Acid Loving Plant Evergreen Plant For Sale In Des Moines

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

* 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...

Rhododendron ponticum subsp. The flowers are 3.5-5 cm diameter, violet-purple, often with small greenish-yellow spots or streaks. The leaves are evergreen , 6-18 cm long and 2-5 cm broad.

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

* Native to China, common pearlbush is a loose, upright, early-blooming, deciduous shrub with a broad rounded shape. The flower buds resemble white pearls, hence the common name. * Medium green leaves, of loose upright habit; "spectacular in flower...does...

It is one of the species whose leaves are used for food by Koalas. * Tallowwood is so named owing to the greasy feel of the wood when cut. Tallowwood is drought and frost tender. * The wood is strong, hard, durable,and takes a good polish.

They can be grown successfully in a plastic basin or in a pot that is standing in a deep saucer of water. Its range extends from southern Alabama , through Florida and Georgia , to the coastal plains of southern Virginia and South Carolina .

During the summer the plant produces round, edible black berries up to a centimeter in diameter. Often found sprouting from nurse logs and growing in conjunction with red huckleberry (Vaccinium parvifolium).

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

* Native to China, common pearlbush is a loose, upright, early-blooming, deciduous shrub with a broad rounded shape. The flower buds resemble white pearls, hence the common name. * Medium green leaves, of loose upright habit; "spectacular in flower...does...

* Besides fresh consumption, the fruits may be dried, canned, soaked in baijiu (Chinese liquor), or fermented into alcoholic beverages. * Significant progress has been reported on polyphenols, particularly ellagic acid, tannins and anthocyanins, antioxidant...

* Threats to this species include habitat loss. The leaves are oval with pointed tips and serrated edges. * This plant grows in thickets in moist areas, such as the margins of bogs and ponds.

* Pieris japonica is a shrub with alternate, simple leaves , on brittle stems. A poisonous plant if consumed by people or animals.The name "andromeda" originated in the genus where the plant was formerly placed.

* Rhododendron viscosum , commonly known as swamp azalea or clammy azalea , is a deciduous shrub which is endemic to the United States .

A good dense ground cover plant, growing well in light woodland. 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.

* Besides fresh consumption, the fruits may be dried, canned, soaked in baijiu (Chinese liquor), or fermented into alcoholic beverages. * Significant progress has been reported on polyphenols, particularly ellagic acid, tannins and anthocyanins, antioxidant...

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

* Red-brown bark, pink flowers, bright green leaves. The fruit can also be used for making jelly and cider. It is low to the ground with some of the lower branches rooting in the soil and others extending more outward than upward.

It is best planted out of strong winds and sun in moist, acid soil, although may tolerate some lime. The diameter of the trunk at breast height is often 1.5 metres (5 feet), but again, outstanding trees have been recorded up to 1.75 meters (6 feet).

* Native to Southeast Australia. * Grows very fast with masses of tiny yellow flowers, blue leaves and delicate textures. * The scientific name of the species honors the botanist Frederick Manson Bailey.

Zone: 7-10The leaves are dark green and glossy, 5-10 cm long and 2-3 cm broad, with a serrated margin. * The Strawberry Tree grows to 5-10 m tall, rarely up to 15 m, with a trunk diameter of up to 80 cm.

* Threats to this species include habitat loss. The leaves are oval with pointed tips and serrated edges. * This plant grows in thickets in moist areas, such as the margins of bogs and ponds.

The remaining four subgenera contain very few species. De Candolle ; et al. Mezitt of Weston Nurseries, Massachusetts. External link in |website= ( help ) Davidian, H.H., "Rhododendron Species, Vol.

It is best planted out of strong winds and sun in moist, acid soil, although may tolerate some lime. The diameter of the trunk at breast height is often 1.5 metres (5 feet), but again, outstanding trees have been recorded up to 1.75 meters (6 feet).

* The fruit can be eaten fresh or dried and stored for later use. The fruit is a spherical drupe about 7 millimeters wide. * The seed can be ground into a powder and added to soups etc.

On its return, the seeds were planted in several locations in the US, including the grounds of the White House. * It is also an important timber and pulp tree. Its genome, with 22 billion base pairs, is seven times larger than that of humans.

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