Rock Garden Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Abilene

* Succeeds in a fertile well-drained soil in a sunny position. Plants are not very cold-tolerant, but they can beoverwintered outdoors in areas where winter temperatures do not fall below about -5°c.

They are therefore more difficult to grow in areas with hot summers and in such a region they appreciate some protection from the strongest sunlight. * In general, gentians require a moist well-drained soil in a sheltered position, a certain minimum of...

* A very easily grown plant, it succeeds in an ordinary garden soil. * Often grown in the flower garden, feverfew is a short lived perennial but usually self-sows prolifically. Thrives in any kind of soil, plants can even be grown in walls.

* This double flowered variety is more compact than some and flowers thoughout the growing season. An excellent and very colorful rock garden plant. * Remove dead flowers to extend the flowering period.

It blooms in spring. Flowers yellow, 1.5-2 cm in diameter, solitary in leaf axils and without forming inflorescence. * Dwarf bush up to 40 cm, leaves alternate fine pointed, linear, and extended marginal hairs, stipules absent.

* A confection made from the root since ancient Egyptian time evolved into today's marshmallow treat. * Marsh mallow is a very useful household medicinal herb. * The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Althaea...

Seeds should produce mostly blue flowers, but may show some breaks to colors of reds, yellows and bicolors. Plants are hardy to about -25°c. This species is very susceptible to slug damage.

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

It does best in light shade with good moisture, but will tolerate both full sun and deep shade. * Perennial with small yellow flowers throughout the summer; makes a nice bluish mound of delicate foliage; will grow in deep shade; can seed itself about...

Seeds should produce mostly blue flowers, but may show some breaks to colors of reds, yellows and bicolors. Plants are hardy to about -25°c. This species is very susceptible to slug damage.

* 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 very ornamental plant! * Succeeds in ordinary rich garden soils so long as...

* The leaves are cardiac, stimulant and tonic. * An easily grown plant, succeeding in ordinary garden soil, especially if it is rich in organic matter. * Yellowish flowers marked with rusty red, particularly on the inside; in spikes; biennial or short-lived...

* Native to shrubby areas, meadows and stream banks from central Europe to Russia and China, solitary clematis is a woody-based, erect-stemmed, non-climbing clematis that typically grows in a dense, somewhat sprawling, shrubby mound to 12-18” tall.

* An attractive garden flower, blooms in May or June, 1 1/2" flowers, several per stem. * Plants can be grown on walls. Succeeds in dry soils and in poor soils. * The flowers are very fragrant, diffusing a powerful clove-like scent.

It is generally distinguished from other species of its genus by "tomentose" or felty foliage. The stems & leaves are silvery-grey, whilst the flowers are star-like, white & about 15mm across.

* This double flowered variety is more compact than some and flowers thoughout the growing season. An excellent and very colorful rock garden plant. * Remove dead flowers to extend the flowering period.

* Can be used as a ground cover plant in a sunny position. It is widespread and common in the more southerly mountain ranges of Europe, but is rarer in the north. * Centaurea montana ( Perennial Cornflower, Mountain Cornflower, Bachelor's Button, Montane...

Yellow to white flowers, 10–13 cm across, bloom from April to June. * Paeonia wittmanniana , also known as Wittmann's peony , is a perennial peony native to the southern Transcaucasian region, and is closely related to Paeonia mlokosewitschii .

* The plants flower from late spring to late summer, and are pollinated by butterflies and bumble bees. The main flowering stem is erect. * The leaves are deeply lobed with 3 to 7 toothed, pointed lobes in a palmate shape.

* Ageratum houstonianum ( Flossflower , Bluemink , Garden Ageratum , Blueweed , Pussy Foot ) syn. Ageratum mexicanum Hort. ) is a cool-season annual plant often grown as a bedding plant in gardens .

* Soapwort's main medicinal use is as an expectorant. * An herbaceous perennial, erect; with 3/4"white or pinkish fragrant flowers in terminal clusters and in the leaf axils; blooms throughout summer; spreads by creeping rhizomes; roots used as a soap...

* Native to shrubby areas, meadows and stream banks from central Europe to Russia and China, solitary clematis is a woody-based, erect-stemmed, non-climbing clematis that typically grows in a dense, somewhat sprawling, shrubby mound to 12-18” tall.

They are sticky hairy above, and white woolly below.Atop each stem is an almost perfectly spherical inflorescence up to 6 cm in diameter, packed with blue-gray disc florets . * This is a glandular, woolly perennial which approaches a maximum height of...

* A strong fibre is obtained from the stems, it is used for making string, bags, paper etc. * Lavatera thuringiaca is a species of Lavatera native to eastern Europe and southwestern Asia , from southern Germany south to Italy , and east to southern Russia...

The foliage makes a nice garden cover when not in bloom and the attractive seedpods add interest after flowering. Blooms in the spring to early summer, but is said not to bloom well in very hot climates.

It is native to interior western North America , in the U.S. states of Arizona , California , Colorado , Nevada , New Mexico , Utah , and Wyoming , growing in mountains at 1600–3000 m altitude.

* Heart-shaped shiny dark green leaves with prominent veins, 9" x 5"; dark violet flowers in August; a 2' mound, flowers to almost 3'; native to China. * A good ground cover plant, succeeding in dense shade but rather slow to spread.