Rock Garden Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Alexandria

They are therefore more difficult to grow in areas with hot summers and in such a region they appreciate some protection from the strongest sunlight. Most species will grow well in the rock garden.

The flowers are bright yellow 3.5-5 cm across, starting out bowl-shaped, then flattening out with age. * Its typical habitat is moist shaded woodland, growing in accumulated humus.

* Features a dwarf mound of slightly wavy, heart-shaped, medium green leaves with racemes of funnel-shaped, violet flowers on 10" scapes. Dense foliage crowds out most garden weeds.

The above ground shoots rise from slender creeping rhizomes that are placed 2.5–7.5 cm deep in the soil, and form clonal colonies under trees. It takes a little while to settle down and needs weeding for the first few years but becomes rampant when...

It is native to Europe but has been introduced elsewhere, such as the western and eastern parts of the United States. It is hardy to zone 6. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Bees, flies, beetles.The...

* Aquilegia caerulea is the state flower of Colorado. * Aquilegia caerulea is a species of Aquilegia flower native to the Rocky Mountains from Montana south to New Mexico and west to Idaho and Arizona .

* The root is harvested in the autumn and used fresh or dried. Stem arising from a divided root-stock, simple or branched, slightly sulcate, glabrous beneath the inflorescence. Carpels up to 5, pubescent, glabrescent.

* Bai Tou Weng is thought to clear toxicity and to lower fever. * Anemone chinensis is a basionym of the currently known Pulsatilla chinensis and is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine.

* Aquilegia caerulea is the state flower of Colorado. * Aquilegia caerulea is a species of Aquilegia flower native to the Rocky Mountains from Montana south to New Mexico and west to Idaho and Arizona .

* This double flowered variety is more compact than some and flowers thoughout the growing season. * Remove dead flowers to extend the flowering period. * A very tolerant plant, succeeding in the salt laden air and strong winds of the coast as well as...

* Thymus vulgaris or Common Thyme is a low growing herbaceous plant, sometimes becoming somewhat woody. A nutritional analysis is available. * A woody-stemmed aromatic plant, long used for flavoring foods; sometimes used as a ground cover or rock garden...

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

* Yellowish flowers marked with rusty red, particularly on the inside; in spikes; biennial or short-lived perennial; full or part sun, dry, well-drained soil; flowering in summer; native to southern Europe and Turkey.

* This double flowered variety is more compact than some and flowers thoughout the growing season. * Remove dead flowers to extend the flowering period. * A very tolerant plant, succeeding in the salt laden air and strong winds of the coast as well as...

* These plants thrive best in shady areas and under protection of larger plants, and in all but the hottest and the driest conditions in the United States. * Pale pink flowers. * This late summer blooming Japanese anemone is a native of China that grows...

Does well in a bog garden. Likes shadebut it succeeds in sun or partial shade. * An herbaceous perennial with lemon yellow flowers to 2", May to August; much planted in gardens, where it likes rich moist soil in sun or part shade; native to Europe, where...

* Gentian root has a long history of use as a herbal bitter in the treatment of digestive disorders and is an ingredient of many proprietary medicines. It contains some of the most bitter compounds known and is used as a scientific basis for measuring...

* The leaves are deeply lobed with 3 to 7 toothed, pointed lobes in a palmate shape. * All parts of these plants are considered toxic to humans, causing severe digestive discomfort if ingested, and also skin irritation.

The flowers have a strong clove-like scent. Although the Sweet William is a perennial species, it is quite short-lived and degenerates after its second year. * Dianthus barbatus ( Sweet William ) is a species of Dianthus native to the mountains of southern...

* Corn salad, also known as mache or lamb's lettuce, grows in a low rosette with spatulate leaves up to 15.2 cm long. * Like other formerly foraged greens, corn salad has many nutrients, including three times as much vitamin C as lettuce, beta-carotene,...

* Many 3" nodding blue, red, purple, or white nodding flowers on a branching stem; forms basal rosette of 20" leaves; monocarpic--blooms and dies; native to eastern Himalayas, western China.

* Many 3" nodding blue, red, purple, or white nodding flowers on a branching stem; forms basal rosette of 20" leaves; monocarpic--blooms and dies; native to eastern Himalayas, western China.

* The flowers are yellow–orange or orange–vermillion with the petals spotted in purple, somewhat ‘flatfaced' in appearance with irregular distribution of petals around the face of the flower forming a fanshape.

The name comes from German edel (meaning noble ) and weiss (meaning white ). * Edelweiss (pronounced /?e?d?lva?s/ ; Leontopodium alpinum ), is one of the best-known European mountain flowers , belonging to the sunflower family (Asteraceae).

* An attractive garden flower, blooms in May or June, 1 1/2" flowers, several per stem. * The flowers are very fragrant, diffusing a powerful clove-like scent. * Prefers a neutral to slightly alkaline soil in a sunny well-drained position.

* Malvus sylvestris is a spreading herb , who is an annual in North Africa , biennial in the Mediterranean and a perennial elsewhere . A pleasant mild flavour, with a similar texture to the leaves, they make a pleasant and pretty addition to the salad...

* This is the main botanical ingredient in Absinthe, an alcoholic spirit that has a long and interesting history. * The plant is applied externally to bruises and bites. The active ingredient Thujone is said to create a clear headed intoxication and is...