Salt Tolerant Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In Stamford

Needles tend to be quite long but can be reduced with the pruning techniques. This hardy pine species is relatively disease free and tolerates poor soil conditions, making it a good choice for all levels.

It is native to northern Burma and China, but is sometimes grown in western gardens where it has been in cultivation since 1848. * In cultivation they tend to grow on a single stem that is often leaning and bare towards the bottom, but with dense foliage...

* 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 as low as 200 m in...

It is said to be especially nice when mixed with tansy. * Can reach 1.5 m (5 ft) tall, rarely 2 m (6 ft 7 in).The leaves are evergreen , 2–4 cm (0.8–1.6 in) long and 2–5 mm broad, green above, and white below with dense short woolly hair.Flowering,...

This is one of the lightest known woods, it weighs about 12½lb per cubic foot, is lighter than cork and is used for floats etc. * Leitneria floridana ( Corkwood ), the sole species in the genus Leitneria , is a deciduous dioecious shrub or small tree...

The fibres are up to 50cm long, they are harvested commercially and used to make brushes, especially where these have to remain stiff in hot water or caustics * The trunks are used to make wharf piles, whilst polished cross-sections of the trunk have...

* 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. * The root is harvested when the plant is dormant in the autumn or winter and is dried for later use.

Requires shade from the midday sun. The plant is notable for its photosynthetic stems and its seed distribution method. * Thrives in almost any soil, including chalk, it is particularly suited to dry shaded areas.

It is sometimes grown as an ornamental plant in gardens , especially because of its bluish leaves, and also sometimes for its tolerance of hot and dry soil conditions. * A hardy perennial with gray or blue-gray rather frilly leaves, extremely fragrant...

* The hollow stems can be made into whistles and flutes. * Leycesteria formosa ( Himalayan Honeysuckle , Flowering Nutmeg , Himalaya Nutmeg or Pheasant Berry ) is a deciduous shrub in the family Caprifoliaceae , native to the Himalaya and southwestern...

In cultivation people often cut the plants to the ground in the spring in order to encourage strong new growth and plenty of flowers. * It requires full sun, but is hardy and cold tolerant.

A widely used landscape tree especially in the Midwest and East. The tree can be long-lived, with some trees over 500 years old. In the UK the tree is planted as an ornamental tree in parks and gardens.

Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine. * So called because the roots were once ground for snuff. * The leaves are used as an insect repellent. * The plant can tolerate maritime exposure.

* Modern research has shown that it contains the substance 'taxol' in its shoots and bark. * It ranges from southernmost Alaska south to central California , mostly in the Pacific Coast Ranges , but with an isolated disjunct population in southeast British...

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

* This species is unusual in having alternate leaves whilst almost all other members of this genus have opposite leaves. * The tree is regarded as attractive because of its wide spreading shelving branches and flat-topped head, and is often used in ornamental...

* Ratibida columnifera , commonly known as Upright Prairie Coneflower or Mexican Hat , is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae , that is native to much of North America .

* White flowers in late summer; native to west coast of U.S. It is native to North America where it is widespread across the western United States in streamside thickets, wooded hillsides, and coniferous forests up to 4,000 feet.

Their lower limbs often sweep down towards the ground before curving up again. They drop their leaves, and grow new ones, within a few weeks in spring. They can grow at severe angles, and Native Americans used to bend saplings over so that they would...

* Sweet fern was employed medicinally by several native North American Indian tribes who used it especially as a poultice to treat a variety of complaints. * The common name is Sweetfern or Sweet-fern, a confusing name as it is not a fern.

* Today, the plant is usually used in potpourris. * The plant was first used as a medicinal herb in ancient Greece. * The plant produces cup-shaped, lavender-coloured or white flowers.

* 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. * The root is harvested when the plant is dormant in the autumn or winter and is dried for later use.

Germination can be rather slow, sometimes taking 12 months or more. * A study published in 1999 suggested that Butcher's Broom may also improve symptoms of postural hypotension without increasing supine blood pressure.

It is being increasingly used in making fruit juices, especially when mixed with other fruits, because of its reputed health benefits. * The fruit is eaten raw or cooked. The seed's oil is rich in fatty acids and vitamin E, K, carotenoids and sterols,...

* Carobs are also known as St. John's bread because, according to tradition of some Christians, St. John the Baptist subsisted on them in the wilderness. * A tree of rounded habit with evergreen compound leaves; small red flowers in racemes in spring.

In the tropics, it grows up to an altitude of 1,200 metres (3,900 ft). A fresh preparation is made every day. * Senna alata (also known as Cassia alata) is often called the ringworm bush because of its very effective fungicidal properties, for treating...

* It is a frequent component in butterfly gardens. * Yarrow has a high reputation and is widely employed in herbal medicine, administered both internally and externally. * The familiar yarrow from which many garden cultivars have been derived; grows in...