Salt Tolerant Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Elgin

Carnation also exhibits this effect. The dried roasted roots are ground into apowder and are used for making coffee. Chinese studies have also indicated that the seeds blockprogesterone synthesis, which could explain this effect.

* 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.

* Succeeds in a sunny position in most good soils tolerating a pH range from 6 to 8 but disliking acid soils. It is probably native to the Mediterranean region but its exact range is unknown due to extensive cultivation for the last 2,000 years.

Established plants are drought tolerant. * The leaves are used for flavouring rice dumplings. * Requires a well-drained sandy soil and a sunny position.

* Excellent as a fresh cut flower and for dried arrangements. * It is occasionally seen on the California coast where it is an introduced species and landscaping escapee. * Native to the Mediterranean region, statice (also commonly called notchleaf status)...

Plants normally grow with one unbranched stem in the wild, but often produce multi-stemmed clumps in gardens. * Succeeds in ordinary garden soil but prefers a deep rich loam with plenty of leafmold and a sunny position.

* Devil's club was widely employed medicinally by several native North American Indian tribes who used it especially for its pain-relieving properties. * In vitro studies showed that extracts of Devil's Club inhibit tuberculosis microbes.

It has been used to relieve constipation and water retention and improve circulation. * Mature shoots are bound into bunches and used as scourers or as besoms. Since Butcher's broom tightens blood vessels and capillaries, it is used to treat varicose...

* A good fast growing hedge for the milder areas of Britain, tolerating maritime exposure. * Dirr calls this tree "genuinely beautiful" but says it's not for the Southeast states in U.S.; matures into a flat-topped tree with horizontal branches; good...

* Oleander grows to 2–6 m (6.6–20 ft) tall, with spreading to erect branches. They are often, but not always, sweetly scented. * An upright bush with evergreen leaves; five-petaled very fragrant flowers at the tips of branches, throughout the year...

Mugo pine is most attractive with its natural shape. Reduce the pine growth slowly over time it will tolerate styling and repotting in the summer months and early fall. This Bonsai is a good one for beginners because it is low-maintenance, a slow grower,...

It grows slowly, requiring about ten years to reach 1.2 metres (4 ft) in height but can grow much faster. Each branch grows for about 10–15 years and re-branches, so a mature plant has an umbrella-like habit.

* It is very cold hardy, coming from Siberia, and will also tolerate drought and saline conditions. * This is an excellent plant to use for cut flowers and dried flowers. They keep their blue color well after drying.

* Shrubs evergreen, 1–3 m tall. Branchlets dark purplish brown to grayish brown, cylindric, initially densely yellow tomentose, glabrous when old. They are very attractive to bees whilst the fruit is a good winter food source for many species of birds.

* A hardy perennial with gray or blue-gray rather frilly leaves, extremely fragrant (although many dislike the pungent scent); woody base; causes dermatitis in some people, for dry sunny places; also used medicinally and as a condiment; inconspicuous...

* It is considered a good forage grass in Africa. * It was introduced in the 1930s into Arizona, United States, to provide grazing. It prefers light soils with a high phosphorus content.

* Nicotiana tabacum, or cultivated tobacco, is an annually-grown herbaceous plant. Tabacum is sensitive to temperature, air, ground humidity and the type of land. * All parts of the plant contain nicotine, this has been extracted and used as an insecticide.

* Snowberry was commonly employed medicinally by several native North American Indian tribes who valued it especially for the saponins it contains. The native Americans used it to treat a variety of complaints but especially as an external wash on the...

They quite probably also apply to this species. Spikes 1.2–1.8 m (3.9–5.9 ft) in length yield small bisexual flowers . * Mexican Palmetto reaches a height of 12–18 m (39–59 ft), with a spread of 3–4 m (9.8–13 ft).

* Iris sibirica , the Siberian Iris , is a flowering plant in the genus Iris , native to eastern and central Europe and northern Asia . Grows well in heavy clay soils. Plant the roots out very shallowly.

This tree transplants well. * Mountain Pine or Mugo Pine ( Pinus mugo ) is a high-altitude European pine , found in the Pyrenees , Alps , Erzgebirge , Carpathians , northern Apennines and Balkan Peninsula mountains from (mostly) 1,000 m to 2,200 m, occasionally...

* Leonotis nepetifolia is known in Trinidad as shandilay and the leaves are brewed as a tea for fever, coughs, womb prolapse and malaria. * It grows to a height of 3 metres and has whorls of striking lipped flowers, that are most commonly orange, but...

* The burnt green herb yields culinary ashes high in minerals and these are used by the Hopi Indians to enhance the colour of blue corn products. * The ground up seed can also be mixed with water and drunk as a refreshing beverage.

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

It is cold hardy as well as tolerant of heat. Excellent for use in salads or steamed. * The large stalks are topped by deep green leaves. * Fordhook is a well known and very popular variety of Swiss Chard.

* Iris sibirica , the Siberian Iris , is a flowering plant in the genus Iris , native to eastern and central Europe and northern Asia . Grows well in heavy clay soils. Plant the roots out very shallowly.

This is one of the best woody species for binding moving sand. * Makes a good screen or hedge in warm temperate areas. * It is used for reclaiming eroded hillsides and wastelands and for stabilizing drift sands as well as for fuel.