Salt Tolerant Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In Durham

It can be trimmed so long as it is not cut back into old wood. In the wild, the species is confined to two small populations, near Monterey and Carmel . * Cupressus macrocarpa , commonly known as Monterey Cypress or Macrocarpa , is a species of cypress...

* The plant can tolerate maritime exposure. * So called because the roots were once ground for snuff. * Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine.

* The plant is commonly used for informal hedging in the Mediterranean. * Oleander grows to 2–6 m (6.6–20 ft) tall, with spreading to erect branches. The fruit is a long narrow capsule 5–23 cm (2.0–9.1 in) long, which splits open at maturity to...

It is dioecious , with male and female cones on separate plants, which are wind pollinated. The seeds are dispersed when birds eat the cones, digesting the fleshy scales and passing the hard seeds in their droppings.

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

A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of kidney complaints and TB. * The bark is cathartic, febrifuge and tonic. * Habitat and Range: sandy, gravelly, or rocky slopes, often growing in areas underlain by limestone bedrock.

* Succeeds in poor soils and, once established, tolerates drought. * In its native habitat, the flowers are eaten fresh, and the leaves are smoked like tobacco for its euphoriant properties.

Its value as a street tree is largely due to its resistance to salt spray (from road de-icing salt) and various industrial pollutants (including ozone), and its intermediate drought tolerance.

Taxol has shown exciting potential as an anti-cancer drug, particularly in the treatment of ovarian cancers. * 'Capitata' is a tree form often used for screening and hedging in the East and Midwest.

* Tian Nan Xing has been used in Chinese herbal medicine for thousands of years and is valued especially for its beneficial affect upon the chest. When prescribed internally it is always used dried and in conjunction with fresh ginger root.

* Extremely salt tolerant, good for seaside planting and holding beach sand in place. * Of irregular habit, roughly conical. * Thick, slightly twisted bright green 3-4 1/2" needles.

* Succeeds in poor soils and, once established, tolerates drought. * In its native habitat, the flowers are eaten fresh, and the leaves are smoked like tobacco for its euphoriant properties.

Its value as a street tree is largely due to its resistance to salt spray (from road de-icing salt) and various industrial pollutants (including ozone), and its intermediate drought tolerance.

* The Corkbark Fir Abies lasiocarpa var. Arizonica: Has thickened, 'corky' bark that is white to grey and deeply furrowed, and has very glaucous foliage. Arizonica: The largest is 33.8 m tall, 133 cm dbh, near Ruidoso, New Mexico.

* Alopecurus arundinaceus ( Creeping meadow foxtail , Creeping foxtail ) is a rhizomatous perennial species in the Grass family ( Poaceae ). * Native to Eurasia and widely introduced elsewhere, this sod forming grass is useful as a forage and for erosion...

* Can be grown as a small ornamental tree. The red seed pods are brilliant, opening to revel shiny black seeds. * Common in thickets and in thin secondary forests in lowlands and low mountains of central and southern Japan.

* Ephedra viridis is a species of Ephedra known by the common names green ephedra and green Mormon tea . * The stems of most members ofthis genus contain the alkaloid ephedrine and are valuable in the treatment of asthma and many other complaints of therespiratory...

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

The seed germinates better if it is given a period of cold stratification. * Ruscus aculeatus is a low evergreen Eurasian shrub, with flat shoots known as cladodes that give the appearance of stiff, spine-tipped leaves.

* It needs acid soil and doesn't mind wet or shade. * The leaves are used as a condiment in gravies etc. * A tea is made from the leaves. * It was the first magnolia to be scientifically described, and is the type species of the genus Magnolia ; as Magnolia...

* The seed is used in pinole or ground into a meal and used as a thickener in making bread or mixed with flour in making bread. The water in which the leaves are cooked is used in making corn pudding .

* Clematis ligusticifolia is a climbing, spreading vine with showy flowers. * It was called "pepper vine" by early travelers and pioneers of the American Old West. * A shampoo made from the roots can be used as a hair shampoo.

The tree has an angular crown and long, somewhat erratic branches, and is usually deep rooted and resistant to wind and snow damage. * Ginkgos are very large trees, normally reaching a height of 20–35 m (66–115 feet), with some specimens in China...

This is used by violinists on their bows and also in making sealing wax, varnish etc. The knots contain so much resin that they resist rot. * Variable, often rather scrubby; 3-5" needles, opening yellow green, later dark green; grows well on poor sandy...

* It is a small to medium-sized evergreen tree, growing 10-15 m tall and with a trunk up to 50 cm diameter, rarely more. * Modern research has shown that it contains the substance 'taxol' in its shoots and bark.

Extracts of the plant show antitumour activity. * Noxious weed in California * Chinese privet has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for over 1,000 years. * Ligustrum lucidum ( Glossy Privet , Chinese Privet or Broad-leaf Privet ) is a species...

* This is considered a noxious weed in some areas. * Linaria vulgaris ( Common Toadflax , Yellow Toadflax , or Butter-and-eggs ) is a species of toadflax ( Linaria ), native to most of Europe and northern Asia , from the United Kingdom south to Spain...