Perennial Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Houston

* Contrary to what the name suggests, neither a crocus nor the source of saffron; foliage emerges in spring, fades in early summer; flowers, pale rosy purple, spring up in October among fallen leaves.

Plants should be spaced about 60cm apart each way. * A good ground cover plant, succeeding in dense shade but rather slow to spread. * Heart-shaped shiny dark green leaves with prominent veins, 9" x 5"; dark violet flowers in August; a 2' mound, flowers...

Occasional Trillium ovatum plants have petals that are maroon rather than the typical white. Associated understory plants include swordfern, vanilla leaf, violets, redwood sorrel and salal.

* Stipa capillata is a perennial grass species in the family Poaceae , native to Europe and Asia . * A perennial grass, to 3', with erect stems and leaves, very narrow; flowers and seedheads lax; native to Eurasia.

* All parts of these plants are considered toxic to humans, causing severe digestive discomfort if ingested, and also skin irritation. * The plants flower from late spring to late summer, and are pollinated by butterflies and bumble bees.

They are often used in the treatment of certain heart complaints. * The leaves are cardiac, stimulant and tonic. * An easily grown plant, succeeding in ordinary garden soil, especially if it is rich in organic matter.

Above the plant is glabrous and dark green; below it is lighter green, glaucescent , with white hairs especially crowded along the veins, and the lower leaves are biternate . The divided leaf segments are ovate , cuneate , and often are oblique and abruptly...

* Grow in moist to wet soils in full sun to part shade. * Best naturalized in moist to wet soils in water gardens, bog gardens, wet meadows, water margins or low spots. Best in part shade.

* The plant contains many biologically active compounds including rutin, pectin, choline, sitosterol, hypericin and pseudohypericin. In clinical trials about 67% of patients with mild to moderate depression improved when taking this plant.

They can be grown successfully in a plastic basin or in a pot that is standing in a deep saucer of water. An insectivorous plant, it is best grown in a boggy position and prefers a soil low in nitrogen.

The sap is yellow to orange.The flowers consist of four yellow petals , each about 1 cm long, with two sepals . * The plant self-sows freely and should not need much encouragement.

Plants normally grow with one unbranched stem in the wild, but often produce multi-stemmed clumps in gardens. Angustifolia , but plants often grow taller, ranging from 1.5 to 2.5 ft (45 to 75 cm) tall, with some growing 3 feet (90 cm) or more tall.

Plant the roots out very shallowly. A very ornamental plant. The plants are very cold tolerant, but they can be damaged when dormant if the soil is too moist. * Prefers a humus-rich soil, succeeding in a moist border or by water.

* Aruncus, from the Greek aryngos (goat's beard), refers to the showy, finger-like flower clusters, which form feathery masses of all male or all female flowers. * Aruncus dioicus (Walt.) (goat's beard or bride's feathers) is a flowering herbaceous perennial...

It mixes well with other bulbs. Well worth putting in a partial shade location. The flowers produce an abundnce of seed every year and your small planting will soon spread. * Sky blue to deep blue flowers in April, native to Greece, forms tubers, self...

It contains some of the most bitter compounds known and is used as a scientific basis for measuring bitterness. * Gentiana lutea ( Great Yellow Gentian ) is a species of gentian native to the mountains of central and southern Europe .

* This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions – growing to 60 centimetres (24 in) (less in poor soils), and producing pale lilac and white flowers in spring.

The eastern border of the species range is not quite clear, as the correlation between morphological characters and chromosome numbers are still doubtful from Emura's Papers. Fl.Per: May-June.

* Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. * So called because the roots were once ground for snuff. * The plant can tolerate maritime exposure. Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine.

* It is said to be of great use when applied externally to stimulate hair growth and is an ingredient of many hair lotions and ointments. * The root is said to have a beneficial effect on the liver, stomach and spleen and may be taken to relieve indigestion...

The leaf blades are up to 52 centimeters long and may be hairless to hairy, with a dense coating of hairs behind the ligules. * This grass grows in disturbed, wet habitat types such as ditches.

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

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

The drupes are green, globose round in shape and turn bright red at maturity in late summer, each fruit is 5 mm in diameter and contains typically one or two ellipsoid-ovoid shaped stones.

It contains some of the most bitter compounds known and is used as a scientific basis for measuring bitterness. * Gentiana lutea ( Great Yellow Gentian ) is a species of gentian native to the mountains of central and southern Europe .

* It is found over much of Europe except northern Europe , Ireland , Great Britain , Holland and Poland. It blooms in spring. Flowers yellow, 1.5-2 cm in diameter, solitary in leaf axils and without forming inflorescence.

We have found it to easily withstand short periods of 15F and, as of yet, no pests or diseases. An evergreen woody perennial creating a large arching bush with age. 2" light pink saucer-shaped blooms, with a burgundy eye, are borne from spring to fall.