Salt Tolerant Plant Seeds For Sale In Oakland

* Dracaena draco is a monocot with a tree-like growth habit currently placed in the asparagus family (Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoidae).When young it has a single stem. Descending along the trunk, they cling tightly to the trunk, integrate with it and...

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

* In North America it is known as Hedge Maple and in Australia it is sometimes called Common Maple. * A deciduous Tree growing to 15 m, at a fast rate. * A maple native to much of Europe , north to southern England (where it is the only native maple),...

* 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.

The aromatic seed is used as a flavouring in stews etc. Note that this effect is only visible on the "head" or flower of the plant. * The wild carrot, when freshly cut, will draw or change color depending on the color of the water it is in.

* This is the thornless version of the species. * The seeds have been roasted and used as a coffee substitute. Seedpods - the pulp is sweet and can be eaten raw or made into sugar.

* A very tolerant plant, succeeding in the salt laden air and strong winds of the coast as well as in the sulphur polluted air of cities. * Remove dead flowers to extend the flowering period.

* Mexican Palmetto reaches a height of 12–18 m (39–59 ft), with a spread of 3–4 m (9.8–13 ft). They quite probably also apply to this species. An excellent fibre is obtained from the leaf stalks.

* The "Lone Pine", a prominent landmark tree at an ANZAC First World War battle at Gallipoli, was this species. * Pinus brutia, the Turkish pine, is a pine native to the eastern Mediterranean region.

* 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.

The ashes can be used like baking soda. It is also found in more mature successions dominated by sagebrush and shadscale. * Good for saline soils;Native from Washington east to S. * The ground up seed can also be mixed with water and drunk as a refreshing...

* A variable evergreen of upright, rounded habit, with 1/2" white flowers in small clusters; 1" green or red berries; likes moist soil, part shade; emerging leaves bronzy to reddish, later leathery, dark green; leaves to 4" x 1 1/2", turning bronzy-red...

* The leaf of Black Gum is variable in size and shape. Pleasantly acidulous. It can be oval, elliptical or obovate, and 5–12 cm (2–5 in) long. * The fruit is edible raw or cooked.

* The seed can be eaten raw or cooked. Because of the great age of this species it is sometimes described as a living fossil. Araucaria araucana is the hardiest species in the conifer genus Araucaria.

The common name is large-flowered tickseed. * 3" yellow-orange flowers in midsummer; native to southern U.S. * Coreopsis grandiflora is a perennial plant species of the tickseed genus, Coreopsis, in Asteraceae.

* This is a handsome plant especially in it's native coastal habitat where it is salt tolerant and grows in poor sandy soil. * Habit and Form a semievergreen to deciduous shrub typically 5' to 6'; can reach 10' upright, spreading branching habit shape...

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

* 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)...

It is threatened by habitat destruction, mainly due to introduced grazing mammals. * Canavalia pubescens, commonly known as ʻawikiwiki or Lavafield Jack-bean, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii.

It is obtained by making wounds in the bark during spring. * Fast-growing, it will produce a tree up to 37 m (121 ft) tall when mature, with growth rates of up to 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) (rarely 2 m (6 ft 7 in)) per year.

Too small for commercial exploitation, but it is valued for use in cabinet making and the interior finishes of houses, it is also used for making small items such as tool handles. It is abundant further south on the southern coast and in the Gulf states,...

* Often has drooping branchlets; foliage green; half-inch cones; native to Mexico and Central America. * Cupressus lusitanica , ( Cedro Blanco ; Teotlate , distinctive names used in Mexico); Cedro Blanco means White Cedar and is also known as Mexican...

* The leaf of Black Gum is variable in size and shape. Pleasantly acidulous. It can be oval, elliptical or obovate, and 5–12 cm (2–5 in) long. * The fruit is edible raw or cooked.

* A shrub or small tree; silvery throughout, with compound leaves and pale yellow flowers in pendulous clusters to 6", each 3/4" wide; pods to 6"; native to seashores of the Old World tropics .

Quercus myrtifolia is an evergreen tree that can reach 12 meters (40 feet) tall or shrub in drier sites. It is part of the red oak group. It has leaves with no teeth or lobes, hairless on the upperside and also on the underside except along the veins.

* 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...

Useful in coastal landscapes, it adds texture and unique architecture to large scale plantings. Dark green needles, to 18" (9" in older trees), in tufts at ends of branchlets; hangs on to its cones (to 20") for as long as 20 years; native from Virginia...