Urban Tolerant Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In Kent

It is used in Korea in the treatment of lumbago, neuralgia, arthritis and oedema. It is adaptogenic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and diuretic. * The root bark contains saponins, acanthosides, cardiac glycosides and polysaccharides.

The flowers are used in syrups and sweet puddings. This species is one of several that have been referred to as Crataegus oxyacantha , a name that has been rejected by the botanical community as too ambiguous.

Unlike many herbs with a medicinal use, it is more useful for maintaining good health rather than treating ill health. * Research has shown that it stimulates resistance to stress and so it is now widely used as a tonic in times of stress and pressure.

* Japanese Black Pine can reach the height of 40 m, but rarely achieves this size outside its natural range. * Thick, slightly twisted bright green 3-4 1/2" needles. Pines make an amazing bonsai because the rough bark on their trunks makes them look old...

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.

This ancient deciduous tree is easily recognized by its unique fan-shaped leaves that turn a deep yellow in the fall and pale grey bark. * The seed is edible raw (in small quantities), or cooked.

Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be used by other plants growing nearby. * 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...

It is planted with great success as far north as Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It usually has a rounded conic form, that becomes irregular with age. The deeply furrowed bark is scaled in a mosaic of white, gray and dark brown.

* The crown is conic when young, becoming broadly tabular with age with fairly level branches.The shoots are dimorphic, with long shoots and short shoots. * The Lebanon Cedar is widely planted as an ornamental tree in parks and large gardens, often being...

* A wax on the fruit is obtained by simmering the fruit in hot water and skimming off the wax as it rises to the surface. The wax can be used to make aromatic candles. It grows at moderate altitudes of 1,300-2,600 m, on dry soils, often together with...

The bulb is roundish with a diameter of about 2 cm. The stem is hard, smooth and straight, the leaves linear to lanceolate, 4 to 5 cm long and 3 to 4 mm wide. * The plant flowers in June and July with one to six upright, dish-shaped flowers.

The leaves are 5–10 cm long and 2–5 cm broad, glossy dark green above, paler glaucous to yellowish green below, thick and leathery textured, and with an entire margin. * The plant arrived in North America in the early 1800s and has become an invasive...

* The fruit can be used for jams and preserves. It is used mainly for treating disorders of the heart and circulation system, especially angina. * Western herbalists consider it a 'food for the heart', it increases the blood flow to the heart muscles...

This varient will grow to 8 feet tall. D??m?st?k?/ ) commonly known as heavenly bamboo or sacred bamboo , is a suckering shrub in the Barberry family, Berberidaceae . It is native to eastern Asia from the Himalaya east to Japan * Evergreen except in cold...

This thorny shrub is native to northern and western North America, where it grows in varied habitats from forest to scrubland. Has a very pleasant flavour with a sweet and juicy succulent flesh, it makes an excellent dessert fruit and can be eaten in...

It is native to the Mediterranean Basin and it is grown there and elsewhere as an ornamental tree and for its fruit. In cooler zones, however, the fruit does not develop so well and is best cooked or used in preserves.

* Due to the tree of heaven's weedy habit, landowners and other organisations often resort to various methods of control in order to keep its populations in check. * In flower from Jul to August, and the seeds ripen from Sep to November.

* 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.

* Rue has a long history of use as a domestic remedy, being especially valued for its strengthening action on the eyes. The plant contains flavonoids (notably rutin) that reduce capillary fragility, which might explain the plants reputation as an eye...

* Common in thickets and in thin secondary forests in lowlands and low mountains of central and southern Japan. The red seed pods are brilliant, opening to revel shiny black seeds.

* Crataegus pinnatifida , also known as Chinese hawthorn ( The Chinese name literally means "mountain hawthorn"), refers to a small to a medium-sized tree as well as the fruit of the tree.

It has very soft serrated leaves that can grow up to 4 inches wide. * It is native to tropical Africa and southern India. It can also be found growing abundantly in much of Latin America and the West Indies.

It is native to the Mediterranean Basin and it is grown there and elsewhere as an ornamental tree and for its fruit. In cooler zones, however, the fruit does not develop so well and is best cooked or used in preserves.

There is rarely any wood as old as the entire tree, while the boughs themselves often hollow with age, making ring counts impossible. When eating the fruit you should spit out the large seed found in the fruit's centre.

* Performs better than Campanula in Southern gardens. * Use for border garden. * Many Adenophora species have been used in traditional Chinese medicine. * Adenophora (Lilyleaf Ladybell) is a genus of flowering plant within the family Campanulaceae.

Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer or rabbits. * Prefers a humus-rich soil, succeeding in a moist border or by water. Grows well in heavy clay soils.

Taxol has shown exciting potential as an anti-cancer drug, particularly in the treatment of ovarian cancers. This remedy is very toxic and, even when used externally, should only be used under the supervision of a qualified practitioner.