Rock Garden Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Springfield

* Succeeds in ordinary garden soil, preferring a moist but not wet soil and a sunny position. * 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 A.

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

* 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. The foliage is thin, and strap like.

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

Grown primarily for its beautiful foliage which provides color, contrast and texture to the landscape. A dependable and versatile perennial requiring little care. Dense foliage crowds out most garden weeds.

* Marsh mallow is a very useful household medicinal herb. * The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Althaea officinalis Marsh Mallow for irritation of mouth and throat and associated dry cough/bronchitis .

* It has proven popular as a cultivated ornamental and can be found in gardens the world over. The stems & leaves are silvery-grey, whilst the flowers are star-like, white & about 15mm across.

* In warmer areas, garlic chives may remain green all year round. * The leaves are available from early spring until late in the autumn. * In China, they are often used to make dumplings with a combination of egg, shrimp and pork.

* Bai Tou Weng is thought to clear toxicity and to lower fever. It is most commonly taken as a decoction to counter infection within the gastro-intestinal tract. * Anemone chinensis is a basionym of the currently known Pulsatilla chinensis and is one...

Solitary, violet to blue, nodding, bell-shaped flowers with recurved and often twisted sepals and creamy white anthers bloom from May to July, with continued sporadic bloom sometimes occurring throughout the rest of the summer.

Grown primarily for its beautiful foliage which provides color, contrast and texture to the landscape. A dependable and versatile perennial requiring little care. Dense foliage crowds out most garden weeds.

This species is very susceptible to slug damage. * Lupinus perennis ( Indian beet , Old maid's bonnets , Blue Lupine, and Sundial lupine ) is a medicinal plant in the Fabaceae family.

The bulb is roundish with a diameter of about 2 cm. The seeds mature from August to September. * The plant flowers in June and July with one to six upright, dish-shaped flowers. * Lilium pensylvanicum reaches a height of 30 cm to 70 cm and has a width...

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

The flowers are bright yellow 3.5-5 cm across, starting out bowl-shaped, then flattening out with age. 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...

* A very ornamental plant. * Succeeds in poor soils and on dry walls. * An annual with white, lilac, pink, maroon, and carmine flowers; easy from seed, they start flowering 6 weeks after sowing and continue until frost; native to Europe.

* Mostly identical to the species, which see, but with white flowers.

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

* It is also commonly seen in the literature by its synonyms, Chrysanthemum parthenium and Pyrethrum parthenium. * Often grown in the flower garden, feverfew is a short lived perennial but usually self-sows prolifically.

* 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.

* t is one of the best strengtheners of the human system, stimulating the liver, gall bladder and digestive system, and is an excellent tonic to combine with a purgative in order to prevent its debilitating effects.

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. * In general, gentians require a moist well-drained soil in a sheltered position, a certain minimum of...

* A very ornamental plant, its flowers are very attractive to butterflies and moths. * Dianthus barbatus ( Sweet William ) is a species of Dianthus native to the mountains of southern Europe from the Pyrenees east to the Carpathians and the Balkans ,...

They are an aid to digestion and so are often used with heavy, oily foods. The young leaves and flowers can be eaten raw, boiled, pickled or used in sandwiches. White to lilac-blue flowers in early to mid-summer.

Seeds with whitish elaiosomes are borne in long pods .The plant often goes dormant in summer after blooming. They bloom from late spring to early summer . * The plant most of us think of as Bleeding Heart; extremely popular, and for good reason; each...

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. * This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

* 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.