Perennial Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Santa Clara

* 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 good drainage; can be dried for winter arrangements.

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 introduction was largely unsuccessful but the grass began to appear as a weed beside highways and in cleared fields or over-grazed land. * This plant has a very low ignition threshold and can burn even during the peak growing season.

* Mostly identical to the species, which see, but with white flowers.

The leaves are harvested before and during flowering, the pods are harvested when fully ripe in the autumn. * The leaves and seedpods are cathartic, diuretic and vermifuge. * Senna marilandica , or Maryland Wild Senna , is a flowering plant in the United...

* It is also an ornamental plant in gardens, with numerous cultivars selected for different flower colors. * Aquilegia caerulea is the state flower of Colorado. * Aquilegia caerulea is a species of Aquilegia flower native to the Rocky Mountains from Montana...

* A blue dye is obtained from the inner bark. Isolated populations exist in Alabama, Southern Ontario, and small sections of the Appalachian Mountains. * The "blue" refers to a substance secreted by the inner bark when exposed to air, not to the leaves,...

* Native to forest margins, grassy slopes; 400--2700 m. (Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Hubei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mong) all in China.

The leaves are long-stalked and uniquely divided into two leaflets about 1 1/2 inches long. Its showy, yellow, pea-like flowers occur in upper axillary clusters. * This attractive perennial maintains a neat mound shape and grows 1-2 ft.

* 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.

* The Interior Live Oak is classified in the red oak section (Quercus sect. It generally occurs in foothills , being most abundant in the lower altitudes of the Sierra Nevada , but also widespread in the Pacific Coast Ranges and the San Gabriel Mountains...

* Aqueous extracts of the roots of the plant have shown significant neutralizing effects in the lethality of the venom of the monocled cobra (Naja Kaouthia). * The stem is erect in young plants, but becomes creeping or trailing with age.

Salvia Blue Hill has rough green foliage with numerous spikes of sky blue blooms rising a moderate 15″ from the compact plant. Blue Hill is easily grown in average, dry to medium, well-drained soils in full sun.

* Penstemon grandiflorus is a perennial plant of the genus Penstemon. * A decoction of the leaves has been used in the treatment of chills and fevers. * A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of chest pains and stomach aches.

* A form with reddish-purple flowers, otherwise similar to the species, which see.

* A widespread urban myth is that pampas grass is used by swingers to advertise their presence to other swingers in the area. * A perennial, often grows into an impressive clump with beautiful silvery plumes, especially with female plants; native to southern...

Panicles continue to provide some interest well into winter. * Indiangrass ( Sorghastrum nutans ), also called Indian grass, is a North American prairie grass, and is the official state grass of both Oklahoma and South Carolina .

Dark green needles, to 18" (9" in older trees), in tufts at ends of branchlets; hangs on to its cones (to 20") for as long as 20 years; native from Virginia to Florida and Mississippi.

* Annual or biennial; parent is dwarfish, dark blue flowers throughout summer; does well in hot, dry sun. This plant is often used as an ornamental plant in gardens. * Cynoglossum amabile is a flowering plant native to Asia , which is also called Chinese...

D??m?st?k?/ ) commonly known as heavenly bamboo or sacred bamboo , is a suckering shrub in the Barberry family, Berberidaceae . It is native to eastern Asia from the Himalaya east to Japan * Evergreen except in cold climates; delicate compound leaves,...

* Germination usually takes place within 1 - 2 weeks. * Plants have an extensive root system and can be grown on sand or thin coastal soils in order to bind the soil. * A good fast-growing hedge for exposed maritime conditions.

* Cupressus goveniana is a species of cypress endemic to coastal California in the United States , where it is found in small, scattered populations, not in large forests. * Rough gray bark, bright green leaves; native to Monterey County, California

* Seed - sow the seed thinly in early spring in a cold frame in light shade. Germination can be rather slow, sometimes taking 12 months or more. * Ruscus aculeatus is a low evergreen Eurasian shrub, with flat shoots known as cladodes that give the appearance...

Officinalis ) is a flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae , native to the western Mediterranean region , primarily in the Pyrenees and other mountains in northern Spain . * Lavender can be grown as a low hedge, responding well to trimming.

The bark is orange-red, thick and deeply fissured at the base of the trunk, and thin and flaky in the upper crown. The leaves ('needles') are in pairs, slender, mostly 10-16 cm long, bright green to slightly yellowish green.

Butterfly Weed is one of only a few plants that we do not recommend pruning. Plant butterfly weed in mixed borders, meadows and natural areas. Many flowers have an inner whorl of petals, called the corolla, and an outer whorl of sepals, called the calyx.

* The young seed heads are used as a condiment, they are hot and acrid. * Papaver orientale ( Oriental poppy ) is a perennial flowering plant native to the Caucasus, northeastern Turkey, and northern Iran.