Herbaceous Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Costa Mesa

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

* This attractive perennial maintains a neat mound shape and grows 1-2 ft. Its showy, yellow, pea-like flowers occur in upper axillary clusters. Named for Ferdinand Roemer, a German geologist who collected specimens in the New Braunfels, Texas, area from...

* Requires a well-drained sandy soil and a sunny position. Established plants are drought tolerant. * The leaves are used for flavouring rice dumplings.

There are five narrow points spaced symmetrically around the rim. It is also commonly planted as an ornamental, especially in xeriscapes. In clear weather, flowers open at nearly full dark and wither a few hours after sunrise the following morning; in...

* This is a naturally rare grass in the wild but it is widely cultivated for use as an attractive ornamental garden plant. * It has green arching foliage to 3 feet in USDA 8, with highlights of orange, copper, and gold, especially in drier soils.

It is bound to be a subject of conversation in your garden. Grows 6-12'' tall and 6-9'' wide. Super hardy Edelweiss will survive the coldest winter temperatures and the worst summer droughts.

* A widespread urban myth is that pampas grass is used by swingers to advertise their presence to other swingers in the area. * A perennial, often grows into an impressive clump with beautiful silvery plumes, especially with female plants; native to southern...

* Parent has an abundance of pinkish plumes. * Noxious weed in California. * This is an outstanding ornamental that can be used as an effective screen or accent plant.

* Yarrow has a high reputation and is widely employed in herbal medicine, administered both internally and externally. * The herb combines well with Sambucus nigra flowers (Elder) and Mentha x piperita vulgaris (Peppermint) for treating colds and influenza.

* Aquilegia caerulea is the state flower of Colorado. * It is also an ornamental plant in gardens, with numerous cultivars selected for different flower colors. * Aquilegia caerulea is a species of Aquilegia flower native to the Rocky Mountains from Montana...

The Purple D'Oro daylily is a wonderfully colored reblooming daylily. 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.

* The grass is also drought- and cold-tolerant and is hardy in zones 4-9. * The foliage is blue green in color and has bright purple flowers. * A pasture grass occurring widely throughout the Western Hemisphere

* Crotalarias are grown in the tropics as green manure cover crops due to their nitrogen fixing capabilities and drought tolerance. * They are occationally grown as ornamentals for their yellow flowers and interesting rattling seed pods.

It grows at moderate altitudes of 1,300-2,600 m, on dry soils, often together with Pinus monophylla . The wax can be used to make aromatic candles. * Juniperus osteosperma ( Utah Juniper ; syn.

* Leaves are olive green in partial shade and orange in full sun and in the fall/winter. * Works well in a perennial border or container in either full sun or partial shade. Mass plantings are spectacular!

* A perennial mint with lemon-scented foliage and clusters of small white flowers in whorls in the leaf axils; the leaves are used in cooking--teas, soups--toilet water, soaps, and medicine; sun or part shade, grows well in dry sites; native to southern...

Other trees which frequently shade this trillium include grand fir, western red cedar, and western hemlock; bigleaf maple, red alder and Sitka spruce join in near the coast. * Near California shores, it is common under coast redwood.

The upper surfaces of the leaves are glabrous or have hirsute to strigose hairs. The leaves have blades that are lanceolate to broadly ovate or elliptic in shape with out lobes. * The ripe seed is a favorite food of finches in winter.

* A blue dye is obtained from the inner bark. Isolated populations exist in Alabama, Southern Ontario, and small sections of the Appalachian Mountains. The bark is ground into a powder and then steeped in water in order to obtain the dye.

It is obtained from the flowers according to other reports. * This is considered a noxious weed in some areas. A tea made from the plant has been used as an insecticide. * A yellow dye is obtained from the whole plant.

* 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...

* 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.

* It climbs by means of aerial rootlets which cling to the substrate. * The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Hedera helix for cough, bronchitis.

* The lance-leaved coreopsis , Coreopsis lanceolata , is a species of coreopsis (Tickseed). * Lance-leaved coreopsis produces yellow flowers in late summer. * A semi-double form of the species said to come more or less true from seed; yellow flowers;...

* 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. It can also be found growing abundantly in much of Latin America and the West Indies.

An aromatic tea is made from the fresh or dried leaves. A nutritional analysis is available. It is native to southern Europe . If the leaves are to be dried, the plants should be harvested in early and late summer just before the flowers open and the...

* The leaves are cooked and used as greens. * The seed is used in pinole or ground into a meal and used as a thickener in making bread or mixed with flour in making bread. The water in which the leaves are cooked is used in making corn pudding .