Tropical Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Richmond

* 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...

* Crotalarias are grown in the tropics as green manure cover crops due to their nitrogen fixing capabilities and drought tolerance. * They are occationally grown as ornamentals for their yellow flowers and interesting rattling seed pods.

It is possibly native to Madagascar . * It is also found in West Africa , where it is known as the Filao Tree and is planted to prevent erosion in sandy soils . * Casuarina equisetifolia is a species of she-oak of the genus Casuarina , native to Australasia...

* It grows to a height of 3 metres and has whorls of striking lipped flowers, that are most commonly orange, but can vary to red, white, and purple. * It is native to tropical Africa and southern India.

* Pretoria, the administrative capital of South Africa is popularly and poetically known as Jacaranda City or Jakarandastad in Afrikaans. * Jacarandas are very widely grown as ornamental trees in Australia.

* The bark is cathartic, febrifuge and tonic. The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout southern and eastern Ontario; in northern Ontario it occurs farther north than the alternateleaf dogwood,...

* It grows to a height of 3 metres and has whorls of striking lipped flowers, that are most commonly orange, but can vary to red, white, and purple. * It is native to tropical Africa and southern India.

* These shrubs are usually found in wooded and bushy areas, on sunny, warm and dry slopes and around forest edges. * Hippocrepis emerus reaches on average 50–150 centimetres (20–59 in) of height, with a maximum of 200 centimetres (79 in).

They are often, but not always, sweetly scented. The flowers grow in clusters at the end of each branch; they are white, pink, red or yellow, 2.5–5 cm (0.98–2.0 in) diameter, with a deeply 5-lobed corolla with a fringe round the central corolla tube.

Gleditsia sinensis has been used in China for at least 2000 years as a detergent. Studies in mice suggest that Gleditsia sinensis ethanolic extract could be an effective therapeutic agent for the treatment of allergic asthma.

* The leaves are used in the treatment of cancer and hepatoma. 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 . * Substances extracted from theseeds are used to inhibit the growth of...

Growing only 20'' tall, you will be able to find several places for it in your garden. You'll be thrilled with the first flush of 3'' purple blooms from June to October. The Purple D'Oro daylily is a wonderfully colored reblooming daylily.

* Native to Tropical Africa. * The Mokala National Park in the Northern Cape is named after this tree.

* Because of its resistance to pollution and salt, it is a popular horticultural tree. Pines make an amazing bonsai because the rough bark on their trunks makes them look old early on.

* Cedro is always found naturally on well-drained soils, often but not exclusively on limestone; it tolerates a long dry season but does not flourish in areas of rainfall greater than about 3,000 millimetres (120 in) or on sites with heavy or waterlogged...

This tree transplants well. Reduce the pine growth slowly over time it will tolerate styling and repotting in the summer months and early fall. * Mountain Pine or Mugo Pine ( Pinus mugo ) is a high-altitude European pine , found in the Pyrenees , Alps...

Dark green needles, to 18" (9" in older trees), in tufts at ends of branchlets; hangs on to its cones (to 20") for as long as 20 years; native from Virginia to Florida and Mississippi.

* 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 cordate adult leaves on fertile flowering stems exposed to full sun,...

The long funnel-shaped sometimes-fragrant yellow (less commonly apricot, sometimes white) flowers are in few-flowered terminal clusters. Peruviana seed oil was used to make a 'paint' with antifungal, antibacterial and anti-termite properties.

* These shrubs are usually found in wooded and bushy areas, on sunny, warm and dry slopes and around forest edges. * Hippocrepis emerus reaches on average 50–150 centimetres (20–59 in) of height, with a maximum of 200 centimetres (79 in).

Although not a true buckeye, it is so called because of the similar large capsules and seeds. Clusters of bright-pink, fragrant flowers appear before or with the leaves from the axils of the previous season.

Alternantheras are generally small, herbaceous, shrub-like, tropical perennials often selected for their great foliage color. These tender tropicals are great for shadier areas preferring midday and afternoon shade or light shade all day.

Use this durable native en mass as a groundcover or informal hedge for the best effect. Doctorbush is an excellent nectar source for larger butterflies and is a caterpillar host to the Cassius Blue butterfly.

* The fruit can be used as a pickle like olives. The fruit is up to 18mm long, it has a thin pulp and contains 1 - 3 rounded seeds. * Grown for its masses of glorious, delicate, white, slightly fragrant flowers in May; of open, spreading habit; native...

Flower buds purportedly resemble white pearls, hence the cultivar name. 'Northern Pearls' is a compact cultivar that grows to 6-8' tall and features racemes (3-5" long) of 5-petaled white flowers (to 2" diameter) which bloom in early spring.

This plant is often used as an ornamental plant in gardens. * Annual or biennial; parent is dwarfish, dark blue flowers throughout summer; does well in hot, dry sun. * Cynoglossum amabile is a flowering plant native to Asia , which is also called Chinese...

Avoid using a saucer or empty any excess water from it 30-40 minutes after watering. Never keep the soil soggy. Their pollen and nectar rich flowers attract a host of pollinators including bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds.