Acid Loving Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Shreveport

* 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...

* Arctostaphylos viscida is a species of manzanita known by the common names whiteleaf manzanita and sticky manzanita . This is a treelike shrub reaching up to five meters in height.

But it is thinly distributed over much of its native range, and is becoming rare in many areas. * Halesia tetraptera, commonly known as the common silverbell is a species in the family Styracaceae, native to the southeastern United States.

* 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...

It is confined to acidic soils, and does not tolerate limestone , and grows at low altitudes from sea level up to 350 m. * It is naturally a wetland tree, and develops a shallow, fibrous root system, unlike many oaks , which have a strong, deep taproot...

* The fruits are readily eaten by birds, but are not recommended for human consumption. * The dried leaves have been used for smoking as an alternative to tobacco. * A good ground-cover for steep sandy banks in a sunny position or in light shade.

It is relatively tolerant of dry sites and can be transplanted into wild shrub gardens. The species name, Latin for naked-flowered, refers to the fact that the flowers often appear before its leaves are fully expanded.

* Rhododendron catawbiense ( Catawba Rhododendron ) is a species of Rhododendron native to the eastern United States , growing mainly in the Appalachian Mountains from Virginia south to northern Alabama .

* In the far west of its range, it hybridizes readily with the closely related lodgepole pine ( P. * The cone for the Jack pine tree is usually 5 cm and curved at the tip. * The trees have an extensive root system and are well adapted for growing in poor...

Each flower has opens into a corolla-like array of five pinkish red sepals with five smaller white petals in a tube at the center. The fruit is an edible blue-black berry under a centimeter wide.

* A Southeast U.S. native, small understory tree with a broad, rounded crown or a large shrub. * The ripe fruit is chewed for its acidity. In the wild, Carolina silverbell typically does not exceed 35' in height (though specimens have been found in the...

Rhododendron schilippenbachii, a popular species for bonsai, these flowering shrubs are beautiful bonsai. It is important to have healthy branching or the overall growth of the tree will suffer.

* A strong fibre obtained from the leaves is used for cordage and brushes. Plants grow in poor dry soils in the wild. Plants have been used to form hedges in Mediterranean areas. The whole leaf can be used in weaving.

Rhododendron schilippenbachii, a popular species for bonsai, these flowering shrubs are beautiful bonsai. It is important to have healthy branching or the overall growth of the tree will suffer.

It is hardy to zone 4. It is in flower in March, and the seeds ripen in June. * Betula nigra ( River Birch ; also occasionally called Water Birch ) is a species of birch native to the eastern United States from New Hampshire west to southern Minnesota...

* A very popular curiosity plant. The edges of the lobes are fringed by stiff hair-like protrusions or cilia, which mesh together and prevent large prey from escaping. * When grown from seed, plants take around four to five years to reach maturity and...

A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of kidney complaints and TB. * Habitat and Range: sandy, gravelly, or rocky slopes, often growing in areas underlain by limestone bedrock.

The Western Azalea is known to occur as far north as Bandon , Oregon . * Fragrant white or slightly pink flowers with a yellow blotch, to 2 1/2"; 4" deciduous leaves, yellow and scarlet in fall; native to the Pacific Coast, and said to fare poorly on...

Likes plenty of moisture and a rich loamy slightly acid soil. Requires a lime-free soil. * The species has reddish-purple flowers; grows in marshes, ditches, and other wet places, even in shallow water; flowering in June and July; needs acid soil in cultivation;...

* 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.

Like all the Sarracenia , it is native to the New World and inhabits moist and low-nutrient longleaf pine ( Pinus palustris ) savannas along the United States Gulf Coast , generally west of the Apalachicola River on the Florida Panhandle .

* An attractive, variable plant, often with a vertical central leader, horizontal side branches, and drooping branchlets; a loose, open habit; sharp, needlelike bright green foliage; native to Japan, Korea, North China * Succeeds in most soils if they...

* Typical flora associates are such plants as the western sword fern (Polystichum munitum), coastal woodfern (Dryopteris arguta), California snowberry (Symphoricarpos mollis), common snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus), and thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus).

It is also called the “rose of winter.” * An edible oil is obtained from the seed. It is also the official state flower of Alabama . It is called 'tsubaki oil'. * The Japanese Camellia ( Camellia japonica ) is one of the best known species of Camellia...

* Canavalia pubescens, commonly known as ʻawikiwiki or Lavafield Jack-bean, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. * Its natural habitats are dry forests and low shrublands.

Can be grown as a hedge. * Garden Uses Mass or group in the shrub border or native plant garden. Also useful for stabilizing embankments. Tolerates wide range of soils, including dry rocky or sandy soils.

* Mountain Pine or Mugo Pine ( Pinus mugo ) is a high-altitude European pine , found in the Pyrenees , Alps , Erzgebirge , Carpathians , northern Apennines and Balkan Peninsula mountains from (mostly) 1,000 m to 2,200 m, occasionally as low as 200 m in...