Acid Loving Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Ann Arbor

* Native to China, common pearlbush is a loose, upright, early-blooming, deciduous shrub with a broad rounded shape. * Although floriferous and attractive in early spring, it basically plods though the rest of the growing season as a somewhat nondescript...

* Kalmia latifolia , commonly called Mountain-laurel or Spoonwood , is a species flowering plant in the blueberry family, Ericaceae , that is native to the eastern United States . Mountain-laurel is the state flower of Connecticut and Pennsylvania .

An upright, rounded shrub which typically grows 4-8' tall (less frequently to 15' tall) and as wide. Flowers (to 1.5" long) are in trusses of 5-9 flowers each and have a pleasant, clove-like fragrance.

It is called 'tsubaki oil'. It is a flowering shrub or a small tree native to Japan , Korea and China . * The parent of many camellia cultivars; shiny leathery dark green leaves; flowers red, white, or pink, often produced in great quantity, in winter...

* Stewartia ovata (Mountain Camellia; also Stuartia ovata) is a species of Stewartia native to low to mid-elevations in the southern Appalachian Mountains. The leaves are oval with an acute apex, 7-13 cm long and 3-6 cm broad, and turn orange, red, or...

* Rhododendron atlanticum ( Dwarf azalea or Coastal azalea ), is a species of Rhododendron native to coastal areas of the eastern United States , from New Jersey south to Georgia .

* The Jack Pine ( Pinus banksiana ) is a North American pine with its native range in Canada east of the Rocky Mountains from Northwest Territories to Nova Scotia , and the northeast of the United States from Minnesota to Maine , with the southernmost...

The cones are cylindric-conic, 4-8 cm long and 2 cm broad, maturing pale brown 5-7 months after pollination, and have stiff, smoothly rounded scales. * It is a medium-sized evergreen tree growing to 30 m tall, and with a trunk diameter of up to 0.8 m.

* Grows very fast with masses of tiny yellow flowers, blue leaves and delicate textures. * A shrub or tree in the legume family. * The scientific name of the species honors the botanist Frederick Manson Bailey.

* It was the first magnolia to be scientifically described, and is the type species of the genus Magnolia ; as Magnolia is also the type genus of all flowering plants , this species can be seen to typify all flowering plants.

The fruit can also be made into preserves, pies, drinks etc or be dried and used like raisins. * A low, suckering shrub, member of the heath family; flowers white, resemble blueberry flowers; purple or black edible fruit; habit depends on growing conditions,...

Wood - coarse-grained, light, soft, brittle, not strong, very durable, resinous. They burn well and have been gathered and placed at the ends of sticks to make torches. Taeda ), Shortleaf Pine ( P.

Plants are often found in very acid soils in the wild. * Andropogon virginicus is a species of grass known by several common names, including broomsedge bluestem and yellowsedge bluestem .

It is one of the hardiest native white azaleas, and one of the last azaleas to bloom in the spring. Foliage turns deep red to purple in fall. * Smooth azalea is a large, loosely-branched shrub, 8-12 ft.

* A beautiful very vigorous variety well know for its extreme cold hardiness.

* Sarracenia rubra , also known as the Sweet pitcher plant , is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia . The red petals are long and strap-like, and dangle over the umbrella-like style of the flower, which is held upside down at the end of a 50 cm...

Wood - coarse-grained, light, soft, brittle, not strong, very durable, resinous. They burn well and have been gathered and placed at the ends of sticks to make torches. Taeda ), Shortleaf Pine ( P.

* Small, delicate plant forms a rounded mound, often loose and open; evergreen; 3" flowers in May, parents of this strain have flowers in variations of pink and purple; acid soil, good drainage; in the U.S. needs light shade in the North, more shade in...

* Ilex collina is a species of holly known by the common name longstalk holly. * A small deciduous tree with gray bark and spreading branches; 1/4" bright red fruit; native to West Virginia and southwest Virginia.

Can be grown as a hedge. Blooms on new growth. * Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Also tolerates some drought. * Garden Uses Mass or group in the shrub border or native plant garden.

Fortunei, but is shorter, broader, and more densely branched; small whitish flowers; native to Asia Minor. * Fontanesia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae , usually treated as comprising a single species Fontanesia philliraeoides ,...

The bark is ground into a powder and then steeped in water in order to obtain the dye. Isolated populations exist in Alabama, Southern Ontario, and small sections of the Appalachian Mountains.

* Clethra alnifolia ( Sweet Pepperbush , Anne Bidwell or Summersweet ), is a flowering plant in the genus Clethra , native to eastern North America from southern Nova Scotia and Maine south to northern Florida , and west to eastern Texas .

* A large specimen planted in 1550 stands before the church in the village perche of Fox-Amphoux in the Provence region of southern France. * The flexible thin shoots are used as walking sticks.

Grows 6-12'' tall and 6-9'' wide. This superb perennial produces beautiful cream colored star-shaped flowers and silvery green foliage. It is bound to be a subject of conversation in your garden.

Plants can be grown in containers in pond margins but are then best kept in drier conditions over winter. * Prefers a light well-drained soil and a sunny position. Likes plenty of moisture and a rich loamy slightly acid soil.

* An evergreen Tree growing to 15 m. * Red or orange berries in the fall; peeling bark reveals reddish inner bark. * It is in flower from Apr to May, and the seeds ripen in October.