Rock Garden Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Cincinnati

* Prefers a cool habitat and a well-drained humus rich soil. * A tuberous herb with vine like leaves. * The plant is dormant during the summer and grows during the cooler half of the year.

* A very tolerant plant, succeeding in the salt laden air and strong winds of the coast as well as in the sulphur polluted air of cities. * Dianthus caryophyllus ( Clove Pink ) is a species of Dianthus .

Plants are not very cold-tolerant, but they can beoverwintered outdoors in areas where winter temperatures do not fall below about -5°c. * Succeeds in a fertile well-drained soil in a sunny position.

Corydalis lutea; Yellow Corydalis) is a short-lived perennial plant native to the southern foothills of the south-western and central Alps of Italy and Switzerland, but widely introduced elsewhere.

* Prefers a cool habitat and a well-drained humus rich soil. * A tuberous herb with vine like leaves. * The plant is dormant during the summer and grows during the cooler half of the year.

* Something like a 6" wide daisy, with this difference: it is stemless, growing prostrate on the ground; blooms in May or June; coarse, deeply lobed leaves; likes a scree soil; a rock garden plant or curiosity native to the Mediterranean.

It takes a little while to settle down and needs weeding for the first few years but becomes rampant when established and can then spread 60 - 90cm per year. * The fruit is rich in pectin.

* Paeonia mlokosewitschii ( Golden Peony or Caucasian Peony ) is a species of peony , native to the Caucasus Mountains in Azerbaijan , Georgia , and Dagestan , where it grows on rocky slopes in oak , hornbeam , or beech forests.

* The plant is applied externally to bruises and bites. It is valued especially for its tonic effect on the liver, gallbladder and digestive system, and for its vermicidal activity.

Ageratum mexicanum Hort. * Ageratum houstonianum ( Flossflower , Bluemink , Garden Ageratum , Blueweed , Pussy Foot ) syn. ) is a cool-season annual plant often grown as a bedding plant in gardens .

Plants are hardy to about -25°c. Grows well in a poor sandy soil. * Lupinus perennis ( Indian beet , Old maid's bonnets , Blue Lupine, and Sundial lupine ) is a medicinal plant in the Fabaceae family.

Take care since the plant resents disturbance. * In antiquity the most famous place for the black hellebore was the Phokian city of Antikyra in Greece. The large, flat flowers, borne on short stems from midwinter to early spring, are white, or occasionally...

Flowers yellow, 1.5-2 cm in diameter, solitary in leaf axils and without forming inflorescence. * Dwarf bush up to 40 cm, leaves alternate fine pointed, linear, and extended marginal hairs, stipules absent.

It has many common names, including rose moss, eleven o'clock, Mexican rose, moss rose, sun rose, rock rose, and moss-rose purslane. * The flowers are 2.5–3 cm diameter with five petals, variably red, orange, pink, white, and yellow.

* The species is commonly cultivated in temperate areas. * The poisonous alkaloid 'colchicine' is extracted from this plant and used to alter the genetic make-up of plants in an attempt to find new, improved varieties.

This species is known as platycodon or Chinese bellflower . It is native to East Asia (such as China , Korea , Japan , and East Siberia ) and bears big blue flowers, although varieties with white and pink flowers are in cultivation.

* The plant grows into a small bush up to around 46 cm (18 in) high with citrus-scented leaves, and is covered by flowers reminiscent of daisies. * It spreads rapidly, and they will cover a wide area after a few years.

* Works well in the rock garden or between flagstones in a walkway. * The strongly scented flowers are either lilac, pink-purple, magenta, or a rare white, all 4–6 mm long and produced in clusters.

It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions – growing to 60 centimetres (24 in) (less in poor soils), and producing pale lilac and white flowers in spring. * Iris magnifica is a bulbous flowering plant in the genus Iris, native to the...

* This essential oil is emitted from the plant in hot weather and, on a still day, can be ignited and will burn for a second or two without harming the plant, thus giving the plant its common name.

) Kuntze , Iris chinensis Curtis , Ixia chinensis L. * Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soils in full sun. * The seed is best sown as soon as it is ripe in a cold frame.

* The leaves are available from early spring until late in the autumn. * The leaves have a mild flavour, somewhat like a cross between garlic and chives, they are delicious in salads.

* The plant is applied externally to bruises and bites. It is valued especially for its tonic effect on the liver, gallbladder and digestive system, and for its vermicidal activity.

It is native to southern Europe . It retains its flavour well in long slow cooking. A nutritional analysis is available. An aromatic tea is made from the fresh or dried leaves. It is an essential ingredient of the herb mix 'bouquet garni'.

* Flora of Pakistan states: According to B. According to Bowley (l.c. 176) it is disturbing that it is only known to be growing wild in the valley of Kashmir, for, with so limited a location there must be some anxiety that it might disappear in the course...

* A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of chest pains and stomach aches. * A very ornamental plant! * Succeeds in ordinary rich garden soils so long as they are well-drained.

* It has proven popular as a cultivated ornamental and can be found in gardens the world over. * An evergreen groundcover with woolly light gray foliage, white flowers in June; easy, can be invasive; Wyman notes that one plant will quickly cover a square...