Drought Tolerant Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In Providence

Delphinium consolida ) is an annual plant in the Buttercup family Ranunculaceae . * A strong tincture of the fresh seed is used externally to kill lice and nits in the head and pubic hair.It is also effective against aphids and thrips.

* Grown for its masses of glorious, delicate, white, slightly fragrant flowers in May; of open, spreading habit; native to the southeastern United States but hardy nearly everywhere; dark green leaf sometimes a golden yellow in fall.

It is obtained from the flowers according to other reports. * A yellow dye is obtained from the whole plant. A tea made from the plant has been used as an insecticide. * Linaria vulgaris ( Common Toadflax , Yellow Toadflax , or Butter-and-eggs ) is a...

Gleditsia sinensis has been used in China for at least 2000 years as a detergent. * Thorns showed antibacterial activity against a Gram-positive bacterium Xanthomonas vesicatoria and a Gram-negative bacterium Bacillus subtilis.

They may either be sown directly or started in a nursery. * Its laxative effect, due to its anthraquinone content, is also well proven. In the tropics, it grows up to an altitude of 1,200 metres (3,900 ft).

It is obtained from the flowers according to other reports. * A yellow dye is obtained from the whole plant. A tea made from the plant has been used as an insecticide. * Linaria vulgaris ( Common Toadflax , Yellow Toadflax , or Butter-and-eggs ) is a...

About 40 varieties are currently cultivated. * It has an extensive old-world distribution extending from North Africa through the Middle East and the Indian Subcontinent to Malesia and Australasia .

* A hardy perennial with gray or blue-gray rather frilly leaves, extremely fragrant (although many dislike the pungent scent); woody base; causes dermatitis in some people, for dry sunny places; also used medicinally and as a condiment; inconspicuous...

Leaves usually solitary at axils on current year's growth, clustered on older branchlets; leaf blade linear-lanceolate, broadly lanceolate, or oblong-oblanceolate, 4–6.5 × 1–2.3 cm, glabrous on both surfaces, base attenuate, apex acute, rarely obtuse.

Ruscus aculeatus occurs in woodlands and hedgerows, where it is tolerant of deep shade, and also on coastal cliffs. The seed germinates better if it is given a period of cold stratification.

* The wood was formerly used to make the yellow dye called young fustic. * An essential oil is obtained from the leaves and flowers. The autumn colour can be strikingly varied, from peach and yellow to scarlet.

* Sow the seed in mid spring or late summer to early autumn in a sunny border outdoors and only just cover the seed. The seed usually germinates in 2 - 3 weeks. Autumn sown plants may require protection from frosts in cold winters.

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

* The plant was used for food and fiber by local Native American peoples such as the Havasupai. Sweet and delicious, but rather fibrous. The seed usually germinates in 1 - 3 months at 20°c.

'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. Elliptic, serrate, pale green leaves (to 3" long) turn yellow in fall.

* This beautiful tropical flowering tree from the Carribean will do well in protected locations in zone 9 and anywhere in zones 10 and 11.

It is the "official" source of styrax , an herbal medicine known from ancient times. Some believe it to have been the stacte used together with frankincense , galbanum , and onycha to make Ketoret , the Tabernacle incense of the Old Testament.

* The common name is Sweetfern or Sweet-fern, a confusing name as it is not a fern. * t is a deciduous shrub, growing to 1.5 m tall. * Sweet fern was employed medicinally by several native North American Indian tribes who used it especially as a poultice...

* In vitro studies showed that extracts of Devil's Club inhibit tuberculosis microbes. * Devil's club was widely employed medicinally by several native North American Indian tribes who used it especially for its pain-relieving properties.

* A good ground cover plant, succeeding in the heavy shade of trees and in dry shade. Very vigorous, it can swamp out small plants. It is a popular, semi- evergreen garden shrub with many named cultivars and hybrids derived from it.In North America the...

Lupulus contains myrcene, humulene, xanthohumol, myrcenol, linalool, tannins, and resin. * A quick-growing, not to say rampant vine; can be pruned as a shrub; usually grown on a trellis for commercial production of the hops used in beer making; hops are...

* It has gained an almost magical reputation for being able to promote health, general body vigour and also to prolong life. * Ginseng is characterized by the presence of ginsenosides.

* A form with reddish-purple flowers, otherwise similar to the species, which see.

* Canavalia pubescens, commonly known as ʻawikiwiki or Lavafield Jack-bean, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. It is threatened by habitat destruction, mainly due to introduced grazing mammals.

It has been used to treat fungal infections such as candidiasis and athlete's foot, as well as wounds and cough. * Parts of the plant have been used in traditional medicine. It is commonly seen in washes and along riverbanks at elevations below 1500 m...

It is also found in more mature successions dominated by sagebrush and shadscale. * The burnt green herb yields culinary ashes high in minerals and these are used by the Hopi Indians to enhance the colour of blue corn products.

* Ephedra nevadensis ( Nevada ephedra ) is a species of Ephedra native to dry areas of western North America. * The stems of most members of this genus contain the alkaloid ephedrine and are valuable in the treatment of asthma and many other complaints...