Tropical Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Athens Clarke County

* Flowers and fruit are conspicuous. * Common names in other Namibian language groups Oshiwambo Otjiherero Kavango languages Omuwombamenje Caprivi languages Setswana Afrikaans Lemoendoring Deutsch Khoekhoegowab Bushman languages Gruenhaarbaum ?Khas

* Pretoria, the administrative capital of South Africa is popularly and poetically known as Jacaranda City or Jakarandastad in Afrikaans. * Water extract of Jacaranda mimosifolia shows higher antimicrobial action against Bacillus cereus and Escherichia...

The leaves are apparently effective in the treatment of toothache if they are chewed without swallowing the juice. Externally, they are used to treat toothache, sore throats, wounds, skin rashes and stings.

An edible oil is obtained from the seed. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in the greenhouse for at least their first winter.

* 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. It has very soft serrated leaves that can grow up to 4 inches wide.

Many cases of intentional and accidental poisoning of humans are known. * Cascabela thevetia is cultivated as an ornamental plant, and planted as large flowering shrub or small ornamental tree standards in gardens and parks in temperate climates.

* When the bark or leaves are cut they secrete a reddish resin, one of several sources of substances known as dragon's blood. Soon a crown of terminal buds appears and the plant starts branching.

* 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...

Prick out the seedlings into individual pots of well-drained soil when they are large enough to handle and grow them on in a sunny position in the greenhouse until they are at least 20cm tall.

* The tree's vivid red/vermilion/orange/yellow flowers and bright green foliage make it an exceptionally striking sight. In addition to its ornamental value, it is also a useful shade tree in tropical conditions, because it usually grows to a modest height...

* The cotton inside the capsules, although not of as good quality as that of the kapok tree, has been used as stuffing f(density = 0.27 g/cm³), soft and flexible, and is employed in packaging, to make canoes, as wood pulp to make paper, and in ropes.

* Crotalarias are grown in the tropics as green manure cover crops due to their nitrogen fixing capabilities and drought tolerance. * They are occationally grown as ornamentals for their yellow flowers and interesting rattling seed pods.

* The cotton inside the capsules, although not of as good quality as that of the kapok tree, has been used as stuffing f(density = 0.27 g/cm³), soft and flexible, and is employed in packaging, to make canoes, as wood pulp to make paper, and in ropes.

D??m?st?k?/ ) commonly known as heavenly bamboo or sacred bamboo , is a suckering shrub in the Barberry family, Berberidaceae . * Nandina domestica (pronounced /naen?di?n? This varient will grow to 3 feet tall.

It is a deep-rooted grass, tolerates drought, and will grow at altitudes of up to 2,000 m (6,600 ft). * It was introduced in the 1930s into Arizona, United States, to provide grazing.

It has sharply-toothed, lance-shaped green leaves and bears large, showy, bright golden yellow trumpet-shaped flowers . It is drought-tolerant and grows well in warm climates. The flowers attract bees , butterflies , and hummingbirds .

It may also occur naturally in Vietnam. * Cupressus funebris is a medium-sized coniferous tree growing to 20-35 m tall, with a trunk up to 2 m diameter. The foliage grows in dense, usually moderately decumbent and pendulous sprays of bright green, very...

Ingestion of the leaves can be fatal. * A poultice of the leaves can be applied to cuts, bruises, swellings and other wounds. The Cahuilla Indians used leaves interchangeably with other tobacco species in hunting rituals and as a poultice to treat swellings,...

* It occurs within a rainfalls regime mostly in summer. It has been introduced in New Zealand near sea level and has done well. From 26° to 15° north latitude, from Sinaloa , Mexico to Honduras .

Avoid using lime around this plant. In the northern portions of its range like zone 8B and 9 provide a deep mulch during winter. This free blooming plant also attracts butterflies.

* In North America it is known as Hedge Maple and in Australia it is sometimes called Common Maple. * A maple native to much of Europe , north to southern England (where it is the only native maple), Denmark , Poland and Belarus , and also southwest Asia...

This tree transplants well. * Unlike most species of pine. * Mountain Pine or Mugo Pine ( Pinus mugo ) is a high-altitude European pine , found in the Pyrenees , Alps , Erzgebirge , Carpathians , northern Apennines and Balkan Peninsula mountains from...

Plants grow in poor dry soils in the wild. * Easily grown in a rich strong loam enriched with leafmold and sand. * Very young leaf buds are cooked as a vegetable. * It is a shrub -like clumping palm, with several stems growing from a single base.

It has a low compact and spreading habit making this a choice plant for hanging baskets and containers in shaded locations. The dark green glossy Angel-Wing shaped foliage of this Begonia add elegance and poise.

* Parkinsonia aculeata is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae . It is native to the southwestern United States (western Texas , southern Arizona ), Mexico , the Caribbean , South America south to northern Argentina , and the Galapagos...

Never keep the soil soggy. The larger growing varieties are easily trained into tree standards or can be grown as large shrubs or shaped into hedges. For the best foliage colors Cooper's Variegated Hibiscus needs to be exposed to direct sunlight for at...

* Celtis reticulata , or Netleaf Hackberry , with other names including Netleaf Sugar Hackberry , Sugar Hackberry , Texas Sugarberry , Palo Blanco , Acibuche , is a medium-sized tree native to North America , in the Western United States and Northern...