Tropical Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Thornton

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

* Pretoria, the administrative capital of South Africa is popularly and poetically known as Jacaranda City or Jakarandastad in Afrikaans. * Jacaranda mimosifolia is a sub-tropical tree native to South America that has been widely planted elsewhere because...

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.

* A blue dye is obtained from the inner bark. * The "blue" refers to a substance secreted by the inner bark when exposed to air, not to the leaves, which are dark green, pale yellow in fall, or to the bark, which is gray, platelike, and sometimes shaggy;...

* Large yellow fragrant flowers in loose clusters, in spring; green branches, doubly pinnate leaves with long narrow leaflets to 1' or more; 1" thorns; of open habit; Wyman notes that it can be clipped into a hedge; native to tropical America.

You'll be thrilled with the first flush of 3'' purple blooms from June to October. The Purple D'Oro daylily prefers full sun. The Purple D'Oro daylily is a wonderfully colored reblooming daylily.

It is closely related to Juniperus communis (Common Juniper) and Juniperus conferta (Shore Juniper), the latter sometimes treated as a variety or subspecies of J. It is also often grown as bonsai.

Very vigorous, it can swamp out small plants. The solitary flowers are 3–5 cm in diameter, a rich yellow, with five petals and numerous yellow stamens . A yellow-orange dye is obtained from the flowers.

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

It is drought-tolerant and grows well in warm climates. The flowers attract bees , butterflies , and hummingbirds . The plant produces pods containing yellow seeds with papery wings.

Cedro heartwood contains an aromatic and insect-repelling resin that is the source of its popular name, Spanish-cedar (it resembles the aroma of true cedars (Cedrus spp.). * Cedro is always found naturally on well-drained soils, often but not exclusively...

A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of kidney complaints and TB. The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout southern and eastern Ontario; in northern Ontario it occurs farther...

* The Mokala National Park in the Northern Cape is named after this tree. * Native to Tropical Africa.

* The Mexican government has declared this species endangered. * Because of its isolation in a remote area, it escaped discovery until 1964. * A very attractive tree. * Seedlings have up to 24 cotyledons on germination (the most of any plant)!

Keep the soil moist and pot up as soon as the plants are big enough to handle, planting them out after the last expected frosts. It grows to heights of more than two meters. Its leaves are attached to the stalk by petioles (many other Nicotiana species...

* Japanese Black Pine can reach the height of 40 m, but rarely achieves this size outside its natural range. * Native to Japan. * Because of its resistance to pollution and salt, it is a popular horticultural tree.

* 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 the Sonoran Desert it was introduced for erosion control.

* The leaves are used in the treatment of cancer and hepatoma. * Cycas revoluta ( sago cycad ), is an attractive plant native to southern Japan . * This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Very worthy of greater use, especially in areas where flowering shrub choices are limited by lack of drought tolerance and/or cold hardiness. S Gansu (Min Xian, Xigu), E Qinghai (Haiyan Xian, Xining Shi), E Xizang (Sog Xian) [Kazakhstan, Russia (Siberia);...

Doctorbush is an excellent nectar source for larger butterflies and is a caterpillar host to the Cassius Blue butterfly. Doctorbush is shade tolerant and prefers moderate amounts of moisture in a well-drained soil for the best flowering although it is...

Extremely adaptable and common in the sandy or clay-sand ridges of Georgia. Useful in coastal landscapes, it adds texture and unique architecture to large scale plantings. Dark green needles, to 18" (9" in older trees), in tufts at ends of branchlets;...

* Portulaca grandiflora is a flowering plant in the family Portulacaceae, native to Argentina, southern Brazil, and Uruguay and often cultivated in gardens. * The flowers are 2.5–3 cm diameter with five petals, variably red, orange, pink, white, and...

These pictures of the Variegated Blue Sky Vine were taken at the Dallas Botanic Gardens. Once you are past the danger of frost in your area and night time temperatures remain above about 45-50 o F you can move it outdoors into a brightly lit position...

Epiphyllums are great for hanging baskets. 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.

* 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 . * The active compound is 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine or mescaline which was reported at a concentration...

* The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Hedera helix for cough, bronchitis. * It climbs by means of aerial rootlets which cling to the substrate.

The species is one of three closely related trees known as bristlecone pines and is sometimes known as the Intermountain or Western bristlecone pine . * This is one of our most popular bonsai seeds.