Shade Tolerant Plant Perennial Plant For Sale In Newark

* 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.

* An easily grown plant, so long as the soil does not dry out. Likes shadebut it succeeds in sun or partial shade. * An herbaceous perennial with lemon yellow flowers to 2", May to August; much planted in gardens, where it likes rich moist soil in sun...

* Early America settlers boiled parts of the plant to make into candy and they also used it as an ingredient in cake . * Plants are reliably perennial if they are prevented from setting seed.

* Plants with male flowers (numerous stamens per flower) produce a showier bloom than plants with female flowers (three pistils per flower). * In Italy the young shoots are eaten, usually boiled briefly in herb infused water, and then cooked with eggs...

* 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.

Excelsa is not the tallest in the genus. 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...

* A decoction of the flowering shoots is used in the treatment of coughs and women's complaints. * 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...

In Missouri, it is typically found in the Ozark region in dry upland areas (rocky woods and glade borders) and in moist low areas (valleys, ravine bottoms and along streams) (Steyermark).

The plant contains flavonoids (notably rutin) that reduce capillary fragility, which might explain the plants reputation as an eye strengthener. * The Common Rue ( Ruta graveolens ), also known as Herb-of-grace , is a species of rue grown as a herb .

* 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;...

Newly grown leaves and samaras take on a reddish hue. Well worth growing in zone 8 gardens. The tree features slender leaves, unlike the multilobed leaves found on most maple species.

* Yellow corydalis grows to 30–38 cm (12–15 in) tall. It grows wild in cracks in old walls where drainage is excellent. Corydalis lutea; Yellow Corydalis) is a short-lived perennial plant native to the southern foothills of the south-western and central...

The plant contains flavonoids (notably rutin) that reduce capillary fragility, which might explain the plants reputation as an eye strengthener. * The Common Rue ( Ruta graveolens ), also known as Herb-of-grace , is a species of rue grown as a herb .

* The plant most of us think of as Bleeding Heart; extremely popular, and for good reason; each arching spike, often held horizontally, is lined with an elegant row of pink and white "hearts"; flowers in May in New York; may die back to the ground in...

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

Spent flowers should be cut back for a repeat performance in fall. Blue Hill's smaller size makes it perfect for a border garden or container. Salvia Blue Hill has rough green foliage with numerous spikes of sky blue blooms rising a moderate 15″ from...

* Ptelea trifoliata is the second-northernmost New World representative of the Rue (Citrus) family after American prickly-ash (Zanthoxylum americanum). * The fruit is also used as a hop substitute when making beer and it is added to yeast to make it rise...

Canescens) and Woolly Azalea (R. It is a dense, bushy, suckering shrub that typically grows 2-6' (less frequently to 10') tall. Shrub, (usually closer to 6 ft.) with picturesque, horizontal branching above.

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

* The flower heads are from ¾ to 3 inches (2 to 7.6 cm) wide with pale rose-purple or nearly white colored petals. Angustifolia , but plants often grow taller, ranging from 1.5 to 2.5 ft (45 to 75 cm) tall, with some growing 3 feet (90 cm) or more tall.

The male cones are yellow, 2–3 mm long, and fall soon after shedding their pollen in March–April. The seeds are dispersed when birds eat the cones, digesting the fleshy scales and passing the hard seeds in their droppings.

Lavender Hidcote is a compact mounded form typically growing to 20 to 24” tall and featuring deep purple-blue flowers and gray foliage. Excellent for fresh cutting, this is an excellent Lavender selection for drying.

* The fruit is a bright red or sometimes purple drupe containing 3 to 5 seeds. The fruits are popular with birds, who distribute the seeds. * The blossoms have been used in the treatment of measles.

* They are occationally grown as ornamentals for their yellow flowers and interesting rattling seed pods. * Crotalarias are grown in the tropics as green manure cover crops due to their nitrogen fixing capabilities and drought tolerance.

* Its typical habitat is moist shaded woodland, growing in accumulated humus. The flowers are bright yellow 3.5-5 cm across, starting out bowl-shaped, then flattening out with age.

* Prefers a humus-rich soil, succeeding in a moist border or by water. Plant the roots out very shallowly. * The species, from central Europe and Russia, has blue-purple, lavender, or white flowers, but there are dozens of cultivars, in a varied range...

* This is an excellent plant to use for cut flowers and dried flowers. They keep their blue color well after drying. * It is very cold hardy, coming from Siberia, and will also tolerate drought and saline conditions.