Plant For Summer Color Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Thornton

Leaves typically form a thick, slowly-spreading clump of foliage to 12" tall. * Features large rosettes of leathery, glossy, toothed, rounded, dark green leaves (to 10" long by 8" wide) which are heart-shaped at the base.

* 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".

* It was believed by some native North American Indian tribes that if the finely ground roots were secretly added to the food of an arguing couple then this would avert a divorce and they would love each other again.

It is a herbaceous annual or perennial twining liana growing to 2-4 m tall. The flowers are trumpet-shaped, 4-9 cm diameter, most commonly blue with a white to golden yellow centre.

* The large solitary flower head grows at the top of the stem and sometimes on branches. * This is an annual or biennial herb with one erect, mostly unbranched stem growing 20 to 100 centimeters tall.

Common names include, Turk's Cap Lily , Turban Lily , Swamp lily or American Tiger Lily . A starchy and slightly sweet taste. * The bulb is eaten cooked. Used like potatoes or as a thickener in soups.

They are commonly referred to as Joe-Pye weeds. It includes all the purple flowering North American species of the genus Eupatorium as traditionally defined. Border rears, cottage gardens, meadows, native plant gardens, wild/naturalized areas or water...

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

The hirsute leaves are of variable morphology, but commonly found as deltoidal in form and sometimes having up to three lobes. * White, pink, or rose flowers to 6", usually with a crimson base; a swamp plant; very salt tolerant; flowers in late summer;...

* 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".

* The seeds have been used in making cough syrups. * In Virginia, Penthorum sedoides grows in habitats such as alluvial swamps, floodplain pools, rocky or sandy shores, fens, marshes, beaver ponds, and disturbed wetlands.

The flowers are golden yellow and sweet scented, are grouped in pendulous racemes upto 25 cm long, and typically bloom in May. The leaves (made of three leaflets) have a long pedunculus, are smooth on the upperside and hairy on the underside.

Common names include meadow buttercup and tall buttercup . It is a naturalized species and often a weed in parts of North America, but it is probably native in Alaska and Greenland .

It is sometimes smoked as an intoxicant, despite the danger of illness and/or death due to the cyanide. It was first formally described by Philipp Franz von Siebold in 1829. * The bark is used to make Japanese paper.

Common names include, Turk's Cap Lily , Turban Lily , Swamp lily or American Tiger Lily . A starchy and slightly sweet taste. * The bulb is eaten cooked. Used like potatoes or as a thickener in soups.

It flowers from mid-summer to the first frosts, makes an attractive backdrop in garden plots, and is very attractive to butterflies, bees, and other nectar-feeding insects. * It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 1.5–3 m (5–10 feet) tall,...

It is smaller in size than the Giant Hogweed ( Heracleum mantegazzianum ). It prefers rich humid soils. Umbelliferous plants are so named because of the umbrella-like arrangement of flowers they produce.

* The young seed heads are used as a condiment, they are hot and acrid. * Papaver orientale ( Oriental poppy ) is a perennial flowering plant native to the Caucasus, northeastern Turkey, and northern Iran.

It is a herbaceous annual or perennial twining liana growing to 2-4 m tall. The flowers are trumpet-shaped, 4-9 cm diameter, most commonly blue with a white to golden yellow centre.

The flowers are red and scented with numerous yellow stamens in the centre. * This peony can reach between 30 and 60 centimeters in height. * The narrow, divided leaves are almost thread-like and grow close together on the stems.

* 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.

* Telekia is a rhizomatous, sunflower-like perennial that is native primarily to mountainous areas in southern Europe, the Ukraine, the Balkans, the Caucusus and Turkey. Blooms appear in late summer to early fall on branching-at-the-top stems rising to...

They are very showy and have a pleasant fragrance. * Good tree for striking yellow late summer flowers in upright clusters as large as 2' x 1 1/2'; seed "pods" pinkish, very attractive, good for dried arrangements; bipinnate leaves; upright habit; flowers...

* It is used extensively as a decorative plant in parks and other public areas. * 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; full sun,...

* It is an important crop for subsistence farmers in Africa. * This species was in use as a food source in Central America as early as 4000 BC. * The seeds are very small but easy to harvest and very nutritious.

It prefers sandy, well-drained soil and full sun. The leaves can vary from a bright green to a bluish-green in color. It often goes by the common name Foxtail lily. However some may find the plant to be too tall for normal gardens.

* It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade.It requires moist soil. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Bees, flies.