Urban Tolerant Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Cary

* The flowers are purple, borne in summer. * Astilbe chinensis is a herbaceous plant with alternate, pinnately compound leaves, on thin stems.

It is especially important as source of levulose. * The leaves are edible but rather bitter, especially when the plants are flowering. The root is said to be an ideal food for diabetics because of its inulin content.

Succeeds in dense shade. * Iris foetidissima ( Stinking Iris , Gladdon , Gladwin Iris , Roast-beef Plant , Stinking Gladwin ), is a species of Iris found in open woodland, hedgebanks and sea-cliffs.

Named for Ferdinand Roemer, a German geologist who collected specimens in the New Braunfels, Texas, area from 1845-47. The leaves are long-stalked and uniquely divided into two leaflets about 1 1/2 inches long.

* Performs better than Campanula in Southern gardens. * Many Adenophora species have been used in traditional Chinese medicine. * Use for border garden. * Prefers well-drained soil.

Associated understory plants include swordfern, vanilla leaf, violets, redwood sorrel and salal. This is not to be confused with the typical pinkness observed as the petals age. * Trillium ovatum, the Western Wake Robin, Pacific Trillium, or Western White...

* This is a naturally rare grass in the wild but it is widely cultivated for use as an attractive ornamental garden plant. * The only known species is Anemanthele lessoniana, often called gossamer grass or New Zealand wind grass or pheasant's tail grass.

* Heart-shaped shiny dark green leaves with prominent veins, 9" x 5"; dark violet flowers in August; a 2' mound, flowers to almost 3'; native to China. * A good ground cover plant, succeeding in dense shade but rather slow to spread.

* Senna marilandica , or Maryland Wild Senna , is a flowering plant in the United States . The root is cardiac and febrifuge. The leaves are harvested before and during flowering, the pods are harvested when fully ripe in the autumn.

* Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. * So called because the roots were once ground for snuff. * The leaves are used as an insect repellent. Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine.

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

Meadows, valleys, forest margins, along streams in the alpine zone. * Rhizome thick, branched. Requires a semi-shaded site and moist but well-drained soil during the vegetative period.

It is planted with great success as far north as Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. * Pinus nigra is a large coniferous evergreen tree, growing to 20–55 metres (66–180 ft) high at maturity and spreading to 20 to 40 feet wide.

* An attractive plant with small pink flowers; can be grown as an annual in cold areas; native to the tropics. * Grown mostly as a curiosity, for the compound leaflets fold up promptly along the midrib when touched.

* It is occasionally seen on the California coast where it is an introduced species and landscaping escapee. * Native to the Mediterranean region, statice (also commonly called notchleaf status) is noted for producing clusters of papery, funnel-shaped...

* Tian Nan Xing has been used in Chinese herbal medicine for thousands of years and is valued especially for its beneficial affect upon the chest. When prescribed internally it is always used dried and in conjunction with fresh ginger root.

* Plants seem to be immune to the predations of rabbits. * Succeeds in ordinary garden soil, preferring a moist but not wet soil and a sunny position. Flabellata pumila. * The name of this species is based on the cultivated form, the true wild form is...

The flower consists of six petals curving backward from the center. * Lilium pensylvanicum reaches a height of 30 cm to 70 cm and has a width up to 25 cm. The stem is hard, smooth and straight, the leaves linear to lanceolate, 4 to 5 cm long and 3 to...

* Ligustrum vulgare ( Wild Privet , also sometimes known as Common Privet or European Privet ), is a species of Ligustrum native to central and southern Europe , north Africa and southwestern Asia , from southern England and southwestern Sweden south...

* This tree is remarkable for the number and length of the spines growing on its trunk, which makes it the most formidably armed of temperate trees. * Gleditsia caspica ( Caspian Locust or Persian Honeylocust ) is a species of Gleditsia native to western...

It does best in light shade with good moisture, but will tolerate both full sun and deep shade. * Perennial with small yellow flowers throughout the summer; makes a nice bluish mound of delicate foliage; will grow in deep shade; can seed itself about...

It is native to Africa , Asia and Europe and is commonly used throughout the United States and Canada for erosion control , roadside planting and soil rehabilitation. * Securigera varia , commonly known as Crown Vetch or Purple Crown Vetch , is a low-growing...

* It was an All American winner in 1964. * Crimson Sweet is a heirloom variety that has been around a long time. * It is currently still one of the most popular varieties in the world! * Produces 20-25 lb.

The plant blooms in summer to late autumn in reds, pinks, and whites; leaves, appearing after flowers, are often marked with silvery patches. Dormancy is shorter in cooler climates.

Johnson) & contrasting beautifully with the lush pinnate foliage, in its first reddish growth or its later fresh-green. * This 6-8' shrub is "of matchless elegance a its fleecy sprays lovely in their silken lightness" (A.

* Of open, wide-spreading habit, with several main branches ramifying into small branchlets; grows quickly, but wood may be brittle and susceptible to ice and snow damage; resistant to Dutch elm disease, and so used by breeders; drought tolerant, used...

Betaine lowers the chance of coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke and peripheral vascular diseases. Nutrition comes from the beets fiber, vitamins, minerals and unique plant derived anti-oxidants.