Perennial Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In San Jose

* A fibre obtained from the leaves is used for making paper. It also seeds prolifically, with each plant able to produce over one million seeds during its lifetime. * A perennial, often grows into an impressive clump with beautiful silvery plumes, especially...

Sedum Autumn Joy produces large semi-domed flower heads composed of tiny blossoms that appear in August and remain through fall. This procedure, called deadheading, encourages the Sedum Autumn Fire plant to produce new flowers, keeping your plant looking...

Easily grown in average, dry to medium, well-drained soil in full sun. Plants may become somewhat floppy and open up as the summer progresses, particularly in humid climates. Flowers are attractive to bees and butterflies.

Blue Hill is easily grown in average, dry to medium, well-drained soils in full sun. Plants may repeat bloom throughout the summer. Salvia Blue Hill has rough green foliage with numerous spikes of sky blue blooms rising a moderate 15″ from the compact...

At about 10–15 years of age the stem stops growing and produces a first flower spike with white, lily-like perfumed flowers, followed by coral berries. Dragon's blood has a number of traditional medical uses, although dragon's blood obtained from Dracaena...

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 native to Africa , Asia and Europe and is commonly used throughout the United States and Canada for erosion control , roadside planting and soil rehabilitation. * Securigera varia , commonly known as Crown Vetch or Purple Crown Vetch , is a low-growing...

* If all the flowers are removed early in the season, the plant will often produce a second flush of bloom later in the summer. It is native to Europe and western Asia . * The flowers are often used for dried flower displays.

* This perennial blooms late in the season and makes a great transition along shady edges.

* Orange flowers in late summer; grows well in dry soil; native to eastern U.S. * Pleurisy root is a bitter, nutty-flavoured tonic herb that increases perspiration, relieves spasms and acts as an expectorant.

Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be used by other plants growing nearby. * 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...

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

Clusters of bright-pink, fragrant flowers appear before or with the leaves from the axils of the previous season. Livestock seldom browse the toxic foliage, but bees produce fragrant honey from the flowers.

Foliage is considered to be evergreen (leaves persist on the tree until new growth commences in spring). It is often found in coastal areas on sandy soils. * Myrtle oak features shiny, leathery leaves (to 2” long) which are dark green above and yellow-green...

* The Lebanon Cedar is the national emblem of Lebanon, and is displayed on the Lebanese flag and coat of arms. * As a result of long exploitation, few old trees remain in Lebanon, but there is now an active program to conserve and regenerate the forests.

They are often, but not always, sweetly scented. The fruit is a long narrow capsule 5–23 cm (2.0–9.1 in) long, which splits open at maturity to release numerous downy seeds .In the past, scented plants were sometimes treated as the distinct species...

The fruits are edible and prized by local people. * The ruby red fruits are 2.4 to 3.5 inches (6 to 9 cm) long and ripen in June. * Flowers appear in April through June. * In 1994, Saguaro National Park, near Tucson, Arizona, was designated to help protect...

* Unlike most species of pine. Reduce the pine growth slowly over time it will tolerate styling and repotting in the summer months and early fall. Pinus mugo mughus is an outdoor tree and with protection from extreme heat and cold, it can stay outdoor...

The flower consists of six petals curving backward from the center. The stem is hard, smooth and straight, the leaves linear to lanceolate, 4 to 5 cm long and 3 to 4 mm wide. * The plant flowers in June and July with one to six upright, dish-shaped flowers.

* Germination usually takes place within 1 - 2 weeks. * A good fast-growing hedge for exposed maritime conditions. * Plants have an extensive root system and can be grown on sand or thin coastal soils in order to bind the soil.

* These trees project a sense of vigorous strength, for though not generally very large, they are robust, with thick branches and twigs, and large foliar units of very long, often drooping needles.

* The hardy plant tolerates some pedestrian traffic and produces odors ranging from heavily herbal to lightly lemon. * Works well in the rock garden or between flagstones in a walkway.

Ponderosa, as detailed on that page. However, its cones are fairly distinctive and I am not fully persuaded that the described P. Washoensis populations do not warrant distinction as a variety or even a subspecies of P.

* Deep green needles, 5"+; 6" cones; a source of pulp, timber, rosin, and turpentine; native to the southeast U.S. It is fast-growing, but not very long-lived by pine standards (to 200 years), and prefers humid climates and moist soil.

The 5–45 cm long and 1–10 cm wide leaves are oblanceolate, oblong, or obovate in shape with the bases gradually narrowing to the petiole. The leaves are often blanched (by excluding light from the growing plant) before use.

Blooms on new growth. Prune in early spring. Tolerates wide range of soils, including dry rocky or sandy soils. Also useful for stabilizing embankments. Can be grown as a hedge. Also tolerates some drought.

* This plant occurs in northeastern Spain and in central Mediterranean countries up to northern Europe and to Asia Minor and Tunisia. * Hippocrepis emerus reaches on average 50–150 centimetres (20–59 in) of height, with a maximum of 200 centimetres...