Tropical Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Irvine

It is bound to be a subject of conversation in your garden. Super hardy Edelweiss will survive the coldest winter temperatures and the worst summer droughts. Grows 6-12'' tall and 6-9'' wide.

Red petals with orange-yellow stripes and other blends make this hybrid daylily stand out in any garden. Grows 22'' tall. Mid-late season bloomer. A stunning blend of orange, yellow, red and tan.

* An attractive plant with small pink flowers; can be grown as an annual in cold areas; native to the tropics. * The stem is erect in young plants, but becomes creeping or trailing with age.

* Dodonaea viscosa is a species of flowering plant in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae, that has a cosmopolitan distribution in tropical, subtropical and warm temperate regions of Africa, the Americas, southern Asia and Australasia.

* A hardy perennial with gray or blue-gray rather frilly leaves, extremely fragrant (although many dislike the pungent scent); woody base; causes dermatitis in some people, for dry sunny places; also used medicinally and as a condiment; inconspicuous...

The dark-green leaves are usually small, 2.5-7 cm long and 2-5 cm broad, thick and often spiny-toothed, particularly on young trees. * It is a large shrub or tree growing to 22 m tall.

It is native to southern Europe ( Sicily ), southwestern Asia ( Lebanon , Syria , Turkey ) and eastern Asia ( China ), with two well-separated populations. Fortunei, but is shorter, broader, and more densely branched; small whitish flowers; native to...

As a result of its ready dispersal by sea, Entada rheedii is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical countries, but strangely not the Americas. These include Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Zaire, Ivory Coast, Ghana,...

* The flowers are creamy-whitish in the center and pink towards the tips of their five petals. The trunk is also studded with thick, sharp conical prickles which deter wild animals from climbing the trees.

It is native to southern Europe ( Sicily ), southwestern Asia ( Lebanon , Syria , Turkey ) and eastern Asia ( China ), with two well-separated populations. Fortunei, but is shorter, broader, and more densely branched; small whitish flowers; native to...

* The leaves are used in the treatment of cancer and hepatoma. * Cycas revoluta ( sago cycad ), is an attractive plant native to southern Japan . * This very symmetrical plant supports a crown of shiny, dark green leaves on a thick shaggy trunk that is...

The whole leaf can be used in weaving. * It is a fan palm (Arecaceae tribe Corypheae), with the leaves with a long petiole terminating in a rounded fan of 10-20 leaflets; each leaf is up to 1-1.5 m long, with the leaflets 50-80 cm long.

It spreads very quickly and will often kill local native plants such as palo verdes by taking away nearby water. * African foxtail grass is native to tropical Africa, the Mediterranean region and the hotter and drier parts of Asia.

* A tea is made by boiling the leaves and stems. A tea made from the berries has a spicy gin-like flavour. Common Juniper has needle-like leaves in whorls of three; the leaves are green, with a single white stomatal band on the inner surface.

* A delicious tea is made by steeping the green or dried twigs inboiling water until they turn an amber or pink colour. * Ephedra nevadensis ( Nevada ephedra ) is a species of Ephedra native to dry areas of western North America.

The species is often smaller, stunted and twisted in coastal exposures. * The mature trees grow to a height of 15-25 m, rarely up to 34 m, with a trunk diameter of up to 1.2 m. * The plant can tolerate maritime exposure.

The Blue Sky Vine is a vigorous and hardy tropical vine that can be grown as a tuberous rooted, summer flowering perennial into zone 8B. Like many root hardy tropical plants, the Blue Sky Vine is best planted in the ground as early in the season as possible...

* A widespread urban myth is that pampas grass is used by swingers to advertise their presence to other swingers in the area. * Pampas grass is highly adaptable and can grow in a wide range of environments and climates.

Grow it as a specimen or in the back of a border as a perennial in mild winter areas. The huge tropical velvety foliage is very unique and is topped by spikes of royal purple flowers in summer.

* Succeeds in ordinary garden soil but prefers a deep rich loam with plenty of leafmold and a sunny position. Angustifolia , but plants often grow taller, ranging from 1.5 to 2.5 ft (45 to 75 cm) tall, with some growing 3 feet (90 cm) or more tall.

The common name of drunken parrot tree is derived from a the fact that the consumption of ample amounts of the nectar seems to have a narcotic effect on lorikeets, though the effect is not limited to the tree species or parrots, and its cause is not fully...

* Carpinus orientalis (Oriental Hornbeam) is a hornbeam native from southeastern Europe to northern Iran and occurs usually on hot dry sites at lower altitudes in comparison to the European Hornbeam.

When grown from seed it can become a large shrub to small tree-like in mild winter climates (zones 10 and warmer) but is a die-back perennial in zones 9A/B to 8B. It is suggested that the hairs growing on the leaves and stems of this plant may cause some...

* It occurs within a rainfalls regime mostly in summer. * Thin 8" needles; 4" cones; native to Mexico. It grows between 1300-3250 m. * Smooth-bark Mexican Pine ( Pinus pseudostrobus ), ( Chamite and Pacingo ) distinctive names in Spanish, tree endemic...

Allow the soil to become slightly dry between waterings approximately to a depth of between 1/2" deep for small containers to 1" deep for large containers. They are commonly successfully used as landscape shrubs in the warmer parts of zone 9 and throughout...

* The bark is soft, flaky, tessellated, light brown or yellow-brown, where smooth, greyish white or yellowish above. * Eucalyptus cloeziana, Gympie Messmate, is a small to tall tree with rough bark on most or the whole of the trunk and larger branches.

* Catharanthus roseus, commonly known as the Madagascar periwinkle, rose periwinkle, or rosy periwinkle, is a species of flowering plant in the dogbane family Apocynaceae. * In the wild, it is an endangered plant; the main cause of decline is habitat...