Shade Tolerant Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In Fort Collins

* The wood dries without difficulty and is often used in its green or wet state for turnery and bowl carving. * The unusually shaped pods are often gathered, cleaned and decorated for use on Christmas trees and in dried arrangements.

* The plant produces cup-shaped, lavender-coloured or white flowers. * The plant was first used as a medicinal herb in ancient Greece. * Today, the plant is usually used in potpourris.

Studies in mice suggest that Gleditsia sinensis ethanolic extract could be an effective therapeutic agent for the treatment of allergic asthma. * Thorns showed antibacterial activity against a Gram-positive bacterium Xanthomonas vesicatoria and a Gram-negative...

* Rue has a long history of use as a domestic remedy, being especially valued for its strengthening action on the eyes. It also is grown as both a medicinal herb and as a condiment.

* The root is harvested when the plant is dormant in the autumn or winter and is dried for later use. * 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.

; Japanese : ??? Sweet osmanthus is also the 'city flower' of Hangzhou , China. The very fragrant flowers are used by the Chinese to impart a pleasant aroma to tea, wine and sweet dishes such as lotus seed soup, pastries and steamed pears.

* A shrub or small tree, with erect branching; sometimes rather scraggly; grown for its big, conspicuous late summer flowers, 4", white, "blue," purple, or red, in mid to late summer; seems to flower well in shade as well as sun; tolerant of urban conditions;...

* Securinega suffruticosa (Pall.) Rehder = Flueggea suffruticosa (Pall.) Baill. * 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...

The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout southern and eastern Ontario; in northern Ontario it occurs farther north than the alternateleaf dogwood, but does not extend past 50°N (Soper and Heimburger...

; Japanese : ??? Sweet osmanthus is also the 'city flower' of Hangzhou , China. The very fragrant flowers are used by the Chinese to impart a pleasant aroma to tea, wine and sweet dishes such as lotus seed soup, pastries and steamed pears.

* 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. It is native to the southwestern United States , in Utah , Nevada , Arizona , western New Mexico , western Colorado , Wyoming , southern...

* It is a small to medium-sized evergreen tree, growing 10-15 m tall and with a trunk up to 50 cm diameter, rarely more. * It ranges from southernmost Alaska south to central California , mostly in the Pacific Coast Ranges , but with an isolated disjunct...

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

* Devil's club was widely employed medicinally by several native North American Indian tribes who used it especially for its pain-relieving properties. * In vitro studies showed that extracts of Devil's Club inhibit tuberculosis microbes.

The plant has a lignified stem with green branches bearing five to nine leaflets. * This plant occurs in northeastern Spain and in central Mediterranean countries up to northern Europe and to Asia Minor and Tunisia.

Regular use is said to restore vigour, improve the memory and increase longevity. It is a pungent bitter-sweet warming herb that is said to be stronger in its action than ginseng. It is commonly called eleuthero , and was previously marketed in the United...

* Kerria japonica , the sole species in the genus Kerria , is a deciduous shrub in the rose family Rosaceae, native to eastern Asia , in China , Japan and Korea . The scientific genus name is also used as a common name Kerria .

* It is most readily identified by its fruits, which have four wings at roughly 90 degree angles and are densely packed on long stems. * Good for saline soils;Native from Washington east to S.

* It climbs by means of aerial rootlets which cling to the substrate. * The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Hedera helix for cough, bronchitis.

The light green stems grow tightly in a bunch, first erect and then curving outwards to give a round crown. In habit it perhaps most resembles the native hazelnut (Corylus avellana).

* It can grow in very alkaline soils, but not in the shade. The bark also contains fraxetin.This has an inhibitory effect on the central nervous system, is a stronger and safer anodyne than aspirin and has some antibacterial activity.

* The crushed leaves are very aromatic. Tolerant of dry chalk soils, it also succeeds in maritime gardens. * Although research and data is limited, some identified compounds in this plant include thujone, miltirone, oxy-miltirone, tanshinones, camphor,...

This makes dosage estimation a difficult and adds further risk to the administration of material that already has potentially lethal side effects. In clear weather, flowers open at nearly full dark and wither a few hours after sunrise the following morning;...

* A versatile mid sized, prolific flowering shrub that is quite cold hardy. Very worthy of greater use, especially in areas where flowering shrub choices are limited by lack of drought tolerance and/or cold hardiness.

* It is a member of the white oak section of the genus, with acorns that mature in a single summer. Oak species with smaller leaves are suitable for bonsai but are not native to Japan so not a traditional choice.

* Compound leaves with leaflets in threes grow on fleshy green to pink stems up to 3 feet (0.9 m). They bloom from late spring to early summer . Seeds with whitish elaiosomes are borne in long pods .The plant often goes dormant in summer after blooming.

Arizonica: The largest is 33.8 m tall, 133 cm dbh, near Ruidoso, New Mexico. * It is a medium-sized tree growing to 20 m tall. Arizonica is said to be common in the Sangre de Cristo and San Juan Mountains, and at Wolf Creek Pass, all locations in Colorado;...