Shade Tolerant Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In Birmingham

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

Just sow the seed and harvest young seedlings or let some plants grow to 3-4 feet tall keeping the branches pruned back. The young shoots that grow from the cut stems can be harvested during the early growing season.

* The root is said to be adaptogen, cardiotonic, demulcent, panacea, sedative, sialagogue, stimulant and stomachic. It is cultivated in some areas of America as a medicinal crop and is also often harvested from the wild.

They can be found at an altitude of 0–1,850 metres (0–6,070 ft). * Hippocrepis emerus or the scorpion senna is a species of perennial plant belonging to the genus Hippocrepis in the Fabaceae family.

The ants take the seeds to their nest, where they eat the elaiosomes, and put the seeds in their nest debris, where they are protected until they germinate. * A red dye is obtained from the sap of the root.

* A yellow dye is obtained from the seedpods and the flowers * S. * Grown for its white flowers, borne in late summer after most other flowering trees have long finished flowering.

* Bright green stems in winter, bright yellow 1 1/2" flowers in spring, bright green leaves in summer; flowers in full shade, although it gets sloppy and gangly if not tended to, at least in the U.S. North; does well in the South; native to central and...

A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of kidney complaints and TB. * The bark is cathartic, febrifuge and tonic. The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout southern and eastern...

* A yellow dye is obtained from the seedpods and the flowers * S. * Grown for its white flowers, borne in late summer after most other flowering trees have long finished flowering.

* Heart-shaped shiny dark green leaves with prominent veins, 9" x 5"; dark violet flowers in August; a 2' mound, flowers to almost 3'; native to China. * A good ground cover plant, succeeding in dense shade but rather slow to spread.

* 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.

* Bright green stems in winter, bright yellow 1 1/2" flowers in spring, bright green leaves in summer; flowers in full shade, although it gets sloppy and gangly if not tended to, at least in the U.S. North; does well in the South; native to central and...

The leaves are cordate in shape with a distinctive extended drip tip; they are 10–17 cm long and 8–12 cm broad, with a 6–10 cm petiole. * Ficus religiosa is used in traditional medicine for about 50 types of disorders including asthma, diabetes,...

It is native to northern Burma and China, but is sometimes grown in western gardens where it has been in cultivation since 1848. * In cultivation they tend to grow on a single stem that is often leaning and bare towards the bottom, but with dense foliage...

Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine. * So called because the roots were once ground for snuff. * Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. * The leaves are used as an insect repellent.

Modern research has shown that there are many health benefits to drinking tea, including its ability to protect the drinker from certain heart diseases. * Chinese Camellia sinensis is native to mainland China South and Southeast Asia , but it is today...

* A tea is made by boiling the leaves and stems. 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 flower heads are from ¾ to 3 inches (2 to 7.6 cm) wide with pale rose-purple or nearly white colored petals. * Succeeds in ordinary garden soil but prefers a deep rich loam with plenty of leafmold and a sunny position.

For the densest cover plants should be cut to ground level each April. It is indigenous to southeast Europe and southwest Asia . The solitary flowers are 3–5 cm in diameter, a rich yellow, with five petals and numerous yellow stamens .

* The seed is used in pinole or ground into a meal and used as a thickener in making bread or mixed with flour in making bread. The water in which the leaves are cooked is used in making corn pudding .

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

* Water extract of Jacaranda mimosifolia shows higher antimicrobial action against Bacillus cereus and Escherichia coli than gentamicin sulfate does. * Jacaranda mimosifolia is a sub-tropical tree native to South America that has been widely planted elsewhere...

It is native to eastern Asia from the Himalaya east to Japan * Evergreen except in cold climates; delicate compound leaves, reddish when new, later blue-green; attractive white flowers in panicles atop the stems, followed by beautiful bright red berries;...

Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine. * So called because the roots were once ground for snuff. * Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. * The leaves are used as an insect repellent.

The leaves are cordate in shape with a distinctive extended drip tip; they are 10–17 cm long and 8–12 cm broad, with a 6–10 cm petiole. * Ficus religiosa is used in traditional medicine for about 50 types of disorders including asthma, diabetes,...

* An evergreen Tree growing to 25 m (82ft) by 4 m (13ft) at a slow rate. * The Subalpine Fir or Rocky Mountain Fir ( Abies lasiocarpa ) is a western North American fir , native to the mountains of Yukon , British Columbia and western Alberta in Canada...

* The dried and powderedfruit is used as a substitute for the spice 'allspice'. The fruit is about the size of an olive. I never knew about the Spicebush Swallowtail until recently though, thanks to the internet! I think I would grow these just to see...