Acid Loving Plant Evergreen Plant For Sale In Connecticut

* 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, 8–14.5 cm (3 1?8–5 3?4 in) by 3–9.2 cm (1 3?16–3 5?8 in) in size.

* Native to primarily North and South Carolina, but also found in Virginia and Georgia. * Fairly dense and bushy, especially when young. * Leaves are dark green and leathery. * Soils should be acidic and very well-drained but not excessively dry.

* The parent of many camellia cultivars; shiny leathery dark green leaves; flowers red, white, or pink, often produced in great quantity, in winter or spring; handsome gray trunk; wants a rich, acid soil and part shade or full sun; may grow as a shrub...

* This plant grows in thickets in moist areas, such as the margins of bogs and ponds. The leaves are oval with pointed tips and serrated edges. * It is native to the eastern United States, where it can be found in North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia,...

The flowers are white, borne in early spring. * Shiny dark green evergreen leaves, emerging bronzy in spring; white slightly fragrant flowers in pendulous masses; neat upright habit; prefers moist, well-drained, acid soil, but doesn't insist on it; needs...

* This plant grows in thickets in moist areas, such as the margins of bogs and ponds. The leaves are oval with pointed tips and serrated edges. * It is native to the eastern United States, where it can be found in North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia,...

* The fruit is rich in pectin. The drupes are green, globose round in shape and turn bright red at maturity in late summer, each fruit is 5 mm in diameter and contains typically one or two ellipsoid-ovoid shaped stones.

Pinky-purple flowers, 1 1/2"; a deciduous species that blooms before leafing out, the earliest of all to bloom; site to protect from late freezes; leaves to 4" x 1 1/4", light green, yellows and reds in fall; needs acid soil; parent of several cultivars;...

* Rhododendron schlippenbachii ( Royal Azalea ) is a species of Rhododendron native to the Korean Peninsula and adjacent regions of Manchuria ( Liaoning , Nei Mongol ), Japan , and the Russian Far East .

* Fragrant winter hazel is a spreading, multi-stemmed shrub that typically grows 8-15' tall and features drooping clusters (racemes) of fragrant pale yellow flowers in late winter to early spring before the foliage emerges.

* Said to be heat tolerant and grows throughout the South. * A handsome tree, light to dark green needles and yellowish-green cones. * Native to central and Southern Japan * Momi Fir is sometimes used as an ornamental tree, particularly in warm temperate...

It is valuable for checking soil erosion on watersheds. The fruit is a red berry. One report says that it is unclear whether this was for medicinal purposes or for the intoxicated state it could produce.

* It is also an important timber and pulp tree. Its genome, with 22 billion base pairs, is seven times larger than that of humans. * Pinus taeda, commonly known as loblolly pine, is one of several pines native to the Southeastern United States, from central...

Its specific epithet , meaning "false acorus," refers to the similarity of its leaves to those of Acorus calamus , as they have a prominently veined mid-rib and sword-like shape. It is brown otherwise.

Well known and especially interesting for children. * Venus Flytraps are not as humidity-dependent as are some other carnivorous plants. * If the prey moves around in the trap, it tightens and digestion begins more quickly.Speed of closing can vary depending...

* Red-brown bark, pink flowers, bright green leaves. * The fully ripe fruit is pleasantly acid with a flavour resembling green apples. It can be dried, ground into a powder then used in making cakes etc.

* Rhododendron schlippenbachii ( Royal Azalea ) is a species of Rhododendron native to the Korean Peninsula and adjacent regions of Manchuria ( Liaoning , Nei Mongol ), Japan , and the Russian Far East .

* 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.

* The fruits are eaten by birds (birds do not taste astringency and feed on them readily), which then disperse the seeds in their droppings. Chokeberries are cultivated as ornamental plants and also because they are very high in antioxidant pigment compounds,...

* Japanese snowbell is a compact, deciduous flowering tree with horizontal branching and a rounded crown. Elliptic-ovate, glossy, medium to deep green leaves (to 3” long). Flowers give way to greenish-brown, olive-shaped drupes that often persist into...

An insectivorous plant, it is best grown in a boggy position and prefers a soil low in nitrogen. Plants can tolerate temperatures down to about -10°c. They can be grown successfully in a plastic basin or in a pot that is standing in a deep saucer of...

It retains its waxy, deep-green leaves for up to 8 years, but once shed are slow to decompose. The leaves are 9-19 cm (3-8 in ) long and 2-4 cm (0.75-1.5 in) broad. The flowers are 2.5-3 cm (1 in) diameter, white, pink or pale purple, often with small...

Not needing much sun, the plant has a wide variety of forest homes; it is often seen sprouting out of old coast redwood stumps or dense brambles of other forest growths. * The plant is successful in natural landscape and native plant palette style, and...

But it is thinly distributed over much of its native range, and is becoming rare in many areas. * The species is found in scattered populations over much of the eastern United States, as far north as West Virginia, south to northern Florida, and west...

Rosin is the substance left after turpentine is removed. * The Pitch Pine ( Pinus rigida ) is a small-to-medium sized (6-30 m) pine , native to eastern North America . Taeda ), Shortleaf Pine ( P.

* 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 .

Racemosa grows in dependably moist, fairly heavy soil. The drying seed heads stay handsome in the garden for many weeks. The roots and rhizomes have long been used medicinally by Native Americans.