Shade And Drought Tolerant Plants

* The bark is cathartic, febrifuge and tonic. The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout southern and eastern Ontario; in northern Ontario it occurs farther north than the alternateleaf dogwood,...

* American beautyberries produce large clusters of purple berries, which birds and deer eat, thus distributing the seeds. * The fruit is edible raw. * American Beautyberry ( Callicarpa americana ) is an open-habit, native shrub of the Southern United...

* This plant occurs in northeastern Spain and in central Mediterranean countries up to northern Europe and to Asia Minor and Tunisia. * These shrubs are usually found in wooded and bushy areas, on sunny, warm and dry slopes and around forest edges.

* American beautyberries produce large clusters of purple berries, which birds and deer eat, thus distributing the seeds. * The fruit is edible raw. * American Beautyberry ( Callicarpa americana ) is an open-habit, native shrub of the Southern United...

* This plant occurs in northeastern Spain and in central Mediterranean countries up to northern Europe and to Asia Minor and Tunisia. * These shrubs are usually found in wooded and bushy areas, on sunny, warm and dry slopes and around forest edges.

The solitary flowers are 3–5 cm in diameter, a rich yellow, with five petals and numerous yellow stamens . It is indigenous to southeast Europe and southwest Asia . It is a popular, semi- evergreen garden shrub with many named cultivars and hybrids...

The solitary flowers are 3–5 cm in diameter, a rich yellow, with five petals and numerous yellow stamens . It is indigenous to southeast Europe and southwest Asia . It is a popular, semi- evergreen garden shrub with many named cultivars and hybrids...

Stored seed can be sown in late winter in a cold frame. The seed can be slow to germinate. * This mixed wildflower perennial is a double form of columbine that has been used in gardens for a long time, due to its curious flower shape.

Stored seed can be sown in late winter in a cold frame. The seed can be slow to germinate. * This mixed wildflower perennial is a double form of columbine that has been used in gardens for a long time, due to its curious flower shape.

Super hardy Edelweiss will survive the coldest winter temperatures and the worst summer droughts. It is bound to be a subject of conversation in your garden. This superb perennial produces beautiful cream colored star-shaped flowers and silvery green...

The wind-dispersed fruit develops in a flat, oval membranous wing ( samara ) 1 - 1.5 cm long and notched at the outer end . The tree is short-lived in temperate climates, rarely reaching more than 60 years of age, but in its native environment may live...

The wind-dispersed fruit develops in a flat, oval membranous wing ( samara ) 1 - 1.5 cm long and notched at the outer end . The tree is short-lived in temperate climates, rarely reaching more than 60 years of age, but in its native environment may live...

Growing only 20'' tall, you will be able to find several places for it in your garden. The Purple D'Oro daylily prefers full sun. The Purple D'Oro daylily is a wonderfully colored reblooming daylily.

Grows 22'' tall. Red petals with orange-yellow stripes and other blends make this hybrid daylily stand out in any garden. A stunning blend of orange, yellow, red and tan. Mid-late season bloomer.

* Mature shoots are bound into bunches and used as scourers or as besoms. It has been used to relieve constipation and water retention and improve circulation. Grow the seedlings on in the pot in light shade in the greenhouse for their first growing season,...

* Mature shoots are bound into bunches and used as scourers or as besoms. It has been used to relieve constipation and water retention and improve circulation. Grow the seedlings on in the pot in light shade in the greenhouse for their first growing season,...

Each article in the series will feature one sun-loving and one shade-loving plant. Photo of bowman's root used with permission at Wikimedia (GFDL) Adventurous gardeners love to experiment, and what better way than to explore some of the lesser-known perennials...

* Native to the U.S. Southwest, where it is sometimes used as a street or shade tree; 3-5 leaflets per leaf; dark gray scaly ridged bark; velvety young shoots, downy leaves. * A fairly wind resistant tree, it can be grown as part of a shelterbelt planting.

* Native to the U.S. Southwest, where it is sometimes used as a street or shade tree; 3-5 leaflets per leaf; dark gray scaly ridged bark; velvety young shoots, downy leaves. * A fairly wind resistant tree, it can be grown as part of a shelterbelt planting.

It is a shrub or small tree , very variable and often a low spreading shrub, but occasionally reaching 10 m tall. Common Juniper has needle-like leaves in whorls of three; the leaves are green, with a single white stomatal band on the inner surface.

It is a shrub or small tree , very variable and often a low spreading shrub, but occasionally reaching 10 m tall. Common Juniper has needle-like leaves in whorls of three; the leaves are green, with a single white stomatal band on the inner surface.

* The leaves are alternate, 50–100 mm long, with a 15–20 mm petiole ; they are of two types, with palmately five-lobed juvenile leaves on creeping and climbing stems, and unlobed cordate adult leaves on fertile flowering stems exposed to full sun,...

Young branchlets occasionally have corky wings. * Ulmus minor, the Field Elm, is by far the most polymorphic of the European species, although its taxonomy remains a matter of contention.

Young branchlets occasionally have corky wings. * Ulmus minor, the Field Elm, is by far the most polymorphic of the European species, although its taxonomy remains a matter of contention.

* The leaves are alternate, 50–100 mm long, with a 15–20 mm petiole ; they are of two types, with palmately five-lobed juvenile leaves on creeping and climbing stems, and unlobed cordate adult leaves on fertile flowering stems exposed to full sun,...

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.

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.