Tropical Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Kansas

* Leonotis nepetifolia is known in Trinidad as shandilay and the leaves are brewed as a tea for fever, coughs, womb prolapse and malaria. * It is native to tropical Africa and southern India.

* Grown mostly as a curiosity, for the compound leaflets fold up promptly along the midrib when touched. * Aqueous extracts of the roots of the plant have shown significant neutralizing effects in the lethality of the venom of the monocled cobra (Naja...

Sweet and delicious, but rather fibrous. Among the Navajo, the plant is used to make blankets. The sap can also be tapped by boring a hole into the middle of the plant at the base of the flowering stem.

The leaves are in pairs or whorls of three, thick and leathery, dark green, narrow lanceolate, 5–21 cm (2.0–8.3 in) long and 1–3.5 cm (0.39–1.4 in) broad, and with an entire margin.

* The unusually shaped pods are often gathered, cleaned and decorated for use on Christmas trees and in dried arrangements. * Jacarandas are very widely grown as ornamental trees in Australia.

The long funnel-shaped sometimes-fragrant yellow (less commonly apricot, sometimes white) flowers are in few-flowered terminal clusters. Thevetia plant are toxic to most vertebrates as they contain cardiac glycosides.

* This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Though often known by the common name of king sago palm , or just sago palm , it is not a palm at all, but a cycad .

* Fontanesia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae , usually treated as comprising a single species Fontanesia philliraeoides , though some authors split this into two species (see below).

* Cenchrus ciliaris has become naturalised and often an invasive species in Australia, the southwestern United States, Hawaii, Mexico, Central America, South America, and Macaronesia * In the Sonoran Desert it was introduced for erosion control.

It is typically found over calcareous substrates such as limestone , growing on limestone slopes and in moist valley soils, at elevations of 120–600 m. * Fraxinus quadrangulata ( Blue Ash ) is a species of Fraxinus native primarily to the Midwestern...

Pinus thunbergii prefers cooler climates and loves full sun. Pines make an amazing bonsai because the rough bark on their trunks makes them look old early on. * It is one of the classic bonsai subjects.

* The Royal Poinciana is endemic to Madagascar , where it is found in the Madagascar dry deciduous forests . * It is much loved in the Caribbean ; for example, many Puerto Rican paintings feature Flamboyant Trees, it can also be found in The Bahamas as...

* A decidious Tree growing to 12m. * Common names include Orchid tree and Mountain-ebony. * Native to India and China. * Purple or lavender terminal flowers.

Common names include macadamia nut, bauple nut, Queensland nut or nut oak. * This species is a small tree; its leaves are simple with toothed margins and are 7 to 15 cm in length. * Seed - best sown as soon as it is ripe in a warm greenhouse.

Established plants are drought tolerant, succeeding in hot dry positions. * The fruit can also be ground into a powder and used as a spice. It is also often grown as bonsai. * Juniperus rigida (Temple Juniper) is a species of juniper, native to northern...

* The tree reaches its best development in the Gympie region, where some magnificent forest trees attain heights near 60 metres. * Eucalyptus cloeziana, Gympie Messmate, is a small to tall tree with rough bark on most or the whole of the trunk and larger...

Washoensis populations do not warrant distinction as a variety or even a subspecies of P. * For now, this small-coned form of P. Ponderosa, as detailed on that page. * Many botanists believe that this is merely a southern outlier of the typical North...

* The Common Rue ( Ruta graveolens ), also known as Herb-of-grace , is a species of rue grown as a herb . * Rue has a long history of use as a domestic remedy, being especially valued for its strengthening action on the eyes.

* Thrives in a light well-drained sandy or gravelly loam. * In Israel , the tree has been very successful in Yatir Forest in the northern Negev , where foresters had not expected it to survive.

It is most common in chaparral habitat in central Arizona , through the transition zone of the Mogollon Rim – White Mountains , but also southeast Arizona in the Madrean Sky Island mountain ranges of sky islands .

Elegant, pure white, 3" wide hibiscus flowers seemingly glow against the foil of exceptionally dark green tropical foliage. Their pollen and nectar rich flowers attract a host of pollinators including bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds.

The young shoots or suckers from the bottom of the plant are also used. * Easily grown in a rich strong loam enriched with leafmold and sand. * It is a fan palm (Arecaceae tribe Corypheae), with the leaves with a long petiole terminating in a rounded...

* The mature trees grow to a height of 15-25 m, rarely up to 34 m, with a trunk diameter of up to 1.2 m. Muricata has been used in plantations with resultant growth rates higher than in the wild .

* Often has drooping branchlets; foliage green; half-inch cones; native to Mexico and Central America. * Cupressus lusitanica , ( Cedro Blanco ; Teotlate , distinctive names used in Mexico); Cedro Blanco means White Cedar and is also known as Mexican...

Also known as Devil's Trumpet, due to the poisonous properties of this member of the Nightshade family. 8-10" long double or triple purple and white trumpets are borne throughout the warmest months.

Note:If an otherwise seemingly healthy Hibiscus isn't flowering, is dropping yellow immature buds and lower yellow leaves it may be getting too dry between waterings. They are commonly successfully used as landscape shrubs in the warmer parts of zone...

Tropical glossy green ginger-like foliage is borne on stiff fleshy stems. Single dark blue blooms over a long period in summer and fall. More compact grower than regular Blue Ginger.