Rock Garden Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In San Antonio

Clumps slowly expand by creeping rhizomes. Prick out the seedlings into individual pots as soon as they are large enough to handle. * The seed is best sown as soon as it is ripe in a cold frame.

Its stamens are around 22 mm long. * 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 plant blooms in summer to late autumn in reds, pinks, and whites; leaves, appearing after flowers, are often marked with silvery patches. * Prefers a cool habitat and a well-drained humus rich soil.

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...

Flowers large, brown-yellow with violet veins. Plant to 20-30 cm. Leaves falcate, 3-5, in rosette, as tall as stem. Requires a semi-shaded site and moist but well-drained soil during the vegetative period.

* It spreads rapidly, and they will cover a wide area after a few years. * The plant grows into a small bush up to around 46 cm (18 in) high with citrus-scented leaves, and is covered by flowers reminiscent of daisies.

* 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 .

Plants flower the second year from seed, so the wait isn't too long. * Sky blue to deep blue flowers in April, native to Greece, forms tubers, self sows to form mass plantings. Well worth putting in a partial shade location.

) 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.

* Gypsophila elegans ( Annual Baby's-breath , Showy Baby's-breath ) is an ornamental plant native to Asia and Europe . * An annual baby's breath, large white blossoms, used as a cut flower.

* Surface sow the seed in March in a greenhouse. * In the laboratory it is a model organism,[6] for example containing the gene DEFICIENS which provides the letter "D" in the acronym MADS-box for a family of genes which are important in plant development.

* This is the red flowered form. * Primula denticulata , commonly known as Drumstick primrose or the Himalayan Primrose is a species of primrose that is native to moist alpine regions and Afghanistan to China .

* Surface sow the seed in March in a greenhouse. * In the laboratory it is a model organism,[6] for example containing the gene DEFICIENS which provides the letter "D" in the acronym MADS-box for a family of genes which are important in plant development.

* Cerastium tomentosum (Snow-in-Summer) is a herbaceous flowering plant and a member of the carnation family. * It has proven popular as a cultivated ornamental and can be found in gardens the world over.

Bracts shorter than the pedicels. * The root is harvested in the autumn and used fresh or dried. In the author's opinion a recognition above the rank of subspecies does not seem to be justified.

* This late summer blooming Japanese anemone is a native of China that grows up to 2' tall and features 2-3" diameter, slightly-cupped flowers which have 5 (infrequently 6-7) rose-pink, sepal-like petals and a prominent center ring of yellow stamens.

* Gentiana lutea ( Great Yellow Gentian ) is a species of gentian native to the mountains of central and southern Europe . * t is one of the best strengtheners of the human system, stimulating the liver, gall bladder and digestive system, and is an excellent...

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 or rock garden plant; 1/2" evergreen leaves, upright flowering spikes in May; native to southern...

* The flower heads dry well and the plant will self seed if the flowers heads are left in the garden. * This bulb forming perennial produces short lived sword shaped leaves followed by flower spikes having huge umbels of fushia colored flowers at the...

Blooms from summer to autumn with red flowers up to 3/4" long. Spreading growth to 12". * Erect, bushy annual with oval to heart-shaped, toothed, hairy, dark green leaves 2 1/2" long.

It is best treated as a biennial in the garden. * A very ornamental plant, its flowers are very attractive to butterflies and moths. * Dianthus barbatus ( Sweet William ) is a species of Dianthus native to the mountains of southern Europe from the Pyrenees...

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

Picked when first opened, the flowers are fermented with waterand sugar to make a very pleasant and intoxicating wine. The common name is primrose , or occasionally common primrose or English primrose to distinguish it from other Primula species also...

* An annual with white, lilac, pink, maroon, and carmine flowers; easy from seed, they start flowering 6 weeks after sowing and continue until frost; native to Europe. * Easily grown in a good, well-drained ordinary garden soil in a sunny position.

Features sprays of single, daisy-like flower heads (to 3.5” across) with yellow rays and large, flattened, orange-yellow center disks. * Telekia is a rhizomatous, sunflower-like perennial that is native primarily to mountainous areas in southern Europe,...

* Aruncus dioicus (Walt.) (goat's beard or bride's feathers) is a flowering herbaceous perennial plant in the family Rosaceae, and is the type species of the genus Aruncus. * Plants with male flowers (numerous stamens per flower) produce a showier bloom...

* Plant forming huge clumps with white or grayish spherical flowers 2-3" across, in late summer; rough, thistley foliage, dark green, good for the back of a large border. They are sticky hairy above, and white woolly below.Atop each stem is an almost...