Shade Tolerant Plant Perennial Plant For Sale In Salinas

* 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 to almost 3'; native to China.

* Bearsfoot root was used by the North American Indians as a stimulant and laxative remedy. * 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.

Excelsa is not the tallest in the genus. * Rhapis excelsa also known as Broadleaf Lady Palm is a species of fan palm (Arecaceae subfamily Coryphoideae, tribe Corypheae) in the genus Rhapis, probably native to southern China and Taiwan.

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

* Habitat and Range: sandy, gravelly, or rocky slopes, often growing in areas underlain by limestone bedrock. A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of kidney complaints and TB.

It is easily recognised by its attractive three-petaled white flowers, opening from late spring to early summer, that rise above a whorl of three, leaf-like bracts. Grandiflorum is a perennial that grows from a short rhizome and produces a single, showy...

Meadows, valleys, forest margins, along streams in the alpine zone. Requires a semi-shaded site and moist but well-drained soil during the vegetative period. * Very well suited to the rock garden, and for group planting.

* It is boiled in olive oil to make black dyes and hair dressing. * The plant produces cup-shaped, lavender-coloured or white flowers. * Today, the plant is usually used in potpourris.

* A small tree but often a shrub of a few spreading stems. * Ptelea trifoliata is the second-northernmost New World representative of the Rue (Citrus) family after American prickly-ash (Zanthoxylum americanum).

The plant is notable for its photosynthetic stems and its seed distribution method. * Thrives in almost any soil, including chalk, it is particularly suited to dry shaded areas. * Euonymus americanus is commonly referred to as Strawberry Bush , Bursting...

* 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. * Bark dark red-brown, peeling in strips.

This varient will grow to 8 feet tall. * Nandina domestica (pronounced /naen?di?n? 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...

* Small, delicate plant forms a rounded mound, often loose and open; evergreen; 3" flowers in May, parents of this strain have flowers in variations of pink and purple; acid soil, good drainage; in the U.S. needs light shade in the North, more shade in...

* Early America settlers boiled parts of the plant to make into candy and they also used it as an ingredient in cake . * Angelica atropurpurea is a species of plant that can be found in moist and swampy woodlands , mostly by riverbanks.

The leaves of the plant are linear to lanceolate, 3-15 cm long and 0.3-3 cm broad, with a modified dentate, pinnately lobed margin; they give off a sweet odor, especially when crushed.

* Rhododendron catawbiense ( Catawba Rhododendron ) is a species of Rhododendron native to the eastern United States , growing mainly in the Appalachian Mountains from Virginia south to northern Alabama .

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

* Gaultheria procumbens ( Eastern Teaberry , Checkerberry , Boxberry , or American Wintergreen ) is a species of Gaultheria native to northeastern North America from Newfoundland west to southeastern Manitoba , and south to Alabama .

* This species boasts the largest simple leaf and single flower of any native plant in North America. * A hot infusion of the bark has been snuffed for treating sinus problems and has been held in the mouth for treating toothache.

The flower appears in national emblems, and Korea is compared poetically to the flower in the South Korean national anthem. * A shrub or small tree, with erect branching; sometimes rather scraggly; grown for its big, conspicuous late summer flowers, 4",...

It is a popular, semi- evergreen garden shrub with many named cultivars and hybrids derived from it.In North America the name Rose of Sharon is applied to a species in a different order, Hibiscus syriacus .

* Pinus glabra ( Spruce Pine ) is a tree found on the coastal plains of the southern United States , from southern South Carolina south to northern Florida and west to southern Louisiana .

Regular pruning of young trees is often required in order to eliminate multiple trunks. The reddish samarae are relatively small, < 8 mm long, narrowly elliptic with two long incurving stigmas at the tip, and usually disperse by the end of April .

* Plants seem to be immune to the predations of rabbits. * The name of this species is based on the cultivated form, the true wild form is A. * Succeeds in ordinary garden soil, preferring a moist but not wet soil and a sunny position.

* This Mexican native is drought tolerant and grows very quickly in tropical areas as a timber tree.

* Mostly identical to the species, which see, but with white flowers.

Following the arrival of European settlers in the U.S. who continued the medicinal usage of black cohosh, the plant appeared in the U.S. Pharmacopoeia in 1830 under the name “black snakeroot”.