Plant For Moist Soil Perennial Plant For Sale In San Francisco

They can be grown successfully in a plastic basin or in a pot that is standing in a deep saucer of water. * Grow in sun or partial shade in peat or moss. Plants require continuously moist conditions in a loose compost of sphagnum peat, live sphagnum and...

* Succisa pratensis Moench, also known as Devil's-bit Scabious, is a flowering plant of the genus Succisa in the family Dipsacaceae . * An herbaceous perennial, forming a basal rosette to 1', from which arise 3' flowering stems with purplish blue (rarely...

* A deciduous Tree growing to 9 m (29ft 6in). It prefers moist soil. It is hardy to zone 6. * A small tree grown for its ornamental red new growth and its red and yellow fall color.

* 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 speed with which traps close can be used as an indicator of a plant's general health.

* Acanthus balcanicus, is an endemic herbaceous perennial plant in the genus Acanthus, native to the Balkan peninsula, up to Dalmatia. * An erect, clump-forming perennial which features pale pink to white flowers enclosed in spiny, reddish-purple bracts...

* Greek Fir was important in the past for wood for general construction. * 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.

* Some native North American Indian tribes used the root as a protection against rattlesnakes. * A fine blue infusion is obtained from the flowers and this can be used as a litmus substitute to test for acids and alkalis.

* 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.

Thrives in full sun so long as the soil does not dry out, otherwise it is best grown in partial shade. * Erythranthe guttata, with the common names seep monkeyflower and common yellow monkeyflower, is a yellow bee-pollinated annual or perennial plant.

* Native to western North America , from Washington east to western Montana and south to California. * It is in flower in March, and the seeds ripen from Oct to January. Conservation Plant Characteristics Alnus rhombifolia Nutt.

It typically forms a slowly-spreading clump of upright stems (culms) to 4-5' tall. * A sedge with stems to 4 1/2 ft. The terminal inflorescense contains many spikelets that are crowded into dense, nearly spherical heads on rays that angle out in different...

Growing to a height of 10-20 m tall with a 0.4 m trunk diameter, exceptionally to 30 m tall and 1.6 m diameter, the tree is often stunted or prostrate. The foliage forms in flat sprays with scale-like leaves 3-5 mm long.

* Spartina pectinata is a species of cordgrass known by the common name prairie cordgrass . * Succeeds in fresh or salt water marshes and in ordinary garden soil. It is native to central North America.

* Calamagrostis canadensis is a species of grass known by the common names bluejoint and Canadian reedgrass . The inflorescence is purplish when in flower, becoming tan later in the season.

The general shape of the tree is conical with tiered, horizontal branches that are often somewhat pendulous toward the tips. The wood is strongly resistant to rot, is not eaten by termites, and is easily worked.

Extracts from these plant materials are thought to possess analgesic, sedative, and anti-inflammatory properties. * Cohosh comes from an Algonquin word meaning rough in reference to the appearance of plant rhizomes.

* Angelica atropurpurea is a species of plant that can be found in moist and swampy woodlands , mostly by riverbanks. * Plants are reliably perennial if they are prevented from setting seed.

* 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...

* This species is possibly no more than a form of P. Rigida); it is distinguished from that species by the longer needles and on average slightly larger cones. * The species name is derived from the persistently unopened cones that may remain closed for...

* It grows in large clumps about 1.5 meters (5 feet) tall at the water's edge along streams and ditches, but can be invasive anywhere with moist soil. The lower leaves are reduced to a brown sheath at the bottom of the stem.

* 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.

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

* Seeds In mid to late simmer, the berries turn bright red . * The whole plant, but especially the root, is analgesic, antirheumatic, galactogogue and rubefacient.The plant was often used medicinally by North American Indian tribes, though modern users...

* In Virginia, Penthorum sedoides grows in habitats such as alluvial swamps, floodplain pools, rocky or sandy shores, fens, marshes, beaver ponds, and disturbed wetlands. * Penthorum sedoides (known by the common name ditch stonecrop), is a perennial...

* The wood is reported to endure moisture indefinitely; it has been used for fence-posts, ties and shingles. * Chamaecyparis thyoides (Whitecedar Falsecypress or Atlantic White cedar), is a species of Chamaecyparis, native to the Atlantic coast of North...

Veratrum lobelianum Bernh. * Upright stems topped by 1/2-1" flowers in a branched flower head, white, green, or yellowish; grows in wet, grassy subalpine meadows and open woods; flowers in June or July; attractive pleated leaves, to 1' long, 6" wide;...

* Clump-forming tree or shrub, stems extremely prickly, lacy white flower panicles; leaves to 2-6' (that's feet, not inches)!! * The leaves usually have a number of slender prickles, they must be gathered before the prickles harden and are then chopped...