Nitrogen Fixing Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Georgia

* Lathyrus tuberosus is a perennial plant with edible tubers 3 to 5 cm (1.2 to 2.0 in) long attached to its roots. The plant is a trailer or weak climber, supported by tendrils, growing to 1.2 m tall.

* Gleditsia caspica ( Caspian Locust or Persian Honeylocust ) is a species of Gleditsia native to western Asia , in the Caucasus region of Azerbaijan and northern Iran , close to the Caspian Sea .

* Lathyrus tuberosus is a perennial plant with edible tubers 3 to 5 cm (1.2 to 2.0 in) long attached to its roots. The plant is a trailer or weak climber, supported by tendrils, growing to 1.2 m tall.

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

* It has very small purple flowers which are grouped in racemes . The compound leaves of this plant appear leaden due to their dense hairiness. * Plants have an extensive root system, they tolerate poor dry soils and are also wind resistant, they are...

* It grows abundantly in hot, humid equatorial countries, from the Philippines and Indonesia to India , Burma , Thailand and Sri Lanka . The pods are harvested when about 15 - 20 cm long and 2cm wide.

It is native to Mauritius , the United States and the west coast of South America in Chile and Peru . This species contains essential oils , tannins , gums and resins . A delicious carbonated beverage can be made from the boiled leaves.

The plant is native to Siberia and parts of China and neighboring Mongolia and Kazakhstan . * Extremely hardy--a plant lifted from a pot in December spent the winter in zone 5 with its bare rootball frozen to the turf--still bloomed well in the spring;...

* Gleditsia caspica ( Caspian Locust or Persian Honeylocust ) is a species of Gleditsia native to western Asia , in the Caucasus region of Azerbaijan and northern Iran , close to the Caspian Sea .

* It grows abundantly in hot, humid equatorial countries, from the Philippines and Indonesia to India , Burma , Thailand and Sri Lanka . The pods are harvested when about 15 - 20 cm long and 2cm wide.

* A shrub; shiny dark green leaves to 3" long; Native to Europe. The leaves are shiny green, ovoid, 3-8 cm long and 2-6 cm broad. * It is a large shrub or small tree 3-12 m tall with smooth grey bark even in old age.

The flowers are a very good source, when used as a body soap they leave behind a pleasant perfume on the skin. * All parts of the plant are rich in saponins - when crushed and mixed with water they produce a good lather which is an effective and gentle...

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

* The common name is Sweetfern or Sweet-fern, a confusing name as it is not a fern. It is native to eastern North America , from southern Quebec south to the extreme north of Georgia , and west to Minnesota .

* The fruit can be eaten raw or cooked. Because airborne nitrogen can be fixed in its roots, it has the capability to grow in infertile habitats. The fruit must be fully ripe before it can be enjoyed raw, if even slightly under-ripe it will be quite astringent.

Wood - heavy, very hard, strong, durable in contact with the soil, coarse-grained. * Gleditsia aquatica, commonly called water locust, after its habitat of river swamps and slough margins.

* A decidious Tree growing to 22 m (72ft 2in) at a fast rate. * Native to temperate forests, stream-banks, swamps and roadsides in northeastern Asia and Japan.

* The Cercocarpus betuloides leaves are distinctive in that they have smooth edges from the base to about half way up, then are wavy or toothed to the rounded tip. * The wood of the shrub extremely hard and reddish, from which the common name comes.

Wood - heavy, very hard, strong, durable in contact with the soil, coarse-grained. * Gleditsia aquatica, commonly called water locust, after its habitat of river swamps and slough margins.

Has fair drought and poor shade tolerance. It is also known in cultivation in North America as Birdfoot Deervetch . * Lotus corniculatus is a common flowering plant native to grassland temperate Eurasia and North Africa .

* 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 Australia and Southern Asia.

* Bunches of the tied stems have been used as rough brooms. The bark is often mixed with alder and wild plum root barks when making the dye. It makes a valuable fuel and is occasionally used in the manufacture of small articles for domestic and industrial...

* Something like a 6" wide daisy, with this difference: it is stemless, growing prostrate on the ground; blooms in May or June; coarse, deeply lobed leaves; likes a scree soil; a rock garden plant or curiosity native to the Mediterranean.

Numerous lavender rays surround a yellow center. It is an annual or biennial herb growing one or more branching stems up to about 70 centimeters in maximum height. * Machaeranthera tanacetifolia is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known...

Wood - hard, durable, finishes to a fine lustre. The tree can fix nitrogen. It is in flower in April, and the seeds ripen in October. Dioica, Kentucky Coffee Tree; planted for ornament and for timber; doubly compound leaves; substantial branches; flowers...

The flower buds are pickled and used as a condiment. * The tree produces long flat pods that hang vertically. * This species forms a small tree up to 12 metres in height and 10 metres in width.

* Has various edible uses, such as cooking the flowers and obtaining a gum from the trunk * Native to southeastern Australia in New South Wales , Victoria , Tasmania , and the Australian Capital Territory .