Shade Tolerant Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Chula Vista

* 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. It is the wild ancestor of the garden Carnation .

* In Europe it was believed that the plant could cure alcoholism . * Early America settlers boiled parts of the plant to make into candy and they also used it as an ingredient in cake .

Sow the seed as soon as the soil temperatures are bove 40 degrees F. * It preferes cool growing temperatures and will tolerate some shade. It is never pithy and stays crunchy in the refrigerator.

* The root is harvested when the plant is dormant in the autumn or winter and is dried for later use. When prescribed internally it is always used dried and in conjunction with fresh ginger root.

* Upright stems topped by 1/2-1" flowers in a branched flower head, white, green, or yellowish; grows in wet, grassy subalpine meadows and open woods; flowers in June or July; attractive pleated leaves, to 1' long, 6" wide; native from northern Europe...

The reddish samarae are relatively small, < 8 mm long, narrowly elliptic with two long incurving stigmas at the tip, and usually disperse by the end of April . Regular pruning of young trees is often required in order to eliminate multiple trunks.

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

Plant out in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts, and give some protection from the cold for at least their first few winters. It is generally yellow or yellow-green with bulbous yellow flowers.

Dormancy is shorter in cooler climates. * The plant is dormant during the summer and grows during the cooler half of the year. * A tuberous herb with vine like leaves. Thrives in the light shade of trees.

* In traditional herbalism columbine was considered sacred to Venus; carrying a posy of it was said arouse the affections of a loved one. * The plant is short lived but self sows freely producing a good quantity of seed each year.

* Lance-leaved coreopsis produces yellow flowers in late summer. * A semi-double form of the species said to come more or less true from seed; yellow flowers; native to U.S. east It is commonly kept as an ornamental plant.

It is a deep-rooted grass, tolerates drought, and will grow at altitudes of up to 2,000 m (6,600 ft). It prefers light soils with a high phosphorus content. * African foxtail grass is native to tropical Africa, the Mediterranean region and the hotter...

(50–120cm) tall. * The name distichum refers to the two types of leaves the plant carries. * The flowers are yellow–orange or orange–vermillion with the petals spotted in purple, somewhat ‘flatfaced' in appearance with irregular distribution of...

Plants should be spaced about 60cm apart each way. * A good ground cover plant, succeeding in dense shade but rather slow to spread. * Heart-shaped shiny dark green leaves with prominent veins, 9" x 5"; dark violet flowers in August; a 2' mound, flowers...

* Leaves are dark green and leathery. Japonica which has pendulous flower clusters. * Soils should be acidic and very well-drained but not excessively dry. * Upright flower clusters separate it from P.

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. * Wood - very light, soft, close grained. The layers of annual growth are hardly distinguishable.

* Plants seem to be immune to the predations of rabbits. * Succeeds in ordinary garden soil, preferring a moist but not wet soil and a sunny position. Flabellata pumila. * The name of this species is based on the cultivated form, the true wild form is...

* Rhododendron viscosum , commonly known as swamp azalea or clammy azalea , is a deciduous shrub which is endemic to the United States .

To be able to compete successfully in such habitats, it has adapted greater shade tolerance than most other pines. * Pinus glabra ( Spruce Pine ) is a tree found on the coastal plains of the southern United States , from southern South Carolina south...

It is an evergreen tree that is native to the Southeastern United States in North America. It is one of about 150 species in the evergreen tree genus Persea. The leaves are arranged alternately and emit a spicy smell when crushed.

* This essential oil is emitted from the plant in hot weather and, on a still day, can be ignited and will burn for a second or two without harming the plant, thus giving the plant its common name.

* Securinega suffruticosa (Pall.) Rehder = Flueggea suffruticosa (Pall.) Baill. * This plant is commonly used in Chinese herbalism, where it is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental herbs.

* It has green arching foliage to 3 feet in USDA 8, with highlights of orange, copper, and gold, especially in drier soils. * The only known species is Anemanthele lessoniana, often called gossamer grass or New Zealand wind grass or pheasant's tail grass.

* It was the first magnolia to be scientifically described, and is the type species of the genus Magnolia ; as Magnolia is also the type genus of all flowering plants , this species can be seen to typify all flowering plants.

* Blossoms in May. * Native to temperate forests, thickets; 400-2600 m. E Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang (Daxinganling), Henan (Funiu Shan), ?Hubei, Jilin (Changbai Shan), Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Shaanxi, Sichuan [Japan, Korea, Russia (Far East)].

* The whole plant, but especially the root, is analgesic, antirheumatic, galactogogue and rubefacient.The plant was often used medicinally by North American Indian tribes, though modern users should be aware of the plants potential toxicity.

They can be found at an altitude of 0–1,850 metres (0–6,070 ft). * This plant occurs in northeastern Spain and in central Mediterranean countries up to northern Europe and to Asia Minor and Tunisia.