Perennial Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Colorado Springs

* Resinous pustules on the plant contain 'amorpha', a contact and stomachic insecticide that also acts as an insect repellent. The compound leaves of this plant appear leaden due to their dense hairiness.

It is native to the southwestern United States , in Utah , Nevada , Arizona , western New Mexico , western Colorado , Wyoming , southern Montana , southern Idaho and eastern California .

* It succeeds on shallow chalky soils. * This is one of the food plants for the caterpillars of several butterflies and moths, including the Gatekeeper and the Meadow Brown. * A drought resistant plant once established.

* 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...

* Gleditsia caspica ( Caspian Locust or Persian Honeylocust ) is a species of Gleditsia native to western Asia , in the Caucasus region of Azerbaijan and northern Iran , close to the Caspian Sea .

The leaves have blades that are lanceolate to broadly ovate or elliptic in shape with out lobes. The upper surfaces of the leaves are glabrous or have hirsute to strigose hairs. * The ripe seed is a favorite food of finches in winter.

Flabellata pumila. * Succeeds in ordinary garden soil, preferring a moist but not wet soil and a sunny position. * The name of this species is based on the cultivated form, the true wild form is A.

The stems can be tinted purplish, they are upright or lax, and produce flower heads that are held as tall or taller than the foliage. Tender young leaves are considerably less bitter than older leaves.

Prune the central stems of the yarrow if they begin to die back. This procedure, called deadheading, encourages the yarrow plant to produce new flowers, keeping your plant looking attractive throughout the season.

Used in Mexico for washing clothes. * The wood is heavy, strong, close-grained, splits easily. It splits easily into thin strips and is often used in basket making. * An evergreen tree with compound leaves to 14", leaflets to 6"; flowers in small pendulous...

* The whole plant contains a very aromatic essential oil, giving out a scent somewhat like lemon peel. When the plant is bruised, this smell becomes more like fine balsam. * A very ornamental plant, it should be planted into its permanent position as...

The solitary flowers are 3–5 cm in diameter, a rich yellow, with five petals and numerous yellow stamens . * A low shrub with dark green evergreen leaves, shiny on the undersides; 2-3" flowers, bright yellow, throughout summer; easy to grow--tolerates...

A very ornamental plant. * The fruit can also be ground into a powder and used as a spice. Established plants are drought tolerant, succeeding in hot dry positions. It is closely related to Juniperus communis (Common Juniper) and Juniperus conferta (Shore...

* A yellow dye is obtained from the bark * It is often planted as an ornamental as it is resistant to air pollution and long-living. * Celtis australis is supposed to have been the Lotus of the ancients, whose fruit Herodotus, Dioscorides, and Theophrastus...

* Lemon balm ( Melissa officinalis ), not to be confused with bee balm , Monarda species, is a perennial herb in the mint family Lamiaceae , native to southern Europe and the Mediterranean region .

* The lance-leaved coreopsis , Coreopsis lanceolata , is a species of coreopsis (Tickseed). It is commonly kept as an ornamental plant. This perennial is a native plant found throughout the eastern part of the United States and in many parts of the western...

They keep their blue color well after drying. * It is very cold hardy, coming from Siberia, and will also tolerate drought and saline conditions. * This is an excellent plant to use for cut flowers and dried flowers.

* The flowers are often used for dried flower displays. * Unusual perennials with 2" spherical blue flowers in mid to late summer; the plant itself is rather rough and thistly with dark green leaves; good for middle or back of border; wants full sun and...

* Requires a well-drained sandy soil and a sunny position. Established plants are drought tolerant. * The leaves are used for flavouring rice dumplings.

* Good for seashore planting; native to Mediterranean region. * Turpentine consists of an average of 20% of the oleo-resin. * It is widely planted for timber in its native area, being one of the most important trees in forestry in Algeria and Morocco.

Cut back Daylily Happy Returns to within 6 inches of the ground after it has finished flowering. In colder climates, cut it back as one of the last chores in your garden before the snow flies.

* It succeeds on shallow chalky soils. * This is one of the food plants for the caterpillars of several butterflies and moths, including the Gatekeeper and the Meadow Brown. * A drought resistant plant once established.

It also occurs south into northern Baja California in Mexico . * It is a large shrub or tree growing to 22 m tall. It generally occurs in foothills , being most abundant in the lower altitudes of the Sierra Nevada , but also widespread in the Pacific...

Muricata has been used in plantations with resultant growth rates higher than in the wild . The species is often smaller, stunted and twisted in coastal exposures. * The Bishop Pine ( Pinus muricata ) is a pine with a very restricted range: mostly California...

It also occurs south into northern Baja California in Mexico . * It is a large shrub or tree growing to 22 m tall. It generally occurs in foothills , being most abundant in the lower altitudes of the Sierra Nevada , but also widespread in the Pacific...

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.

* This species of pearlbush is an early-blooming, upright deciduous shrub that is native to Manchuria and Korea. Elliptic, serrate, pale green leaves (to 3" long) turn yellow in fall.