Nitrogen Fixing Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Hawaii

Used as a reclamation species on very poor soils. Pharmaceutical preparations are manufactured from them. Leaves & stems are covered with silver hair. * A deep rooted legume found on a variety of soils in prairies & open woods.

Common names include Texas Mountain Laurel , Texas Mescalbean , Frijolito , and Frijolillo . * Calia secundiflora is a species of flowering shrub or small tree in the pea family, Fabaceae , that is native to the southwestern United States ( Texas , New...

* Resinous pustules on the plant contain 'amorpha', a contact and stomachic insecticide that also acts as an insect repellent. * The roots can grow deeper than 4 feet (1.2m). This plant can be found growing in well drained soils of prairies, bluffs, and...

As of 1991, no known fire has killed this plant's roots. Cerifera' s root system is fire-resistant. Specimens in drier and sandier areas are shrub-like, have rhizomes and smaller leaves than usual.

* An essential oil called Cassie is distilled from the flowers. * While the point of origin is Mexico and Central America the species has a pantropical distribution incorporating Northern Australia and Southern Asia.

As of 1991, no known fire has killed this plant's roots. Cerifera' s root system is fire-resistant. Specimens in drier and sandier areas are shrub-like, have rhizomes and smaller leaves than usual.

* This is a beautiful flowering shrub with an extremely limited range in North Carolina. Superorder: Rosanae Takht. Genus: !Amorpha L. It's habitat is being destroyed and it is currently listed as a threatened species.

* 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.

* Dark purple or purplish blue flowers in spikes; fast, coarse growth, good for dry, poor soil. * Plants have an extensive root system and are also fairly wind tolerant, they can be planted as a windbreak and also to prevent soil erosion.

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

* Ceanothus velutinus is a species of shrub in the buckthorn family, Rhamnaceae , known by the common names Red Root , Snowbrush Ceanothus and Tobacco Brush . * All parts of the plant are rich in saponins - when crushed and mixed with water they produce...

The flower is purple to yellowish or whitish in color and has a sickle -shaped keel. In Oregon , where the plant is native, it has been cultivated for several uses, including reforestation and revegetation of roadsides and other disturbed habitat.

It may be hard to kill! * Caragana microphylla is a polymorphic species and in some cases with transitional forms. Korshin skii may occur where these species are sympatric. It can withstand cold, heat, and drought.

* Bacteria on the roots fix atmospheric nitrogen - whilst this enables the tree to grow well in quite poor soils it also makes some of this nitrogen available to other plants growing nearby.

* This is a beautiful flowering shrub with an extremely limited range in North Carolina. Superorder: Rosanae Takht. Genus: !Amorpha L. It's habitat is being destroyed and it is currently listed as a threatened species.

* A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of chest pains and stomach aches. * A very ornamental plant! * Succeeds in ordinary rich garden soils so long as they are well-drained.

Plants are hardy to about -25°c. Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be used by other plants growing nearby. It is widespread in the eastern part of the USA (from Florida to Canada), Canada (south of Ontario), and...

A very ornamental plant, it prefers a continental climate with hot summers and cold winters. * Tolerant of dry alkaline soils. Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be used by other plants growing nearby.

Wood - heavy, very hard, strong, durable in contact with the soil, coarse-grained. * Gleditsia aquatica, commonly called water locust, after its habitat of river swamps and slough margins.

* It usually occurs as a native shrub or a medium sized tree. The amount of acorns produced can also vary year to year, one year there may be about 32,000 acorns and the next year there may be very few.

* As a result of long exploitation, few old trees remain in Lebanon, but there is now an active program to conserve and regenerate the forests. The most prominent landscaping feature in London's historic Highgate Cemetery is its "Circle of Lebanon", where...

The foliage grows in sparse, very fragrant, sprays varying from dull gray-green to glaucous blue-green in color. Leo Polkinghorn, but it took until 1915 for Leroy Abrams to inspect specimens forwarded by Mrs.

The same species is considered to occur native to California (a Mediterranean-American disjunct distribution. * Styrax offinalis is a shrub native to southern Europe and the Middle East.

Studies in mice suggest that Gleditsia sinensis ethanolic extract could be an effective therapeutic agent for the treatment of allergic asthma. * Thorns showed antibacterial activity against a Gram-positive bacterium Xanthomonas vesicatoria and a Gram-negative...

* Grown for its masses of glorious, delicate, white, slightly fragrant flowers in May; of open, spreading habit; native to the southeastern United States but hardy nearly everywhere; dark green leaf sometimes a golden yellow in fall.

Mediterranean and Asia Minor. * This species grows up to 50 feet, and has yellow flowers. * Sun- and drought-tolerant.

* Can be grown as a small ornamental tree. * Common in thickets and in thin secondary forests in lowlands and low mountains of central and southern Japan. The red seed pods are brilliant, opening to revel shiny black seeds.