Shade Tolerant Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Elgin

* Stored seed remains viable for at least a year and can be sown in spring in the greenhouse but it will probably require a period of cold stratification. Germination usually takes place in 1 - 6 months at 15°c.

It also is grown as both a medicinal herb and as a condiment. The plant contains flavonoids (notably rutin) that reduce capillary fragility, which might explain the plants reputation as an eye strengthener.

Tabacum is sensitive to temperature, air, ground humidity and the type of land. The dried leaves can also be used, they remain effective for 6 months after drying. Temperatures of 20–30 °C (68–86 °F) are best for adequate growth; an atmospheric...

* Astilbe chinensis is a herbaceous plant with alternate, pinnately compound leaves, on thin stems. * The flowers are purple, borne in summer.

Grows well in heavy clay soils. Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer or rabbits. The plants are very cold tolerant, but they can be damaged when dormant if the soil is too moist.

* The plant flowers in June and July with one to six upright, dish-shaped flowers. The flower consists of six petals curving backward from the center. The seeds mature from August to September.

Suggested mechanisms to explain this include stimulation of venous alpha 1 and 2 adrenoreceptors and decreased capillary permeability. The seed germinates better if it is given a period of cold stratification.

* The plant can tolerate maritime exposure. * Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. * The leaves are used as an insect repellent. Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine.

* Upright flower clusters separate it from P. Japonica which has pendulous flower clusters. * Soils should be acidic and very well-drained but not excessively dry. * Fairly dense and bushy, especially when young.

* Native to the Mediterranean region, statice (also commonly called notchleaf status) is noted for producing clusters of papery, funnel-shaped flowers in summer. * Excellent as a fresh cut flower and for dried arrangements.

* This perennial blooms late in the season and makes a great transition along shady edges.

It is commonly kept as an ornamental plant. * The lance-leaved coreopsis , Coreopsis lanceolata , is a species of coreopsis (Tickseed). * Lance-leaved coreopsis produces yellow flowers in late summer.

Noxious weed in California * Ilex aquifolium ( Holly , or European Holly to distinguish it from related species, may also be called Christmass Holly or Mexican Holly) is a species of holly native to western and southern Europe , northwest Africa and southwest...

* Palestine Strawberry Clover was developed in Australia and is very tolerant of adverse conditions. * It can be slow to establish but it will hold up to grazing, high saline soils, wet soils and can take some shade.

The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) * The root is used in the treatment of rheumatism and other bone diseases. * Alangium platanifolium is a deciduous Shrub growing to 3 m (9ft) by 2 m (6ft).

* Bearsfoot root was used by the North American Indians as a stimulant and laxative remedy. * A poultice of the bruised root has been used as a dressing and salve on burns, inflammations and cuts.

* This attractive perennial maintains a neat mound shape and grows 1-2 ft. Its showy, yellow, pea-like flowers occur in upper axillary clusters. The leaves are long-stalked and uniquely divided into two leaflets about 1 1/2 inches long.

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

* A hot infusion of the bark has been snuffed for treating sinus problems and has been held in the mouth for treating toothache. * This species boasts the largest simple leaf and single flower of any native plant in North America.

* This is considered a noxious weed in some areas. * A yellow dye is obtained from the whole plant. It is obtained from the flowers according to other reports. It has also been introduced and is now common in North America .

* The fruit is not at all insipid, it has a very strong spicy taste of germolene, just like being in a hospital waiting room. * Gaultheria procumbens ( Eastern Teaberry , Checkerberry , Boxberry , or American Wintergreen ) is a species of Gaultheria native...

* The fruit is also used as a hop substitute when making beer and it is added to yeast to make it rise more quickly when making bread. * The root-bark is anthelmintic, antibacterial, antiperiodic, stomachic and tonic.

Leaves are finely divided and yellow-green to gray-green, often remaining over winter. * Perennial with small yellow flowers throughout the summer; makes a nice bluish mound of delicate foliage; will grow in deep shade; can seed itself about rather freely;...

The leaves have blades that are lanceolate to broadly ovate or elliptic in shape with out lobes. The leaf bases are attenuate to cordate in shape and the margins of the leaves are usually entire or serrate, or sometimes lacerate.

* Hypericum androsaemum , commonly known as tutsan , is a plant in the genus Hypericum native to open woods and hillsides in Eurasia. It is a perennial shrub reaching up to 1.5 m in height.

* Adenophora (Lilyleaf Ladybell) is a genus of flowering plant within the family Campanulaceae. * Use for border garden. * Prefers well-drained soil. * Many Adenophora species have been used in traditional Chinese medicine.

Caffeine should not be taken when using this herb. It is a pungent bitter-sweet warming herb that is said to be stronger in its action than ginseng. * It has also been used to combat radiation sickness and exposure to toxic chemicals.