Herbaceous Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Alexandria

* Penstemon grandiflorus is a perennial plant of the genus Penstemon. * A decoction of the leaves has been used in the treatment of chills and fevers. * A very ornamental plant! * Succeeds in ordinary rich garden soils so long as they are well-drained.

Seed - ground into a flour. It can be fermented into 'Mescal', a very potent alcoholic drink. * Agave utahensis is a rosette-shaped agave having blue-green sharp-spiked leaves. Prick out the seedlings into individual pots of well-drained soil when they...

* Penstemon grandiflorus is a perennial plant of the genus Penstemon. * A decoction of the leaves has been used in the treatment of chills and fevers. * A very ornamental plant! * Succeeds in ordinary rich garden soils so long as they are well-drained.

The seeds have been soaked in water until they are mucilaginous and then swallowed as a treatment for sore throats. Both are dried for later use. They are best used with Foeniculum vulgare seeds in order to counteract a tendency to cause gripe.

It is native to Africa , Asia and Europe and is commonly used throughout the United States and Canada for erosion control , roadside planting and soil rehabilitation. * Securigera varia , commonly known as Crown Vetch or Purple Crown Vetch , is a low-growing...

Very vigorous, it can swamp out small plants. * A low shrub with dark green evergreen leaves, shiny on the undersides; 2-3" flowers, bright yellow, throughout summer; easy to grow--tolerates dry soil; said to grow best in shade; grows quickly; native...

It is commonly kept as an ornamental plant. * Lance-leaved coreopsis produces yellow flowers in late summer. * The lance-leaved coreopsis , Coreopsis lanceolata , is a species of coreopsis (Tickseed).

This plant is often used as an ornamental plant in gardens. * Annual or biennial; parent is dwarfish, dark blue flowers throughout summer; does well in hot, dry sun. * Cynoglossum amabile is a flowering plant native to Asia , which is also called Chinese...

In Oregon , where the plant is native, it has been cultivated for several uses, including reforestation and revegetation of roadsides and other disturbed habitat. The flower is purple to yellowish or whitish in color and has a sickle -shaped keel.

(Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Hubei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mong) all in China. * Native to forest margins, grassy slopes; 400--2700 m.

Grow them year round in your kitchen! The stems can be glabrous or are sparsely covered with short hairs. The leaves are often blanched (by excluding light from the growing plant) before use.

Plants grow in poor dry soils in the wild. * Easily grown in a rich strong loam enriched with leafmold and sand. * It is a fan palm (Arecaceae tribe Corypheae), with the leaves with a long petiole terminating in a rounded fan of 10-20 leaflets; each leaf...

Very vigorous, it can swamp out small plants. * A low shrub with dark green evergreen leaves, shiny on the undersides; 2-3" flowers, bright yellow, throughout summer; easy to grow--tolerates dry soil; said to grow best in shade; grows quickly; native...

* Tolerant of constant cutting, this plant is often grown in lawns. * This is one of the food plants for the caterpillars of several butterflies and moths, including the Gatekeeper and the Meadow Brown.

The foliage is thin, and strap like. * Although no specific mention of medicinal uses has been seen for this species, members of this genus are in general very healthy additions to the diet.

* Ginseng is characterized by the presence of ginsenosides. * The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Panax ginseng for lack of stamina.

Mugo pine is most attractive with its natural shape. Pinus mugo mughus is an outdoor tree and with protection from extreme heat and cold, it can stay outdoor all year long. This Bonsai is a good one for beginners because it is low-maintenance, a slow...

Australis is an herbaceous perennial that reproduces both sexually and asexually by means of its spreading rhizomes . * It is considered to be a desirable plant in the garden due to its deep blue to violet spring flowers, the attractive light green compound...

It is found only in cultivation, where it is the most commonly grown of all plants in the Nicotiana genus, and its leaves are commercially grown in many countries to be processed into tobacco.

* Linaria vulgaris ( Common Toadflax , Yellow Toadflax , or Butter-and-eggs ) is a species of toadflax ( Linaria ), native to most of Europe and northern Asia , from the United Kingdom south to Spain in the west, and east to eastern Siberia and western...

(Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Hubei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mong) all in China. * Native to forest margins, grassy slopes; 400--2700 m.

Easily grown from seed in the early spring, the seeds are soaked in water to start germination. Pines make an amazing bonsai because the rough bark on their trunks makes them look old early on.

* Lilium pensylvanicum reaches a height of 30 cm to 70 cm and has a width up to 25 cm. The stem is hard, smooth and straight, the leaves linear to lanceolate, 4 to 5 cm long and 3 to 4 mm wide.

* The small oat-like seeds develop on the side of the stalk. * It is considered a good foraging grass for livestock and is also good for erosion control. * The grass is also drought- and cold-tolerant and is hardy in zones 4-9.

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.

* A red dye is obtained from the sap of the root. The seeds have a fleshy organ called an elaiosome that attracts ants. They also get the added bonus of growing in a medium made richer by the ant nest debris.

* The young seed heads are used as a condiment, they are hot and acrid. * Papaver orientale ( Oriental poppy ) is a perennial flowering plant native to the Caucasus, northeastern Turkey, and northern Iran.