Urban Tolerant Plant Honey Bee Food For Sale In Boston

* Tolerates most soils and conditions, including poor soils and amongst the roots and under the drip of trees. * 3" grayish leaves; in early summer, bell-shaped 1/4" pink flowers, with protruding stamens and style; white fruit; native from British Columbia...

* Tolerant of dry alkaline soils. * This species has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria, these bacteria form nodules on the roots and fix atmospheric nitrogen. A very ornamental plant, it prefers a continental climate with hot summers...

Long, in dense, terminal racemes. All are perennial, with numerous leafy stems growing from the base at the beginning of summer. * There are numerous cultivars widely grown in horticulture.

The best quality is from young leaf stalks still in the bud, whilst coarser material is obtained from older leaves or the bases of old leaf stalks surrounding the bud. They quite probably also apply to this species.

Arctium lappa is the main species used, though this species has similar properties. * Burdock is one of the foremost detoxifying herbs in both Chinese and Western herbal medicine. * The seed contains arctiin, this excites the central nervous system producing...

It is a tree of woodland rather than forest. * Schotia brachypetala or weeping boer-bean is a leguminous flowering tree in the family Fabaceae (bean family/pod-bearing family/legumes) and the sub-family Caesalpinioideae.

Botryoides) and red mahogany (E. * Eucalyptus robusta belongs to a group of eight species of spongy red-barked gum trees known as red mahoganies in the section Annulares, and is closely related to the bangalay (E.

* An excrescence produced on the leaf by an insect Melaphis chinensis or M. It is used in the treatment of persistent cough with blood, chronic diarrhoea, spontaneous sweating, night sweats, bloody stool, urorrhoea and bloody sputum.

* Berberis thunbergii ( Japanese barberry or Thunberg's Barberry , also Red Barberry ) is a species of Berberis , native to Japan and eastern Asia . They are very tolerant of trimming and have prickles which make them an effective barrier to larger creatures.

* Berberis thunbergii ( Japanese barberry or Thunberg's Barberry , also Red Barberry ) is a species of Berberis , native to Japan and eastern Asia . They are very tolerant of trimming and have prickles which make them an effective barrier to larger creatures.

* The tree produces long flat pods that hang vertically. These are heart-shaped with a blunt apex, which occasionally has a shallow notch at the tip. They have a sweetish-acid taste, and are a nice addition to the salad bowl.

* It is in flower in June, and the seeds ripen in September. * Native to the southern and eastern parts of the United States , found from Illinois to Virginia in the north and from Texas to Florida in the south.

* They are used internally in the treatment of insomnia, irritability, breathlessness and poor memory. * Small deciduous tree growing to 5–12m tall. * The bark is dark greenish grey in colour and striped vertically as it gets older.

They are taken both internally and externally in the treatment of syphilitic, cancerous and other foul ulcers. Growing usually on the margins of woodland areas, it is native to Eastern, Southern and Central Europe .

A fresh preparation is made every day. The leaves are ground in a mortar to obtain a kind of "green cotton wool". * It also known as emperor's candlesticks, candle bush, candelabra bush, Christmas candles, empress candle plant, ringworm shrub, or candletree...

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 is a shrub growing to 3-6 m tall, with erect branches. The panicles often hang limply, which is how the plant got its common name; the clusters look as though they are nodding. * Lilac flowers in nodding terminal clusters to 6"; leaves to 6"; native...

They are native to Australia. It is covered in red flowers in the winter and spring. * It will also tolerate more moist conditions if it is given well drained soil. The genus is named in honour of John Templeton, an Irish naturalist and botanist.

* Fruits are very narrow, foot-long pods. * The leaves are very similar in shape to those of Paulownia tomentosa, having three lobes (two are abruptly truncated on either edge, with a third, central, slightly acute, pointed lobe forming the leaf apex),...

Most culinary references to the "prickly pear" are referring to this species. Prefers a pH in the range 6 to 7.5. Plants must be kept fairly dry in the winter but they like a reasonable supply of water in the growing season.

* Lemon balm ( Melissa officinalis ), not to be confused with bee balm , Monarda species, is a perennial herb in the mint family Lamiaceae , native to southern Europe and the Mediterranean region .

Its range extends from Mexico south to Peru and Brazil, but it has been widely introduced to South and Southeast Asia, as well as the Pacific Islands, including Hawaii. It usually reaches a height of 25 m (82 ft) and a diameter of 40 m.

* Nyssa sylvatica is cultivated as an ornamental tree in parks and large gardens, where it is often used as a specimen or shade tree. * Nyssa sylvatica is found in a variety of upland and wetland habitats in its extensive range.

* Leaves to 6"; branches brown and fuzzy; small clusters of 7-10 flowers; rounded fruit; native to northeast Asia.

* The Common Medlar (' Mespilus germanica', Turkish : toengel) is a large shrub or small tree , and the name of the fruit of this tree. * A flowering, fruit-producing tree, member of the rose family; flowers resemble those of hawthorn, white or light...

Farther south, plants are nearly evergreen. * In the northern part of its range, the leaves turn rust-red in fall, dropping in spring just as the new leaves unfurl. It has been recommended as a styptic.

* Berberis thunbergii ( Japanese barberry or Thunberg's Barberry , also Red Barberry ) is a species of Berberis , native to Japan and eastern Asia . They are very tolerant of trimming and have prickles which make them an effective barrier to larger creatures.