Rock Garden Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Grand Rapids

* 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.

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. * Forms mats of small green leaves and stemless sky-blue flowers, as large as 3"; wants good soil, cool,...

* Succeeds in ordinary garden soil, preferring a moist but not wet soil and a sunny position. Flabellata pumila. * Plants seem to be immune to the predations of rabbits. * The name of this species is based on the cultivated form, the true wild form is...

* Although no specific mention of medicinal uses has been seen for this species, members of this genus are in general very healthy additions to the diet. * It produces up to 30 pink flowers in characteristic allium umbels in the mid to late summer and...

* The popular old-fashioned flower; likes limey soil; native to Russia and China. The flowers have a strong clove-like scent. It is best treated as a biennial in the garden. Although the Sweet William is a perennial species, it is quite short-lived and...

The root is analgesic, antibacterial, antiviral, depurative, diaphoretic, diuretic, febrifuge, sedative, tonic. * The common name of bugbane is in reference to the odoriferous insect repellant properties of this plant.

* This is an annual herb growing erect to approach half a meter in maximum height, its stem with linear leaves 2 to 4 centimeters long. It is native to Morocco , but it can be found elsewhere growing wild as an introduced species , such as California...

* It is a low, usually prostrate subshrub growing to 2 cm (1 in) tall with creeping stems up to 10 cm (4 in) long. * The hardy plant tolerates some pedestrian traffic and produces odors ranging from heavily herbal to lightly lemon.

Pre-chill stored seed for 7 days and sow spring in a cold frame. In 2005, based on molecular DNA sequence evidence, Belamcanda chinensis , the sole species in the genus Belamcanda , was transferred to the genus Iris and renamed Iris domestica .

* 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.

* A strong fibre is obtained from the stems, it is used for making string, bags, paper etc. * Lavatera thuringiaca is a species of Lavatera native to eastern Europe and southwestern Asia , from southern Germany south to Italy , and east to southern Russia...

It retains its flavour well in long slow cooking. Pungent and spicy. If the leaves are to be dried, the plants should be harvested in early and late summer just before the flowers open and the leaves should be dried quickly.

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).

The plant is sometimes nicknamed "Molly the Witch", a humorous mispronunciation of the species name, which most non-Poles find difficult to pronounce. * In 2002, the Chinese botanist Hong Deyuan reduced it to a subspecies of Paeonia daurica, namely Paeonia...

Silene chalcedonica ) is a flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae , native from central and eastern European Russia east to Kazakhstan , Mongolia and northwestern China . * Lychnis chalcedonica ( Burning Love , Dusky Salmon , Flower of Bristol...

* Dianthus caryophyllus ( Clove Pink ) is a species of Dianthus . It is the wild ancestor of the garden Carnation . An excellent and very colorful rock garden plant. * Succeeds in a sunny position in most good soils tolerating a pH range from 6 to 8 but...

* 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...

* An annual baby's breath, large white blossoms, used as a cut flower. * Gypsophila elegans ( Annual Baby's-breath , Showy Baby's-breath ) is an ornamental plant native to Asia and Europe .

Yellow to white flowers, 10–13 cm across, bloom from April to June. * Paeonia wittmanniana is up to 1.5 m tall. Its stamens are around 22 mm long. Paeonia wittmanniana filaments are red and up to 1 cm long and its anthers are yellow to orange.

* A decoction of the leaves has been used in the treatment of chills and fevers. * Penstemon grandiflorus is a perennial plant of the genus Penstemon. * A very ornamental plant! * Succeeds in ordinary rich garden soils so long as they are well-drained.

* It spreads rapidly, and they will cover a wide area after a few years. It is also sometimes referred to as bachelor's buttons or featherfew. * Often grown in the flower garden, feverfew is a short lived perennial but usually self-sows prolifically.

Grown primarily for its beautiful foliage which provides color, contrast and texture to the landscape. Dense foliage crowds out most garden weeds. * Features a dwarf mound of slightly wavy, heart-shaped, medium green leaves with racemes of funnel-shaped,...

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. A good dense ground cover plant, growing well in light woodland.

* Marsh mallow is a very useful household medicinal herb. * A confection made from the root since ancient Egyptian time evolved into today's marshmallow treat. * The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Althaea...

(Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Hubei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mong) all in China. * Native to forest margins, grassy slopes; 400--2700 m.

Purpurea is easily grown from seed or purchased as potted plants in the spring. * Great care should be exercised in the use of this plant, the therapeutic dose is very close to the lethal dose.

* In antiquity the most famous place for the black hellebore was the Phokian city of Antikyra in Greece. * Helleborus niger is an evergreen plant with dark, leathery, pedate leaves carried on stems to 9–12 in (23–30 cm) tall.