Plant For Summer Color Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Cambridge

* The crimson fall color is stunning. * A small variety with deeply cut red leaves.

* A sprawling plant unless staked, perhaps best for romping through a semi-wild border; small blue flowers in considerable numbers in midsummer; full sun or part shade, persistent once established; native to China.

A sweetly fragrant Abelia, Sweet Emotion produces dark rosy pink buds that open to white fragrant blossoms. This is a selection of the Fragrant Pink Abelia that flowers in late spring and produces orange to red fall color.

Growing up to a meter tall, it lives in zones 4 to 9 in moist to wet soils. * The Great Blue Lobelia ( Lobelia siphilitica ) is a species within the Campanulaceae family. * It was believed by some native North American Indian tribes that if the finely...

* A refreshing tea is made from the flower petals. * A nutritious starch is obtained from the root. * The red anthocyanin constituent of the flowers is used as a litmus. * The flowers are demulcent, diuretic and emollient.

* The familiar large-flowered poppy with 3-6" flowers, usually red but sometimes orange or pale pink; foliage dies back in midsummer; long-lived; wants full sun, good drainage; native to Turkey and environs.

* Spiraea japonica is a deciduous, perennial shrub native to Japan, China, and Korea. * Tolerates most soils, but prefers a good loamy soil, abundant moisture and full sunlight. * Plants can be grown as a low hedge.

* Lupinus perennis ( Indian beet , Old maid's bonnets , Blue Lupine, and Sundial lupine ) is a medicinal plant in the Fabaceae family. It is widespread in the eastern part of the USA (from Florida to Canada), Canada (south of Ontario), and on the coasts...

* Hardier than green-leaved types. * Fall color is sensational. * Lacy leaves of a deep red in the spring but foliage color fades to light green in early summer.

* The bright yellow flowers are a common sight in summer meadows. Common names include meadow buttercup and tall buttercup . * Ranunculus acris is one of the more common buttercups across Europe and temperate Eurasia .

* Spiraea tomentosa , commonly known as the Steeplebush , is a plant similar in characteristic to the Hardhack ( S. * A vigorous plant, spreading by subterranean suckers and forming thickets.

* Eutrochium is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants in Asteraceae. They are commonly referred to as Joe-Pye weeds. * Many people perceive Joe Pye weed to be nothing more than a roadside weed and have never seriously considered its outstanding ornamental...

It prefers sandy, well-drained soil and full sun. * The plant was introduced from Central Asia in 1874 and is popular in gardens. It often goes by the common name Foxtail lily. However some may find the plant to be too tall for normal gardens.

It is used medicinally and also makes a refreshing tea. It is waterproof, durable, tough and resinous. The boughs are called vihta or vasta. Occasionally one uses leafy, fragrant boughs of Silver Birch to gently beat oneself in a sauna.

* Spiraea tomentosa , commonly known as the Steeplebush , is a plant similar in characteristic to the Hardhack ( S. * A vigorous plant, spreading by subterranean suckers and forming thickets.

It prefers sandy, well-drained soil and full sun. * The plant was introduced from Central Asia in 1874 and is popular in gardens. It often goes by the common name Foxtail lily. However some may find the plant to be too tall for normal gardens.

A tea is made from the dried leaves and roots. However, internal consumption, such as in the form of herbal tea , is discouraged, as it can cause serious liver damage. * The hardy plant can grow to a height of 60 cm.Comfrey has been used in folk medicine...

* Common Hogweed ( Heracleum sphondylium ) is an herbaceous biennial plant of the family Apiaceae , which grows in the prairies of Eurasia. * The roots and the leaves are aphrodisiac, digestive, mildly expectorant and sedative.

Common names include, Turk's Cap Lily , Turban Lily , Swamp lily or American Tiger Lily . * Lilium superbum is a species of true lily native to the eastern and central regions of North America .

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;...

* Eutrochium is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants in Asteraceae. They are commonly referred to as Joe-Pye weeds. * Many people perceive Joe Pye weed to be nothing more than a roadside weed and have never seriously considered its outstanding ornamental...

* The Globe-flower ( Trollius europaeus ) is a perennial plant of the family Ranunculaceae . * An herbaceous perennial with lemon yellow flowers to 2", May to August; much planted in gardens, where it likes rich moist soil in sun or part shade; native...

Like many other plants in this family, they are demulcent and emollient and are used in the treatment of dysentery, lung ailments and urinary ailments. The hirsute leaves are of variable morphology, but commonly found as deltoidal in form and sometimes...

* The seeds have been used in making cough syrups. * A tincture of the plant is somewhat astringent, demulcent, laxative and tonic. * Penthorum sedoides is 10 to 80 centimeters tall.

* Sarracenia flava , the Yellow pitcher plant , is a carnivorous plant in the family Sarraceniaceae . * Grow in sun or partial shade in peat or moss. An insectivorous plant, it is best grown in a boggy position and prefers a soil low in nitrogen.

* The crimson fall color is stunning. * A small variety with deeply cut red leaves.

* Iris pseudacorus is a species of Iris , native to Europe , western Asia and northwest Africa . Common names include yellow iris and yellow flag . It is brown otherwise. Its specific epithet , meaning "false acorus," refers to the similarity of its leaves...