Dye Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Elgin

(Leguminosae) have been used in traditional medicine for the treatment of inflammatory diseases including swelling, suppuration, carbuncle and skin diseases. * The fruit extract of Gleditsia sinensis also has inhibitory effects on isolated cancer cell...

Varieties of the species include the Nevada agave and Kaibab agave. * Seed - surface sow in a light position, April in a warm greenhouse. * Agave utahensis is a rosette-shaped agave having blue-green sharp-spiked leaves.

* A strong fibre obtained from the leaves is used for cordage and brushes. * Very young leaf buds are cooked as a vegetable. The stems grow slowly and often tightly together, eventually reaching 2-5 m tall with a trunk diameter of 20-25 cm.

You'll be thrilled with the first flush of 3'' purple blooms from June to October. Growing only 20'' tall, you will be able to find several places for it in your garden. The Purple D'Oro daylily prefers full sun.

* It is also extremely vigorous when young, often growing over a metre per year. * Makes a good screen or hedge in warm temperate areas. * Native to Western Australia, small tree or shrub.

They keep their blue color well after drying. * 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.

It is sometimes grown as an ornamental plant in gardens , especially because of its bluish leaves, and also sometimes for its tolerance of hot and dry soil conditions. * A hardy perennial with gray or blue-gray rather frilly leaves, extremely fragrant...

'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.

* Thick, slightly twisted bright green 3-4 1/2" needles. Needles tend to be quite long but can be reduced with the pruning techniques. * Because of its resistance to pollution and salt, it is a popular horticultural tree.

Pallida is similar to E. * Succeeds in ordinary garden soil but prefers a deep rich loam with plenty of leafmold and a sunny position. * The flower heads are from ¾ to 3 inches (2 to 7.6 cm) wide with pale rose-purple or nearly white colored petals.

It is drought-tolerant and grows well in warm climates. The plant produces pods containing yellow seeds with papery wings. It has sharply-toothed, lance-shaped green leaves and bears large, showy, bright golden yellow trumpet-shaped flowers .

It is native to northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States from far eastern California to southwest Colorado , Rio Grande New Mexico , to west Texas , where it grows in woodland, chaparral , forest, and other habitat.

Utahensis ) is a shrub or small tree reaching 3-6 m (rarely to 9 m) tall. It grows at moderate altitudes of 1,300-2,600 m, on dry soils, often together with Pinus monophylla . * A wax on the fruit is obtained by simmering the fruit in hot water and skimming...

It is the "official" source of styrax , an herbal medicine known from ancient times. A small very light green, stalked axillary bud is associated with each leaf. Redidivus (Torrey) H.

Mediterranean and Asia Minor. * This species grows up to 50 feet, and has yellow flowers. * Sun- and drought-tolerant.

Utahensis ) is a shrub or small tree reaching 3-6 m (rarely to 9 m) tall. It grows at moderate altitudes of 1,300-2,600 m, on dry soils, often together with Pinus monophylla . * A wax on the fruit is obtained by simmering the fruit in hot water and skimming...

* Native Californians use the twigs of the western redbud to weave baskets, and even prune the shrub to encourage growth of new twigs. Cercis orbiculata Greene) is a small tree or shrub in the legume family.

It grows slowly, requiring about ten years to reach 1.2 metres (4 ft) in height but can grow much faster. * When the bark or leaves are cut they secrete a reddish resin, one of several sources of substances known as dragon's blood.

The foliage grows in sparse, very fragrant, sprays varying from dull gray-green to glaucous blue-green in color. Leo Polkinghorn, but it took until 1915 for Leroy Abrams to inspect specimens forwarded by Mrs.

It is native to interior western North America , in the U.S. states of Arizona , California , Colorado , Nevada , New Mexico , Utah , and Wyoming , growing in mountains at 1600–3000 m altitude.

* It is native to tropical Africa and southern India. * It grows to a height of 3 metres and has whorls of striking lipped flowers, that are most commonly orange, but can vary to red, white, and purple.

* The Jeffrey pine is closely related to the ponderosa pine and is similar in appearance. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. The sharp Jeffrey pine cone scale barbs point inward, so the cone feels smooth to the palm...

* The Pitch Pine ( Pinus rigida ) is a small-to-medium sized (6-30 m) pine , native to eastern North America . This species occasionally hybridizes with other pine species such as Loblolly Pine ( P.

This plant is often used as an ornamental plant in gardens. * Cynoglossum amabile is a flowering plant native to Asia , which is also called Chinese hound's tongue , or Chinese forget-me-not .

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.

* Native to southeastern U.S.; lavender-pink or bluish flowers from mid- to late summer, followed by bright purple, violet, or magenta fruits in great profusion. It is juicy, sweet, fleshy, slightly aromatic.

Stored seed can be sown in late winter in a cold frame. * The blue flowers and on occasion white flowers are bonnet shaped. The seed can be slow to germinate. * The plant is short lived but self sows freely producing a good quantity of seed each year.