Nitrogen Fixing Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Elk Grove

Species: !Amorpha georgiana Wilbur * class: Equisetopsida C. Order: Fabales Bromhead family: Fabaceae Lindl. * This is a beautiful flowering shrub with an extremely limited range in North Carolina.

* This easily cultivated, Annual plant grows and blooms best in cooler climates, but if kept cool by mulching around the base it can grow in hotter areas as well. * Make sure to water during the hot months to keep it from fading, and pick off dead flowers...

* Lotus corniculatus is a common flowering plant native to grassland temperate Eurasia and North Africa . A useful green manure plant, fixing atmospheric nitrogen. Medium fertility, slightly acid, clay like, and loamy soils.

Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be used by other plants growing nearby. It is widespread in the eastern part of the USA (from Florida to Canada), Canada (south of Ontario), and on the coasts of the Arctic Ocean,...

An open or shrubby growth form with round shaped flower heads attached to stems near the ends. An extract of the plant is of disputed utility in chronic kidney disease. Leaves & stems are covered with silver hair.

Dioica, Kentucky Coffee Tree; planted for ornament and for timber; doubly compound leaves; substantial branches; flowers in clusters at the ends of branches; fruit a thick, flat pod.

It flowers in late spring, bearing panicles of yellow pea-like flowers. Group as a shrub to maximize effect of the spring bloom. * Gorgeous yellow flowers in 15" pendulous clusters in May, beautifully displayed against deep green leaves; few trees are...

* 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. * Gleditsia caspica ( Caspian Locust or Persian Honeylocust ) is a species of Gleditsia native to western...

* The root is eaten cooked or raw. * Lathyrus tuberosus is a perennial plant with edible tubers 3 to 5 cm (1.2 to 2.0 in) long attached to its roots. Its typical habitat is rough grassy places, broad-leaved woodland, forest margins, hedgerows and banks.

* Alnus acuminata (also called Alder is a species of tree in the Betulaceae family. It is found in Argentina , Bolivia , Colombia , Costa Rica , Ecuador , Guatemala , Mexico , Panama , Peru and Venezuela .

* It is still used medicinally in the present day; however, there are adverse effects that limit its use. * Lobelia inflata has a long use as a medicinal plant, as an entheogenic, emetic, and a dermatological and respiratory aid.

* Gold, green and grey dyes are obtained from the leaves. * The trunk is usually erect, with dense rough bark. In suitable climates, the plant is much used in windbreaks, shelterbelts and for land reclamation.

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

* The leaves are used as a tea substitute. This species contains essential oils , tannins , gums and resins . The young shoots are used in making a refreshing cold drink. It is native to Mauritius , the United States and the west coast of South America...

* The roots can grow deeper than 4 feet (1.2m). * 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.

When prescribed internally it is always used dried and in conjunction with fresh ginger root. * The root is harvested when the plant is dormant in the autumn or winter and is dried for later use.

* This species used to be cultivated for its edible leaves in China. * Astragalus sinicus is widely used on rice land as a winter crop. * This species is grown as a green manure crop in Japan and southern China.

* This species is closely related to P. * Paeonia anomala has an immense range of wild habitat, stretching from the Ural Mountains of Russia to the Pamir Mountains of Central Asia, then to the Mongolian Gobi Desert and the Tien Shan Mountains of Kazakhstan...

* Plants grow in sandy soils in open areas and are often found on disturbed ground. * Coreopsis basalis is a bushy annual species with finely cut foliage and showy round flowers. Golden-mane Coreopsis is native from the south Eastern and south central...

Mearnsii is native to south-eastern Australia and Tasmania, but has been introduced to North America, South America, Asia, Europe, Pacific and Indian Ocean islands, Africa, and New Zealand.

* It tends to grow on dry sandy sites, and is associated with pine stands. * The common name is Sweetfern or Sweet-fern, a confusing name as it is not a fern. The leaves of the plant are linear to lanceolate, 3-15 cm long and 0.3-3 cm broad, with a modified...

The fruit contains about 8.3% sugars, 4.5% protein, 1% ash. * The fruit can be eaten raw or cooked. The fruit must be fully ripe before it can be enjoyed raw, if even slightly under-ripe it will be quite astringent.

It grows rapidly in spring, and yields an abundant crop of green food, particularly palatable to live stock. The flowers are produced throughout the spring and summer, rich red or crimson, congested on an elongated spike inflorescence 3-5 cm tall and...

Flowers yellow, 1.5-2 cm in diameter, solitary in leaf axils and without forming inflorescence. * Dwarf bush up to 40 cm, leaves alternate fine pointed, linear, and extended marginal hairs, stipules absent.

* Leucaena leucocephala is a species of small Mimosoid tree that is native to southern Mexico and northern Central America ( Belize and Guatemala ). * The young pods are edible and occasionally eaten along with Javanese vegetables salad with spicy peanut...

* Seeds can be viable for up to 30 years. * Plants have large taproots and tend to grow in groups. Leaves alternate on the stem and possess three leaflets. Germination will usually take place within 2 weeks.

It sends roots down really fast to lock itself onto shifting sands and in search of moisture. This species is planted for dune stabilization and for soil and water conservation. It can withstand cold, heat, and drought.