Nitrogen Fixing Plant Honey Bee Food For Sale In San Antonio

It grows rapidly in spring, and yields an abundant crop of green food, particularly palatable to live stock. It is often used for roadside erosion control, as well as beautification; it tends, however, to eliminate all other desirable spring and early-summer...

* 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...

Several cultivar groups have been selected for agricultural use, mostly derived from T. It is a quick growing crop, easily established, and produces h igh quality forage. The leaves are alternate, trifoliate (with three leaflets), each leaflet 15–30...

* Does well along woods edges as a background plant in perennial gardens. * Bearsfoot root was used by the North American Indians as a stimulant and laxative remedy. It is perhaps best known for its use as a hair tonic whilst the root is also taken internally...

* The Lesser Burdock , Arctium minus , is a biennial thistle , also known as Burweed, Louse-bur, Common Burdock, and Button-bur. * Burdock is one of the foremost detoxifying herbs in both Chinese and Western herbal medicine.

* 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 .

* 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 .

* A low growing, persistent, perennial, cool season legume. Used for pasture, soil stabilization wildlife forage, hay. * White clover ( Trifolium repens ) is a species of clover native to Europe , North Africa , and West Asia .

The leaves are oval-oblong, 5-19 cm long and 2-7 cm broad. The panicles often hang limply, which is how the plant got its common name; the clusters look as though they are nodding.

Dislikes dry soils. * A small tree with compound leaves, white flowers in clusters to 4", 1/4" orange-red fruit; native to northern China. Tolerates light shade, though it fruits better in a sunny position.

* This species forms a small tree up to 12 metres in height and 10 metres in width. These are heart-shaped with a blunt apex, which occasionally has a shallow notch at the tip. * The tree produces long flat pods that hang vertically.

It is in flower from Jun to July. * White flowers in long clusters; may be a tree or shrub; egg-shaped fruit with five "wings"; prefers moist sandy loam; native to Japan and China.

* Colutea arborescens is a species of leguminous shrub known by the common name bladder senna . The leaves are made up of many pairs of slightly hairy oval-shaped leaflets, each up to about 3 centimeters long.

* Rosa palustris is a shrub with alternate, pinnately compound leaves , on thorny stems. The flowers are pink, borne in summer.

* Liatris spicata , the dense blazing star or prairie gay feather , is an herbaceous perennial plant native throughout most of eastern North America . Native to moist prairies and sedge meadows.

* Native to the southern and eastern parts of the United States , found from Illinois to Virginia in the north and from Texas to Florida in the south. * When grouped or massed in light shade provided by pines the effect can be spectacular.

* A refreshing tea is made from the flower petals. They are useful in the treatment of chest complaints. * A fibre obtained from the stems is used in papermaking. * A nutritious starch is obtained from the root.

It is used in the treatment of persistent cough with blood, chronic diarrhoea, spontaneous sweating, night sweats, bloody stool, urorrhoea and bloody sputum. * An excrescence produced on the leaf by an insect Melaphis chinensis or M.

The inflorescence is a cyme of up a few fragrant flowers with five petals in any shade of pink and measuring up to 2.5 centimeters in length. It grows in a variety of habitat types, including disturbed areas.

* It can be used in making delicious jams, syrups etc. * Used as understock for hybrid tea roses. * The plant is high in certain antioxidants. The syrup is used as a nutritional supplement, especially for babies.

* White flowers in panicles, midsummer; a handsome shrub with dark green 3" leaves, compact and very adaptable regarding sun and moisture, doesn't mind drought * A refreshing and stimulating tea is made from the dried leaves, it is a good substitute for...

* ANNUAL growing to 0.3 m (1ft). The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and requires well-drained soil.The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils..It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade.It...

It has large, alternating, cordiform leaves that have a long petiole and are pubescent on the underside. * It is naturalized almost everywhere and is usually found in disturbed areas, especially in soil rich in nitrogen.

The following reports are for S. They quite probably also apply to this species. The roots contain tannin. * Mexican Palmetto reaches a height of 12–18 m (39–59 ft), with a spread of 3–4 m (9.8–13 ft).

* A tree to 60 ft. * Edible Uses: Fruit - cooked. Long, dark-green leaves are velvety beneath. Known for its 1/2-3/4 in. It is used in preserves. Diameter, red fruits that are pleasantly flavored and used as a substitute for limes.

Crispa, Mountain Alder). * It is a large shrub or small tree 3-12 m tall with smooth grey bark even in old age. * Alnus viridis subsp. * It is sometimes used for afforestation on infertile soils which it enriches by means of its nitrogen-fixing nodules,...

* A low growing, persistent, perennial, cool season legume. Used for pasture, soil stabilization wildlife forage, hay. * White clover ( Trifolium repens ) is a species of clover native to Europe , North Africa , and West Asia .