Herbaceous Plant Evergreen Plant For Sale In San Francisco

* An easily grown and very tolerant plant, it succeeds in most positions in any good soil in sun or partial shade. Succeeds in dense shade. Prefers a moist soil but succeeds in dry soils and, once established, is drought tolerant.

* Something like a 6" wide daisy, with this difference: it is stemless, growing prostrate on the ground; blooms in May or June; coarse, deeply lobed leaves; likes a scree soil; a rock garden plant or curiosity native to the Mediterranean.

In the fall it turns a soft lavender-purple. Spreads to form a dense mat 4-5' wide and only 4-6'' high. Excellent for dry rocky bare spots, banks and terraces. Thrives in full sun or partial shade in any well-drained soil, very drought resistant! Plant...

Veitchii, differing mainly in only having one flower to a stem. * This species is closely related to P. * Paeonia anomala has an immense range of wild habitat, stretching from the Ural Mountains of Russia to the Pamir Mountains of Central Asia, then to...

It retains its flavour well in long slow cooking. An aromatic tea is made from the fresh or dried leaves. A nutritional analysis is available. If the leaves are to be dried, the plants should be harvested in early and late summer just before the flowers...

110 days to harvest. * Generally grown as an annual to produce desired onions for eating. To produce seed for future years the bulbs need to be left in place and mulched heavily over winter and allowed to grow until the second summer when they will produce...

* Marsh mallow is a very useful household medicinal herb. * A confection made from the root since ancient Egyptian time evolved into today's marshmallow treat. * The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Althaea...

When prescribed internally it is always used dried and in conjunction with fresh ginger root. * Tian Nan Xing has been used in Chinese herbal medicine for thousands of years and is valued especially for its beneficial affect upon the chest.

The lustrous needles will be a highlight in the landscape year round. It makes a superb living Christmas tree. This beautiful conifer has a great pyramidal form and graceful weeping branches.

* The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Panax ginseng for lack of stamina. * It has gained an almost magical reputation for being able to promote health, general body vigour and also to prolong life.

* They are excellent raw or cooked , having a mild sweet flavor. * The tops can also be eaten when young as greens or in soups. * This is a very easy to grow and rewarding vegetable.

It is native to southern Europe . * 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...

Aralia japonica Thunb., A. Japonica have been shown to effectively remove gaseous formaldehyde from indoor air. * It is an evergreen shrub growing to 3–6 m (9.8–20 ft) tall, with stout, sparsely branched stems.

It is also antibiotic and helps to relieve allergies. There has been some doubt over the ability of the body to absorb the medicinally active ingredients orally (intravenous injections being considered the only effective way to administer the plant),...

* Prefers a sunny position in a well-drained rich soil with abundant moisture. * This species can be distinguished from the oneseed bur cucumber (Sicyos angulatus) by the six-lobed corolla and the lack of the clustered fruits that that plant bears.

* Penthorum sedoides is 10 to 80 centimeters tall. * Penthorum sedoides (known by the common name ditch stonecrop), is a perennial forb native to the eastern United States which produces small white flowers in summer.

* Lavatera thuringiaca is a species of Lavatera native to eastern Europe and southwestern Asia , from southern Germany south to Italy , and east to southern Russia , Kazakhstan , and Turkey .

Extremely adaptable and very cold hardy. Grows 40-60 feet tall. We send 10-20'' seedlings. Nice pyramidal form and dark green needles make it a favorite. One of the nicest evergreens you can plant.

* Small, delicate plant forms a rounded mound, often loose and open; evergreen; 3" flowers in May, parents of this strain have flowers in variations of pink and purple; acid soil, good drainage; in the U.S. needs light shade in the North, more shade in...

Plant the roots out very shallowly. * Iris sibirica , the Siberian Iris , is a flowering plant in the genus Iris , native to eastern and central Europe and northern Asia . Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer or rabbits.

* Veratrum nigrum ( Black Hellebore ) is a medicinal plant and poisonous plant native to Asia and Europe . In China, it, and other false hellebore species are collectively called "li lu".

The inflated bladder like flowers are interesting. It is pollinated by evening flying insects and provides seed as food for finches in the winter. * This plant is commonly seen along roadsides and in disturbed places in North America.

Flabellata pumila. * The name of this species is based on the cultivated form, the true wild form is A. * Succeeds in ordinary garden soil, preferring a moist but not wet soil and a sunny position.

Angustifolia , but plants often grow taller, ranging from 1.5 to 2.5 ft (45 to 75 cm) tall, with some growing 3 feet (90 cm) or more tall. Plants normally grow with one unbranched stem in the wild, but often produce multi-stemmed clumps in gardens.

A tangy, marjoram-like flavour. * Summer savory ( Satureja hortensis ) is the better known of the Savory species. The flowering shoots contain about 0.5% essential oil, this is used as a food flavouring.

It also occurs south into northern Baja California in Mexico . The dark-green leaves are usually small, 2.5-7 cm long and 2-5 cm broad, thick and often spiny-toothed, particularly on young trees.

The root is analgesic, antibacterial, antiviral, depurative, diaphoretic, diuretic, febrifuge, sedative, tonic. * This plant is an anti-infective herb that lowers fevers and reduces pain.