Plant For Moist Soil Medicinal Plant For Sale In Chicago

* 1/2-1" yellow-green trumpet-shaped flowers backed by white, pink, or rose sepals, "beautiful for flower effect" (Dirr); dark green simple 4-8" leaves; likes moist acid soil; native to southeast U.S. * In earlier days, malaria and other fevers were treated...

* Leatherwood was employed medicinally by a number of native North American Indian tribes who used it to treat a wide variety of ailments. The bark fibres are also used in making paper.

* Aralia spinosa is an aromatic spiny deciduous shrub or small tree growing 2–8 m tall, with a simple or occasionally branched stem with very large bipinnate leaves 70–120 cm long.

* Cornus amomum ( Silky Dogwood ) is a species of dogwood native to eastern North America , from Ontario and Quebec south to Arkansas and Georgia . * There are approximately 12,000 seeds per pound.

* Betula occidentalis ( Water Birch , also known as Red Birch ) is a species of birch native to western North America , in Canada from Yukon east to western Ontario and southwards, and in the United States from eastern Washington east to western North...

Their aromatic smell serves to deodorize the house whilst sweeping. The leaves have been kept in the clothes cupboard as a perfume, incense and insect repellent. It is poisonous if taken internally.

Only the outer bark is removed, this does not kill the tree. It is waterproof, durable, tough and resinous[11, 61]. * The bark is used to make drinking vessels, canoe skins, roofing tiles etc.

* 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 by Bees, flies. It is hardy to zone 6.

* 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.

Likes shadebut it succeeds in sun or partial shade. Prefers a moist heavy soil. It requires a deep rich soil with plenty of moisture. * An easily grown plant, so long as the soil does not dry out.

* Serratula tinctoria , commonly known as Saw-wort , is a species in the genus Serratula . * A perennial with tubular reddish-purple flowers in small terminal clusters; native to Europe, North Africa, and Siberia.

* 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.

* The original Cook strain of Balsam Fir was selected due to the blue tinge of the needles. * It is more heat tolerant than the species. * The seeds from these improved selections will be more true to type due to continued selection for blue color and...

* The Great Blue Lobelia ( Lobelia siphilitica ) is a species within the Campanulaceae family. It produces a spike of zygomorphic flowers in the late summer. It is an herbaceous, perennial dicot native to eastern and central Canada and United States.

The leaves are often used in 'mint sauce', which is used as a flavouring in meals. * A perennial mint with a strong mint scent; small lilac, pink, or white flowers in whorls on 4" spikes; much used as an herb and a source of essential oil; likes moist...

It is commonly found growing in humus-rich areas like marshes, ditches, fens, and beaver dams.The stems are smooth cylinders with light pith filling. The stems can also be dried then twisted or braided into ropes for tying or binding.

* The native witchhazel can be grown as a large shrub or small tree and offers fantastic fall attributes. Tannins in the bark are believed to be responsible for its astringent are harvested in the spring and an infusion of the leaves is used to reduce...

Ginseng in one study. Dammarane type ginsenosides include two classifications: the 20(S)-protopanaxadiol (ppd) and 20(S)-protopanaxatriol (ppt) classifications. * Cold-fX is a product derived from the roots of North American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius).

Used in construction, ship building etc wherever great strength is required. * An evergreen native to China, where it is a widely used timber tree; the wood resists rot; of pyramidal habit with slightly pendulous branches; bark brown, peeling to reveal...

* Native to Yunnan in southwest China and adjoining border areas in southeastern Tibet , far northeastern India , northern Myanmar , and far northwestern Vietnam . * It is a high altitude mountain tree, growing at altitudes of 3,000-4,000 meters, often...

* Alnus acuminata (also called Alder is a species of tree in the Betulaceae family. It is found in Argentina , Bolivia , Colombia , Costa Rica , Ecuador , Guatemala , Mexico , Panama , Peru and Venezuela .

* A very popular curiosity plant. * The trapping mechanism is so specialized that it can distinguish between living prey and non-prey stimuli such as falling raindrops; two trigger hairs must be touched in succession within 20 seconds of each other or...

* 2-5" dark shiny "needles" clustered in whorls at the ends of shoots; form varies, may be narrowly vertical to broadly conical; branches tend to droop with age; grows slowly; 2-4" cones, green, then brown; makes a distinctive dark green impression in...

* It is a herbaceous wildflower that grows along the banks of streams and seeps in western North America. * Erythranthe guttata, with the common names seep monkeyflower and common yellow monkeyflower, is a yellow bee-pollinated annual or perennial plant.

Conservation Plant Characteristics Abies fraseri (Pursh) Poir. * It is grown in plantations in Scotland and sold by the thousands throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland. * Fraser Fir has been used more times as the Blue Room Christmas tree (the official...

Conservation Plant Characteristics Aesculus glabra Willd. * Commonly known as Ohio buckeye , American buckeye , or fetid buckeye. * The twigs, bark, flowers and leaves all produce a foetid odour if crushed.

* The bark is used to make drinking vessels, canoe skins, roofing tiles etc. This applies particularly to acidic or nutrient poor soils. * It is a medium-sized deciduous tree , typically reaching 15-25 m tall (exceptionally up to 39 m ), with a slender...