Rock Garden Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Memphis

Flowers yellow, 1.5-2 cm in diameter, solitary in leaf axils and without forming inflorescence. It blooms in spring. * It is found over much of Europe except northern Europe , Ireland , Great Britain , Holland and Poland.

It is best treated as a biennial in the garden. * The popular old-fashioned flower; likes limey soil; native to Russia and China. The flowers have a strong clove-like scent. * Plants self-sow freely when grown in a suitable position.

The scientific name, Leontopodium , means " lion's paw" and is derived from the Greek words leon (lion) and podion (diminutive of pous , foot). * Edelweiss (pronounced /?e?d?lva?s/ ; Leontopodium alpinum ), is one of the best-known European mountain flowers...

This species is cultivatedas a vegetable in China. * 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.

* The young leaves can be eaten raw or cooked as a potherb, added to soups etc. Picked when first opened, the flowers are fermented with waterand sugar to make a very pleasant and intoxicating wine.

* Grown as a garden flower due to its unique flower shape. Care should be taken however, because all parts of the plant are poisonous.

* The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Althaea officinalis Marsh Mallow for irritation of mouth and throat and associated dry cough/bronchitis .

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

It is an essential ingredient of the herb mix 'bouquet garni'. It is native to southern Europe . An aromatic tea is made from the fresh or dried leaves. * A woody-stemmed aromatic plant, long used for flavoring foods; sometimes used as a ground cover...

* 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 , Kazakhstan , and Turkey .

It is an essential ingredient of the herb mix 'bouquet garni'. It is native to southern Europe . An aromatic tea is made from the fresh or dried leaves. * A woody-stemmed aromatic plant, long used for flavoring foods; sometimes used as a ground cover...

* A prostrate deciduous groundcover with dark green leaves in summer, red in fall; attractive white bracts; likes cool, moist, acid soil; native to cool areas in much of the U.S. * Comments from a customer: Thought you might like to know I got 50% germination...

* Linaria maroccana is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family known by the common name Moroccan toadflax . The inflorescence is a raceme of flowers occupying the top of the stem.

* The young leaves can be eaten raw or cooked as a potherb, added to soups etc. Picked when first opened, the flowers are fermented with waterand sugar to make a very pleasant and intoxicating wine.

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

* Works well in the rock garden or between flagstones in a walkway. It is a plant of thin soils and can be found growing on sandy-soiled heaths, rocky outcrops, hills, banks, roadsides and riverside sand banks.

* Prefers a neutral to slightly alkaline soil in a sunny well-drained position. * The flowers are very fragrant, diffusing a powerful clove-like scent. * Plants can be grown on walls.

* Gentiana acaulis ( Stemless gentian ) is a small gentian native to central and southern Europe from Spain east to the Balkans , growing especially in mountainous regions, such as the Alps , Cevennes and the Pyrenees , at heights of 800 to 3,000 m.

* Compound leaves with leaflets in threes grow on fleshy green to pink stems up to 3 feet (0.9 m). * The plant most of us think of as Bleeding Heart; extremely popular, and for good reason; each arching spike, often held horizontally, is lined with an...

* Stipa capillata is a perennial grass species in the family Poaceae , native to Europe and Asia . * A perennial grass, to 3', with erect stems and leaves, very narrow; flowers and seedheads lax; native to Eurasia.

* Bergenia crassifolia is an evergreen Perennial growing to 0.3 m (1ft) by 0.8 m (2ft 7in). * Plants seem to be immune to the predations of rabbits. * It is in leaf 12-Jan It is in flower from Mar to April.

* A very interesting addition to the garden. It is a hardy plant that grows to zone 5, and in mild climates it is grown as a winter green. It grows best in cool weather so sow in early spring or in the fall.

* Astilbe chinensis is a herbaceous plant with alternate, pinnately compound leaves, on thin stems. * The flowers are purple, borne in summer.

* A very ornamental and long-lived plant, surviving in gardens for 50 years or more. * The flower buds are large and round, opening into large flowers 8-16 cm diameter, with 5-10 white, pink, or crimson petals and yellow stamens .

* This plant is an anti-infective herb that lowers fevers and reduces pain. The root is analgesic, antibacterial, antiviral, depurative, diaphoretic, diuretic, febrifuge, sedative, tonic.

It is in flower in June, and the seeds ripen in July. The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and requires well-drained soil.The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils..It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland)...

The stem is hard, smooth and straight, the leaves linear to lanceolate, 4 to 5 cm long and 3 to 4 mm wide. * The plant flowers in June and July with one to six upright, dish-shaped flowers.