Perennial Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Pittsburgh

Its flammability (injurious to neighbors) and quick regrowth allow it to compete successfully against almost all vegetation in the Sonoran Desert region. It prefers light soils with a high phosphorus content.

Its showy, yellow, pea-like flowers occur in upper axillary clusters. The leaves are long-stalked and uniquely divided into two leaflets about 1 1/2 inches long. Named for Ferdinand Roemer, a German geologist who collected specimens in the New Braunfels,...

Each branch grows for about 10–15 years and re-branches, so a mature plant has an umbrella-like habit. * Being a monocotyledon, it does not display any annual or growth rings so the age of the tree can only be estimated by the number of branching points...

Espoma products are easy to use, just sprinkle around the base of the plant and water it in. We do not recommend using straight topsoil or compost as a back-fill soil because more times than not these products will retain entirely to much moisture and...

The upper surfaces of the leaves are glabrous or have hirsute to strigose hairs. Stems are glabrous or moderately covered in hirsute hairs with spreading branches. * The ripe seed is a favorite food of finches in winter.

* Tolerant of constant cutting, this plant is often grown in lawns. * It succeeds on shallow chalky soils. * This is one of the food plants for the caterpillars of several butterflies and moths, including the Gatekeeper and the Meadow Brown.

The common name is large-flowered tickseed. * 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.

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

Spent flowers should be cut back for a repeat performance in fall. Salvia Blue Hill has rough green foliage with numerous spikes of sky blue blooms rising a moderate 15″ from the compact plant.

Each flower may last up to two weeks! Makes a wonderful and long lasting cut flower. Tolerates light shade, but best in full sun. Deadhead to prolong bloom. Rudbeckia goldstrum is a beautiful native plant that is a beacon for butterflies and bees.

A very ornamental plant. * The fruit can also be ground into a powder and used as a spice. * It is grown as an ornamental tree, often planted in temple grounds in Japan. It is closely related to Juniperus communis (Common Juniper) and Juniperus conferta...

Grow the seedlings on in the pot in light shade in the greenhouse for their first growing season, giving occasional liquid feeds to ensure they do not suffer nutrient deficiencies.

* These shrubs are usually found in wooded and bushy areas, on sunny, warm and dry slopes and around forest edges. * Hippocrepis emerus reaches on average 50–150 centimetres (20–59 in) of height, with a maximum of 200 centimetres (79 in).

Lavender has been grown for centuries for its intensely fragrant flowers and beautiful appearance. They generally flower in midsummer, a little later than the English types. Both foliage and flowers are highly aromatic.

It is a plant of thin soils and can be found growing on sandy-soiled heaths, rocky outcrops, hills, banks, roadsides and riverside sand banks. It may also be used to replace a bluegrass lawn to xeriscape low to moderate foot traffic areas due to its tolerance...

It is indigenous to southeast Europe and southwest Asia . For the densest cover plants should be cut to ground level each April. The green, ovate leaves grow in opposite pairs. It is a popular, semi- evergreen garden shrub with many named cultivars and...

A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of kidney complaints and TB. * The bark is cathartic, febrifuge and tonic. * Habitat and Range: sandy, gravelly, or rocky slopes, often growing in areas underlain by limestone bedrock.

It was discovered in Uchte, Germany, by Beate Zillmer of Zillmer Pflanzen and is suitable for production in USDA Zones 4-9. In any event, cut plants back after flowering has concluded.

* It grows to a height of 3 metres and has whorls of striking lipped flowers, that are most commonly orange, but can vary to red, white, and purple. * It is native to tropical Africa and southern India.

* The wood is heavy, strong, close-grained, splits easily. * A soap is obtained from the fruit by rubbing the fruit in water. It splits easily into thin strips and is often used in basket making.

* Seed germination appears to be dependent on about a 2-week period of moistened seed at a time when soil temperatures have reached 60 degrees Fahrenheit. * Big Bluestem is a perennial grass.

It was one of the dominant grasses of the tallgrass prairie which once covered large parts of the Midwest. Panicles darken to bronze/chestnut brown in fall as they mature, later fading to gray.

* The Mexican government has declared this species endangered. In cultivation, leaves up to 23 cm long may be produced. * Because of its isolation in a remote area, it escaped discovery until 1964.

* Native to the Mediterranean region, statice (also commonly called notchleaf status) is noted for producing clusters of papery, funnel-shaped flowers in summer. * Excellent as a fresh cut flower and for dried arrangements.

* The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Hedera helix for cough, bronchitis. * The leaves are alternate, 50–100 mm long, with a 15–20 mm petiole ; they are of two types, with palmately five-lobed juvenile...

* Prefers a humus-rich soil, succeeding in a moist border or by water. * The species, from central Europe and Russia, has blue-purple, lavender, or white flowers, but there are dozens of cultivars, in a varied range of splendid blues, purples, pinks,...

For the most part, Echinacea ‘Magnus' can be planted year around, provided the ground isn't frozen. Newly planted perennials should be watered twice weekly (Minimum), and under hot conditions possibly more.