Shade Tolerant Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Lexington Fayette

The flowers, blue to blue violet, pea like and produced at the end of branches. Blooms, 6 to 18 inches long, late spring to early summer. Seeds are produced in pea like pods. * Perennial with characteristic palmate leaves.

* 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. * he plant contains calcium oxalate crystals in all parts, and because of this consumption of the...

Caution is advised. * Bloodroot ( Sanguinaria canadensis ) is a perennial , herbaceous flowering plant native to eastern North America from Nova Scotia , Canada southward to Florida , United States .

* Ginseng is characterized by the presence of ginsenosides. * It has gained an almost magical reputation for being able to promote health, general body vigour and also to prolong life.

The raceme inflorescence is very tall, reaching a maximum of 4 m (12 ft). The sap can also be tapped by boring a hole into the middle of the plant at the base of the flowering stem.

* Early America settlers boiled parts of the plant to make into candy and they also used it as an ingredient in cake . * The stalks can be eaten like celery and the flavor is similar.

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

* Habitats: Woodland Garden Sunny Edge; Dappled Shade; Shady Edge. * This plant is commonly used in Chinese herbalism, where it is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental herbs.

As its common name implies, the tree is most easily recognized by the very broad, thin pair of corky wings that form along the branchlets after a couple of years. Prefers rich, moist loams.

* In Italy the young shoots are eaten, usually boiled briefly in herb infused water, and then cooked with eggs and cheese. * This rose family member is somewhat similar in appearance to astilbe.

* Ginseng is characterized by the presence of ginsenosides. * It has gained an almost magical reputation for being able to promote health, general body vigour and also to prolong life.

* A decoction of the flowering shoots is used in the treatment of coughs and women's complaints. It is named after William Kerr , who introduced the cultivar 'Pleniflora'. * Bright green stems in winter, bright yellow 1 1/2" flowers in spring, bright...

* Small, delicate plant forms a rounded mound, often loose and open; evergreen; 3" flowers in May, parents of this strain have flowers in variations of pink and purple; acid soil, good drainage; in the U.S. needs light shade in the North, more shade in...

* This is considered a noxious weed in some areas. It is obtained from the flowers according to other reports. A tea made from the plant has been used as an insecticide. * A yellow dye is obtained from the whole plant.

* A form with reddish-purple flowers, otherwise similar to the species, which see.

* Substances from the plant have shown anticancer activity. * In cultivation they tend to grow on a single stem that is often leaning and bare towards the bottom, but with dense foliage on the upper half.

Grandiflorum is one of the most popular trilliums in cultivation, primarily because of the size of its flowers and its relative ease of cultivation. * As a particularly conspicuous forest flower, T.

* The plant flowers in June and July with one to six upright, dish-shaped flowers. The seeds mature from August to September. The bulb is roundish with a diameter of about 2 cm. The flower consists of six petals curving backward from the center.

* 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. When prescribed internally it is always used dried and in conjunction with fresh ginger root.

* The leaves are used for flavouring rice dumplings. * Requires a well-drained sandy soil and a sunny position. Established plants are drought tolerant.

* In vitro studies showed that extracts of Devil's Club inhibit tuberculosis microbes. * It is noted for its large palmate leaves and erect, woody stems covered in stinging spines.

* Medium green leaves, of loose upright habit; "spectacular in flower...does extremely well in Southeast" (Dirr); flower buds pearllike; 11/2" flowers, not long-lasting, in pendulous panicles at branch tips; tough and adaptable; full sun or part shade;...

States, as far north as southern Utah, in open land with well-drained soils. * All parts of Datura plants contain dangerous levels of anticholinergic tropane alkaloids and may be fatal if ingested by humans, livestock, or pets * Datura wrightii is found...

* Performs better than Campanula in Southern gardens. * Use for border garden. * Many Adenophora species have been used in traditional Chinese medicine. * Adenophora (Lilyleaf Ladybell) is a genus of flowering plant within the family Campanulaceae.

The seeds are dispersed when birds eat the cones, digesting the fleshy scales and passing the hard seeds in their droppings. * A tea is made by boiling the leaves and stems. It is a shrub or small tree , very variable and often a low spreading shrub,...

Dense foliage crowds out most garden weeds. A dependable and versatile perennial requiring little care. * Features a dwarf mound of slightly wavy, heart-shaped, medium green leaves with racemes of funnel-shaped, violet flowers on 10" scapes.

* Stored seed should be sown as early in the year as possible and given cold stratification - it might not germinate until spring of the following year.