Nitrogen Fixing Plant Seeds For Sale In Cambridge

* The leaves are used as a tea substitute. A delicious carbonated beverage can be made from the boiled leaves. * The Psoralea glandulosa, also called wallwa, culen or St. Augustine grass is a perennial plant belonging to the family of Fabaceae .

* A shrub; red flowers in racemes. * The leaves and flowers are boiled and eaten.

* This shrub has a typical size of three to five meters - 9-15 feet in height. * The etymology of the species name derives from the Greek “kerkos”, from which the genus name root cerco derives, meaning "tail", referring to the tail-like appearance...

Northeastern North America, Greenland. * It is sometimes used for afforestation on infertile soils which it enriches by means of its nitrogen-fixing nodules, while not growing large enough to compete with the intended timber crop.

* It is called Utis in Nepalese and Nepalese Alder in English . * Multipurpose alder tree found in the subtropical highlands of the Himalaya. * A fall-flowering species. * Prefers a heavy soil and a damp situation.

* Caragana arborescens , or Caragana or Siberian peashrub or Siberian peashrub , is a species of legume . It is a shrub growing to heights of 12 feet or more and is a perennial . The plant is native to Siberia and parts of China and neighboring Mongolia...

The species name campestre means "of the fields". * Trifolium campestre , commonly known as Hop Trefoil and Low Hop Clover , is a species of clover native to Europe and western Asia , growing in most areas, but specifically thriving on dry, sandy grassland...

* 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. * Gleditsia caspica ( Caspian Locust or Persian Honeylocust ) is a species of Gleditsia native to western...

Thick growing and winter hardy. Thrives in moist soil conditions, Prefers medium fertility soils with a pH between 6.0 - 6.5. Plants produce uncertain numbers of 4 leafed clovers considered lucky.

It is found in Argentina , Bolivia , Colombia , Costa Rica , Ecuador , Guatemala , Mexico , Panama , Peru and Venezuela . * Alnus acuminata (also called Alder is a species of tree in the Betulaceae family.

The wood is extremely durable and is used primarily for making fence posts. * Gleditsia aquatica, commonly called water locust, after its habitat of river swamps and slough margins.

* They are occationally grown as ornamentals for their yellow flowers and interesting rattling seed pods. * Crotalarias are grown in the tropics as green manure cover crops due to their nitrogen fixing capabilities and drought tolerance.

* The leaves are used as a tea substitute. A delicious carbonated beverage can be made from the boiled leaves. * The Psoralea glandulosa, also called wallwa, culen or St. Augustine grass is a perennial plant belonging to the family of Fabaceae .

* It is similar to Chamaecrista fasciculata except that the leaves are smaller. * Chamaecrista nictitans (Sensitive Partridge Pea, Small Partridge Pea or Wild Sensitive Plant) is a herbaceous species of legume widely distributed through the temperate...

* It has been introduced into the United States, originally as forage for cattle. * In Great Britain it is most valuable in the south, though less successful in northern regions. It can typically be found in forest margins, fields and roadsides.

When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in the greenhouse for at least their first winter. Use a very well drained compost and be very careful not to overwater, the seedlings are very susceptible...

It is found in Argentina , Bolivia , Colombia , Costa Rica , Ecuador , Guatemala , Mexico , Panama , Peru and Venezuela . * Alnus acuminata (also called Alder is a species of tree in the Betulaceae family.

* Trees have extensive root systems and are sometimes planted on the banks of streams in order to prevent erosion.

* Laburnum alpinum (Scottish Laburnum) is a leguminous flowering tree. Good background plant. * Gorgeous yellow flowers in 15" pendulous clusters in May, beautifully displayed against deep green leaves; few trees are more lovely in flower; small, short-trunked...

* It is a perennial plant to USDA Zone 6. For these reasons, it is used as a green manure crop. * It is widely grown as a fodder crop, valued for its nitrogen fixation, which increases soil fertility.

Like other leguminous plants, it fixes the atmospheric nitrogen in the soil. * In its native range A. As a pioneer plant it quickly binds the erosion-prone soil following the bushfires that are common in its Australian habitats.

* The tree produces long flat pods that hang vertically. * The leaves appear shortly after the first flowers emerge. The flower buds are pickled and used as a condiment. * The deep pink flowers are produced on year-old or older growth, including the trunk...

* The wood is compact, dense, heavy, of great strength, tough, elastic, extremely durable. * Sophora is one of the four genera of native legumes in New Zealand; the other three are Carmichaelia , Clianthus , and Montigena .Flowering of Kowhai is staggered,...

* The whole plant is pleasantly scented when bruised. * Ononis spinosa is a plant belonging to the family Fabaceae , that is commonly known as spiny restharrow or just restharrow .

They are best used with Foeniculum vulgare seeds in order to counteract a tendency to cause gripe. The leaves are harvested before and during flowering, the pods are harvested when fully ripe in the autumn.

* Grown for its white flowers, borne in late summer after most other flowering trees have long finished flowering. * This species is commonly used in Chinese medicine and is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental herbs.

Leaves alternate on the stem and possess three leaflets. * Yellow flowers bloom in spring and summer and produce fruit in pods typically containing one seed. This can lead to bleeding diseases (internal hemorrhaging) and death in cattle.