Plant For Summer Color Herbaceous Plant For Sale In San Diego

* The large solitary flower head grows at the top of the stem and sometimes on branches. * It is native to China,and it is cultivated worldwide as an ornamental plant. * Callistephus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae,...

* Hardier than green-leaved types. * Lacy leaves of a deep red in the spring but foliage color fades to light green in early summer. Japanese Maple produces magnificent fall color and is very hardy and flexible branches making it an ideal specimen for...

Used like potatoes or as a thickener in soups. Common names include, Turk's Cap Lily , Turban Lily , Swamp lily or American Tiger Lily . A starchy and slightly sweet taste. * Lilium superbum is a species of true lily native to the eastern and central...

* 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 wild species blooms in white or yellow, and is hardy from USDA Zones 3a-10b. It contains some opium. All parts of this plant are likely to be poisonous , containing (like all poppies) toxic alkaloids .

* Eutrochium fistulosum (Eupatorium fistulosum), also called Joe-Pye weed, Trumpetweed, or Purple thoroughwort, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to eastern North America, in southeast Canada and throughout the eastern and central...

* 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".

* Spiraea japonica was introduced in North America as an ornamental landscape plant and first cultivated in the northeastern states around 1870. Succeeds in part shade. * Spiraea japonica is a deciduous, perennial shrub native to Japan, China, and Korea.

* Eutrochium fistulosum (Eupatorium fistulosum), also called Joe-Pye weed, Trumpetweed, or Purple thoroughwort, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to eastern North America, in southeast Canada and throughout the eastern and central...

An infusion of the dried stalks has been used in the treatment of inflammation of the bladder. The hirsute leaves are of variable morphology, but commonly found as deltoidal in form and sometimes having up to three lobes.

* The Kaibab source is our second best for blue color. * It is a popular ornamental tree found far beyond its native range. * Our Majestic seed source is the only one that we sell that has a better blue color than Kaibab.

It is widespread in the eastern part of the USA (from Florida to Canada), Canada (south of Ontario), and on the coasts of the Arctic Ocean, where it grows on sand hills. Blooms early to mid season.

The roasted roots are used with dandelion and chicory roots for making coffee. However, internal consumption, such as in the form of herbal tea , is discouraged, as it can cause serious liver damage.

* 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.

Features sprays of single, daisy-like flower heads (to 3.5” across) with yellow rays and large, flattened, orange-yellow center disks. Blooms appear in late summer to early fall on branching-at-the-top stems rising to 4-6' tall.

* Spiraea japonica was introduced in North America as an ornamental landscape plant and first cultivated in the northeastern states around 1870. Succeeds in part shade. * Spiraea japonica is a deciduous, perennial shrub native to Japan, China, and Korea.

* The flowers are demulcent, diuretic and emollient. They are useful in the treatment of chest complaints. * The plants are easily grown from seed, and readily self-seed. * It was imported into Europe from southwestern China during, or possibly before,...

Its specific epithet , meaning "false acorus," refers to the similarity of its leaves to those of Acorus calamus , as they have a prominently veined mid-rib and sword-like shape. * A beautiful yellow dye is obtained from the flowers.

Veratrum lobelianum Bernh. ), is a medicinal plant of the Liliaceae (lily family) or Melanthiaceae which is native to Europe . * Upright stems topped by 1/2-1" flowers in a branched flower head, white, green, or yellowish; grows in wet, grassy subalpine...

Insignificant tiny greenish flowers appear in spring in separate male and female catkins, with the female catkins giving way to somewhat showy cigar shaped seed pods to 3-5” long.

* This heirloom variety matures in about 80-90 days but some stems can be cut before maturity. It is perennial so will continue to supply fresh chives for years to come. * Used in cooking, on baked potatoes, and in salads ; flowers rose to rosy purple.

* An easily grown plant, so long as the soil does not dry out. It requires a deep rich soil with plenty of moisture. Hardy to at least -20°c. Likes shadebut it succeeds in sun or partial shade.

Plants usually die to the ground in winter each year. * The mildly fragrant, pinkish purple flowers grow on a naked stem and hang upside down. * This clematis needs consistently moist soils.

It is also a good source of lecithin. The Latin botanical name means, loosely, the "sleep-bringing poppy", referring to the sedative properties of some of these opiates. Opium is the source of many opiates , including morphine , thebaine , codeine , papaverine...

Plants usually die to the ground in winter each year. * The mildly fragrant, pinkish purple flowers grow on a naked stem and hang upside down. * This clematis needs consistently moist soils.

Leucophylla produces crimson flowers in the spring before its characteristically small spring pitchers. The species is highly variable with respect to its pitchers, with plants in some localities reaching almost 1 metre in height, while in others, plants...

* Acanthus balcanicus, is an endemic herbaceous perennial plant in the genus Acanthus, native to the Balkan peninsula, up to Dalmatia. * It flowers in mid summer from July to August.