Poisonous Plant Shade Tolerant Plant For Sale In Houston

* The plant most of us think of as Bleeding Heart; extremely popular, and for good reason; each arching spike, often held horizontally, is lined with an elegant row of pink and white "hearts"; flowers in May in New York; may die back to the ground in...

), is a medicinal plant of the Liliaceae (lily family) or Melanthiaceae which is native to Europe . * Veratrum album , commonly known as the False Helleborine (also known as White Hellebore , European White Hellebore , White Veratrum ; syn.

Extracts of the plant show antitumour activity. Good results have also been achieved when the fruit has been used in treating respiratory tract infections, hypertension, Parkinson's disease and hepatitis.

* Perennial with small yellow flowers throughout the summer; makes a nice bluish mound of delicate foliage; will grow in deep shade; can seed itself about rather freely; native to southern Europe.

A yellow-orange dye is obtained from the flowers. It is a popular, semi- evergreen garden shrub with many named cultivars and hybrids derived from it.In North America the name Rose of Sharon is applied to a species in a different order, Hibiscus syriacus...

* Astilbe chinensis is a herbaceous plant with alternate, pinnately compound leaves, on thin stems. * The flowers are purple, borne in summer.

), is a medicinal plant of the Liliaceae (lily family) or Melanthiaceae which is native to Europe . * Veratrum album , commonly known as the False Helleborine (also known as White Hellebore , European White Hellebore , White Veratrum ; syn.

* An easily grown and very tolerant plant, it succeeds in most positions in any good soil in sun or partial shade. Prefers a moist soil but succeeds in dry soils and, once established, is drought tolerant.

They are like Catnip for Catfish! * It prefers moist soil and full sun. The tree is fairly free from fungal diseases and has few insect enemies. It also multiplies readily from cuttings.

They are very attractive to bees whilst the fruit is a good winter food source for many species of birds. Branchlets dark purplish brown to grayish brown, cylindric, initially densely yellow tomentose, glabrous when old.

* Medium green leaves, of loose upright habit; "spectacular in flower...does extremely well in Southeast" (Dirr); flower buds pearllike; 11/2" flowers, not long-lasting, in pendulous panicles at branch tips; tough and adaptable; full sun or part shade;...

* A form with reddish-purple flowers, otherwise similar to the species, which see.

* The twigs, bark, flowers and leaves all produce a foetid odour if crushed. Conservation Plant Characteristics Aesculus glabra Willd. * Commonly known as Ohio buckeye , American buckeye , or fetid buckeye.

* Plants can produce many stems and suckers, with older stems, which can reach 5 metres (16 ft) in height, having distinctive gray bark. * Terminal stems holding the flowers are distinctively red and provide interesting contrast to the clusters of small...

Taxol has shown exciting potential as an anti-cancer drug, particularly in the treatment of ovarian cancers. * Modern research has shown that it contains the substance 'taxol' in its shoots and bark.

Individual flowers are short-lived, lasting only a day. The flower appears in national emblems, and Korea is compared poetically to the flower in the South Korean national anthem. In the vase some new flowers may open from the more mature buds.

An upright, rounded shrub which typically grows 4-8' tall (less frequently to 15' tall) and as wide. Formerly known as Rhododendron roseum. Bright green foliage (grayish woolly beneath) turns bronzish in fall.

This argemone resin contains berberine and protopine. The seed usually germinates in 3 - 4 weeks at 15°c. Use in Hispanic cultures includes as a sedative and analgesic tea, including for use to help alleviate migraine headaches.

It is native to northern Burma and China, but is sometimes grown in western gardens where it has been in cultivation since 1848. * Substances from the plant have shown anticancer activity.

* Honey locusts can reach a height of 20–30 m (66–100 ft), with fast growth, and are relatively short-lived; about 120 years, some living up to 150. * A good city tree that withstands harsh conditions; delicate bright green compound leaves cast a...

The leaves are spirally arranged, lanceolate, 5-12 cm long and 2-3 cm broad. It was much used by the North American Indians and acquired a reputation as a heal-all amongst the earlier white settlers.

It is native to southwest Europe and northwest Africa. * Natural stands of cork oak can support diverse ecosystems. Usually five people are required to harvest the tree's bark, using a small axe.

It usually separates 3 to 4½ meters (10–15 feet) from the ground into three or four divisions which spread slightly and form a narrow pyramidal head; or when crowded by other trees, sending up one tall central branchless shaft to the height of 15–21...

Subalpine fir ABLA Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Tree Native Status L48 (N), AK (N), CAN (N) Federal T/E Status National Wetland Indicator UPL, FAC Morphology/Physiology Active Growth Period Spring and Summer After Harvest Regrowth Rate Bloat...

Requires shade from the midday sun. Once the seeds have ripened in mid-autumn the red capsules burst open, scattering the orange seeds up to 15 feet. The plant is notable for its photosynthetic stems and its seed distribution method.

* Spiny, shiny, dark green leaves, fragrant white flowers in May; quarter-inch red fruit, very attractive; parent of many cultivars. * Ilex aquifolium ( Holly , or European Holly to distinguish it from related species, may also be called Christmass Holly...

Huxley, A., ed. Sleumer based his system on the relationship of the flower buds to the leaf buds, habitat, flower structure, and whether the leaves were lepidote or non-lepidote. 3 sections, about 120 species, type Rhododendron ovatum .