Urban Tolerant Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In El Monte

* Western herbalists consider it a 'food for the heart', it increases the blood flow to the heart muscles and restores normal heart beat. This effect is brought about by the presence of bioflavonoids in the fruit, these bioflavonoids are also strongly...

* In cultivation they tend to grow on a single stem that is often leaning and bare towards the bottom, but with dense foliage on the upper half. * Substances from the plant have shown anticancer activity.

* In cultivation they tend to grow on a single stem that is often leaning and bare towards the bottom, but with dense foliage on the upper half. * Substances from the plant have shown anticancer activity.

* The Navajo considered it to be a "life medicine", chewed it for toothaches, and poured an infusion into ears for earaches. * Yarrow has also been used as a food, and was very popular as a vegetable in the 17th century.

A mild sweet taste, its main use is as a mild and gentle laxative, though it is also used as a sweetener in sugar-free preparations and as an anti-caking agent. The quality is better from the upper stems.

It is used in Korea in the treatment of lumbago, neuralgia, arthritis and oedema. It is adaptogenic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and diuretic. * The root bark contains saponins, acanthosides, cardiac glycosides and polysaccharides.

* In the US and Canada, the European black pine is planted as a street tree, and as an ornamental tree in gardens and parks. An important forestry tree in Europe it is native to central and south central Europe and Turkey.

Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine. * Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. * The leaves are used as an insect repellent. * The plant can tolerate maritime exposure.

An outdoor Bonsai, the Ginkgo requires winter protection in colder climates, store either in a garage, shed or bury. Ginkgo has existed unchanged for some 150 million years. * Does well in the South; very tough and durable.

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

D??m?st?k?/ ) commonly known as heavenly bamboo or sacred bamboo , is a suckering shrub in the Barberry family, Berberidaceae . This varient will grow to 3 feet tall. It is native to eastern Asia from the Himalaya east to Japan * Evergreen except in cold...

* A very ornamental and fast growing tree, it grows best in hot summers. * Cultivated in China for the rutin contained in its leaves and ovaries. * This species is commonly used in Chinese medicine and is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental herbs.

* Devil's club was widely employed medicinally by several native North American Indian tribes who used it especially for its pain-relieving properties. * It is noted for its large palmate leaves and erect, woody stems covered in stinging spines.

* Sapindus mukorrossi, known as the ritha or reetha tree in Nepal, is a deciduous tree that is grown in the lower foothills and midhills of the Himalayans, up to altitudes of 4000 feet.

* Scots pine is the only pine native to northern Europe. * Scots pine is an important tree in forestry. * It was one of the first trees introduced to North America, in about 1600. The wood is used for pulp and sawn timber products.

The aromatic seed is used as a flavouring in stews etc. Chinese studies have also indicated that the seeds blockprogesterone synthesis, which could explain this effect. * A teaspoon of crushed seeds has long been used as a form of natural birth control;...

* The wood is heavy, close grained, hard, very tough, very durable. Used for flooring, cogs, tools, piano mechanisms etc. * Carpinus betulus is cultivated as an ornamental tree, for planting in gardens and parks.

The bark is ground into a powder and then steeped in water in order to obtain the dye. 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.

Good results have also been achieved when the fruit has been used in treating respiratory tract infections, hypertension, Parkinson's disease and hepatitis. Extracts of the plant show antitumour activity.

The species is considered to be long lived. Montanus often remains under 1 metre (3.3 ft) in height because of browsing by elk and deer, but can reach 20 feet (6.1 m). A red to brown dye can be obtained from the root bark.

* It succeeds on shallow chalky soils. * It is a perennial plant sometimes found in acidic bogs , for example in the Portlethen Moss , Scotland. * This is one of the food plants for the caterpillars of several butterflies and moths, including the Gatekeeper...

* It prefers moist soil and full sun. It is highly valued for posts and fencing rails, and is also used for interior finishes, cabinet work etc. It also multiplies readily from cuttings.

* This species boasts the largest simple leaf and single flower of any native plant in North America. * It is a medium-sized understory tree 15-20 m tall, distinguished from other magnolias by the large leaf size, 25-80 cm long and 11-30 cm broad.

* A pleasant tasting tea is made from the leaves and flower heads. * It inhabits prairies , plains, roadsides, and disturbed areas from southern Canada through most of the United States to northern Mexico .

It is named after William Kerr , who introduced the cultivar 'Pleniflora'. * A decoction of the flowering shoots is used in the treatment of coughs and women's complaints. * Bright green stems in winter, bright yellow 1 1/2" flowers in spring, bright...

* 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...

The pods have been seen as a good antidote for children's complaints. * Current research is examining the leaves as a potential source of anticancer compounds. Seedpods - the pulp is sweet and can be eaten raw or made into sugar.