Shade Tolerant Plant Perennial Plant For Sale In Antioch

* The plant is native to damp grasslands, woodlands, meadows and rocky areas in temperate areas of Europe. * The plant produces cup-shaped, lavender-coloured or white flowers. * The plant was first used as a medicinal herb in ancient Greece.

Grown primarily for its beautiful foliage which provides color, contrast and texture to the landscape. Dense foliage crowds out most garden weeds. A dependable and versatile perennial requiring little care.

* Plants with male flowers (numerous stamens per flower) produce a showier bloom than plants with female flowers (three pistils per flower). * This rose family member is somewhat similar in appearance to astilbe.

* The plant is native to damp grasslands, woodlands, meadows and rocky areas in temperate areas of Europe. * The plant produces cup-shaped, lavender-coloured or white flowers. * The plant was first used as a medicinal herb in ancient Greece.

In the vase some new flowers may open from the more mature buds. It is upright and vase-shaped, reaching 2–4 m (7–13 ft) in height, bearing large trumpet-shaped dark pink flowers with prominent yellow-tipped white stamens.

* Leaves are dark green and leathery. * Soils should be acidic and very well-drained but not excessively dry. * Fairly dense and bushy, especially when young. Japonica which has pendulous flower clusters.

A very ornamental plant. * Prefers a humus-rich soil, succeeding in a moist border or by water. The plants are very cold tolerant, but they can be damaged when dormant if the soil is too moist.

* Rue has a long history of use as a domestic remedy, being especially valued for its strengthening action on the eyes. The plant contains flavonoids (notably rutin) that reduce capillary fragility, which might explain the plants reputation as an eye...

The leaves are deciduous in cold areas, but semi-evergreen in warmer climates, < 7 cm long and < 3 cm broad, with an oblique base and a coarsely serrated margin, changing from dark green to yellow in autumn.

* The plant is dormant during the summer and grows during the cooler half of the year. Dormancy is shorter in cooler climates. Thrives in the light shade of trees. * Prefers a cool habitat and a well-drained humus rich soil.

* A small tree of horizontal branching habit, creating a tiered effect. * The tree is regarded as attractive because of its wide spreading shelving branches and flat-topped head, and is often used in ornamental plantings.

Blooms late summer to early fall. * Unusual perennials with 2" spherical blue flowers in mid to late summer; the plant itself is rather rough and thistly with dark green leaves; good for middle or back of border; wants full sun and good drainage; can...

* The plant is little used in modern herbalism. * Widely employed medicinally by native North American Indians who mainly used the bark to treat a wide range of complaints. * An infusion of the bark has been used in the treatment of many complaints such...

Vigorous, quick to grow and tirelessly floriferous, this wisteria blooms three times a year, fragrantly flowering from early summer until fall defers to winter. Cold-hardy to -40 F with no loss of flowering ability.

* Acer barbinerve is an Asian species of maple found in Korea, eastern Russia, and northeastern China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning). Thus the common name in English and the scientific name in Latin.

* It is also an ornamental plant in gardens, with numerous cultivars selected for different flower colors. * Aquilegia caerulea is a species of Aquilegia flower native to the Rocky Mountains from Montana south to New Mexico and west to Idaho and Arizona...

* Native to temperate forests, thickets; 400-2600 m. But little is known as an ornamental. E Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang (Daxinganling), Henan (Funiu Shan), ?Hubei, Jilin (Changbai Shan), Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Shaanxi, Sichuan [Japan, Korea, Russia (Far...

In the vase some new flowers may open from the more mature buds. It is upright and vase-shaped, reaching 2–4 m (7–13 ft) in height, bearing large trumpet-shaped dark pink flowers with prominent yellow-tipped white stamens.

* The stem is erect in young plants, but becomes creeping or trailing with age. * Aqueous extracts of the roots of the plant have shown significant neutralizing effects in the lethality of the venom of the monocled cobra (Naja Kaouthia).

D??m?st?k?/ ) commonly known as heavenly bamboo or sacred bamboo , is a suckering shrub in the Barberry family, Berberidaceae . * Nandina domestica (pronounced /naen?di?n? It is a monotypic genus, with this species as its only member.

* An evergreen groundcover, a source of wintergreen oil; 1/4" very light pink or pinkish white flowers in summer, scarlet fruit; wants acid, woodland-type soil; native to eastern and central North America south to Georgia.

Awarded 2007 Perennial Plant of the Year by the Perennial Plant Association. This low-maintenance catmint keeps its blue-green, aromatic leaves neat through the summer. Violet-blue spikes top this low grower, lending a soft, muted feel to the garden.

When used in salads, they are rather bitter, though less so in the winter. Carbohydrate, 187mg Calcium, 66mg phosphorus, 3.1mg iron, 76mg sodium, 397mg potassium, 36mg magnesium, 14000iu vitamin A, 0.19mg vitamin B1, 0.26mg vitamin B2, 35mg vitamin C.

* 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.

* This grass is sometimes used for stabilizing eroded areas and for vegetating metal-rich soils in reclaimed mines. * An easily grown plant, it succeeds in most soils, preferring a sandy soil and a sunny position

An upright, rounded shrub which typically grows 4-8' tall (less frequently to 15' tall) and as wide. Formerly known as Rhododendron roseum. Flowers (to 1.5" long) are in trusses of 5-9 flowers each and have a pleasant, clove-like fragrance.

* The root is said to have a beneficial effect on the liver, stomach and spleen and may be taken to relieve indigestion and counteract liver malfunction. * Flowering period during the summer is long, attrracting many pollinators.