Rock Garden Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Rockford

It blooms in spring. * It is found over much of Europe except northern Europe , Ireland , Great Britain , Holland and Poland. * Dwarf bush up to 40 cm, leaves alternate fine pointed, linear, and extended marginal hairs, stipules absent.

* 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. * German garlic is an ornamental onion which is noted for its unusual swirling and twisting leaves.

* ANNUAL growing to 0.3 m (1ft). It is native to Europe but has been introduced elsewhere, such as the western and eastern parts of the United States. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Bees, flies,...

Both the flowers and the leaves canbe made into a syrup or a tea. * Primula vulgaris ( syn. Acaulis (L.) Hill) is a species of Primula native to western and southern Europe (from the Faroe Islands and Norway south to Portugal , and east to Germany, Ukraine...

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 . * Paeonia wittmanniana is up to 1.5 m tall.

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

* 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 , Kazakhstan , and Turkey .

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.

* Remove dead flowers to extend the flowering period. * Succeeds in a sunny position in most good soils tolerating a pH range from 6 to 8 but disliking acid soils. * A very tolerant plant, succeeding in the salt laden air and strong winds of the coast...

* Cerastium tomentosum (Snow-in-Summer) is a herbaceous flowering plant and a member of the carnation family. The stems & leaves are silvery-grey, whilst the flowers are star-like, white & about 15mm across.

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

* 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. * German garlic is an ornamental onion which is noted for its unusual swirling and twisting leaves.

Seeds with whitish elaiosomes are borne in long pods .The plant often goes dormant in summer after blooming. * Compound leaves with leaflets in threes grow on fleshy green to pink stems up to 3 feet (0.9 m).

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

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

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. * Platycodon grandiflorus is a species of perennial flowering plant of the family...

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

* A good border plant with white or pinkish flowers on a vertical stalk; a long-lived plant, makes a substantial clump in the garden. When the plant is bruised, this smell becomes more like fine balsam.

Thrives in any kind of soil, plants can even be grown in walls. * Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium) is a traditional medicinal herb which is found in many old gardens, and is also occasionally grown for ornament.

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

* 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 , Kazakhstan , and Turkey .

* Corn salad was originally foraged by European peasants until Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie, royal gardener of King Louis XIV, introduced it to the world. * American president Thomas Jefferson cultivated mache at his home, Monticello, in Virginia in...

She describes it as "like popping candy" and "little needles poking the top of your mouth". * These curiosities are well worth growing, if only for the conversation factor! * The buds are known as "buzz buttons", "Szechuan buttons", "sansho buttons",...

Mlokosewitschii (Lomakin) D.Y.Hong 2003. * In 2002, the Chinese botanist Hong Deyuan reduced it to a subspecies of Paeonia daurica, namely Paeonia daurica (Andrews ) subsp. * It was discovered by the Polish botanist Ludwik Mlokosiewicz in 1897, after...

* 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.

* Surface sow the seed in March in a greenhouse. * The plants are pollinated by bumblebees , and the flowers close over the insects when they enter and deposit pollen on their bodies.

* The flower buds are large and round, opening into large flowers 8-16 cm diameter, with 5-10 white, pink, or crimson petals and yellow stamens . Plants are tolerant of a wide range of soil conditions, but will not survive if the soil becomes waterlogged...