Nitrogen Fixing Plant Heat Tolerant For Sale In Boston

* This is a fast growing evergreen flowering tree. * The extensiveroot system of this plant helps to prevent soil erosion. * Has various edible uses, such as cooking the flowers and obtaining a gum from the trunk * Native to southeastern Australia in...

* While the point of origin is Mexico and Central America the species has a pantropical distribution incorporating Northern Australia and Southern Asia. * A deliciously scented essential oil, it has a fragrance of violets.

* The crown is broad and widely spreading. * It is widely grown as a shade tree to shelter coffee plantations and for shade and forage for cattle; it also improves soil fertility by nitrogen fixation.

Mediterranean and Asia Minor. * Sun- and drought-tolerant. * This species grows up to 50 feet, and has yellow flowers.

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. * All parts of the plant are rich in saponins - when crushed and mixed with water they produce...

It is endemic to Australia, occurring in every mainland state except South Australia. * Mirbelia is a plant genus belonging to the Fabaceae family.

* It can be slow to establish but it will hold up to grazing, high saline soils, wet soils and can take some shade. * Palestine Strawberry Clover was developed in Australia and is very tolerant of adverse conditions.

* Annual or biennial; parent is dwarfish, dark blue flowers throughout summer; does well in hot, dry sun. This plant is often used as an ornamental plant in gardens. * Cynoglossum amabile is a flowering plant native to Asia , which is also called Chinese...

* In recent years, this species has been extensively used in Bonsai. * Carpinus orientalis (Oriental Hornbeam) is a hornbeam native from southeastern Europe to northern Iran and occurs usually on hot dry sites at lower altitudes in comparison to the European...

It is endemic to Australia, occurring in every mainland state except South Australia. * Mirbelia is a plant genus belonging to the Fabaceae family.

* The wood of the Pinus leiophylla is hard, dense and strong. * In South Africa and Queensland, Australia there are big extensions of this tree planted. It is used for construction, firewood, and railroad ties.

* They are occationally grown as ornamentals for their yellow flowers and interesting rattling seed pods. * Crotalarias are grown in the tropics as green manure cover crops due to their nitrogen fixing capabilities and drought tolerance.

Also tolerates some drought. Prune in early spring. Tolerates wide range of soils, including dry rocky or sandy soils. Blooms on new growth. Can be grown as a hedge. Also useful for stabilizing embankments.

* In Europe it is often planted alongside streets and in parks, especially in large cities, because it tolerates pollution well. * An essential oil is obtained from the flowers. * The black locust is native in the United States from Pennsylvania to northern...

Plants are hardy to about -25°c. * An easily grown plant, succeeding in any moderately good soil in a sunny position. * Lupinus perennis ( Indian beet , Old maid's bonnets , Blue Lupine, and Sundial lupine ) is a medicinal plant in the Fabaceae family.

Established plants are drought tolerant, succeeding in hot dry positions. A very ornamental plant. It is also often grown as bonsai. It is closely related to Juniperus communis (Common Juniper) and Juniperus conferta (Shore Juniper), the latter sometimes...

A red to brown dye can be obtained from the root bark. The species is considered to be long lived. * 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...

* Resinous pustules on the plant contain 'amorpha', a contact and stomachic insecticide that also acts as an insect repellent. The compound leaves of this plant appear leaden due to their dense hairiness.

Dark green needles, to 18" (9" in older trees), in tufts at ends of branchlets; hangs on to its cones (to 20") for as long as 20 years; native from Virginia to Florida and Mississippi.

It grows at moderate altitudes of 1,300-2,600 m, on dry soils, often together with Pinus monophylla . It is native to the southwestern United States , in Utah , Nevada , Arizona , western New Mexico , western Colorado , Wyoming , southern Montana , southern...

Gansu, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, W Shanxi, Xinjiang [Mongolia]. * This is one of ther best species for soil stabilization and reviatalization in cold arid zones where few plants will survive.

* Collected from seed orchard. The wood weighs 38lb per cubic foot. * Improved for Timber production. * A valuable timber in its native range because it is less resinous than most pines and is easily worked.

It also seeds prolifically, with each plant able to produce over one million seeds during its lifetime. * A fibre obtained from the leaves is used for making paper. * A perennial, often grows into an impressive clump with beautiful silvery plumes, especially...

They are quite variable in color, in shades of pink, red or lavender with or without white markings. It is native to the tropical Americas but it is widespread in warm areas of the world where it is an introduced species and often a noxious weed .

They are usually multi-stemmed with an open and loosely rounded crown. * Substances from the plant have shown anticancer activity. Fortunei is a shrub or small tree growing to as high as 20 m with a diameter at breast height of about 20 cm.

* The legume provides an excellent source of high protein cattle 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.

* Parts of the plant have been used in traditional medicine. Although the natural growth is a very irregular shape, it can be readily pruned into a conventional tree shape. * Chilopsis is a genus of flowering plant , containing a single species , Chilopsis...