Tropical Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Utah

* Seed - surface sow in a light position, April in a warm greenhouse. * Agave utahensis is a rosette-shaped agave having blue-green sharp-spiked leaves. It can be fermented into 'Mescal', a very potent alcoholic drink.

* 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.

* A species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae ,native to South China (which includes Hong Kong ) and southeastern Asia * Common names include Hong Kong Orchid Tree, and Hawaiian orchid tree.

* Aqueous extracts of the roots of the plant have shown significant neutralizing effects in the lethality of the venom of the monocled cobra (Naja Kaouthia). * An attractive plant with small pink flowers; can be grown as an annual in cold areas; native...

* Seed - surface sow in a light position, April in a warm greenhouse. * Agave utahensis is a rosette-shaped agave having blue-green sharp-spiked leaves. It can be fermented into 'Mescal', a very potent alcoholic drink.

* Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Also useful for stabilizing embankments. Tolerates wide range of soils, including dry rocky or sandy soils.

* Oleander grows to 2–6 m (6.6–20 ft) tall, with spreading to erect branches. * The plant is commonly used for informal hedging in the Mediterranean. The leaves are in pairs or whorls of three, thick and leathery, dark green, narrow lanceolate, 5–21...

* 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

* The tree's vivid red/vermilion/orange/yellow flowers and bright green foliage make it an exceptionally striking sight. * Scarlet and yellow flowers followed by 2' pods; grows rapidly; dense-growing, fernlike, doubly compound leaves to 2'; native to...

* A low shrub with dark green evergreen leaves, shiny on the undersides; 2-3" flowers, bright yellow, throughout summer; easy to grow--tolerates dry soil; said to grow best in shade; grows quickly; native to southeast Europe, Asia Minor.

It is typically found over calcareous substrates such as limestone , growing on limestone slopes and in moist valley soils, at elevations of 120–600 m. * Fraxinus quadrangulata ( Blue Ash ) is a species of Fraxinus native primarily to the Midwestern...

This invasive species appears to have arrived in Hawaiʻi via southern Taiwan, Singapore and southern China within only two years. * It was reported in December 2005 that the Hawaiian wiliwili population was under immediate threat due to an infestation...

The California varieties Styrax officinalis subsp. A small very light green, stalked axillary bud is associated with each leaf. * A highly perfumed balsamic gum is obtained from the branches and stems.

* Penstemon grandiflorus is a perennial plant of the genus Penstemon. * A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of chest pains and stomach aches. * A decoction of the leaves has been used in the treatment of chills and fevers.

Established plants are drought tolerant. * The leaves are used for flavouring rice dumplings. * Requires a well-drained sandy soil and a sunny position.

It typically matures to 15-20' tall and 8-10' wide, but occasionally rises to as much as 35' tall. Foliage is considered to be evergreen (leaves persist on the tree until new growth commences in spring).

* The seed cones are berry -like, green ripening in 18 months to purple-black with a blue waxy coating; they are spherical, 4–12 mm diameter, and usually have three (occasionally six) fused scales, each scale with a single seed .

* It may be used as forage for livestock, a micronutrient liquid, a natural anthelmintic and possible adjuvant. * It is an exceptionally nutritious vegetable tree with a variety of potential uses.

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

* Leonotis nepetifolia is known in Trinidad as shandilay and the leaves are brewed as a tea for fever, coughs, womb prolapse and malaria. * It is native to tropical Africa and southern India.

Elliptic, serrate, pale green leaves (to 3" long) turn yellow in fall. 'Northern Pearls' is a compact cultivar that grows to 6-8' tall and features racemes (3-5" long) of 5-petaled white flowers (to 2" diameter) which bloom in early spring.

Easily grown from seed in the early spring, the seeds are soaked in water to start germination. Pines make an amazing bonsai because the rough bark on their trunks makes them look old early on.

The wide dark green foliage makes a nice foil for the spikes of yellow flowers. 3-4" high fuzzy yellow spikes of tubular flowers are borne throughout the year on this easily grown tropical.

* The unusually shaped pods are often gathered, cleaned and decorated for use on Christmas trees and in dried arrangements. * Jacarandas are very widely grown as ornamental trees in Australia.

Its flammability (injurious to neighbors) and quick regrowth allow it to compete successfully against almost all vegetation in the Sonoran Desert region. * It is considered a good forage grass in Africa.

This ginger rarely flowers for us but it is known to produce 1-1/2" white, pink, and yellow flowers that emerge from cone-like clusters at the ends of mature stems in summer. The brightly contrasting foliage is excellent for mixed containers and can be...

8" long golden trumpets with purple veins are borne in late winter and early spring on this scrambling tropical climber with cream and green variegated foliage.