Urban Tolerant Plant Seeds For Sale In Cedar Rapids

It is native to southern Europe ( Sicily ), southwestern Asia ( Lebanon , Syria , Turkey ) and eastern Asia ( China ), with two well-separated populations. * Fontanesia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae , usually treated as comprising...

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

It is native to southern Europe . * 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...

The cultivar 'Tallhedge (syn 'Columnaris') is very suitable for this purpose. * This variety is upright growing, very columnar. * Plants can be grown as an informal (untrimmed) hedge, though they are also amenable to trimming.

* A tea is made from the leaves. * The leaves or bark have been placed in cupped hands over the nose and inhaled as a mild hallucinogen. * The leaves are used as a condiment in gravies etc.

* In flower from Jul to August, and the seeds ripen from Sep to November. * All parts of the plant have a distinguishing strong odour that is often likened to rotting peanuts or cashews.

The native Americans used it to treat a variety of complaints but especially as an external wash on the skin. It is native to North America, where it occurs across much of Canada and the northern United States.

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 climates; delicate compound leaves,...

* 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. * This species has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria, these bacteria form nodules on...

* Crataegus monogyna , known as Common Hawthorn , is a species of hawthorn native to Europe , northwest Africa and western Asia . The roasted seeds are a coffee substitute. Other common names include may , mayblossom , maythorn , quickthorn , whitethorn...

The baked seed makes very pleasant eating, it has a taste rather like a cross between potatoes and sweet chestnuts. It needs to be heated before being eaten in order to destroy a mildly acrimonious principle.

* It is a species of hawthorn known by the common names dotted hawthorn or white haw. Once established, it succeeds in excessively moist soils and also tolerates drought. It is native to most of the eastern U.S. and eastern Canada.

* This elm-like tree can tolerate drought, wind and floods and is a very tough species especially good for the Midwestern USA. The grayish bark is covered with corky warts and ridges.

Davidiana is considered to have a remarkable resemblance to the American Elm U. The leaves are obovate to obovate-elliptic < 10 cm × < 5 cm, with a rough upper surface, often dark red on emergence.

* 11-15 tapering, pointed leaflets make up the feathery leaves of this little known 20-30' tree & are carried on red shoots; its 4-6" clusters of early flowers are followed by creamy-yellow fruit tinted with pink...

* Succeeds in a sunny position in most good soils tolerating a pH range from 6 to 8 but disliking acid soils. * Remove dead flowers to extend the flowering period. * A very tolerant plant, succeeding in the salt laden air and strong winds of the coast...

* Sorbus commixta ( Japanese Rowan ) is a species of rowan native to Japan , the far east of Russia on Sakhalin , and in Korea on the island of Ulleungdo . * White flowers in May in clusters to 3" across; bright orangey-red fruit in late summer, 1/3"...

* It is a species of hawthorn known by the common names dotted hawthorn or white haw. Once established, it succeeds in excessively moist soils and also tolerates drought. It is native to most of the eastern U.S. and eastern Canada.

* A bluish-green dye is obtained from the berries, it is more permanent than most greens. Also known as The Common or European Privel, this tree is often used as a hedge. Ligustrum vulgare are hardy plants and tolerate temperatures down to 20 degrees...

* Plants can be grown as a medium-size hedge. They are very tolerant of trimming and have prickles which make them an effective barrier to larger creatures. * Berberis thunbergii ( Japanese barberry or Thunberg's Barberry , also Red Barberry ) is a species...

* The Bur-gambel oak is a Bur oak hybrid which is vigorous, fast growing, and produces heavy crops of acorns at a young age. * The drought tolerance of the Gambel oak combined with the cold tolerance of the bur oak make this hybrid one the of the hardiest...

Taxus baccata prefers shade and recommended to prune in the autumn allowing the fruits to grow. With this lower estimate, Taxus baccata is the longest living plant in Europe. * The fruit is very sweet and gelatinous, most people find it delicious though...

* Cupressus lusitanica , ( Cedro Blanco ; Teotlate , distinctive names used in Mexico); Cedro Blanco means White Cedar and is also known as Mexican White Cedar , is a species of cypress native to Mexico and Central America ( Guatemala , El Salvador and...

It is native to southern Europe ( Sicily ), southwestern Asia ( Lebanon , Syria , Turkey ) and eastern Asia ( China ), with two well-separated populations. * Fontanesia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae , usually treated as comprising...

It is especially important as source of levulose. Chicory-root is free of harmful ingredients, and is essentially a concentrated combination of three sugars (pentose, levulose and dextrose) along with taraxarcine (the bitter principle of dandelion).

* 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...

It bears compound, alternate, toothed leaflets which resemble ferns or sumac . * Grown for its big fluffy creamy-white masses of flowers atop upright stems; rather coarse, and suckers to quickly form colonies, so perhaps for the wild garden or for covering...