Urban Tolerant Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Baton Rouge

* 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).

Medicinally this plant is used for loss of appetite, upset stomach, constipation, liver and gallbladder disorders, cancer, and rapid heartbeat. The root is said to be an ideal food for diabetics because of its inulin content.

* It is a frequent component in butterfly gardens. * The Navajo considered it to be a "life medicine", chewed it for toothaches, and poured an infusion into ears for earaches. * The herb combines well with Sambucus nigra flowers (Elder) and Mentha x piperita...

* It is very cold hardy, coming from Siberia, and will also tolerate drought and saline conditions. They keep their blue color well after drying. * This is an excellent plant to use for cut flowers and dried flowers.

Medicinally this plant is used for loss of appetite, upset stomach, constipation, liver and gallbladder disorders, cancer, and rapid heartbeat. The root is said to be an ideal food for diabetics because of its inulin content.

* A fibre obtained from the leaves is used for making paper. * A perennial, often grows into an impressive clump with beautiful silvery plumes, especially with female plants; native to southern South America.

* This 6-8' shrub is "of matchless elegance a its fleecy sprays lovely in their silken lightness" (A. Johnson) & contrasting beautifully with the lush pinnate foliage, in its first reddish growth or its later fresh-green.

* The root is harvested when the plant is dormant in the autumn or winter and is dried for later use. When prescribed internally it is always used dried and in conjunction with fresh ginger root.

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.

Germination usually takes place in 1 - 6 months at 15°c. * Stored seed remains viable for at least a year and can be sown in spring in the greenhouse but it will probably require a period of cold stratification.

* The Borlotti bean, also known as the Roman bean or romano bean (not to be confused with the Italian flat bean, a green bean also called "romano bean"), is a variety of cranberry bean bred in Italy to have a thicker skin.

* Noxious weed in California. * Parent has an abundance of pinkish plumes. * This is an outstanding ornamental that can be used as an effective screen or accent plant.

Thrives in the light shade of trees. Dormancy is shorter in cooler climates. * Easily grown in a stony leafy soil in sun or shade. * Prefers a cool habitat and a well-drained humus rich soil.

Flower buds purportedly resemble white pearls, hence the cultivar name. * This species of pearlbush is an early-blooming, upright deciduous shrub that is native to Manchuria and Korea.

* Celtis australis is supposed to have been the Lotus of the ancients, whose fruit Herodotus, Dioscorides, and Theophrastus describe as sweet, pleasant, and wholesome. The tree was 18 m in height with a d.b.h. of 5 m in 2013.

* Native to forest margins, grassy slopes; 400--2700 m. (Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Hubei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mong) all in China.

* A decoction of the leaves has been used in the treatment of chills and fevers. * A very ornamental plant! * Succeeds in ordinary rich garden soils so long as they are well-drained.

* It is one of the alleged "50 fundamental herbs" used in traditional Chinese medicine. * Thorns showed antibacterial activity against a Gram-positive bacterium Xanthomonas vesicatoria and a Gram-negative bacterium Bacillus subtilis.

* Sarracenia minor , also known as the Hooded pitcher plant , is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia . Like all the Sarracenia , it is native to the New World .

* The plant is most common in rich, mixed upland forests. * As a particularly conspicuous forest flower, T. Grandiflorum is one of the most popular trilliums in cultivation, primarily because of the size of its flowers and its relative ease of cultivation.

* It is also an ornamental plant in gardens, with numerous cultivars selected for different flower colors. * Aquilegia caerulea is the state flower of Colorado. * Aquilegia caerulea is a species of Aquilegia flower native to the Rocky Mountains from Montana...

The tree can be long-lived, with some trees over 500 years old. It is planted with great success as far north as Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. An important forestry tree in Europe it is native to central and south central Europe and Turkey.

* Early America settlers boiled parts of the plant to make into candy and they also used it as an ingredient in cake . * The stalks can be eaten like celery and the flavor is similar.

Livestock such as cattle and sheep readily browse it. These saponins can be toxic, but when applied externally they have a gentle cleansing and healing effect upon the skin, killing body parasites and helping in the healing of wounds.

It was one of the dominant grasses of the tallgrass prairie which once covered large parts of the Midwest. Panicles darken to bronze/chestnut brown in fall as they mature, later fading to gray.

The leaf bases are attenuate to cordate in shape and the margins of the leaves are usually entire or serrate, or sometimes lacerate. The leaves have blades that are lanceolate to broadly ovate or elliptic in shape with out lobes.

* It is native to New Zealand where it grows on sand dunes proving its drought and salt tolerance. * Works well in a perennial border or container in either full sun or partial shade.