Rock Garden Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Tacoma

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

Leaves are finely divided and yellow-green to gray-green, often remaining over winter. * Perennial with small yellow flowers throughout the summer; makes a nice bluish mound of delicate foliage; will grow in deep shade; can seed itself about rather freely;...

* Hylomecon vernalis , also known as the forest poppy , is a poppy of the Far East , ranging from Manchuria to Japan . The flowers are bright yellow 3.5-5 cm across, starting out bowl-shaped, then flattening out with age.

* Siberia (southern regions), Central Asia (Dzungaro-Tarbagatay), Far East (Ussuriskiy Kray), northern China and Mongolia. Flowering stem bears 2-4 leaves and 2 flowers. * Very well suited to the rock garden, and for group planting.

* The name of this species is based on the cultivated form, the true wild form is A. * 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.

* 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.

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. * Cornus canadensis is native to Northern China, far eastern Russia, Japan and North America...

* Features a dwarf mound of slightly wavy, heart-shaped, medium green leaves with racemes of funnel-shaped, violet flowers on 10" scapes. Grown primarily for its beautiful foliage which provides color, contrast and texture to the landscape.

* Siberia (southern regions), Central Asia (Dzungaro-Tarbagatay), Far East (Ussuriskiy Kray), northern China and Mongolia. Flowering stem bears 2-4 leaves and 2 flowers. * Very well suited to the rock garden, and for group planting.

* ANNUAL growing to 0.3 m (1ft). * Adonis aestivalis ( Summer pheasant's-eye ) is a medicinal and ornamental plant . The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and requires well-drained soil.The plant prefers acid, neutral...

* Gentiana acaulis ( Stemless gentian ) is a small gentian native to central and southern Europe from Spain east to the Balkans , growing especially in mountainous regions, such as the Alps , Cevennes and the Pyrenees , at heights of 800 to 3,000 m.

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 , also known as Wittmann's peony , is a perennial peony...

* The leaves have a mild flavour, somewhat like a cross between garlic and chives, they are delicious in salads. * In warmer areas, garlic chives may remain green all year round. * In China, they are often used to make dumplings with a combination of...

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

* Yellowish flowers marked with rusty red, particularly on the inside; in spikes; biennial or short-lived perennial; full or part sun, dry, well-drained soil; flowering in summer; native to southern Europe and Turkey.

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

* This species of bugbane is an upright perennial that features ferny, deeply-cut, deep green, 2-3 ternate leaves on branched stems which form a foliage clump typically growing to 3-4' tall.

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

* Seed propagation - sow spring or autumn in situ. * The foliage was burned by the Cherokee as a natural insecticide, to smoke out gnats. * It is still used medicinally in the present day; however, there are adverse effects that limit its use.

* A strong fibre is obtained from the stems, it is used for making string, bags, paper etc. * A very easily grown plant, succeeding in any ordinary garden soil in sun or partial shade.

* Plants self-sow freely when grown in a suitable position. * A very ornamental plant, its flowers are very attractive to butterflies and moths. * The popular old-fashioned flower; likes limey soil; native to Russia and China.

* The leaves are deeply lobed with 3 to 7 toothed, pointed lobes in a palmate shape. * The plants flower from late spring to late summer, and are pollinated by butterflies and bumble bees.

* Bergenia crassifolia is an evergreen Perennial growing to 0.3 m (1ft) by 0.8 m (2ft 7in). * A very ornamental plant, it is hardy to about -20°c. * Plants seem to be immune to the predations of rabbits.

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

* The leaves and flower heads contain an analgesic agent spilanthol used to numb toothache. She describes it as "like popping candy" and "little needles poking the top of your mouth".

* Adenophora (Lilyleaf Ladybell) is a genus of flowering plant within the family Campanulaceae. * Many Adenophora species have been used in traditional Chinese medicine. * Performs better than Campanula in Southern gardens.

* 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.