Tropical Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Lakewood

* Triadica sebifera , also referred to as Sapium sebiferum , is commonly known as the Chinese tallow tree , Florida aspen and Gray Popcorn Tree . The specific epithets sebifera and sebiferum mean "wax-bearing" and refer to the vegetable tallow that coats...

* Flowers and fruit are conspicuous. * Common names in other Namibian language groups Oshiwambo Otjiherero Kavango languages Omuwombamenje Caprivi languages Setswana Afrikaans Lemoendoring Deutsch Khoekhoegowab Bushman languages Gruenhaarbaum ?Khas

* Water extract of Jacaranda mimosifolia shows higher antimicrobial action against Bacillus cereus and Escherichia coli than gentamicin sulfate does. * The unusually shaped pods are often gathered, cleaned and decorated for use on Christmas trees and...

It is fast-growing, but not very long-lived by pine standards (to 200 years), and prefers humid climates and moist soil. * Slash Pine is named after the "slashes" – swampy ground overgrown with trees and bushes – that constitute its habitat.

* An attractive plant with small pink flowers; can be grown as an annual in cold areas; native to the tropics. * The stem is erect in young plants, but becomes creeping or trailing with age.

The plant is desirable fodder when it grows in fields grazed by livestock . Yellow Trumpetbush is a ruderal species , readily colonizing disturbed, rocky, sandy , and cleared land and occasionally becoming an invasive weed The leaves and roots of the...

This invasive species appears to have arrived in Hawaiʻi via southern Taiwan, Singapore and southern China within only two years. Olo, which averaged 18 feet (5.5 m), were exclusively ridden by aliʻi (royalty).

An edible oil is obtained from the seed. The flowers are white or pinkish followed by woody, rounded fruits which are 2 to 3.5 cm in diameter. Sweet and delicious, they can be added to cakes, biscuits, ice cream etc.

* The fruit is a pod 6-12 cm long. * The leaves are bipinnate, 20-40 cm long, bearing 3-10 pairs of pinnae, each with 6-10 pairs of leaflets 15-25 mm long and 10-15 mm broad. * The flowers are borne in racemes up to 20 cm long, each flower with five yellow,...

* The Interior Live Oak is classified in the red oak section (Quercus sect. It generally occurs in foothills , being most abundant in the lower altitudes of the Sierra Nevada , but also widespread in the Pacific Coast Ranges and the San Gabriel Mountains...

* The flowers are creamy-whitish in the center and pink towards the tips of their five petals. Their nectar is known to attract insect pollinators, as well as hummingbirds. * The cotton inside the capsules, although not of as good quality as that of the...

* Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Also useful for stabilizing embankments. * Garden Uses Mass or group in the shrub border or native plant garden.

* The fruit is a capsule 1.5 cm (0.59 in) broad, red ripening brown, with two to four wings. Externally, they are used to treat toothache, sore throats, wounds, skin rashes and stings.

* It may be used as forage for livestock, a micronutrient liquid, a natural anthelmintic and possible adjuvant. * It is an exceptionally nutritious vegetable tree with a variety of potential uses.

* The stems of most members of this genus contain the alkaloid ephedrine and are valuable in the treatment of asthma and many other complaints of the respiratory system. * Ephedra nevadensis ( Nevada ephedra ) is a species of Ephedra native to dry areas...

* Rue has a long history of use as a domestic remedy, being especially valued for its strengthening action on the eyes. The plant contains flavonoids (notably rutin) that reduce capillary fragility, which might explain the plants reputation as an eye...

It has very soft serrated leaves that can grow up to 4 inches wide. * Leonotis nepetifolia is known in Trinidad as shandilay and the leaves are brewed as a tea for fever, coughs, womb prolapse and malaria.

* Many botanists believe that this is merely a southern outlier of the typical North Plateau race of ponderosa pine. Washoensis populations do not warrant distinction as a variety or even a subspecies of P.

* Carpinus orientalis (Oriental Hornbeam) is a hornbeam native from southeastern Europe to northern Iran and occurs usually on hot dry sites at lower altitudes in comparison to the European Hornbeam.

* The stems of most members of this genus contain the alkaloid ephedrine and are valuable in the treatment of asthma and many other complaints of the respiratory system. * Ephedra nevadensis ( Nevada ephedra ) is a species of Ephedra native to dry areas...

* Mirbelia is a plant genus belonging to the Fabaceae family. It is endemic to Australia, occurring in every mainland state except South Australia.

An unusually free-blooming white flowered plumeria, producing a succession of the 1 1/2" white flowers with a yellow eye are born throughout the warmer months. Checkout our new Plumeria Growing Guide for more detailed growing information.

* 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...

As container plants, Tropical Hibiscus will benefit from an annual re-potting or up-potting along with appropriate root and top pruning. Thoroughly water to moisten the entire root-ball each time you water.

8" long golden trumpets with purple veins are borne in late winter and early spring on this scrambling tropical climber with cream and green variegated foliage.

* Thorns showed antibacterial activity against a Gram-positive bacterium Xanthomonas vesicatoria and a Gram-negative bacterium Bacillus subtilis. * The pod is used as a soap substitute.

Large splashes of bright pink adorn the leaves of this colorful Joseph's Coat. Party Time Alternanthera may periodically produce small white Gomphrena-like flowers. Alterantheras have been known to survive mild winters into zone 9 if given a protected...