Nitrogen Fixing Plant Seeds For Sale In High Point

* Myrica cerifera is a small tree or large shrub , and is adaptable to many habitats. Specimens in drier and sandier areas are shrub-like, have rhizomes and smaller leaves than usual.

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

A red to brown dye can be obtained from the root bark. * Cercocarpus montanus is common in the chaparral, on mesas and on the lower foothills of the south eastern Rocky mountains of North America.

* Plants have an extensive root system, they tolerate poor dry soils and are also wind resistant, they are used as a windbreak and also to prevent soil erosion. * It has very small purple flowers which are grouped in racemes .

* This shrub has a typical size of three to five meters - 9-15 feet in height. Betula is the genus for birch, and the species name refers to the birch-like leaves. * The wood of the shrub extremely hard and reddish, from which the common name comes.

* This is an excellent pioneer species for re-establishing woodlands on disused farmland, difficult sites etc. * Its fast rate of growth means that it quickly provides sheltered conditions to allow more permanent woodland trees to become established.

It is also known in cultivation in North America as Birdfoot Deervetch . A useful green manure plant, fixing atmospheric nitrogen. * A herbaceous, forage, perennial, cool season legume.

* Gleditsia aquatica, commonly called water locust, after its habitat of river swamps and slough margins. * A spiny tree with small greenish flowers in 4" racemes; leaves pinnate or bipinnate; name suggests it is a good choice for wet areas; native to...

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. Thrives in moist soil conditions, Prefers medium fertility soils with a pH between 6.0 - 6.5. Plants produce uncertain...

It is very good. 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 in Chile and Peru . A delicious carbonated beverage can be made from the boiled leaves.

* Grown for its white flowers, borne in late summer after most other flowering trees have long finished flowering. * Used to make the strong, springy curved "enju wood" handle used on the traditional Japanese woodworking adze, called the chouna.

* The aromatic fruits and leaves are used either fresh or dried to flavour soups, stews etc. The dried leaves make a delicate and palatable tea. The fruit is about 3mm in diameter with a single large seed.

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

* Resinous pustules on the plant contain 'amorpha', a contact and stomachic insecticide that also acts as an insect repellent. This plant can be found growing in well drained soils of prairies, bluffs, and open woodlands.

Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be used by other plants growing nearby. * This species has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria, these bacteria form nodules on the roots and fix atmospheric nitrogen.

* 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.

* It grows abundantly in hot, humid equatorial countries, from the Philippines and Indonesia to India , Burma , Thailand and Sri Lanka . They tastes like French beans (Phaseolus vulgaris).

* Plants can be grown as a hedge in exposed positions, tolerating maritime exposure. * Because the plant fixes atmospheric nitrogen, it makes a hedge that enriches the soil rather than depriving it of nutrients.

Superorder: Rosanae Takht. Species: !Amorpha georgiana Wilbur Genus: !Amorpha L. * This is a beautiful flowering shrub with an extremely limited range in North Carolina. Order: Fabales Bromhead family: Fabaceae Lindl.

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 yellow dye is obtained from the wood. * An evergreen shrub with compound leaves, 1" violet-blue fragrant flowers in 2-3" pendulous clusters; pods 1-7"; seeds are bright red, sometimes used for necklaces, but are said to be poisonous; native to Texas,...

It is good fodder for animals, improves the soil, allows natural vegetation to become established, and prevents soil erosion by wind and rain. * This is one of ther best species for soil stabilization and reviatalization in cold arid zones where few plants...

* The plant is used in the treatment of blennorrhoea and also as an unguent for burns. * This species is grown as a green manure crop in Japan and southern China. * This species used to be cultivated for its edible leaves in China.

Superorder: Rosanae Takht. Species: !Amorpha georgiana Wilbur Genus: !Amorpha L. * This is a beautiful flowering shrub with an extremely limited range in North Carolina. Order: Fabales Bromhead family: Fabaceae Lindl.

* Chinese relative of G. * A deciduous tree growing to 12 m (39ft 4in) at a slow rate. This is an extremely rare tree, almost extinct in its native range. Dioica, Kentucky Coffee Tree; planted for ornament and for timber; doubly compound leaves; substantial...

* An orange-red to brown dye can be obtained from the bark. 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.

* In Great Britain it is most valuable in the south, though less successful in northern regions. * This upright annual herb grows to 20-50 cm tall, unbranched or branched only at the base.