Nitrogen Fixing Plant Seeds For Sale In Lakewood

In winter, the seeds are important foods for the Carolina Wren and species of Tree Sparrow . * 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.

They have a flavour similar to mushrooms when sauteed. Mature seeds are eaten cooked. Flowers and flower buds - raw or cooked. It does well in humid tropics with high rainfall. They are used like spinach.

Used as a reclamation species on very poor soils. Readily eaten by grazing animals. Seeds are eaten by many birds. * The plant contains several biologically active compounds. Pharmaceutical preparations are manufactured from them.

Succeeds in cold exposed situations and tolerates industrial pollution. * A very tolerant and easily grown plant, it succeeds in almost any soil or situation so long as it is not water-logged.

A delicious carbonated beverage can be made from the boiled leaves. It is native to Mauritius , the United States and the west coast of South America in Chile and Peru . * The leaves are used as a tea substitute.

* This tree is remarkable for the number and length of the spines growing on its trunk, which makes it the most formidably armed of temperate trees. * Gleditsia caspica ( Caspian Locust or Persian Honeylocust ) is a species of Gleditsia native to western...

The shrub's white flowers are small, clustered, and mildly scented. * This shrub has a typical size of three to five meters - 9-15 feet in height. * The etymology of the species name derives from the Greek “kerkos”, from which the genus name root...

* It is a large shrub or small tree 3-12 m tall with smooth grey bark even in old age. * A shrub; shiny dark green leaves to 3" long; Native to Europe. The leaves are shiny green, ovoid, 3-8 cm long and 2-6 cm broad.

Japonicum contains the isoflavone glycoside sophoricoside. * Grown for its white flowers, borne in late summer after most other flowering trees have long finished flowering. * This species is commonly used in Chinese medicine and is considered to be one...

* The wood is compact, dense, heavy, of great strength, tough, elastic, extremely durable. * Sophora is one of the four genera of native legumes in New Zealand; the other three are Carmichaelia , Clianthus , and Montigena .Flowering of Kowhai is staggered,...

It is in flower in April, and the seeds ripen in October. This is an extremely rare tree, almost extinct in its native range. * A deciduous tree growing to 12 m (39ft 4in) at a slow rate.

In addition, 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.

* Sweet fern was employed medicinally by several native North American Indian tribes who used it especially as a poultice to treat a variety of complaints. It is native to eastern North America , from southern Quebec south to the extreme north of Georgia...

The vitamin C content is about 12mg per 100g. Because airborne nitrogen can be fixed in its roots, it has the capability to grow in infertile habitats. The fruit contains about 8.3% sugars, 4.5% protein, 1% ash.

It is commonly grown throughout the northern hemisphere as a landscaping plant and ornamental . * Caragana arborescens , or Caragana or Siberian peashrub or Siberian peashrub , is a species of legume .

* 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.

* 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. * Sweet pea ( Lathyrus odoratus ) is a flowering plant in the genus Lathyrus in the family Fabaceae...

* The flowers can be eaten raw. * The tree produces long flat pods that hang vertically. * The leaves appear shortly after the first flowers emerge. They have a sweetish-acid taste, and are a nice addition to the salad bowl.

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

Other common names include Rose acacia and Rose locust . It provides quick, woody, vegetative cover on droughty, critical areas needing stabilizing cover. It should not be used for residential plantings, or anywhere that formal landscaping is desired.

* Alder trees also have a heavy leaf canopy and when the leaves fall in the autumn they help to build up the humus content of the soil. Alder seedlings do not compete well in shady woodland conditions and so this species gradually dies out as the other...

A very ornamental plant, it prefers a continental climate with hot summers and cold winters. * Tolerant of dry alkaline soils. * This species has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria, these bacteria form nodules on the roots and fix atmospheric...

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. * A herbaceous, forage, perennial, cool season legume.

* 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,...

* Makes a good screen or hedge in warm temperate areas. * The yellow flowers appear in early spring and late winter. This is one of the best woody species for binding moving sand. * It is used for reclaiming eroded hillsides and wastelands and for stabilizing...

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

Used for flooring, axe handles, firewood, poles etc. * Gold, green and grey dyes are obtained from the leaves. * The plant forms suckers and is a good soil stabilizer. * Wood - dark, durable, closely grained, nicely marked, not as heavy as that of other...