Perennial Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In San Bernardino

Gleditsia sinensis has been used in China for at least 2000 years as a detergent. A lupane acid extracted from the thorns showed in vitro anti-HIV activity. * It is one of the alleged "50 fundamental herbs" used in traditional Chinese medicine.

* Succeeds in ordinary garden soil, preferring a moist but not wet soil and a sunny position. * The name of this species is based on the cultivated form, the true wild form is A. * Plants seem to be immune to the predations of rabbits.

* Big Bluestem is a perennial grass. Depending on soil and moisture conditions, it grows to a height of 1 – 3m (3 – 10 ft) . * Seed germination appears to be dependent on about a 2-week period of moistened seed at a time when soil temperatures have...

Super hardy Edelweiss will survive the coldest winter temperatures and the worst summer droughts. It is bound to be a subject of conversation in your garden. Grows 6-12'' tall and 6-9'' wide.

The whole leaf can be used in weaving. The stems grow slowly and often tightly together, eventually reaching 2-5 m tall with a trunk diameter of 20-25 cm. Requires very good drainage with abundant moisture in the summer and a sunny position.

* The ripe seed is a favorite food of finches in winter. The leaf bases are attenuate to cordate in shape and the margins of the leaves are usually entire or serrate, or sometimes lacerate.

* The bark is cathartic, febrifuge and tonic. The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout southern and eastern Ontario; in northern Ontario it occurs farther north than the alternateleaf dogwood,...

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 will cause the root system to rot.

* Mostly identical to the species, which see, but with white flowers.

* It is marginal in zone 8, going dormant and deciduous in cold winters, but usually evergreen to semi-evergreen. * This is a naturally rare grass in the wild but it is widely cultivated for use as an attractive ornamental garden plant.

* The herb combines well with Sambucus nigra flowers (Elder) and Mentha x piperita vulgaris (Peppermint) for treating colds and influenza. * Yarrow has a high reputation and is widely employed in herbal medicine, administered both internally and externally.

It is a popular, semi- evergreen garden shrub with many named cultivars and hybrids derived from it.In North America the name Rose of Sharon is applied to a species in a different order, Hibiscus syriacus .

Plants may repeat bloom throughout the summer, but need regular moisture to encourage this. In any event, cut plants back after flowering has concluded. Salvia East Friesland is an erect, clump-forming perennial salvia that is noted for its compact form,...

* A pleasant lemon-like aroma and flavour, they are used mainly as a flavouring in salads and cooked foods. * A perennial mint with lemon-scented foliage and clusters of small white flowers in whorls in the leaf axils; the leaves are used in cooking--teas,...

* It is widely planted for timber in its native area, being one of the most important trees in forestry in Algeria and Morocco. * Thrives in a light well-drained sandy or gravelly loam.

The seed can be slow to germinate. * The blue flowers and on occasion white flowers are bonnet shaped. * The plant is short lived but self sows freely producing a good quantity of seed each year.

* Both the berries and the root are used and traditionally the plant is believed to promote long life. * Chinese boxthorn is a major Chinese tonic herb with a history of almost 2,000 years of medicinal use.

Salvia Caradonna is a unique cultivar of the reliable genus and species Salvia nemorosa. ‘Caradonna' is an erect, clump-forming perennial salvia that is noted for its dark purple stems and blue-violet flowers.

* The leaves are alternate, 50–100 mm long, with a 15–20 mm petiole ; they are of two types, with palmately five-lobed juvenile leaves on creeping and climbing stems, and unlobed cordate adult leaves on fertile flowering stems exposed to full sun,...

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.

Leaves are obovate with bristle at the rounded tip. It typically matures to 15-20' tall and 8-10' wide, but occasionally rises to as much as 35' tall. * Myrtle oak features shiny, leathery leaves (to 2” long) which are dark green above and yellow-green...

* Yellow corydalis grows to 30–38 cm (12–15 in) tall. * Perennial with small yellow flowers throughout the summer; makes a nice bluish mound of delicate foliage; will grow in deep shade; can seed itself about rather freely; native to southern Europe.

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

The leaves are used as a flavouring for salad dressings, vegetables and legumes,and are frequently included in strongly flavoured dishes with chillies, garlic, onions etc. * A variable species found in dry soil and full sun from Europe to China; stems...

Each plant is single-sex , either male or female, with hermaphrodites being extremely rare. Only Bailey's Pocket Mouse , however, is known to be able to digest the wax found inside the jojoba nut.

* Shrubs to 1.5 m tall. * The Asian and European populations are widely disjunct, separated by over 5000 km. * A versatile mid sized, prolific flowering shrub that is quite cold hardy.

Plants in this genus were probably the most frequently used of N. * It is also grown as an ornamental plant , and numerous cultivars have been developed for flower quality and plant form.