Honey Bee Food Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Wisconsin

A very ornamental plant, it prefers a continental climate with hot summers and cold winters. * Tolerant of dry alkaline soils. * This species has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria, these bacteria form nodules on the roots and fix atmospheric...

* Thistley plants for full sun and poor dry soil; the half-inch flower heads, also like thistles, can be a fine metallic blue or blue purple; flowers in mid to late summer; in rich soil the plants grow too fast and need staking; may make a big clump of...

Toothed, broad-ovate, medium to dark green leaves (to 4" long) are gray and hairy below. Best in sandy loams or rocky soils with good drainage. Dried leaves were used as a tea substitute, albeit without caffeine, in American Revolutionary War times, hence...

Spikes 1.2–1.8 m (3.9–5.9 ft) in length yield small bisexual flowers . An excellent fibre is obtained from the leaf stalks. * The leaves are used for making baskets, chair seats or thatch.

It can grow up to 6 meters in height and grows in plains and dry forests. * Succeeds in any reasonably good soil, preferring a good fertile well-drained loamy soil. * 3" leaves, blue green or gray green; reddish-yellow fruit; native to western Asia, southeast...

* A pleasant tasting tea is made from the leaves and flower heads. * Ratibida columnifera , commonly known as Upright Prairie Coneflower or Mexican Hat , is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae , that is native to much of North...

* A pleasant tasting tea is made from the leaves and flower heads. * Ratibida columnifera , commonly known as Upright Prairie Coneflower or Mexican Hat , is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae , that is native to much of North...

* Western snowberry is grown for use in native plant and wildlife gardens, and as a bird food plant in habitat landscapes. * Tolerates most soils and conditions, including poor soils and amongst the roots and under the drip of trees.

It grows up to 4 meters tall but generally remains under three, and forms colonies of individuals which tangle together to form nearly impenetrable thickets. * All parts of the plant are rich in saponins - when crushed and mixed with water they produce...

The author collected specimens at Recherche Bay during the d'Entrecasteaux expedition in 1792. * The bark shreds often, peeling in large strips. * Eucalyptus leaves are a traditional Aboriginal herbal remedy.

* Various species of bees and butterflies known to be pollinators of Cassia fistula flowers, especially carpenter bees (Xylocopa sp.). Though its use in herbalism has been attested to for millennia, little research has been conducted in modern times.

It is commonly kept as an ornamental plant. * A semi-double form of the species said to come more or less true from seed; yellow flowers; native to U.S. east * Lance-leaved coreopsis produces yellow flowers in late summer.

* Native to the southern and eastern parts of the United States , found from Illinois to Virginia in the north and from Texas to Florida in the south. * Fine plant for naturalizing in moist soils and where there is some shade.

It produces yellow flowers in clusters before anthesis. * The fruit is small with very little flesh, but it is easily harvested and when soaked for 10 - 30 minutes in hot or cold water makes a very refreshing lemonade-like drink (without any fizz of course).

* Western snowberry is grown for use in native plant and wildlife gardens, and as a bird food plant in habitat landscapes. * Tolerates most soils and conditions, including poor soils and amongst the roots and under the drip of trees.

* Native to Europe, naturalized in North America, tends to be very weedy. Arctium lappa is the main species used, though this species has similar properties. It also lowers the blood pressure by dilating the blood vessels.

* The leaves appear shortly after the first flowers emerge. * The tree produces long flat pods that hang vertically. The flower buds are pickled and used as a condiment. * The flowers can be eaten raw.

* The scientific name of the species honors the botanist Frederick Manson Bailey. * A shrub or tree in the legume family. * Native to Southeast Australia. * Grows very fast with masses of tiny yellow flowers, blue leaves and delicate textures.

* The species was first formally described by Robert Brown in 1812 in Hortus Kewensis. * It is native to the states of Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales.

Fruticosa grows as a glandular, thornless shrub which can reach 5 or 6 meters in height and spread to twice that in width. * Dark purple or purplish blue flowers in spikes; fast, coarse growth, good for dry, poor soil.

The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout southern and eastern Ontario; in northern Ontario it occurs farther north than the alternateleaf dogwood, but does not extend past 50°N (Soper and Heimburger...

Pure tallow fat is known in commerce as Pi-yu. Introduced to the United States, the tree is native to eastern Asia , and is most commonly associated with eastern China , Taiwan , and Japan .

The fruits are up to 10cm long and 9cm wide. It is thought probably to have originated in Mexico. Prefers a pH in the range 6 to 7.5. Plants must be kept fairly dry in the winter but they like a reasonable supply of water in the growing season.

It is also a popular Christmas tree. * The Douglas fir's useful wood and its quick growth make it the crop of choice for many timber companies, which typically replant a clear-cut area with Douglas fir.

The stems can be glabrous or are sparsely covered with short hairs. Grow them year round in your kitchen! * Taraxacum officinale grows from generally unbranched taproots and produces one to more than ten stems that are typically 5 to 40 cm tall but sometimes...

* Bright yellow flowers.

* The tree's wood is "very durable if water-seasoned" and its uses include tool handles and lumber for boats. Nilotica makes a good protective hedge because of its thorns. * Vachellia nilotica is a tree 5–20 m high with a dense spheric crown, stems...