Plant For Summer Color Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Elgin

It is a naturalized species and often a weed in parts of North America, but it is probably native in Alaska and Greenland . * Ranunculus acris is one of the more common buttercups across Europe and temperate Eurasia .

* The Great Blue Lobelia ( Lobelia siphilitica ) is a species within the Campanulaceae family. 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.

* The plant was introduced from Central Asia in 1874 and is popular in gardens. The leaves can vary from a bright green to a bluish-green in color. Robustus has a stem six to ten feet high, with leaves as long as 48 inches, and 4 inches in width, the...

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

* The flowers are demulcent, diuretic and emollient. * It was imported into Europe from southwestern China during, or possibly before, the 15th century. * The red anthocyanin constituent of the flowers is used as a litmus.

* 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".

Provide a well-drained acid soil in a mostly to partly sunny location for the best results. Images courtesy of Proven Winners, www.provenwinners.com Abelias are some of the most rewarding and easiest to grow shrubs, remaining evergreen in zones 8-9 and...

* A tincture of the plant is somewhat astringent, demulcent, laxative and tonic. * In Virginia, Penthorum sedoides grows in habitats such as alluvial swamps, floodplain pools, rocky or sandy shores, fens, marshes, beaver ponds, and disturbed wetlands.

They are native to Eastern North America and have non-dissected foliage and pigmented flowers. It is a substantial plant which needs space, but when planted in groups or massed can provide spectacular flowering and architectural height.

* 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.

* 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.

The seeds are rather small, but there are large numbers of them contained in capsules 3cm or more in diameter and so they are easy to harvest and utilize. However, although the seeds contain no narcotic alkaloids, analysis of the urine following their...

* The whole plant is very poisonous, even one seed has been known to be lethal to children. * Castor seed is the source of castor oil, which has a wide variety of uses. * A horticultural annual grown for it big palmate (roundish) leaves, up to 3' wide;...

* An easily grown plant, so long as the soil does not dry out. Likes shadebut it succeeds in sun or partial shade. Does well in a bog garden. * The Globe-flower ( Trollius europaeus ) is a perennial plant of the family Ranunculaceae .

* Spiraea japonica is a deciduous, perennial shrub native to Japan, China, and Korea. Hardy to about -20°c. * Clusters of rosy-pink flowers are found at the tips of the branches. * Spiraea japonica was introduced in North America as an ornamental landscape...

The uppermost part of the leaf is flared into a lid (the operculum), which prevents excess rain from entering the pitcher and diluting the digestive secretions within. * Like other members of the genus Sarracenia, the Sweet pitcher plant traps insects...

* Callistephus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae, containing the single species Callistephus chinensis. * This is an annual or biennial herb with one erect, mostly unbranched stem growing 20 to 100 centimeters tall.

* The peeled roots are cut up and added to soups. * The hardy plant can grow to a height of 60 cm.Comfrey has been used in folk medicine as a poultice for treating burns and wounds.

Germination is usually fairly rapid. Her comments on the plant are: " I am growing this tree since several years now. * The leaves are anodyne, antidotal, demulcent, expectorant and refrigerant.

* White, pink, or rose flowers to 6", usually with a crimson base; a swamp plant; very salt tolerant; flowers in late summer; native to eastern U.S. to Michigan, south to Alabama, * The leaves and roots abound in mucilage.

Features sprays of single, daisy-like flower heads (to 3.5” across) with yellow rays and large, flattened, orange-yellow center disks. Smaller ovate stem leaves are sessile. Leaves are glabrous above and hairy below.

* The plant was introduced from Central Asia in 1874 and is popular in gardens. The leaves can vary from a bright green to a bluish-green in color. Robustus has a stem six to ten feet high, with leaves as long as 48 inches, and 4 inches in width, the...

* Sarracenia leucophylla , also known as the white pitcher plant , is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia . The species is highly variable with respect to its pitchers, with plants in some localities reaching almost 1 metre in height, while in...

The uppermost part of the leaf is flared into a lid (the operculum), which prevents excess rain from entering the pitcher and diluting the digestive secretions within. * Like other members of the genus Sarracenia, the Sweet pitcher plant traps insects...

* A decidious Tree growing to 10 m (32ft) by 10 m (32ft) at a fast rate. * It is in flower from July to August, and the seeds ripen from September to October. * Foot-long clusters of yellow flowers in midsummer, followed by red or brownish "pods" that...

* The Great Blue Lobelia ( Lobelia siphilitica ) is a species within the Campanulaceae family. 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.

* Primula denticulata , commonly known as Drumstick primrose or the Himalayan Primrose is a species of primrose that is native to moist alpine regions and Afghanistan to China . However it is commonly cultivated in gardens away from its native range.