Nitrogen Fixing Plant Seeds For Sale In Kent

* Tolerant of maritime exposure and amenable to training, this species can be grown as a hedge in seaside gardens. The species is considered to be long lived. It makes a valuable fuel and is occasionally used in the manufacture of small articles for domestic...

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.

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...

The shrub's white flowers are small, clustered, and mildly scented. * The wood of the shrub extremely hard and reddish, from which the common name comes. * This shrub has a typical size of three to five meters - 9-15 feet in height.

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

* The fruit is high in saponins and is used as a soap for washing fabrics and thebody. Several sources say that it is a relatively short tree compared with the American relative. Dioica, Kentucky Coffee Tree; planted for ornament and for timber; doubly...

* The tree has an extensive root system and can be planted to control banks from erosion. Alder seedlings do not compete well in shady woodland conditions and so this species gradually dies out as the other trees become established.

* Chamaecrista nictitans (Sensitive Partridge Pea, Small Partridge Pea or Wild Sensitive Plant) is a herbaceous species of legume widely distributed through the temperate and tropical Americas.

* Foliage, deciduous, is fragrant when crushed, and has been used medicinally; tiny fruits; branches once used in England to flavor "gale beer"; native to wet peaty areas in cold northern regions around the world.

Agardh subclass: Magnoliidae Novak ex Takht. Superorder: Rosanae Takht. * This is a beautiful flowering shrub with an extremely limited range in North Carolina. It's habitat is being destroyed and it is currently listed as a threatened species.

* 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. The leaves are shiny green, ovoid, 3-8 cm long and 2-6 cm broad.

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

* Foliage, deciduous, is fragrant when crushed, and has been used medicinally; tiny fruits; branches once used in England to flavor "gale beer"; native to wet peaty areas in cold northern regions around the world.

* A yellow dye is obtained from the wood. Common names include Texas Mountain Laurel , Texas Mescalbean , Frijolito , and Frijolillo . * An evergreen shrub with compound leaves, 1" violet-blue fragrant flowers in 2-3" pendulous clusters; pods 1-7"; seeds...

Australis is the most commonly cultivated species in its genus, and is also cultivated beyond its native continent in other areas such as Great Britain, where it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

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

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

It is found to succeed better when only the surface of the soil is stirred by the scarifier and harrow than when a plowing is given. It can typically be found in forest margins, fields and roadsides.

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

* Appealing silvery-green leaves; small but fragrant flowers; likes sun; a tough plant, doesn't mind drought, or poor soil, very salt-tolerant; native over a wide swathe of southern Europe east to the Himalayas.

The aromatic evergreen leaves are alternately arranged, each up to 8 centimeters long. * 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 soap.

* Bacteria on the roots fix atmospheric nitrogen - whilst this enables the tree to grow well in quite poor soils it also makes some of this nitrogen available to other plants growing nearby.

* A yellow dye is obtained from the wood. Common names include Texas Mountain Laurel , Texas Mescalbean , Frijolito , and Frijolillo . * An evergreen shrub with compound leaves, 1" violet-blue fragrant flowers in 2-3" pendulous clusters; pods 1-7"; seeds...

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

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

* Make sure to water during the hot months to keep it from fading, and pick off dead flowers to keep the plant blooming till the first frosts of fall. * The Sweet Pea has long been a favorite of gardeners because of the wonderful fragrance of the large...

* 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.