Shade Tolerant Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In Bellevue

* Devil's club was widely employed medicinally by several native North American Indian tribes who used it especially for its pain-relieving properties. * It is noted for its large palmate leaves and erect, woody stems covered in stinging spines.

It is perhaps best known for its use as a hair tonic whilst the root is also taken internally as a treatment for non-malignant swollen glands and especially for mastitis. * Bearsfoot root was used by the North American Indians as a stimulant and laxative...

Once the seeds have ripened in mid-autumn the red capsules burst open, scattering the orange seeds up to 15 feet. The plant is notable for its photosynthetic stems and its seed distribution method.

Subalpine fir ABLA Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Tree Native Status L48 (N), AK (N), CAN (N) Federal T/E Status National Wetland Indicator UPL, FAC Morphology/Physiology Active Growth Period Spring and Summer After Harvest Regrowth Rate Bloat...

* The roots are harvested in the autumn and dried for later use. * It has also been used to combat radiation sickness and exposure to toxic chemicals. * Research has shown that it stimulates resistance to stress and so it is now widely used as a tonic...

The genus name is Greek - rhapis, meaning "needle"; and the species name is Latin for "tall", an ironic name choice as R. They were first collected by the Japanese for Tokugawa shogunate palaces, then popularity spread to Europe, and later to America...

* 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.

Studies in mice suggest that Gleditsia sinensis ethanolic extract could be an effective therapeutic agent for the treatment of allergic asthma. A lupane acid extracted from the thorns showed in vitro anti-HIV activity.

* 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.

* Quickly becoming a popular tree to raise for "Toona Sprouts". * Toona sinensis (syn. This tasty somewhat spicy vegetable is very nutritious and easy to grow. * This is a highly esteemed food in China, it is said to resemble onions in flavour and is...

* A wax on the fruit is obtained by simmering the fruit in hot water and skimming off the wax as it rises to the surface. * Juniperus osteosperma ( Utah Juniper ; syn. The wax can be used to make aromatic candles.

), is a medicinal plant of the Liliaceae (lily family) or Melanthiaceae which is native to Europe . * Veratrum album , commonly known as the False Helleborine (also known as White Hellebore , European White Hellebore , White Veratrum ; syn.

It is used in Korea in the treatment of lumbago, neuralgia, arthritis and oedema. It is adaptogenic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and diuretic. * The root bark contains saponins, acanthosides, cardiac glycosides and polysaccharides.

The fruit is a long narrow capsule 5–23 cm (2.0–9.1 in) long, which splits open at maturity to release numerous downy seeds .In the past, scented plants were sometimes treated as the distinct species N.

* Sun- and drought-tolerant. * This species grows up to 50 feet, and has yellow flowers. Mediterranean and Asia Minor.

The water in which the leaves are cooked is used in making corn pudding . * Shadscale fruits and leaves provide important winter browse for both domestic livestock and native herbivores.

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

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...

Extracts of the plant show antitumour activity. * Ligustrum lucidum ( Glossy Privet , Chinese Privet or Broad-leaf Privet ) is a species of privet native to the southern half of China .

* Cultivated in China for the rutin contained in its leaves and ovaries. * Grown for its white flowers, borne in late summer after most other flowering trees have long finished flowering.

* The Lebanon Cedar is the national emblem of Lebanon, and is displayed on the Lebanese flag and coat of arms. * The Lebanon Cedar is an evergreen coniferous tree growing up to 40 m (130 ft) tall, with a trunk up to 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) in diameter.

Arizonica occurs in Arizona and New Mexico. In other respects it is like var. * It is a medium-sized tree growing to 20 m tall. * The Corkbark Fir Abies lasiocarpa var. Arizonica is said to be common in the Sangre de Cristo and San Juan Mountains, and...

It has a strong taproot . * The tea plant is commonly used in Chinese herbalism, where it is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental herbs. * The source of tea; white flowers in fall; tolerates shade or sun well; an attractive small shrub for its ornamental...

The flowers are bright yellow 3.5-5 cm across, starting out bowl-shaped, then flattening out with age. The pinnate leaves usually have five soft green leaflets, although three and seven occur as well, each with a shape ranging from lanceolate-oblong to...

Dislikes dry soils, requiring cool, permanently moist conditions at the roots. Its range stretches from southern Maine south to northern Florida , and west to Indiana and Louisiana .

* Although floriferous and attractive in early spring, it basically plods though the rest of the growing season as a somewhat nondescript shrub. The flower buds resemble white pearls, hence the common name.

* The leaves or bark have been placed in cupped hands over the nose and inhaled as a mild hallucinogen. * The leaves are used as a condiment in gravies etc. * It was the first magnolia to be scientifically described, and is the type species of the genus...