Fragrant Flowering Plant Plant For Moist Soil For Sale In Portland

A poisonous plant if consumed by people or animals.The name "andromeda" originated in the genus where the plant was formerly placed. * Woodland Garden Dappled Shade; Shady Edge; not Deep Shade.

* The flowers are yellow, often with a red base, with four ribbon-shaped petals 15 mm long and four short stamens, and grow in clusters; flowering is in late winter to early spring on the bare branches.

A pea-like flavour, they are very appetizing. Tips of older shoots are cooked like spinach. * Swamp milkweed is an upright, 100- to 150-centimeter (39- to 59-inches) tall plant, growing from thick, fleshy, white roots .

Red, globose, about 5/16 in. Broad-ovate, to 5 in. Long,usually 3 lobed; flrs. * An oil obtained from the plant is used as a hair oil. Juvenile leaves are lobed (as the name suggests) and are deep purple.

* Spiraea tomentosa , commonly known as the Steeplebush , is a plant similar in characteristic to the Hardhack ( S. * A vigorous plant, spreading by subterranean suckers and forming thickets.

* An erect, clump-forming perennial which features pale pink to white flowers enclosed in spiny, reddish-purple bracts and arranged in vertical rows on substantial flower spikes rising well above the foliage to 3-4' tall.

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

It grows in moist soil, full sun to part shade, and grows up to one meter tall. * A fine yellow dye is obtained from the juice of the plant, it is very durable. * Serratula tinctoria , commonly known as Saw-wort , is a species in the genus Serratula .

Plants can be grown in containers in pond margins but are then best kept in drier conditions over winter. * The species has reddish-purple flowers; grows in marshes, ditches, and other wet places, even in shallow water; flowering in June and July; needs...

* It is grown as an ornamental plant in gardens, where its August flowering attracts butterflies. * Plants can be used as a tall ground cover for large areas of land. * This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

It is locally naturalised Punkaharju in eastern Finland. * Macedonian pine is also a popular ornamental tree in parks and large gardens, giving reliable steady though not fast growth on a wide range of sites.

* A variable evergreen of upright, rounded habit, with 1/2" white flowers in small clusters; 1" green or red berries; likes moist soil, part shade; emerging leaves bronzy to reddish, later leathery, dark green; leaves to 4" x 1 1/2", turning bronzy-red...

It is most easily removed in late spring to early summer. * Betula pubescens ( Downy Birch ; also known as White Birch , European White Birch or Hairy Birch ) is a species of birch , native and abundant throughout northern Europe , Iceland , northern...

Smaller ovate stem leaves are sessile. Blooms appear in late summer to early fall on branching-at-the-top stems rising to 4-6' tall. Coarse, aromatic, triangular, doubly-serrate, long-petioled, basal leaves (to 12" long) with cordate bases.

* Greek Fir is native to the mountains of Greece, primarily in the Peloponnesos and the island of Kefallonia, * It is grown as an ornamental tree in parks and large gardens. * Greek Fir was important in the past for wood for general construction.

Fraser fir ABFR Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Tree Native Status L48 (N) Federal T/E Status National Wetland Indicator FACU Morphology/Physiology Active Growth Period Spring and Summer After Harvest Regrowth Rate Bloat None C:N Ratio High Coppice...

Growing up to a meter tall, it lives in zones 4 to 9 in moist to wet soils. * It was believed by some native North American Indian tribes that if the finely ground roots were secretly added to the food of an arguing couple then this would avert a divorce...

The lower leaves are reduced to a brown sheath at the bottom of the stem. The stems can also be dried then twisted or braided into ropes for tying or binding. It is commonly found growing in humus-rich areas like marshes, ditches, fens, and beaver dams.The...

* It is a very attractive tree and is popular in gardens, despite its slow growth rate. * Its genus name comes from the Greek prefix sciado- meaning "shadow" and pitys, meaning "pine"; the specific epithet means "with whorls".

Some tribes even used to chew the root and then hold rattlesnakes with their teeth and were not bitten so long as the scent persisted. * Iris versicolor , also commonly known as the Harlequin Blueflag , Larger Blue Flag , Northern Blue Flag , and other...

* The bark is used to make Japanese paper. Used for small items, nails, walking sticks etc. It was first formally described by Philipp Franz von Siebold in 1829. * Hydrangea paniculata , commonly known as the panicled hydrangea , is a species of Hydrangea...

* The original Cook strain of Balsam Fir was selected due to the blue tinge of the needles. * The seeds from these improved selections will be more true to type due to continued selection for blue color and appropriate growth habit for use as Christmas...

* The trapping mechanism is so specialized that it can distinguish between living prey and non-prey stimuli such as falling raindrops; two trigger hairs must be touched in succession within 20 seconds of each other or one hair touched twice in rapid succession,...

* Leatherwood was employed medicinally by a number of native North American Indian tribes who used it to treat a wide variety of ailments. A rope can be made from the bark fibres. The bark fibres are also used in making paper.

Wood - heavy, very hard, strong, durable in contact with the soil, coarse-grained. The wood is extremely durable and is used primarily for making fence posts. * Gleditsia aquatica, commonly called water locust, after its habitat of river swamps and slough...

American snowbell's showy, white, bell-shaped flowers are borne in pairs from leaf axils. The foliage is bright-green and glossy. * A small delicate shrub with 1" white bell-shaped flowers in small clusters from the leaf axils, in early or mid summer;...

* Grown for its beautiful red flowers in mid summer. Hybridizes freely with other members of this genus. * Lobelia cardinalis ( Cardinal Flower ) is a species of Lobelia native to the Americas , from southeastern Canada south through the eastern and southwestern...