Plant For Summer Color Seeds For Sale In Columbia

* 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.

Miyabeanum , and P. Papaver croceum, P. Macounii ) is a boreal flowering plant. * The seed is very agreeable to the taste. It contains some opium. In particular, P. * A perennial poppy with 2-3" pink, red, orange, greenish, or yellow fragrant flowers;...

* The wood is coarse grained,durable, dark coloured and very hard, it can be used as an ebony substitute. It is much in demand among turners,and is used in making instruments and furniture especially where strength and smoothness are important.

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

* Leaves are often used in floral arrangements. * Also commonly called pig squeak because of the noise produced by rubbing a leaf between thumb and finger. * Bergenia (also called heart-leaved bergenia) is a clump-forming perennial which is primarily...

* 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 whole plant is very poisonous, even one seed has been known to be lethal to children. * A horticultural annual grown for it big palmate (roundish) leaves, up to 3' wide; full sun, adequate drainage; can become a 40' tree in tropical areas.

* Leaves are often used in floral arrangements. * Also commonly called pig squeak because of the noise produced by rubbing a leaf between thumb and finger. * Bergenia (also called heart-leaved bergenia) is a clump-forming perennial which is primarily...

White flowers in racemes in spring give way in summer to clusters of reddish fruit (1/3" diameter cherries) which mature in fall to a dark purple. Fruits are attractive to wildlife.

The bark fibres are also used in making paper. The stems are harvested in summer, the leaves are removed and the stems steamed until the fibres can be stripped. A rope can be made from the bark fibres.

It provides quick, woody, vegetative cover on droughty, critical areas needing stabilizing cover. Its value for wildlife food is minimal, but is a very attractive shrub when in bloom.

* Taxodium distichum ( Baldcypress , Bald Cypress , or Swamp Cypress ) is a species of conifer native to the southeastern United States . Tolerates the high pH of chalk streams. Established plants succeed in standing water up to 60cm deep - in such a...

The bark fibres are also used in making paper. The stems are harvested in summer, the leaves are removed and the stems steamed until the fibres can be stripped. A rope can be made from the bark fibres.

* Paeonia tenuifolia is sometimes called the fern leaf peony . * 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...

Leaves appear in whorls of 3–5. Leaves are large, long and sharply toothed. * Eutrochium fistulosum (Eupatorium fistulosum), also called Joe-Pye weed, Trumpetweed, or Purple thoroughwort, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to eastern...

Eupatorium has recently undergone some revision and has been broken up into smaller genera. * Many people perceive Joe Pye weed to be nothing more than a roadside weed and have never seriously considered its outstanding ornamental attributes.

The leaves are spirally arranged, 3-7 cm long with a 1.5-6 cm long petiole. Seed used by Aztecs as a hallucinogen. The flowers are trumpet-shaped, 4-9 cm diameter, most commonly blue with a white to golden yellow centre.

Farther south, plants are nearly evergreen. * The spongy bark at the base of the trunk is pliable, absorbent and astringent. * In the northern part of its range, the leaves turn rust-red in fall, dropping in spring just as the new leaves unfurl.

* Cornus glabrata is a species of dogwood native to California and Oregon and known by the common names brown dogwood , smooth dogwood , and western cornel . * It bears plentiful clusters of fuzzy white flowers and bluish-white berries.

The leaves are spirally arranged, 3-7 cm long with a 1.5-6 cm long petiole. Seed used by Aztecs as a hallucinogen. The flowers are trumpet-shaped, 4-9 cm diameter, most commonly blue with a white to golden yellow centre.

Its a native that thrives in shady locations and adds interest year round. * I've always liked Spicebush. The leaves can also be usedas a spice substitute. * The dried and powderedfruit is used as a substitute for the spice 'allspice'.

* The Great Blue Lobelia ( Lobelia siphilitica ) is a species within the Campanulaceae family. Growing up to a meter tall, it lives in zones 4 to 9 in moist to wet soils. It is an herbaceous, perennial dicot native to eastern and central Canada and United...

It is frost hardy to about 14 F , and recommended to be in a sheltered area for the first few years. Bonsai don't like to dry out, keep most for best results. * Hardier than green-leaved types.

It provides quick, woody, vegetative cover on droughty, critical areas needing stabilizing cover. Its value for wildlife food is minimal, but is a very attractive shrub when in bloom.

* A shrub or small tree; silvery throughout, with compound leaves and pale yellow flowers in pendulous clusters to 6", each 3/4" wide; pods to 6"; native to seashores of the Old World tropics .

Wood - hard, white, fine grained. Used for small items, nails, walking sticks etc. * Hydrangea paniculata , commonly known as the panicled hydrangea , is a species of Hydrangea found in eastern China , Korea , Japan , and Sakhalin .

* Grow in fertile, medium to wet soils in full sun to part shade. In Missouri, it is found only in certain swampy areas in the far southeastern corner of the state (Steyermark). Roots should be kept cool, shaded and uniformly moist.