Nitrogen Fixing Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Denver

It has a very fast growth rate, young trees reach a height of more than 20 ft in 2–3 years. It is also efficient in nitrogen fixation, at more than 500 kg/ha/year. * The young pods are edible and occasionally eaten along with Javanese vegetables salad...

* Cultivated in China for the rutin contained in its leaves and ovaries. * A yellow dye is obtained from the seedpods and the flowers * S. Japonicum contains the isoflavone glycoside sophoricoside.

It flowers in late spring, bearing panicles of yellow pea-like flowers. * A very tolerant and easily grown plant, it succeeds in almost any soil or situation so long as it is not water-logged.

An open or shrubby growth form with round shaped flower heads attached to stems near the ends. Readily eaten by grazing animals. Leaves & stems are covered with silver hair. * The plant contains several biologically active compounds.

* This tree is remarkable for the number and length of the spines growing on its trunk, which makes it the most formidably armed of temperate trees. * This species has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria, these bacteria form nodules on...

* A spiny tree with small greenish flowers in 4" racemes; leaves pinnate or bipinnate; name suggests it is a good choice for wet areas; native to southeast U.S. * Having an extensive root system, it is planted for stabilizing wet banks and marshes.

It is typically found over calcareous substrates such as limestone , growing on limestone slopes and in moist valley soils, at elevations of 120–600 m. The bark is ground into a powder and then steeped in water in order to obtain the dye.

It is native to the western United States from Washington to California , where it grows mostly in mountain habitat. Each palmate leaf is made up of 5 to 10 leaflets each up to 7 centimeters long.

Australis is the most commonly cultivated species in its genus, and is also cultivated beyond its native continent in other areas such as Great Britain, where it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Common names include Texas Mountain Laurel , Texas Mescalbean , Frijolito , and Frijolillo . * An evergreen shrub with compound leaves, 1" violet-blue fragrant flowers in 2-3" pendulous clusters; pods 1-7"; seeds are bright red, sometimes used for necklaces,...

* 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.

An open or shrubby growth form with round shaped flower heads attached to stems near the ends. Readily eaten by grazing animals. Leaves & stems are covered with silver hair. * The plant contains several biologically active compounds.

* The wood of the shrub extremely hard and reddish, from which the common name comes. * The Cercocarpus betuloides leaves are distinctive in that they have smooth edges from the base to about half way up, then are wavy or toothed to the rounded tip.

It is typically found over calcareous substrates such as limestone , growing on limestone slopes and in moist valley soils, at elevations of 120–600 m. The bark is ground into a powder and then steeped in water in order to obtain the dye.

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

* The Interior Live Oak is classified in the red oak section (Quercus sect. * It is a large shrub or tree growing to 22 m tall. 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...

* Its natural habitats are dry forests and low shrublands. It is threatened by habitat destruction, mainly due to introduced grazing mammals. * Canavalia pubescens, commonly known as ʻawikiwiki or Lavafield Jack-bean, is a species of flowering plant...

Australis is the most commonly cultivated species in its genus, and is also cultivated beyond its native continent in other areas such as Great Britain, where it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

* The seedpods are filled with a saccharine pulp and can be eaten both green or dried. * Carobs are also known as St. John's bread because, according to tradition of some Christians, St. John the Baptist subsisted on them in the wilderness.

Its value for wildlife food is minimal, but is a very attractive shrub when in bloom. It has the ability to fix nitrogen in the soil, and with light shade it does not inhibit growth of annual and perennial herbs.

* Native to southeastern U.S.; lavender-pink or bluish flowers from mid- to late summer, followed by bright purple, violet, or magenta fruits in great profusion. * American beautyberries produce large clusters of purple berries, which birds and deer eat,...

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

* Jamesia is a genus of shrubs in the Hydrangeaceae , most commonly known as Jamesia , Cliffbush or Waxflower . It is native to interior western North America , in the U.S. states of Arizona , California , Colorado , Nevada , New Mexico , Utah , and Wyoming...

* Shrub with upright stems; narrow bamboolike leaves, shiny bright green; small whitish flowers; a roughish plant, but extremely tough and vigorous; useful for highways and urban sites; native to China.

Leaves up to 12 inches long, with a central axis supporting 2 to 6 paired leaflets and a terminal one; leaflets up to 5 inches long, ovate to narrower with an elongate tip, rounded base, and serrate margins.

Alpina , Vitosha , Bulgaria . Common Juniper has needle-like leaves in whorls of three; the leaves are green, with a single white stomatal band on the inner surface. It is a shrub or small tree , very variable and often a low spreading shrub, but occasionally...

Fulvescens ( Styracaceae ) have generally been regarded as the same species, but recent molecular analysis has suggested that they may be diverged to the point of being separate species.