Acid Loving Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Birmingham

* Most planting in North America was carried out for wildlife food provision, as the species tends to bear heavier crops of acorns than other native American oak species. * The acorns are eaten by jays, pigeons, and squirrels .

* This is a handsome plant especially in it's native coastal habitat where it is salt tolerant and grows in poor sandy soil. The gray berries appear in large masses, used in candle-making; leaves used to make a gray-green dye.

* The tree is regarded as attractive because of its wide spreading shelving branches and flat-topped head, and is often used in ornamental plantings. * An easily grown plant, it succeeds in any soil of good or moderate fertility, ranging from acid to...

The sap can also be tapped by boring a hole into the middle of the plant at the base of the flowering stem. * The plant was used for food and fiber by local Native American peoples such as the Havasupai.

In English it is known as salal , shallon , or in Britain simply Gaultheria . The fruit can also be made into preserves, pies, drinks etc or be dried and used like raisins. * Gaultheria shallon is a leathery-leaved shrub in the heather family ( Ericaceae...

* Bright green needles to 6", 7" cones; native to California south to Baja; grows quickly when young; "a beautiful specimen" (Wyman); used ornamentally in southern California, especially along the coast, and as a timber tree throughout the world in Mediterranean...

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 .

* Fragrant white or pink flowers to 3" across; 8" evergreen leaves; parent of many hybrids; native to eastern China. It blooms from April to May, with trusses of 6–12 flowers, campanulate, white to pink, and fragrant.

* 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 .

Synonymous with and formerly known as R. Funnel-shaped, pink or white flowers with protruding stamens occur in large clusters, appearing before or with the leaves. The species name, Latin for naked-flowered, refers to the fact that the flowers often appear...

* Flat or bell-shaped 1 1/2" flowers in clusters of 5-7, rose, in spring before leaves; of upright habit; deciduous, with red fall color; native to North Carolina, where it grows in moist acid soil.

Used commercially like Q. * Wood - close-grained, heavy, hard, rather tough, strong, durable in contact with the soil. * It is native to the eastern United States, where it is one of the most important ridgetop trees from southern Maine southwest to central...

The grey-coloured bark is smooth and fairly thin with lenticels ; however it can thicken significantly with age. As plants take several years to flower in the wild, it is very sensitive to too-frequent burns and has been eliminated in some areas where...

* Mayo or Mayu (Sophora macrocarpa) is a small tree that inhabits the Chilean Matorral.

In English it is known as salal , shallon , or in Britain simply Gaultheria . The fruit can also be made into preserves, pies, drinks etc or be dried and used like raisins. * Gaultheria shallon is a leathery-leaved shrub in the heather family ( Ericaceae...

Pink flowers appear in early spring (April-May in St. Louis) before or at the time of the emergence of the foliage. Extremely winter hardy (grows in the wild as far north as Quebec) and is one of the parents of the Northern Lights hybrids developed by...

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

* Many botanists believe that this is merely a southern outlier of the typical North Plateau race of ponderosa pine. * For now, this small-coned form of P. However, its cones are fairly distinctive and I am not fully persuaded that the described P.

* 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 . They prepared a brew called "achuma" , "huachuma" or "cimora" which was used during ritualistic ceremonies...

* Grows as a shrub or small tree; light gray stems, shiny dark green leaves, fall color yellow; orange to scarlet quarter-inch fruits persisting until spring; native to southeast and south central U.S.

It has sharply-toothed, lance-shaped green leaves and bears large, showy, bright golden yellow trumpet-shaped flowers . The plant produces pods containing yellow seeds with papery wings.

It is a member of the Theaceae family or tea family. It is also called the “rose of winter.” * An edible oil is obtained from the seed. It is a flowering shrub or a small tree native to Japan , Korea and China .

* A lovely, useful plant with white or gray bark, shiny dark green leaves, translucent quarter-inch scarlet fruit in large quantities; takes well to pruning, adaptable regarding soil; "very picturesquefruit is truly beautiful" (Dirr); native from...

* Native to southeastern U.S.; lavender-pink or bluish flowers from mid- to late summer, followed by bright purple, violet, or magenta fruits in great profusion. * American beautyberries produce large clusters of purple berries, which birds and deer eat,...

Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be used by other plants growing nearby. * Gleditsia caspica ( Caspian Locust or Persian Honeylocust ) is a species of Gleditsia native to western Asia , in the Caucasus region of...

* 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 one of about 150 species in the evergreen tree genus Persea. It has evergreen leaves that are about 3 to 6 inches long with a lance shape. * Persea borbonia can be present as either a small tree or a large shrub.