Nitrogen Fixing Plant Seeds For Sale In Austin

It is in flower in April, and the seeds ripen in October. Wood - hard, durable, finishes to a fine lustre. This is an extremely rare tree, almost extinct in its native range. Several sources say that it is a relatively short tree compared with the American...

* The fruit is a source of food for a lot of bird species, including the Northern Bobwhite Quail and the Wild Turkey . Specimens in drier and sandier areas are shrub-like, have rhizomes and smaller leaves than usual.

Genus: !Amorpha L. Superorder: Rosanae Takht. Agardh subclass: Magnoliidae Novak ex Takht. Order: Fabales Bromhead family: Fabaceae Lindl. * class: Equisetopsida C. * This is a beautiful flowering shrub with an extremely limited range in North Carolina.

* A herbaceous, forage, perennial, cool season legume. The common name is Bird's-foot Trefoil (or similar, such as "birdsfoot trefoil"), though the common name is often also applied to other members of the genus.

* It is sometimes used for afforestation on infertile soils which it enriches by means of its nitrogen-fixing nodules, while not growing large enough to compete with the intended timber crop.

* Multipurpose alder tree found in the subtropical highlands of the Himalaya. * A fall-flowering species. * It is called Utis in Nepalese and Nepalese Alder in English . * Prefers a heavy soil and a damp situation.

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

It is still used for most of the same purposes in modern herbalism. * It tends to grow on dry sandy sites, and is associated with pine stands. * A broad, flat-topped shrub native to northeast U.S.; has fragrant foliage, long, narrow, frondlike leaves;...

It provides quick, woody, vegetative cover on droughty, critical areas needing stabilizing cover. Other common names include Rose acacia and Rose locust . Rill erosion that exposes the roots stimulates root suckering there by creating a denser growth.

Succeeds in cold exposed situations and tolerates industrial pollution. Group as a shrub to maximize effect of the spring bloom. * A very tolerant and easily grown plant, it succeeds in almost any soil or situation so long as it is not water-logged.

* 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 .

* A shrub; shiny dark green leaves to 3" long; Native to Europe. * An orange-red to brown dye can be obtained from the bark. * It is a large shrub or small tree 3-12 m tall with smooth grey bark even in old age.

Mature bushes in the wild yield about 650g of fruit over 2 - 3 pickings. The fruit contains about 8.3% sugars, 4.5% protein, 1% ash. * Leaves bright green on top, silvery beneath, sweetly fragrant silvery-white flowers; red fruit in fall, loved by birds,...

Both are dried for later use. * The leaves and seedpods are cathartic, diuretic and vermifuge. They are best used with Foeniculum vulgare seeds in order to counteract a tendency to cause gripe.

* 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 habitats, as well as in fields, woodland margins,...

* Tolerant of dry alkaline soils. Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be used by other plants growing nearby. A very ornamental plant, it prefers a continental climate with hot summers and cold winters.

* 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.

Taste trials consistently place this root very highly, it is certainly one of our favourites. * The root is eaten cooked or raw. Unfortunately, yields are rather low and so the plant is only worthwhile growing as a taste treat, not as a staple crop.

* Wood - dark, durable, closely grained, nicely marked, not as heavy as that of other members of this genus. Used for flooring, axe handles, firewood, poles etc. In suitable climates, the plant is much used in windbreaks, shelterbelts and for land reclamation.

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

* Trees have extensive root systems and are sometimes planted on the banks of streams in order to prevent erosion.

* 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.

* The yellow flowers appear in early spring and late winter. * It is used for reclaiming eroded hillsides and wastelands and for stabilizing drift sands as well as for fuel. * Native to Western Australia, small tree or shrub.

* An essential oil called Cassie is distilled from the flowers. * A deliciously scented essential oil, it has a fragrance of violets. * While the point of origin is Mexico and Central America the species has a pantropical distribution incorporating Northern...

* Cultivated in China for the rutin contained in its leaves and ovaries. * Grown for its white flowers, borne in late summer after most other flowering trees have long finished flowering.

* 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 .

The fruit is about 3mm in diameter with a single large seed. * The aromatic fruits and leaves are used either fresh or dried to flavour soups, stews etc. * Foliage, deciduous, is fragrant when crushed, and has been used medicinally; tiny fruits; branches...