, especially in areas where flowering shrub choices are limited...

* Rhododendron viscosum , commonly known as swamp azalea or clammy azalea , is a deciduous shrub which is endemic to the United States .

The leaves are oval in shape with edges that curl under and measure up to 10 centimeters in length. * Very tolerant of pruning and maritime exposure, it can be grown as a wind resistant hedge.

It has become naturalised in many temperate areas, including the Americas and Australasia as an escape from cultivation. For these reasons, it is used as a green manure crop. Trifolium pratense is used in traditional medicine of India as deobstruent,...

* 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.