Plant For Summer Color Perennial Plant For Sale In Killeen

A decoction is used in the treatment of lung ailments. With the flowers, they are applied to burns, swellings and other skin problems. * A fibre from the bark is used for making cords and rope.

Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be used by other plants growing nearby. Plants are hardy to about -25°c. Seeds should produce mostly blue flowers, but may show some breaks to colors of reds, yellows and bicolors.

Seed used by Aztecs as a hallucinogen. * Twining vine with 4 inch dark sky-blue flowers. The flowers are trumpet-shaped, 4-9 cm diameter, most commonly blue with a white to golden yellow centre.

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

* 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.

* 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. It is native to the Caucasus Mountains of Ukraine , as well as areas north of the Black Sea and westward...

Used like potatoes or as a thickener in soups. A starchy and slightly sweet taste. * The bulb is eaten cooked. * Lilium superbum is a species of true lily native to the eastern and central regions of North America .

The roasted roots are used with dandelion and chicory roots for making coffee. A tea is made from the dried leaves and roots. * The peeled roots are cut up and added to soups. * A perennial herb with 8" leaves covered with prickly hairs; flowers to 1/2",...

* The red anthocyanin constituent of the flowers is used as a litmus. * A refreshing tea is made from the flower petals. * The plants are easily grown from seed, and readily self-seed.

Therefore a little bluer in color than the Colorado and a little more cold hardy than the Arizona. * It is popular as an ornamental landscaping tree and as a Christmas Tree. Highly recommended for zones 5 and 6.

It is naturalized throughout much of the Northeast, Southeast, and Midwest areas of the United States, and parts of Canada. * Spiraea japonica was introduced in North America as an ornamental landscape plant and first cultivated in the northeastern states...

It often goes by the common name Foxtail lily. Robustus has a stem six to ten feet high, with leaves as long as 48 inches, and 4 inches in width, the widest in its genus. However some may find the plant to be too tall for normal gardens.

The stems are harvested in summer, the leaves are removed and the stems steamed until the fibres can be stripped. * Dirca palustris , or Eastern Leatherwood , is a shrub that grows to a maximum height of about three meters.

* The red anthocyanin constituent of the flowers is used as a litmus. * A refreshing tea is made from the flower petals. * The plants are easily grown from seed, and readily self-seed.

This conflicts with the hardiness rating of 7 (temperatures down to between -5 and -10°c) given in . Plants require continuously moist conditions in a loose compost of sphagnum peat, live sphagnum and coarse acid sand.

* A perennial with tubular reddish-purple flowers in small terminal clusters; native to Europe, North Africa, and Siberia. It grows in moist soil, full sun to part shade, and grows up to one meter tall.

It is smaller in size than the Giant Hogweed ( Heracleum mantegazzianum ). The plant is little used in modern herbalism but has been employed in the treatment of laryngitis and bronchitis.

Bear's Breeches is a slowly spreading perennial that lends its form, flowers, and foliage to the shaded garden. The leaf pattern was used extensively in Greek architecture. An easy and hardy perennial.

Loves full sun but can also be planted in light shade. The Pink Muhly Grass looks spectacular when planted in large groups in open green areas. During the fall months, wispy pink flower heads will create the illusion of a pink haze in your yard.

Sturdy, loose spikes of 2-3" wide, bluish purple irises with delicately rolled, dark inky-blue veined, inner standards are born in summer (and fall, winter, and spring where protected from freezing) on this highly sought after 'blue' Iris.

An upright perennial that may spread vigorously if grown in the ground via underground runners. Makes a beautiful and easy container specimen. Sweetly fragrant, 6" deep pink bloom clusters are borne atop the dark glossy green heart-shaped foliage.

* The holes in the meshwork allow small prey to escape, presumably because the benefit that would be obtained from them would be less than the cost of digesting them. A great way to promote interest in science.

Field grown plants. Plant in any good garden soil. It is extremely adaptable and very resistant to diseases and insects. So we never come out even! We can't tell you which varieties you will receive, but your ''handful of hosta'' may include Regal Blue,...

At this point the ugly foliage can be pruned away but may be best left to protect and shade the young foliage during the hottest parts of summer.' Images courtesy of AgriStarts, all rights reserved.

It is brown otherwise. * Iris pseudacorus is a species of Iris , native to Europe , western Asia and northwest Africa . A delicately scented essential oil, obtained from the roots, has been used to adulterate the oil of Acorus calamus.

Louisiana Artemesia, sometimes called Dusty Miller, creates a mass of silvery-gray foliage and stems that spreads fairly quickly and develops into large colonies. Drought tolerant, deer and pest resistant, and a good larger groundcover.

Laevis and possibly others. This native perennial Hibiscus boasts 6-8" wide white to pink flowers with a dark burgundy eye. Like the parent species, they are all slow to emerge in spring and wait for the signal of warmer soil temperatures before they...