Herbaceous Plant Evergreen Plant For Sale In Lubbock

It is used in a number of proprietary medicines for treating skin, circulatory and kidney disorders. * The Virginia snakeroot is attracting increasing interest for its medicinal virtues and as a result is becoming uncommon in the wild.

It grows thick and fast to provide you with a solid, living wall. One of the most popular trees in the U.S. for use as a quick boundary, screen, shelter belt, or hedge due to their rapid growth.

* Plant forming huge clumps with white or grayish spherical flowers 2-3" across, in late summer; rough, thistley foliage, dark green, good for the back of a large border. They are sticky hairy above, and white woolly below.Atop each stem is an almost...

* In the laboratory it is a model organism,[6] for example containing the gene DEFICIENS which provides the letter "D" in the acronym MADS-box for a family of genes which are important in plant development.

This remedy is very toxic and, even when used externally, should only be used under the supervision of a qualified practitioner. Taxol has shown exciting potential as an anti-cancer drug, particularly in the treatment of ovarian cancers.

* Ginseng has a history of herbal use going back over 5,000 years. * The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Panax ginseng for lack of stamina.

Mass plantings are spectacular! * It is native to New Zealand where it grows on sand dunes proving its drought and salt tolerance. * Works well in a perennial border or container in either full sun or partial shade.

* The name "naked lady" comes from the fact that the flowers emerge from the ground long after the leaves have died back. * The poisonous alkaloid 'colchicine' is extracted from this plant and used to alter the genetic make-up of plants in an attempt...

They are an aid to digestion and so are often used with heavy, oily foods. They impart a sausage-like flavour to savoury dishes. The plant flowers in late spring or summer. Spreading growth to 3ft.

This a a great variety of oak leaf lettuce. It has deep lobed green leaves that are very sweet and tender. It is slow to bolt as summer progresses so it can be grown later in the spring than many varieties.

They are also used to give colour and flavour to glutinous-rice dumplings (Mochi). Aromatic and somewhat bitter. * The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. Their addition to the diet aids the digestion and so they are often used in small quantities as a...

No Trimming Required! Sky Pencil Holly has lustrous green leaves all year round! Introduced in 1985 by the National Arboretum, this Japanese holly has an upright, neat, maintenance-free habit.

It is an essential ingredient of the herb mix 'bouquet garni'. * Leaves and flowering tops - raw in salads, used as a garnish or added as a flavouring to cooked foods, going especially well with mushrooms and courgettes.

* It occurs in parts of the western United States and western Canada, usually in rich forest. * Near California shores, it is common under coast redwood. Other trees which frequently shade this trillium include grand fir, western red cedar, and western...

* Grown as a garden flower due to its unique flower shape. Care should be taken however, because all parts of the plant are poisonous.

* The plant is burnt as an incense. * Bright green or bluish-green; drooping branchlets; native to Himalayas. Wood - moderately hard, very durable. * Cupressus torulosa , known as the Himalayan cypress , is a species of cypress .

* This plant is commonly seen along roadsides and in disturbed places in North America. The inflated bladder like flowers are interesting. It is considered a noxious weed in the state of Washington and seems to be tolerated most others.

It has been introduced in New Zealand near sea level and has done well. From 26° to 15° north latitude, from Sinaloa , Mexico to Honduras . It grows between 1300-3250 m. * It occurs within a rainfalls regime mostly in summer.

Plants can tolerate temperatures down to about -10°c. Plants are not hardy in Britain, requiring a minimum temperature of 5°c. This conflicts with the hardiness rating of 7 (temperatures down to between -5 and -10°c) given in .

* The large leaves, up to 1 foot long, are interesting. It is perhaps best known for its use as a hair tonic whilst the root is also taken internally as a treatment for non-malignant swollen glands and especially for mastitis.

Blooms in the spring to early summer, but is said not to bloom well in very hot climates. The foliage makes a nice garden cover when not in bloom and the attractive seedpods add interest after flowering.

* Aquilegia caerulea is a species of Aquilegia flower native to the Rocky Mountains from Montana south to New Mexico and west to Idaho and Arizona . * It is also an ornamental plant in gardens, with numerous cultivars selected for different flower colors.

* Cupressus pigmaea ( Mendocino Cypress ) is a taxon of disputed status in the genus Cupressus endemic to certain coastal terraces and coastal mountain ranges of Mendocino and Sonoma Counties in northwestern California .

Growing up to a meter tall, it lives in zones 4 to 9 in moist to wet soils. It produces a spike of zygomorphic flowers in the late summer. * The Great Blue Lobelia ( Lobelia siphilitica ) is a species within the Campanulaceae family.

* Heart-shaped shiny dark green leaves with prominent veins, 9" x 5"; dark violet flowers in August; a 2' mound, flowers to almost 3'; native to China. Plants should be spaced about 60cm apart each way.

* This bulb forming perennial produces short lived sword shaped leaves followed by flower spikes having huge umbels of fushia colored flowers at the top. * The flower heads dry well and the plant will self seed if the flowers heads are left in the garden.

They make an excellent flavouring in salads. The North American populations may, however, be naturalised from early human introduction. * Tarragon or dragon's-wort ( Artemisia dracunculus ) is a perennial herb in the family Asteraceae related to wormwood...