Shade Tolerant Plant Seeds For Sale In Minneapolis

* 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.

* It has gained an almost magical reputation for being able to promote health, general body vigour and also to prolong life. * The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Panax ginseng for lack of stamina.

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

It has been mixed with other medicines in order to give added potency. * The fruit is also used as a hop substitute when making beer and it is added to yeast to make it rise more quickly when making bread.

* 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 .

* 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 herbs.

Common Juniper has needle-like leaves in whorls of three; the leaves are green, with a single white stomatal band on the inner surface. * Juniperus communis subsp. * A tea is made by boiling the leaves and stems.

* The Fall coloration is an outstanding combination of reds and yellows blending with deeper tones of scarlet. The older leaves become a rich green which persists well into the Fall without sunburning.

* Native to China, common pearlbush is a loose, upright, early-blooming, deciduous shrub with a broad rounded shape. * Although floriferous and attractive in early spring, it basically plods though the rest of the growing season as a somewhat nondescript...

It grows to 12-15m tall with leaves that are longer and darker than the European Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus). The leaves are dark, glossy and slender, with 20-24 pairs of parallel sunken veins; every third tooth is whisker-tipped.

* Astilbe chinensis is a herbaceous plant with alternate, pinnately compound leaves, on thin stems. * The flowers are purple, borne in summer.

Sweet osmanthus is also the 'city flower' of Hangzhou , China. They are also added to herbal medicines in order to disguise obnoxious flavours. The very fragrant flowers are used by the Chinese to impart a pleasant aroma to tea, wine and sweet dishes...

The wood is soft, lightweight, and weak. * Doesn't like hot dry summers. * Essential oils extracted from the leaves are used in aromatherapy and perfumes. * The tree lives in the cold boreal climate on moist soils in mountains or river basins at elevations...

The bark of the trunk is rough, furrowed lightly in older trees to form a block pattern. * The leaves are smaller than those of the other European species, hence the specific epithet minor, however they can vary greatly according to the maturity of the...

* It climbs by means of aerial rootlets which cling to the substrate. * The leaves are alternate, 50–100 mm long, with a 15–20 mm petiole ; they are of two types, with palmately five-lobed juvenile leaves on creeping and climbing stems, and unlobed...

* 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...

* An evergreen Tree growing to 25 m (82ft) by 4 m (13ft) at a slow rate. * The Subalpine Fir or Rocky Mountain Fir ( Abies lasiocarpa ) is a western North American fir , native to the mountains of Yukon , British Columbia and western Alberta in Canada...

* 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...

Japonica have been shown to effectively remove gaseous formaldehyde from indoor air. The flowers are small, white, borne in dense terminal compound umbels in late autumn or early winter, followed by small black fruit.

* Some proponents claim that P. * Paulownia elongata is a species of plant in the Paulowniaceae family. * It is a forestry tree producing strong, yet light wood. It is used as a forestry tree in North America and China.

* Native to Japan on the islands of Honshu and Shikoku. * Wood - strong, elastic. Used for construction, boxes, utensils, spindles etc. * It is very shade-tolerant when young. * It lives in moist soils in cool wet mountain forests at elevations of 1500–2800...

* Modern research has shown that the plant increases the white blood cell count and is of value when used to prevent bone marrow loss in cancer chemotherapy patients, it also has potential in the treatment of AIDS.

* 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 white flowers in panicles atop the stems,...

* 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. * Modern research has shown that it contains the substance 'taxol' in its shoots and bark.

* Succeeds in most soils and pH types, but dislikes growing in wet soils, especially when these are of clay. * In the wild, eastern redbud is a frequent native understory tree in mixed forests and hedgerows.

Japonicum contains the isoflavone glycoside sophoricoside. * Grown for its white flowers, borne in late summer after most other flowering trees have long finished flowering. * This species is commonly used in Chinese medicine and is considered to be one...

Plant to 20-30 cm. * Rhizome thick, branched. Flowering stem bears 2-4 leaves and 2 flowers. * Siberia (southern regions), Central Asia (Dzungaro-Tarbagatay), Far East (Ussuriskiy Kray), northern China and Mongolia.