Tropical Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Ann Arbor

* Triadica sebifera , also referred to as Sapium sebiferum , is commonly known as the Chinese tallow tree , Florida aspen and Gray Popcorn Tree . In these regions, the waxy coating of the seeds is used for candle and soap making, and the leaves are used...

Gleditsia sinensis has been used in China for at least 2000 years as a detergent. The thorns of Gleditsia sinensis LAM. A lupane acid extracted from the thorns showed in vitro anti-HIV activity.

The leaves are in pairs or whorls of three, thick and leathery, dark green, narrow lanceolate, 5–21 cm (2.0–8.3 in) long and 1–3.5 cm (0.39–1.4 in) broad, and with an entire margin.

Tolerates wide range of soils, including dry rocky or sandy soils. * Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Can be grown as a hedge. Also tolerates some drought.

It is the natural symbol of the island of Tenerife, together with the Blue Chaffinch. Its massive trunk comes from the contribution of clusters of aerial roots that emerge from the bases of lowest branches and grow down to the soil.

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

* It grows to a height of 3 metres and has whorls of striking lipped flowers, that are most commonly orange, but can vary to red, white, and purple. * Leonotis nepetifolia is known in Trinidad as shandilay and the leaves are brewed as a tea for fever,...

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

The introduction was largely unsuccessful but the grass began to appear as a weed beside highways and in cleared fields or over-grazed land. * It is considered a good forage grass in Africa.

Flickers excavate larger holes higher on the stem. * Native birds such as Gila woodpeckers, purple martins, house finches, and gilded flickers live inside holes in saguaros. Each fruit contains around 2,000 seeds plus sweet fleshy connective tissue.

* Succeeds in ordinary garden soil but prefers a deep rich loam with plenty of leafmold and a sunny position. Plants normally grow with one unbranched stem in the wild, but often produce multi-stemmed clumps in gardens.

The inner meat of the seed would be either consumed directly, or the meat would be chopped, dried, mixed with other herbs like tobacco and smoked just before sleep to induce the desired dreams.

* 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.

* Cupressus funebris (Chinese Weeping Cypress) is a species of cypress native to southwestern and central China. * Cupressus funebris is a medium-sized coniferous tree growing to 20-35 m tall, with a trunk up to 2 m diameter.

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 .

* Catharanthus roseus, commonly known as the Madagascar periwinkle, rose periwinkle, or rosy periwinkle, is a species of flowering plant in the dogbane family Apocynaceae. * It is native and endemic to Madagascar, but grown elsewhere as an ornamental...

The inner meat of the seed would be either consumed directly, or the meat would be chopped, dried, mixed with other herbs like tobacco and smoked just before sleep to induce the desired dreams.

This Hibiscus came to us labeled as 'Corona del Mar' which it definitely is not. Tropical Hibiscus flower on new growth and so need to have ample nutrients, regular moisture, as well as moderate amounts of sunlight available to maintain adequate growth...

Thoroughly water to moisten the entire root-ball each time you water. Tropical Hibiscus make for showy, free-flowering container plants where not hardy. As container plants, Tropical Hibiscus will benefit from an annual re-potting or up-potting along...

* This is an excellent plant to use for cut flowers and dried flowers. * It is very cold hardy, coming from Siberia, and will also tolerate drought and saline conditions. They keep their blue color well after drying.

* Nandina domestica (pronounced /naen?di?n? It is a monotypic genus, with this species as its only member. It is native to eastern Asia from the Himalaya east to Japan * Evergreen except in cold climates; delicate compound leaves, reddish when new, later...

* The species, from central Europe and Russia, has blue-purple, lavender, or white flowers, but there are dozens of cultivars, in a varied range of splendid blues, purples, pinks, and whites, including some of the most striking and elegant of all iris;...

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.

Thoroughly water to moisten the entire root-ball each time you water. Note:If an otherwise seemingly healthy Hibiscus isn't flowering, is dropping yellow immature buds and lower yellow leaves it may be getting too dry between waterings.

* A handsome species, one of the rarest in cultivation (rare even in its own Yalung R.valley) * A small, 8-30' tree/shrub.

* Seed - sow the seed thinly in early spring in a cold frame in light shade. It has been used to relieve constipation and water retention and improve circulation. Suggested mechanisms to explain this include stimulation of venous alpha 1 and 2 adrenoreceptors...

* Cupressus lusitanica , ( Cedro Blanco ; Teotlate , distinctive names used in Mexico); Cedro Blanco means White Cedar and is also known as Mexican White Cedar , is a species of cypress native to Mexico and Central America ( Guatemala , El Salvador and...