Perennial Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Boise City

* 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.

Descending along the trunk, they cling tightly to the trunk, integrate with it and contribute to its radial growth. Its age was estimated in 1975 to be around 250 years, with a maximum of 365 years, not several thousand as had previously been claimed.It...

The leaves are harvested before and during flowering, the pods are harvested when fully ripe in the autumn. The seeds have been soaked in water until they are mucilaginous and then swallowed as a treatment for sore throats.

Despite its common name, Russian sage is not in the same genus as other Salvias, which are commonly called "sage". * A very ornamental plant. In Eurasian herbalism, this plant has a long history of use as a febrifuge.

The upper surfaces of the leaves are glabrous or have hirsute to strigose hairs. * Rudbeckia fulgida are perennial herbaceous plants growing up to 120 cm tall, growing from rosettes that develop at the end of stolons.

* Succeeds in ordinary garden soil but prefers a deep rich loam with plenty of leafmold and a sunny position. Pallida is similar to E. Plants normally grow with one unbranched stem in the wild, but often produce multi-stemmed clumps in gardens.

It is generally yellow or yellow-green with bulbous yellow flowers. Among the Navajo, the plant is used to make blankets. It can be fermented into 'Mescal', a very potent alcoholic drink.

* Yarrow has also been used as a food, and was very popular as a vegetable in the 17th century. * The herb combines well with Sambucus nigra flowers (Elder) and Mentha x piperita vulgaris (Peppermint) for treating colds and influenza.

Plants may repeat bloom throughout the summer, but need regular moisture to encourage this. This German selection has a nice compact habit, and flowers of deep violet-purple. The Perennial Sages are invaluable perennials for their rich display in the...

The tree was 18 m in height with a d.b.h. of 5 m in 2013. * A large specimen planted in 1550 stands before the church in the village perche of Fox-Amphoux in the Provence region of southern France.

The fruit is a silky-hairy legume pod up to 5 centimeters long containing several seeds. Fast growing, showy color. * Perennial wild flower, Flowers in clusters, color purple. In Oregon , where the plant is native, it has been cultivated for several uses,...

It has also been introduced to Belize , Costa Rica and Nicaragua , growing at 1200–3000 m altitude. * Often has drooping branchlets; foliage green; half-inch cones; native to Mexico and Central America.

Wood sage has a variety of common names including violet sage, ornamental meadow sage, Balkan clary, purple flowering sage or perennial woodland sage. It will bloom sporadically throughout the summer if faded flowers are cut back.

* A delicious tea is made by steeping the green or dried twigs inboiling water until they turn an amber or pink colour. * The stems of most members of this genus contain the alkaloid ephedrine and are valuable in the treatment of asthma and many other...

Spreading growth to 24in. Long, in dense, terminal racemes. From summer to autumn, bears violet to purple, or white to pink flowers, to 1/2in. Many of them are hardy to –18 °C., with flowers ranging in color from violet, to violet-blue, rosy pink,...

Flower buds purportedly resemble white pearls, hence the cultivar name. 'Northern Pearls' is a compact cultivar that grows to 6-8' tall and features racemes (3-5" long) of 5-petaled white flowers (to 2" diameter) which bloom in early spring.

* Securigera varia , commonly known as Crown Vetch or Purple Crown Vetch , is a low-growing legume vine. It is native to Africa , Asia and Europe and is commonly used throughout the United States and Canada for erosion control , roadside planting and...

* A pleasant lemon-like aroma and flavour, they are used mainly as a flavouring in salads and cooked foods. * A perennial mint with lemon-scented foliage and clusters of small white flowers in whorls in the leaf axils; the leaves are used in cooking--teas,...

This selection forms a bushy mound of silver foliage, with long spikes of purple-blue flowers. In regions with clay soils, a raised bed or rock garden will improve success greatly.

The leaves are deciduous in cold areas, but semi-evergreen in warmer climates, < 7 cm long and < 3 cm broad, with an oblique base and a coarsely serrated margin, changing from dark green to yellow in autumn.

* Succeeds in ordinary garden soil but prefers a deep rich loam with plenty of leafmold and a sunny position. Pallida is similar to E. Plants normally grow with one unbranched stem in the wild, but often produce multi-stemmed clumps in gardens.

* Rue has a long history of use as a domestic remedy, being especially valued for its strengthening action on the eyes. It is native to southern Europe . The plant contains flavonoids (notably rutin) that reduce capillary fragility, which might explain...

Dry matter biomass yields and other information were compiled from 1982 to 1992 at six sites in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota. * Used for biomass and soil stabilization on strip mine spoils and dikes; provides food and cover for wildlife,...

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

It is generally yellow or yellow-green with bulbous yellow flowers. Among the Navajo, the plant is used to make blankets. It can be fermented into 'Mescal', a very potent alcoholic drink.

Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer or rabbits. Plant the roots out very shallowly. * Prefers a humus-rich soil, succeeding in a moist border or by water.

* A handsome species, one of the rarest in cultivation (rare even in its own Yalung R.valley) * A small, 8-30' tree/shrub.