Plant For Moist Soil Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Denton

Plants are not hardy in Britain, requiring a minimum temperature of 5°c. Plants require continuously moist conditions in a loose compost of sphagnum peat, live sphagnum and coarse acid sand.

* Chives ( Allium schoenoprasum ) are the smallest species of the onion family Alliaceae * Allium schoenoprasum is also the only species of Allium native to both the New and the Old World and is a perennial .

It produces a spike of zygomorphic flowers in the late summer. Growing up to a meter tall, it lives in zones 4 to 9 in moist to wet soils. * It was believed by some native North American Indian tribes that if the finely ground roots were secretly added...

Seeds should be planted in the fall or moist-stratified and planted in the spring. The seedheads, which spray out attractively from the center of the clump, resemble a fox's tail but are short-lived.

* A perennial herb with 8" leaves covered with prickly hairs; flowers to 1/2", yellowish white, pink, or purplish, in summer, in nodding clusters; rather coarse; likes rich, moist, limestone soils; native to Europe, where it is used medicinally; a weed...

* The cooked leaves can be used as a potherb. * The seeds have been used in making cough syrups. * A tincture of the plant is somewhat astringent, demulcent, laxative and tonic. * Penthorum sedoides is widely distributed in the United States and Canada.

The inflorescence is purplish when in flower, becoming tan later in the season. * Many slender stems arise from small rhizomes; each topped by a large, slightly nodding, branched inflorescence.

* A very ornamental plant. * Grown for its beautiful red flowers in mid summer. Hybridizes freely with other members of this genus. * Lobelia cardinalis ( Cardinal Flower ) is a species of Lobelia native to the Americas , from southeastern Canada south...

Macedonian pine is of great value for research into hybridisation and genetic modification to develop rust resistance in these species; hybrids with eastern white pine inherit some resistance.

* Veratrum nigrum ( Black Hellebore ) is a medicinal plant and poisonous plant native to Asia and Europe . In China, it, and other false hellebore species are collectively called "li lu".

* Needles to 1" long, in 2 rows forming a trough; barrel-shaped cones, 4", dark violet-black. * Native to Yunnan in southwest China and adjoining border areas in southeastern Tibet , far northeastern India , northern Myanmar , and far northwestern Vietnam...

* American manna grass is a perennial grass which spreads by both thick rhizomes and stolons. * The tops of the stems are occupied with spreading, multibranched inflorescences bearing many small, oval-shaped spikelets.

The inflorescence is purplish when in flower, becoming tan later in the season. * Many slender stems arise from small rhizomes; each topped by a large, slightly nodding, branched inflorescence.

* Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (formerly Aster novae-angliae), commonly known as the New England aster, is a flowering herbaceous perennial plant in the Asteraceae family. * The flower color is variable, ranging from lavender to blue to white.

* This carex is common throughout southern and central Missouri in the moist soil beside ponds, streams and spring branches and in calcium-rich swampy meadows. * The seedheads resemble small sweetgum balls but do not grow above the foliage.

* A perennial herb with 8" leaves covered with prickly hairs; flowers to 1/2", yellowish white, pink, or purplish, in summer, in nodding clusters; rather coarse; likes rich, moist, limestone soils; native to Europe, where it is used medicinally; a weed...

* The fruits, stems and roots are diuretic, febrifuge and sedative. * This species is the parent of the cultivated Kiwi fruits, these cultivars are now included under the name A. * In its native habitat Actinidia chinensis grows in thickets, thick (oak)...

The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Bees, flies. It is in flower from Aug to October, and the seeds ripen from Oct to November. * It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade.It requires moist...

* It is a genus of one or two species of evergreen coniferous trees in the cypress familyCupressaceae. Used in construction, ship building etc wherever great strength is required. In vernacular use, it is most often known asCunninghamia, but is also sometimes...

This plant is also cultivated in many European and American gardens. * It flowers in mid summer from July to August. * Deeply lobed glossy green leaves (2-3' long) form an ornamental mound which usually remains attractive throughout the growing season.

Grasslike leaves (6-11 blades per culm) are broad (to 3/4" wide), linear and yellow green to dark green with rough edges. Foliage turns yellow-brown in fall. Culms are topped in late spring with dark green spikelets that are clustered into spherical heads.

* This sedge is very variable in appearance. In general, it produces short, tough rhizomes and grows in dense clumps. * The cooked seed can be used as a rice substitute. * Scirpus cyperinus, commonly called woolgrass, is a grass-like, rhizomatous, emergent...

* Iris pseudacorus is a species of Iris , native to Europe , western Asia and northwest Africa . The root is a source of tannin and has been used in making ink. * A beautiful yellow dye is obtained from the flowers.

* Cephalotaxus sinensis is an evergreen Shrub growing to 5 m (16ft 5in) at a slow rate. * Extracts from the plant have shown anticancer activity. Some botanists consider Cephalotaxus koreana and C.

* A decidious Tree growing to 20 m (65ft 7in) at a fast rate. It is in flower in March, and the seeds ripen in June. * Betula nigra ( River Birch ; also occasionally called Water Birch ) is a species of birch native to the eastern United States from New...

Or ?, hinoki) is a species of cypress native to central Japan. The wood is lemon-scented, light pinkish-brown, with a rich, straight grain, and is highly rot-resistant. It is a slow-growing tree which grows to 35 m tall with a trunk up to 1 m in diameter.

* The bark and the leaves are mildly diuretic, expectorant and stimulant. The adult leaves , produced on branches of mature trees, are nearly round, slightly wider than long, 2–8 cm diameter, with a coarsely toothed margin and a laterally flattened...