Plant For Moist Soil Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Lowell

* Devil's club was widely employed medicinally by several native North American Indian tribes who used it especially for its pain-relieving properties. * It is noted for its large palmate leaves and erect, woody stems covered in stinging spines.

Requires a lime-free soil. * The species has reddish-purple flowers; grows in marshes, ditches, and other wet places, even in shallow water; flowering in June and July; needs acid soil in cultivation; many elaborate, unusual, beautiful, and rather difficult-to-grow...

* The seeds have been used in making cough syrups. * Penthorum sedoides is widely distributed in the United States and Canada. The plant is noted for its effectiveness in treating catarrhal problems of many kinds and has also been used successfully in...

Usually stemless, the leaves arising from an underground stock. White blooms are followed by black fruit about 1/2 inch wide in long clusters. It is native to the southeastern United States , ranging from Florida north to eastern North Carolina , and...

The stems are harvested in summer, the leaves are removed and the stems steamed until the fibres can be stripped. * Leatherwood was employed medicinally by a number of native North American Indian tribes who used it to treat a wide variety of ailments.

* When grown from seed, plants take around four to five years to reach maturity and will live for 20 to 30 years if cultivated in the right conditions. The edges of the lobes are fringed by stiff hair-like protrusions or cilia, which mesh together and...

* Shrub with upright stems; narrow bamboolike leaves, shiny bright green; small whitish flowers; a roughish plant, but extremely tough and vigorous; useful for highways and urban sites; native to China.

It is a large suckering shrub that can be grown as a small tree. As a popular ornamental used in landscaping its notable features include the red stems in fall (autumn) through late winter, the brightest winter bark of any cornus.

It is hardy to zone 6. It is in flower from Aug to October, and the seeds ripen from Oct to November. * Clematis serratifolia is a deciduous Climber growing to 3 m (9ft 10in). The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated...

It is hardy to zone 6. It is in flower in May, and the seeds ripen from Aug to September. * A deciduous Tree growing to 9 m (29ft 6in). It prefers moist soil. * A small tree grown for its ornamental red new growth and its red and yellow fall color.

* It is naturally a wetland tree, and develops a shallow, fibrous root system, unlike many oaks , which have a strong, deep taproot when young. It is confined to acidic soils, and does not tolerate limestone , and grows at low altitudes from sea level...

Flowers- raw or cooked. A mild flavour,though the texture is a bit tough. Picked when first opened, the flowers are fermented with waterand sugar to make a very pleasant and intoxicating wine.

The seedheads, which spray out attractively from the center of the clump, resemble a fox's tail but are short-lived. Its narrow grass-like leaf blades grow in 2 ft clumps up to 3 ft in height.

* Devil's club was widely employed medicinally by several native North American Indian tribes who used it especially for its pain-relieving properties. * It is noted for its large palmate leaves and erect, woody stems covered in stinging spines.

This pine is a straight-growing, medium-sized species, attaining heights of 20-35 m. * Pinus glabra ( Spruce Pine ) is a tree found on the coastal plains of the southern United States , from southern South Carolina south to northern Florida and west to...

Usually stemless, the leaves arising from an underground stock. White blooms are followed by black fruit about 1/2 inch wide in long clusters. It is native to the southeastern United States , ranging from Florida north to eastern North Carolina , and...

* Greek Fir is native to the mountains of Greece, primarily in the Peloponnesos and the island of Kefallonia, * It is grown as an ornamental tree in parks and large gardens. * Greek Fir was important in the past for wood for general construction.

* This flowering shrub is native to the eastern United States, likes a moist shady location. * Well worth growing if you have the right spot to enjoy its fragrant blooms.

The wood is also used to produce sporting goods and plywood. The light-colored wood can be given a light- to medium-brown finish that in other woods must be achieved by bleaching. Occidentalis) where the range overlaps.

* Common Hogweed ( Heracleum sphondylium ) is an herbaceous biennial plant of the family Apiaceae , which grows in the prairies of Eurasia. It is an umbelliferous plant, in the same group as fennel, cow parsley, elder and giant hogweed.

The red petals are long and strap-like, and dangle over the umbrella-like style of the flower, which is held upside down at the end of a 50 cm long scape. * Like other members of the genus Sarracenia, the Sweet pitcher plant traps insects using a rolled...

* A species of maple native to northeastern North America from Saskatchewan to Newfoundland , and south to Pennsylvania. * It is in flower in May, and the seeds ripen in August. * Sometimes called "Moosewood".

* The plants tolerate clipping and make an attractive informal hedge. * An oval shrub with pleasing dark green leaves and very fragrant white flowers in upright terminal racemes in late summer; does well in heavy shade; yellow or golden brown fall color;...

* Elymus canadensis is a species of wild rye known by the common name Canada wild rye . * This is a perennial bunch grass reaching heights of one to one and a half meters. This grass is native to much of North America, being most abundant in the central...

* Although no specific mention has been seen for this species, the fruits and flowers of many hawthorns are well-known in herbal folk medicine as a heart tonic and modern research has borne out this use.

Prefers a moist soil but succeeds in dry soils and, once established, is drought tolerant. * Iris foetidissima ( Stinking Iris , Gladdon , Gladwin Iris , Roast-beef Plant , Stinking Gladwin ), is a species of Iris found in open woodland, hedgebanks and...

It is a native of Europe. It grows in moist soil, full sun to part shade, and grows up to one meter tall. * Serratula tinctoria , commonly known as Saw-wort , is a species in the genus Serratula .