Perennial Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Tallahassee

* 3" yellow-orange flowers in midsummer; native to southern U.S. * Coreopsis grandiflora is a perennial plant species of the tickseed genus, Coreopsis, in Asteraceae. The common name is large-flowered tickseed.

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

When the plant is bruised, this smell becomes more like fine balsam. Its leaves resemble those of an Ash tree. * A good border plant with white or pinkish flowers on a vertical stalk; a long-lived plant, makes a substantial clump in the garden.

* Habitat and Range: sandy, gravelly, or rocky slopes, often growing in areas underlain by limestone bedrock. * The bark is cathartic, febrifuge and tonic. A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of kidney complaints and TB.

* The pod is used as a soap substitute. * It is one of the alleged "50 fundamental herbs" used in traditional Chinese medicine. Sinensis has in vitro effects that may be indicative of antiallergic activities, possibly due to the saponins in fruits.

In Eurasian herbalism, this plant has a long history of use as a febrifuge. * In its native habitat, the flowers are eaten fresh, and the leaves are smoked like tobacco for its euphoriant properties.

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

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. The stems can be glabrous or are sparsely covered with short hairs.

* Noxious weed in California. * This is an outstanding ornamental that can be used as an effective screen or accent plant. * Parent has an abundance of pinkish plumes.

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. The stems can be glabrous or are sparsely covered with short hairs.

* Rudbeckia fulgida are perennial herbaceous plants growing up to 120 cm tall, growing from rosettes that develop at the end of stolons. The leaf bases are attenuate to cordate in shape and the margins of the leaves are usually entire or serrate, or sometimes...

States, as far north as southern Utah, in open land with well-drained soils. * All parts of Datura plants contain dangerous levels of anticholinergic tropane alkaloids and may be fatal if ingested by humans, livestock, or pets * Datura wrightii is found...

* The species, from central Europe and Russia, has blue-purple, lavender, or white flowers, but there are dozens of cultivars, in a varied range of splendid blues, purples, pinks, and whites, including some of the most striking and elegant of all iris;...

Besides mescaline, it also contains varying phenethylamines and other substances in minimal proportions * Today it is still used by Curanderos (medicine men) of northern Peru. * Peruvian Torch ( Trichocereus peruvianus ) is found high in the Andean mountain...

* Often has drooping branchlets; foliage green; half-inch cones; native to Mexico and Central America. * Cupressus lusitanica , ( Cedro Blanco ; Teotlate , distinctive names used in Mexico); Cedro Blanco means White Cedar and is also known as Mexican...

Common Juniper has needle-like leaves in whorls of three; the leaves are green, with a single white stomatal band on the inner surface. It is dioecious , with male and female cones on separate plants, which are wind pollinated.

The stiff straw is exceptional as field borders and wind barriers and its extensive root system provides an excellent stabilizing force for soil erosion and control. * Cave-in-Rock switchgrass has valuable adaptations that can be used for range and pasture...

The many inflorescences have closely spaced whorls of small flowers with brightly colored calyces. The plant prefers full sun, good drainage, and moderate weekly watering. Spreading growth to 24in.

* 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.

* 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 .

Gray-green leaves (to 2 1/2” long and 1/4” wide) on square stems. Flowers appear in terminal spikes (to 4” long) in summer. Hybrid cultivars vary somewhat in habit, flower color, aromatic intensity and bloom time.

* It is a perennial plant sometimes found in acidic bogs , for example in the Portlethen Moss , Scotland. * A drought resistant plant once established. * This is one of the food plants for the caterpillars of several butterflies and moths, including the...

* Leonotis nepetifolia, also known as klip dagga, Christmas candlestick, or lion's ear, is a species of plant in the genus Leonotis and the family Lamiaceae (mint). * Leonotis nepetifolia is known in Trinidad as shandilay and the leaves are brewed as...

* Grown mostly as a curiosity, for the compound leaflets fold up promptly along the midrib when touched. * The stem is erect in young plants, but becomes creeping or trailing with age.

Plants like cool night temperatures (best performance is north of USDA Zone 7). Plants may become somewhat floppy and open up as the summer progresses, particularly in hot and humid climates.

* Asclepias tuberosa is a species of milkweed native to eastern North America . * Orange flowers in late summer; grows well in dry soil; native to eastern U.S. * Pleurisy root is a bitter, nutty-flavoured tonic herb that increases perspiration, relieves...

* It grows with various species of Quercus and a variety of other pines . * Lawson's Pine (Pinus lawsonii) is a species of conifer in the Pinaceae family. * Climate is warm-temperate to temperate with 600-1500 mm annual precipitation and a November to...