Nitrogen Fixing Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Washington

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

* A low growing, persistent, perennial, cool season legume. It has been widely introduced worldwide as a pasture crop, and is now also common in most grassy areas of North America and New Zealand.

* The wood is compact, dense, heavy, of great strength, tough, elastic, extremely durable. * 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...

* The roots themselves are branched and deep, which helps the plant withstand periods of drought. Australis is an herbaceous perennial that reproduces both sexually and asexually by means of its spreading rhizomes .

The species name campestre means "of the fields". * Trifolium campestre , commonly known as Hop Trefoil and Low Hop Clover , is a species of clover native to Europe and western Asia , growing in most areas, but specifically thriving on dry, sandy grassland...

* A low growing, persistent, perennial, cool season legume. It has been widely introduced worldwide as a pasture crop, and is now also common in most grassy areas of North America and New Zealand.

In Oregon , where the plant is native, it has been cultivated for several uses, including reforestation and revegetation of roadsides and other disturbed habitat. Fast growing, showy color.

* Ceanothus velutinus is a species of shrub in the buckthorn family, Rhamnaceae , known by the common names Red Root , Snowbrush Ceanothus and Tobacco Brush . * All parts of the plant are rich in saponins - when crushed and mixed with water they produce...

It is very good. It is native to Mauritius , the United States and the west coast of South America in Chile and Peru . * The Psoralea glandulosa, also called wallwa, culen or St. Augustine grass is a perennial plant belonging to the family of Fabaceae...

* Cercocarpus montanus is common in the chaparral, on mesas and on the lower foothills of the south eastern Rocky mountains of North America. The species is considered to be long lived.

* A perennial grass, to 3', with erect stems and leaves, very narrow; flowers and seedheads lax; native to Eurasia. * Stipa capillata is a perennial grass species in the family Poaceae , native to Europe and Asia .

* 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; bright yellow flowers in spring; small bright green compound leaves.

* Gleditsia aquatica, commonly called water locust, after its habitat of river swamps and slough margins. It weighs 46lb per cubic foot. The wood is extremely durable and is used primarily for making fence posts.

* The fruit can be eaten raw or cooked. * Leaves bright green on top, silvery beneath, sweetly fragrant silvery-white flowers; red fruit in fall, loved by birds, which may spread the plant excessively; native to Japan.

Pharmaceutical preparations are manufactured from them. Experimentally, it has demonstrated antitumor activity against Walker-256 carcinosarcoma and is also reportedly effective in lowering blood cholesterol levels.

* Widely employed medicinally by native North American Indians who mainly used the bark to treat a wide range of complaints. * Largest species of alder in North America and one of the largest in the world * The name derives from the bright rusty red color...

* A strong fibre is obtained from the stems, it is used for making string, bags, paper etc. * Lavatera thuringiaca is a species of Lavatera native to eastern Europe and southwestern Asia , from southern Germany south to Italy , and east to southern Russia...

The flowers are white, borne in fall. * Symphyotrichum lateriflorum is a herbaceous plant with alternate, simple leaves , on stiff, purplish stems.

It is an annual plant (rarely biennial ), which grows to a height of up to 30 cm. Matures in 45 days. It is native to central and southwestern Asia . * Spinach ( Spinacia oleracea ) is an edible flowering plant in the family of Amaranthaceae .

Will trail along the ground or can be trained up a trellis. The roasted seed is a coffee substitute. They are used like spinach. Use the young pods before they mature for best flavor.

* In antiquity the most famous place for the black hellebore was the Phokian city of Antikyra in Greece. The large, flat flowers, borne on short stems from midwinter to early spring, are white, or occasionally pink.

In Oregon , where the plant is native, it has been cultivated for several uses, including reforestation and revegetation of roadsides and other disturbed habitat. Fast growing, showy color.

Gansu, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, W Shanxi, Xinjiang [Mongolia]. It is good fodder for animals, improves the soil, allows natural vegetation to become established, and prevents soil erosion by wind and rain.

* Use Ornamental: Showy, Ground cover Conspicuous Flowers: yes Attracts: Butterflies Larval Host: Pipevine swallowtail butterfly. The species is commonly known as Virginia snakeroot and is native to eastern North America, from Connecticut to southern...

* The plant flowers in June and July with one to six upright, dish-shaped flowers. The stem is hard, smooth and straight, the leaves linear to lanceolate, 4 to 5 cm long and 3 to 4 mm wide.

* Iris sibirica , the Siberian Iris , is a flowering plant in the genus Iris , native to eastern and central Europe and northern Asia . The plants are very cold tolerant, but they can be damaged when dormant if the soil is too moist.

Three consecutive years of shoot destruction may kill all plants affected. * Myrica cerifera is a small tree or large shrub , and is adaptable to many habitats. If this does not happen, this species will regrow a shoot.