Rock Garden Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Huntington Beach

P - by division and by seed. Meadows, valleys, forest margins, along streams in the alpine zone. Flowering stem bears 2-4 leaves and 2 flowers. Leaves falcate, 3-5, in rosette, as tall as stem.

* Single 1 1/2" yellow, blue, white, green, or purple flowers on long stems in spring; the color range is even broader in cultivated varieties; leaves to 10"; likes part shade and moist fertile soil; native to Europe and Turkey.

* Succeeds in a sunny position in most good soils tolerating a pH range from 6 to 8 but disliking acid soils. An excellent and very colorful rock garden plant. * A very tolerant plant, succeeding in the salt laden air and strong winds of the coast as...

The flowers have a strong clove-like scent. * Plants self-sow freely when grown in a suitable position. It is best treated as a biennial in the garden. * Dianthus barbatus ( Sweet William ) is a species of Dianthus native to the mountains of southern...

White to lilac-blue flowers in early to mid-summer. Modern cultivars include leaves with purple, rose, cream, and yellow in many variegated combinations. The flowers can also be sprinkled on salads to add colour and fragrance.

The pinnate leaves usually have five soft green leaflets, although three and seven occur as well, each with a shape ranging from lanceolate-oblong to rhombic, and a pattern of distinct teeth along the margins.

The scientific name, Leontopodium , means " lion's paw" and is derived from the Greek words leon (lion) and podion (diminutive of pous , foot). The name comes from German edel (meaning noble ) and weiss (meaning white ).

White to lilac-blue flowers in early to mid-summer. Modern cultivars include leaves with purple, rose, cream, and yellow in many variegated combinations. The flowers can also be sprinkled on salads to add colour and fragrance.

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

It is a readily available ornamental plant for the flower garden. * 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.

* Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium) is a traditional medicinal herb which is found in many old gardens, and is also occasionally grown for ornament. * Often grown in the flower garden, feverfew is a short lived perennial but usually self-sows prolifically.

Care should be taken however, because all parts of the plant are poisonous. * Grown as a garden flower due to its unique flower shape.

* It is in leaf 12-Jan It is in flower from Mar to April. * A very ornamental plant, it is hardy to about -20°c. * Plants seem to be immune to the predations of rabbits. * It is hardy to zone 3 and is not frost tender.

* 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...

* Plants can be grown on walls. * 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.

* Iris sibirica , the Siberian Iris , is a flowering plant in the genus Iris , native to eastern and central Europe and northern Asia . Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer or rabbits.

However it is commonly cultivated in gardens away from its native range. * Primula denticulata , commonly known as Drumstick primrose or the Himalayan Primrose is a species of primrose that is native to moist alpine regions and Afghanistan to China .

* This is a great little flower that really livens up the spring garden. It mixes well with other bulbs. Plants flower the second year from seed, so the wait isn't too long. Well worth putting in a partial shade location.

Vincent van Gogh and Ernest Hemingway were Absinthe drinkers. The active ingredient Thujone is said to create a clear headed intoxication and is also reputed to be dangerous in excess.

* The fruits look like berries but are drupes . The drupes are green, globose round in shape and turn bright red at maturity in late summer, each fruit is 5 mm in diameter and contains typically one or two ellipsoid-ovoid shaped stones.

* Paeonia wittmanniana is up to 1.5 m tall. Above the plant is glabrous and dark green; below it is lighter green, glaucescent , with white hairs especially crowded along the veins, and the lower leaves are biternate .

* The common name of bugbane is in reference to the odoriferous insect repellant properties of this plant. * This plant is an anti-infective herb that lowers fevers and reduces pain.

* This late summer blooming Japanese anemone is a native of China that grows up to 2' tall and features 2-3" diameter, slightly-cupped flowers which have 5 (infrequently 6-7) rose-pink, sepal-like petals and a prominent center ring of yellow stamens.

* Single 1 1/2" yellow, blue, white, green, or purple flowers on long stems in spring; the color range is even broader in cultivated varieties; leaves to 10"; likes part shade and moist fertile soil; native to Europe and Turkey.

* A perennial grass, to 3', with erect stems and leaves, very narrow; flowers and seedheads lax; native to Eurasia. * Stipa capillata is a perennial grass species in the family Poaceae , native to Europe and Asia .

It is slow to bolt as summer progresses so it can be grown later in the spring than many varieties. It is ready to harvest in about 60 days from sowing and does well in cool weather in the spring and early summer.

* It is in leaf 12-Jan It is in flower from Mar to April. * A very ornamental plant, it is hardy to about -20°c. * Plants seem to be immune to the predations of rabbits. * It is hardy to zone 3 and is not frost tender.