Shade Tolerant Plant Plant For Moist Soil For Sale In Abilene

The bark fibres are also used in making paper. A rope can be made from the bark fibres. It is native to the eastern half of North America but uncommon, found in rich woods. * Leatherwood was employed medicinally by a number of native North American Indian...

* A rare and botanically interesting,medium-sized to large, suckering shrub, occasionally a small tree. The layers of annual growth are hardly distinguishable. * Leitneria floridana ( Corkwood ), the sole species in the genus Leitneria , is a deciduous...

To be able to compete successfully in such habitats, it has adapted greater shade tolerance than most other pines. This pine is a straight-growing, medium-sized species, attaining heights of 20-35 m.

* The whole plant, but especially the root, is analgesic, antirheumatic, galactogogue and rubefacient.The plant was often used medicinally by North American Indian tribes, though modern users should be aware of the plants potential toxicity.

* Early America settlers boiled parts of the plant to make into candy and they also used it as an ingredient in cake . * In Europe it was believed that the plant could cure alcoholism .

* It was the first magnolia to be scientifically described, and is the type species of the genus Magnolia ; as Magnolia is also the type genus of all flowering plants , this species can be seen to typify all flowering plants.

* The wood is hard, heavy, close-grained, very strong, rather brittle. These trees are capable of producing fruit that is a small, blue or black drupe. The leaves are arranged alternately and emit a spicy smell when crushed.

* It was the first magnolia to be scientifically described, and is the type species of the genus Magnolia ; as Magnolia is also the type genus of all flowering plants , this species can be seen to typify all flowering plants.

* The Asian Globeflower ( Trollius asiaticus ) is an ornamental plant of the family Ranunculaceae , which is native to Asia and Europe . It commonly grows to about 20 cm or higher.

* Upright stems topped by 1/2-1" flowers in a branched flower head, white, green, or yellowish; grows in wet, grassy subalpine meadows and open woods; flowers in June or July; attractive pleated leaves, to 1' long, 6" wide; native from northern Europe...

* Fragrant white or slightly pink flowers with a yellow blotch, to 2 1/2"; 4" deciduous leaves, yellow and scarlet in fall; native to the Pacific Coast, and said to fare poorly on the East Coast.

* Clethra alnifolia ( Sweet Pepperbush , Anne Bidwell or Summersweet ), is a flowering plant in the genus Clethra , native to eastern North America from southern Nova Scotia and Maine south to northern Florida , and west to eastern Texas .

* The trapping mechanism is so specialized that it can distinguish between living prey and non-prey stimuli such as falling raindrops; two trigger hairs must be touched in succession within 20 seconds of each other or one hair touched twice in rapid succession,...

Sinensis to be synonymous with Cephalotaxus harringtonia * Very tolerant of pruning, this plant makes a very good hedge in shady positions. Some botanists consider Cephalotaxus koreana and C.

* The fruit can also be used for making preserves, pies, ice cream and other sweet desserts. * The flowers are produced in early spring at the same time as or slightly before the new leaves appear.

It grows in a wide variety of wet habitat types. * Grow in moist to wet soils in full sun to part shade. * The flower looks something like a monkeys face, hence the common and genus names, the latter from the Latin mimus (a buffoon).

Kaempferi; native to Korea, China, Central Asia, and Japan. Requires a lime-free soil. * The species has reddish-purple flowers; grows in marshes, ditches, and other wet places, even in shallow water; flowering in June and July; needs acid soil in cultivation;...

Prefers a moist heavy soil. It requires a deep rich soil with plenty of moisture. * An herbaceous perennial with lemon yellow flowers to 2", May to August; much planted in gardens, where it likes rich moist soil in sun or part shade; native to Europe,...

* Fraxinus angustifolia ( Narrow-leafed Ash ) is a species of Fraxinus native to central and southern Europe , northwest Africa , and southwest Asia . * The bark is smooth and pale grey on young trees, becoming square-cracked and knobbly on old trees.

Its native from southeastern Canada and northeastern United States . * Terminal stems holding the flowers are distinctively red and provide interesting contrast to the clusters of small white berries which form after the flowers have dropped.

The fruits are a spiny, globe shaped 1 to 1.25" ball which become brown. The star shaped leaves are long-pointed and have finely sawtoothed lobes, it is often planted for it's excellent fall colors that persist late.

* The Chinese make fences around their compounds with interlaced branches of this plant.These branches take root and form a very graceful hedge. * Shrub with upright stems; narrow bamboolike leaves, shiny bright green; small whitish flowers; a roughish...

A dependable and versatile perennial requiring little care. * Seedlings from variegated Hosta varieties will not show the variegation. * Features a mound of narrow, medium green leaves edged with pure white, with racemes of orchid-like, purple striped...

* It is in flower in March, and the seeds ripen from Oct to January. Conservation Plant Characteristics Alnus rhombifolia Nutt. * A decidious Tree growing to 12 m at a fast rate. * Native to western North America , from Washington east to western Montana...

* The fruit can also be used for making preserves, pies, ice cream and other sweet desserts. * The flowers are produced in early spring at the same time as or slightly before the new leaves appear.

* This sedge is less prone to summer dieback and remains attractive during warm weather. Its grass-like leaves grow up to 3' tall from short stout rhizomes. * This carex is common throughout southern and central Missouri in the moist soil beside ponds,...

* The seeds are eaten by a wide variety of birds. Manchurian Ash can be used as a medium height wind break for a farmstead. * The species is being tested as a potential source of genes for resistance to emerald ash borer.