Shade Tolerant Plant Seeds For Sale In Modesto

* Devil's club was widely employed medicinally by several native North American Indian tribes who used it especially for its pain-relieving properties. * It is noted for its large palmate leaves and erect, woody stems covered in stinging spines.

* The new leaves are light green, especially the outer ends of the lobes. The older leaves become a rich green which persists well into the Fall without sunburning. * Magnificent leaf shape, finely cut in many directions.

Thus the common name in English and the scientific name in Latin. It is among the first to take on colour, usually creamy yellow but also orange at times, and has usually dropped its leaves by the time other trees and shrubs start to turn.

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

* A small tree with a sturdy upright trunk which divides into stout branches that usually spread to form a broad flat head. Found on rich bottom lands throughout the Mississippi River valley; will grow in the shade and often becomes a dense undergrowth...

Plants should be spaced about 60cm apart each way. * 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...

The genus name is Greek - rhapis, meaning "needle"; and the species name is Latin for "tall", an ironic name choice as R. It is not known in the wild; all known plants come from cultivated groups in China.

* The leaves are trifoliate, with groups of three leaves growing together at the top of one long stem produced from a corm ; each leaflet is 8-15 cm long and 3-7 cm broad. * Striking in the woodland garden; likes woodland soil; red berries in fall.

* Although floriferous and attractive in early spring, it basically plods though the rest of the growing season as a somewhat nondescript shrub. It typically matures to 10-15' tall and as wide.

Genus name comes from the Greek word staphyle (cluster) in reference to the flower configuration. Plants in this genus are notably resistant to honey fungus. The Japanese form of this species is rather tender in Britain, but in general plants are hardy...

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

Stevenson JB (ed) The Species of Rhododendron. Rhododendron Sp. 1: 72, 91–97 Craven, L.A.; Goetsch, L.A.; Hall, B.D.; Brown, G.K. (2008). There are 5 stamens, 1–1 3/4 inches long, that extend well beyond the petals, and a pistil equal to or exceeding...

It is relatively tolerant of dry sites and can be transplanted into wild shrub gardens. * Pinxterbloom azalea is a deciduous shrub that is native to moist woods, swamp margins and open areas from Massachusetts to South Carolina and Tennessee.

* Stored seed should be sown as early in the year as possible and given cold stratification - it might not germinate until spring of the following year.

* The Canary Island Pine ( Pinus canariensis ) is a species in the genus Pinus , family Pinaceae , native and endemic to the outer Canary Islands ( Gran Canaria , Tenerife , Hierro and La Palma ) in the Atlantic Ocean .

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. * The plant is most common in rich, mixed upland forests.

* Native to central and southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia , from Austria east to southwestern Russia and the Caucasus , and south to Turkey. * It is in flower from May to June, and the seeds ripen in September.

Thrives in the light shade of trees. * Easily grown in a stony leafy soil in sun or shade. * The plant is dormant during the summer and grows during the cooler half of the year. Dormancy is shorter in cooler climates.

* A coniferous evergreen tree native to the taiga east of the Volga River and south of 67°40' North latitude through Turkestan, northeast Xinjiang, Mongolia and Heilongjiang. * The tree lives in the cold boreal climate on moist soils in mountains or...

* Hippocrepis emerus or the scorpion senna is a species of perennial plant belonging to the genus Hippocrepis in the Fabaceae family. * Hippocrepis emerus reaches on average 50–150 centimetres (20–59 in) of height, with a maximum of 200 centimetres...

Seeds with whitish elaiosomes are borne in long pods .The plant often goes dormant in summer after blooming. Flowers are heart-shaped and 1–2 inches (3–5 cm) long, with pink outer petals and white inner petals , hanging in a horizontal raceme .

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

It is used in Korea in the treatment of lumbago, neuralgia, arthritis and oedema. It is adaptogenic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and diuretic. * The root bark contains saponins, acanthosides, cardiac glycosides and polysaccharides.

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

* White flowers about 1/4" long in sparse clusters to about 2"; 3-lobed fruit to 2"; native to the eastern U.S. * Plants have dense underground root systems and are of some value in erosion control.

* It is also sometimes known as the Mountain Oak, and occasionally the Iron Oak. Quercus * It is endemic to California and is found in foothills surrounding the Central Valley of California and certain locations in the California Coast Ranges , USA .

* A species of maple native to Japan , on Honsh? * The bark is smooth on young trees, becoming rough and scaly on old trees. ( Nagasaki Prefecture ), and also southern Korea. * Small deciduous tree growing to 5–10 m (rarely 15 m) tall, with a trunk...