Shade Tolerant Plant Seeds For Sale In Iowa

* Trillium ovatum, the Western Wake Robin, Pacific Trillium, or Western White Trillium, is a member of the Trilliaceae family, or sometimes included within the Liliaceae or Melanthiaceae.

It is indigenous to southeast Europe and southwest Asia . * A good ground cover plant, succeeding in the heavy shade of trees and in dry shade. * A low shrub with dark green evergreen leaves, shiny on the undersides; 2-3" flowers, bright yellow, throughout...

* American Beautyberry ( Callicarpa americana ) is an open-habit, native shrub of the Southern United States which is often grown as an ornamental in gardens and yards . It is juicy, sweet, fleshy, slightly aromatic.

* Fairly dense and bushy, especially when young. * Native to primarily North and South Carolina, but also found in Virginia and Georgia. * Soils should be acidic and very well-drained but not excessively dry.

* Hippocrepis emerus reaches on average 50–150 centimetres (20–59 in) of height, with a maximum of 200 centimetres (79 in). * Hippocrepis emerus or the scorpion senna is a species of perennial plant belonging to the genus Hippocrepis in the Fabaceae...

* A good ground cover plant, succeeding in dense shade but rather slow to spread. * 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.

* Kerria japonica , the sole species in the genus Kerria , is a deciduous shrub in the rose family Rosaceae, native to eastern Asia , in China , Japan and Korea . * A decoction of the flowering shoots is used in the treatment of coughs and women's complaints.

* The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Panax ginseng for lack of stamina. * It has gained an almost magical reputation for being able to promote health, general body vigour and also to prolong life.

* Stored seed should be sown as early in the year as possible and given cold stratification - it might not germinate until spring of the following year.

* This plant is commonly used in Chinese herbalism, where it is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental herbs. * Habitats: Woodland Garden Sunny Edge; Dappled Shade; Shady Edge.

* This perennial blooms late in the season and makes a great transition along shady edges.

* Acer fabri (Faber's Maple) is a species of evergreen maple tree native to Vietnam and central to southern China. The lanceolate leaves are glossy and evergreen. The new growth and samaras are bright red.

* The new leaves are light green, especially the outer ends of the lobes. * Magnificent leaf shape, finely cut in many directions. * The Fall coloration is an outstanding combination of reds and yellows blending with deeper tones of scarlet.

* Staphylea trifolia ( American Bladdernut ) is native to eastern North America , from southern Ontario and southwestern Quebec west to Nebraska and Arkansas , and south to Florida .

* Sun- and drought-tolerant. Mediterranean and Asia Minor. * This species grows up to 50 feet, and has yellow flowers.

* Insubstantial purplish or yellow flowers in early to mid summer; more impressive are the large pods that split open to reveal clusters of scarlet or orange-red seeds that remain until midwinter; likes lime; native to western and Mediterranean Europe.

Flowers (to 1.5" long) are in trusses of 5-9 flowers each and have a pleasant, clove-like fragrance. Pink flowers appear in early spring (April-May in St. Louis) before or at the time of the emergence of the foliage.

* Lilium distichum is a herbaceous plant of the lily family which is native to northeastern China and Korea where it flourishes among shrubs and in forests. * The name distichum refers to the two types of leaves the plant carries.

* Native to the U.S. Southwest, where it is sometimes used as a street or shade tree; 3-5 leaflets per leaf; dark gray scaly ridged bark; velvety young shoots, downy leaves. * Fraxinus velutina ( Velvet Ash or Arizona Ash or Modesto Ash ) is a species...

Thus the common name in English and the scientific name in Latin. Leaves are non-compound, with 5 shallow lobes, the blade up to 10 cm long, with teeth along the edges. The light green stems grow tightly in a bunch, first erect and then curving outwards...

* Small, delicate plant forms a rounded mound, often loose and open; evergreen; 3" flowers in May, parents of this strain have flowers in variations of pink and purple; acid soil, good drainage; in the U.S. needs light shade in the North, more shade in...

The seeds have a fleshy organ called an elaiosome that attracts ants. * Bloodroot ( Sanguinaria canadensis ) is a perennial , herbaceous flowering plant native to eastern North America from Nova Scotia , Canada southward to Florida , United States .

* Sand laurel oak has an acute leaf apex and a rounded or obtuse leaf base, while swamp laurel oak has an obtuse or rounded leaf apex and a cuneate or attenuate leaf base. It is often confused with and closely related to the Swamp Laurel Oak in which...

* It is in flower from May to June, and the seeds ripen in September. * A decidious Tree growing to 9 m. * Native to central and southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia , from Austria east to southwestern Russia and the Caucasus , and south to Turkey.

Leaf blades longer than the leaf stalks, fan shaped, as much as 4 feet wide, dissected, the narrow segments notched at the tip. Although it is mainly found in the southern states, it is one of the only palms that can stand somewhat cooler temperatures,...

* Pinus glabra differs markedly from most other pines in that it does not occur in largely pure pine forests, but is typically found as scattered trees in moist woodland habitats in mixed hardwood forest.

* Widely employed medicinally by native North American Indians who mainly used the bark to treat a wide range of complaints. * Yellow fall color. * Largest species of alder in North America and one of the largest in the world * The name derives from the...