Acid Loving Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Tacoma

* Synonymous with Halesia tetraptera (tetraptera meaning four-winged). * A Southeast U.S. native, small understory tree with a broad, rounded crown or a large shrub. * Few trees flower more elegantly-- white, bell-shaped, 3/4" blooms dangling like raindrops...

* Synonymous with Halesia tetraptera (tetraptera meaning four-winged). * A Southeast U.S. native, small understory tree with a broad, rounded crown or a large shrub. * Few trees flower more elegantly-- white, bell-shaped, 3/4" blooms dangling like raindrops...

Turpentine has a wide range of uses including as a solvent for waxes etc, for making varnish, medicinal etc. The knots contain so much resin that they resist rot. In general, trees from warmer areas of distribution give the higher yields.

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 this occurs. * Banksia ericifolia grows as a large shrub up to 6 metres (20 ft) in height, though often smaller,...

Like all the Sarracenia , it is native to the New World . * Sarracenia minor , also known as the Hooded pitcher plant , is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia .

The acorns are 1/2"; the tree grows quickly; needs acid soil, is subject to chlorosis and likes full sun. It is native from Massachusetts to Delaware and west to Wisconsin and Arkansas.

Slender twigs are glabrous and silvery gray, with "numerous spur shoots", pointed lateral buds, and acuminate scales. Leaves are obovate , simple, alternating, deciduous , and grow to 2.5-7.5 cm long.

* 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...

* The trees have an extensive root system and are well adapted for growing in poor sandy soils, they are often used as a pioneer tree for reforestation. * The cone for the Jack pine tree is usually 5 cm and curved at the tip.

Super hardy Edelweiss will survive the coldest winter temperatures and the worst summer droughts. This superb perennial produces beautiful cream colored star-shaped flowers and silvery green foliage.

Grows 22'' tall. A stunning blend of orange, yellow, red and tan. Red petals with orange-yellow stripes and other blends make this hybrid daylily stand out in any garden. Mid-late season bloomer.

* Ilex glabra is one of the very few evergreen shrubs (broadleaf or narrowleaf) to thrive in wet sites, noted for its evergreen foliage and upright, spreading, and suckering shrub growth habit when in species form.

* Pinus glabra differs markedly from most other pines in that it does not occur in largely pure pine forests, but is typically found as scattered trees in moist woodland habitats in mixed hardwood forest.

* Fragrant white or pink flowers to 3" across; 8" evergreen leaves; parent of many hybrids; native to eastern China. * It is a shrub or small tree that grows to 3–12 metres (9.8–39.4 ft) in height, with leathery leaves that are oblong to oblong-elliptic,...

Glossy, bright-green, deciduous foliage lacks hairs beneath like other native azaleas. Foliage turns deep red to purple in fall. * Smooth azalea is a large, loosely-branched shrub, 8-12 ft.

* Externally it is a very beneficial treatment for a variety of skin complaints, wounds, sores, burns, boils etc and is used in the form of liniment plasters, poultices, herbal steam baths and inhalers.

Leucophylla produces crimson flowers in the spring before its characteristically small spring pitchers. The species is highly variable with respect to its pitchers, with plants in some localities reaching almost 1 metre in height, while in others, plants...

* Cynoglossum amabile is a flowering plant native to Asia , which is also called Chinese hound's tongue , or Chinese forget-me-not . This plant is often used as an ornamental plant in gardens.

* An evergreen groundcover, a source of wintergreen oil; 1/4" very light pink or pinkish white flowers in summer, scarlet fruit; wants acid, woodland-type soil; native to eastern and central North America south to Georgia.

The acorns are 1/2"; the tree grows quickly; needs acid soil, is subject to chlorosis and likes full sun. It is native from Massachusetts to Delaware and west to Wisconsin and Arkansas.

Too small for commercial exploitation, the wood is used locally for turnery, inlay work, woodenware etc. * This species is occasionally used for hedging in the southern states of America.

A great way to promote interest in science. * Venus Flytraps are not as humidity-dependent as are some other carnivorous plants. If the prey is too small and escapes, the trap will reopen within 12 hours.

* This is an excellent plant to use for cut flowers and dried flowers. They keep their blue color well after drying. * It is very cold hardy, coming from Siberia, and will also tolerate drought and saline conditions.

Racemosa grows in dependably moist, fairly heavy soil. It bears tall tapering racemes of white midsummer flowers on wiry black-purple stems, whose mildly unpleasant, medicinal smell at close range gives it the common name "Bugbane".

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.

* Ephedra nevadensis ( Nevada ephedra ) is a species of Ephedra native to dry areas of western North America. * A delicious tea is made by steeping the green or dried twigs inboiling water until they turn an amber or pink colour.

* In September, H. Miconioides produces large shows of small fragrant white blooms attractive to butterflies, the flowers five-petalled, < 13 mm across. * The bark of the trunk is papery and thin, light tan in colour, and exfoliates in strips or sheets.