Tropical Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Alexandria

* Cenchrus ciliaris (buffel-grass or African foxtail grass; syn. * Cenchrus ciliaris has become naturalised and often an invasive species in Australia, the southwestern United States, Hawaii, Mexico, Central America, South America, and Macaronesia * In...

It has been introduced in New Zealand near sea level and has done well. It grows between 1300-3250 m. From 26° to 15° north latitude, from Sinaloa , Mexico to Honduras . * Smooth-bark Mexican Pine ( Pinus pseudostrobus ), ( Chamite and Pacingo ) distinctive...

* The human use of the cactus dates back thousands of years to the northern coast of Peru and the monks of a pre-Inca culture known as Chavin . * Peruvian Torch ( Trichocereus peruvianus ) is found high in the Andean mountain deserts of Peru and Ecuador...

The specimen called "El Drago Milenario" (the thousand-year-old dragon) growing at Icod de los Vinos in northwest Tenerife is the oldest living plant of this species. At about 10–15 years of age the stem stops growing and produces a first flower spike...

* Water extract of Jacaranda mimosifolia shows higher antimicrobial action against Bacillus cereus and Escherichia coli than gentamicin sulfate does. * The wood dries without difficulty and is often used in its green or wet state for turnery and bowl...

* The natural habitat of the silk floss tree is the north-east of Argentina, east of Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and southern Brazil. From the seeds it is possible to obtain vegetable oil (both edible and industrially useful).

The Poinciana is also the national flower of St. Kitts and Nevis. In the wild it is endangered , but it is widely cultivated elsewhere. * In areas with a marked dry season, it sheds its leaves during the drought, but in other areas it is virtually evergreen.

* Ruscus aculeatus is a low evergreen Eurasian shrub, with flat shoots known as cladodes that give the appearance of stiff, spine-tipped leaves. * A study published in 1999 suggested that Butcher's Broom may also improve symptoms of postural hypotension...

* Native to India and China. * Purple or lavender terminal flowers. * A decidious Tree growing to 12m. * Common names include Orchid tree and Mountain-ebony.

They can be found at an altitude of 0–1,850 metres (0–6,070 ft). The plant has a lignified stem with green branches bearing five to nine leaflets. * This plant occurs in northeastern Spain and in central Mediterranean countries up to northern Europe...

* It is occasionally seen on the California coast where it is an introduced species and landscaping escapee. * Excellent as a fresh cut flower and for dried arrangements. * Native to the Mediterranean region, statice (also commonly called notchleaf status)...

* A vanillin flavouring is obtained as a by-product of other resins that are released from the pulpwood. Extremely adaptable and common in the sandy or clay-sand ridges of Georgia.

Epiphyllums are one of the few true jungle Cacti where they are often found growing with the orchids and bromeliads far removed from the forest floor. Hybrid Orchid Cactus typically open at night but often last well through the next day.

The species is one of three closely related trees known as bristlecone pines and is sometimes known as the Intermountain or Western bristlecone pine . * Pinus longaeva , the Great Basin Bristlecone Pine , is a long-living species of tree found in the...

* The Lebanon Cedar is an evergreen coniferous tree growing up to 40 m (130 ft) tall, with a trunk up to 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) in diameter. * The leaves and the wood are antiseptic and expectorant.

Tropical Hibiscus make for showy, free-flowering container plants where not hardy. St. John's Hibiscus has a naturally upright to vase shaped somewhat open habit but can easily be trimmed to keep it fuller and shaped into a denser more shrub-like form...

* It is largely confined to very infertile , excessively well-drained, sandy habitats where competition from larger-growing species is minimized by the harsh growing conditions, as in the Florida scrub .

* A tropical tree with compound leaves and clustered yellow-green flowers. * A species of Albizia , native to tropical southern Asia , and widely cultivated and naturalised in other tropical and subtropical regions.

A vigorous annual to tender perennial, Roselle Hibiscus prefers a warm, mostly sunny position in a well-draining, humus rich, moderately fertile, sandy-loam and free from competition.

It is native to the southwestern United States (western Texas , southern Arizona ), Mexico , the Caribbean , South America south to northern Argentina , and the Galapagos Islands .

* Small oak accent for dry sunny landscape areas. Quercus myrtifolia is an evergreen tree that can reach 12 meters (40 feet) tall or shrub in drier sites. It is often found in coastal areas on sandy soils.

* The Lebanon Cedar is an evergreen coniferous tree growing up to 40 m (130 ft) tall, with a trunk up to 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) in diameter. * The leaves and the wood are antiseptic and expectorant.

* Pinus washoensis may be synonymous with P. Ponderosa is distinguishable in the field and certainly occurs at the type locality (Mount Rose, Nevada). * For now, this small-coned form of P.

The more intense light it receives the deeper the colors become. The Eoz Variegated Fireball Bromeliad makes an easy and low maintenance hanging basket with a tropical look. The wide foliage of this easy to grow Bromeliad is edged in broad streaks of...

The Lily of the Nile is a long living clump forming perennial best suited to well-drained soils with average moisture and fertility. Images courtesy of AG3, Inc. Deer resistant and moderately salt tolerant.

* Slash Pine is named after the "slashes" – swampy ground overgrown with trees and bushes – that constitute its habitat. It is fast-growing, but not very long-lived by pine standards (to 200 years), and prefers humid climates and moist soil.

The plant is desirable fodder when it grows in fields grazed by livestock . Yellow Trumpetbush is a ruderal species , readily colonizing disturbed, rocky, sandy , and cleared land and occasionally becoming an invasive weed The leaves and roots of the...