Butterfly Attracting Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Elgin

* Plants can be grown as an informal (untrimmed) hedge, though they are also amenable to trimming. The cultivar 'Tallhedge (syn 'Columnaris') is very suitable for this purpose. * This variety is upright growing, very columnar.

* The Navajo considered it to be a "life medicine", chewed it for toothaches, and poured an infusion into ears for earaches. * Common yarrow is an erect herbaceous perennial plant that produces one to several stems (0.2 to 1m tall) and has a rhizomatous...

The common name is large-flowered tickseed. * 3" yellow-orange flowers in midsummer; native to southern U.S. * Coreopsis grandiflora is a perennial plant species of the tickseed genus, Coreopsis, in Asteraceae.

The plant has been used as a poultice for removing the pus from scrofulous sores or boils. It is being investigated for use as a biofuel. Its leaves are attached to the stalk by petioles (many other Nicotiana species have sessile leaves), and its leaves...

* This is one of the food plants for the caterpillars of several butterflies and moths, including the Gatekeeper and the Meadow Brown. * A drought resistant plant once established.

Blooms late summer to early fall. * If all the flowers are removed early in the season, the plant will often produce a second flush of bloom later in the summer. * The flowers are often used for dried flower displays.

It is an easy to grow perennial that spreads fast. Choice one-year-old field-grown plants. Will bloom again in late summer if spring blossoms are cut off. Giant Alaska Shasta Daisies make excellent cut flowers.

The tree is fairly free from fungal diseases and has few insect enemies. It weighs about 28lb per cubic foot. * A fast-growing tree with an extensive root system, it has been planted on land that is subject to landslips or erosion in order to stabilize...

* The flowers are creamy-whitish in the center and pink towards the tips of their five petals. They measure 10 to 15 centimetres (4 to 6 in) in diameter and their shape is superficially similar to hibiscus flowers.

Its main use in present day herbalism is for relieving the pain and inflammation of pleurisy. * Orange flowers in late summer; grows well in dry soil; native to eastern U.S. * Pleurisy root is a bitter, nutty-flavoured tonic herb that increases perspiration,...

This Hackberry produces a pale trunk and branches with green leaves . * It is a fast growing and popular garden tree in South Africa and is easily propagated. * Celtis africana is a tree in the Cannabaceae family.

Best in sandy loams or rocky soils with good drainage. Thick, woody, red roots go deep and help plant withstand droughty conditions, but make established shrubs difficult to transplant.

One source says to pour boiling water over them before attempting to get them to sprout. Common names include Rambling Senna (formerly "cassia"), Christmas Bush, Money Bush, and Yellow Candlewood.

Drought tolerant. Plant in full to partial sun. The fragrant, long panicles are showy from June to September and attracts loads of butterflies and hummingbirds.Grows 4-8' tall and 4-5' wide.

Its cone-shaped flowering heads are usually, but not always purple. American Indian herbal remedies. * Echinacea is considered to be the most effective detoxicant in Western herbal medicine for the circulatory, lymphatic and respiratory systems.

* Plants have an extensive root system and are also fairly wind tolerant, they can be planted as a windbreak and also to prevent soil erosion. * Dark purple or purplish blue flowers in spikes; fast, coarse growth, good for dry, poor soil.

* In Ayurvedic medicine, the golden shower tree is known as aragvadha, meaning "disease killer". It ranges from southern Pakistan eastward throughout India to Myanmar and Thailand and south to Sri Lanka.

It is hardy to zone 5 and is not frost tender. Numerous cultivars with flowers in shades of white, pink and red have been selected. It is in flower from Feb to June, and the seeds ripen in October.

* The pod is used as a soap substitute. A lupane acid extracted from the thorns showed in vitro anti-HIV activity. Studies in mice suggest that Gleditsia sinensis ethanolic extract could be an effective therapeutic agent for the treatment of allergic...

* The fruit is eaten by various animals. * Chickasaw plums tend to bloom early in the spring. * Cultivated by the Chickasaw Indians and other indigenous peoples before the arrival of Europeans.

* The flowers are creamy-whitish in the center and pink towards the tips of their five petals. They measure 10 to 15 centimetres (4 to 6 in) in diameter and their shape is superficially similar to hibiscus flowers.

* It will also tolerate more moist conditions if it is given well drained soil. * Templetonia is a dryland shrub that grows 3-7 feet tall. The genus is named in honour of John Templeton, an Irish naturalist and botanist.

Its "distinctive leaf shape... Slender twigs are glabrous and silvery gray, with "numerous spur shoots", pointed lateral buds, and acuminate scales. Is less variable than other species of holly".

The plant contains flavonoids (notably rutin) that reduce capillary fragility, which might explain the plants reputation as an eye strengthener. * The Common Rue ( Ruta graveolens ), also known as Herb-of-grace , is a species of rue grown as a herb .

* Gleditsia caspica ( Caspian Locust or Persian Honeylocust ) is a species of Gleditsia native to western Asia , in the Caucasus region of Azerbaijan and northern Iran , close to the Caspian Sea .

* The California Scrub Oak ( Quercus berberidifolia ) is a small evergreen or semi-evergreen shrubby oak in the white oak section. * In cooler, more exposed areas, scrub oak is usually a small, compact shrub, but in warm or sheltered areas the plant can...

* In its native habitat, the flowers are eaten fresh, and the leaves are smoked like tobacco for its euphoriant properties. Despite its common name, Russian sage is not in the same genus as other Salvias, which are commonly called "sage".