Perennial Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Ontario

* Native to forest margins, grassy slopes; 400--2700 m. (Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Hubei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mong) all in China.

Established plants are drought tolerant. * The leaves are used for flavouring rice dumplings. * Requires a well-drained sandy soil and a sunny position.

It is sometimes grown as an ornamental plant in gardens , especially because of its bluish leaves, and also sometimes for its tolerance of hot and dry soil conditions. It also is grown as both a medicinal herb and as a condiment.

This a mounded, shrubby cultivar that typically grows to 30-36” tall. Lavandin can be difficult to grow in the far north area, primarily because of winter stresses and high summer humidity.

The thorns of Gleditsia sinensis LAM. (Leguminosae) have been used in traditional medicine for the treatment of inflammatory diseases including swelling, suppuration, carbuncle and skin diseases.

* It is very cold hardy, coming from Siberia, and will also tolerate drought and saline conditions. * This is an excellent plant to use for cut flowers and dried flowers. They keep their blue color well after drying.

* Gossypium hirsutum , known as Upland Cotton or Mexican Cotton , is the most widely planted species of cotton in the United States, constituting some 95% of all cotton production.

It is typically found over calcareous substrates such as limestone , growing on limestone slopes and in moist valley soils, at elevations of 120–600 m. * A blue dye is obtained from the inner bark.

* Lance-leaved coreopsis produces yellow flowers in late summer. It is commonly kept as an ornamental plant. * The lance-leaved coreopsis , Coreopsis lanceolata , is a species of coreopsis (Tickseed).

* American Beautyberry ( Callicarpa americana ) is an open-habit, native shrub of the Southern United States which is often grown as an ornamental in gardens and yards . * The fruit is edible raw.

* The leaves are bipinnate, 20-40 cm long, bearing 3-10 pairs of pinnae, each with 6-10 pairs of leaflets 15-25 mm long and 10-15 mm broad. * The flowers are borne in racemes up to 20 cm long, each flower with five yellow, orange or red petals.

Panicles continue to provide some interest well into winter. Indiangrass is a perennial bunchgrass , prominent in tallgrass prairie , along with big bluestem ( Andropogon gerardii ), little bluestem ( Schizachyrium scoparium ), and switchgrass ( Panicum...

* Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. * Garden Uses Mass or group in the shrub border or native plant garden. Can be grown as a hedge. Also tolerates some drought.

* Mirbelia is a plant genus belonging to the Fabaceae family. It is endemic to Australia, occurring in every mainland state except South Australia.

* 3" yellow-orange flowers in midsummer; native to southern U.S. * Coreopsis grandiflora is a perennial plant species of the tickseed genus, Coreopsis, in Asteraceae. The common name is large-flowered tickseed.

The whole leaf can be used in weaving. It also has numerous sharp needle-like spines produced on the leaf stems; these protect the stem growing point from browsing animals. * A strong fibre obtained from the leaves is used for cordage and brushes.

This tree transplants well. * Mountain Pine or Mugo Pine ( Pinus mugo ) is a high-altitude European pine , found in the Pyrenees , Alps , Erzgebirge , Carpathians , northern Apennines and Balkan Peninsula mountains from (mostly) 1,000 m to 2,200 m, occasionally...

The leaves are spirally arranged but twisted at the base to lie in two horizontal ranks, 1–2 cm (0.39–0.79 in) long and 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) broad. The cones are ovoid, 1.5–2.5 cm (0.59–0.98 in) long and 1–2 cm (0.39–0.79 in) broad.Montezuma...

The stiff straw is exceptional as field borders and wind barriers and its extensive root system provides an excellent stabilizing force for soil erosion and control. * Cave-in-Rock switchgrass has valuable adaptations that can be used for range and pasture...

Utahensis ) is a shrub or small tree reaching 3-6 m (rarely to 9 m) tall. It is native to the southwestern United States , in Utah , Nevada , Arizona , western New Mexico , western Colorado , Wyoming , southern Montana , southern Idaho and eastern California...

* Peruvian Torch ( Trichocereus peruvianus ) is found high in the Andean mountain deserts of Peru and Ecuador and is similar to the San Pedro cactus ( Trichocereus pachanoi ) which is found in the same region.

It generally occurs at low altitudes, mostly from sea level to 600 metres (2,000 ft), up to 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) in the south of its range. * Pinus brutia, the Turkish pine, is a pine native to the eastern Mediterranean region.

* The Siberian Elm is usually a small to medium-sized, often bushy, tree growing to 10 - 20 m tall, with a trunk up to 80 cm d.b.h . The tree is short-lived in temperate climates, rarely reaching more than 60 years of age, but in its native environment...

* The root is harvested when the plant is dormant in the autumn or winter and is dried for later use. * Tian Nan Xing has been used in Chinese herbal medicine for thousands of years and is valued especially for its beneficial affect upon the chest.

* Nandina domestica (pronounced /naen?di?n? It is native to eastern Asia from the Himalaya east to Japan * Evergreen except in cold climates; delicate compound leaves, reddish when new, later blue-green; attractive white flowers in panicles atop the stems,...

Its flammability (injurious to neighbors) and quick regrowth allow it to compete successfully against almost all vegetation in the Sonoran Desert region. It is a deep-rooted grass, tolerates drought, and will grow at altitudes of up to 2,000 m (6,600...

* Astilbe chinensis is a herbaceous plant with alternate, pinnately compound leaves, on thin stems. * The flowers are purple, borne in summer.