Acid Loving Plant Evergreen Plant For Sale In Lafayette

The fruit is a dry capsule 15-20 mm (.60-.79 in) long, containing numerous small seeds . It retains its waxy, deep-green leaves for up to 8 years, but once shed are slow to decompose.

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

* Cliftonia monophylla ( Buck-wheat tree , Buckwheat tree , Titi ) is a tree native to the United States . * Requires a free-draining, light, sandy, acid soil with additional leafmould added.

* 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 .

It blooms from April to May, with trusses of 6–12 flowers, campanulate, white to pink, and fragrant. * 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...

* Light blue-green or bright to dark green needles, 3-5"; of irregular, picturesque habit, with crooked leaning branches; bark orange-red or orangish; much used for bonsai and in the landscape for its appealing form; prefers well-drained, slightly acid...

* It is a medium-sized evergreen tree growing to 30 m tall, and with a trunk diameter of up to 0.8 m. The shoots are orange-brown, glabrous or with scattered pubescence. The cones are cylindric-conic, 4-8 cm long and 2 cm broad, maturing pale brown 5-7...

* Requires an acid humus-rich soil, succeeding in part shade or in full sun in cooler areas. * A very ornamental and variable plant. Prefers almost full sun. * The narrow evergreen leaves, pale on the underside, have a tendency to form groups of threes,...

Canescens) and Woolly Azalea (R. Smooth, medium-green, deciduous foliage turns dull yellow in fall. * Pinxterbloom azalea is a deciduous shrub that is native to moist woods, swamp margins and open areas from Massachusetts to South Carolina and Tennessee.

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;...

* The holes in the meshwork allow small prey to escape, presumably because the benefit that would be obtained from them would be less than the cost of digesting them. The speed with which traps close can be used as an indicator of a plant's general health.

Very sweet and much appreciated, tasting somewhat like a hazel nut. * Requires a lime-free soil. * A very ornamental shrub. Plants can only be grown in oceanic and Mediterranean climates, thriving in Britain.

* Loblolly pine seeds were carried aboard the Apollo 14 flight. * It is also an important timber and pulp tree. As of March 2014 it is the organism having the largest sequenced genome size.

This shrub reaches between one and two meters in height. * The fully ripe fruit is pleasantly acid with a flavour resembling green apples. It is low to the ground with some of the lower branches rooting in the soil and others extending more outward than...

* 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.

It is the namesake of the city of Laurel, Mississippi (founded 1882). Prefers almost full sun. Plants are very cold-hardy, tolerating temperatures down to about -30°c. * Kalmia latifolia , commonly called Mountain-laurel or Spoonwood , is a species flowering...

* Like other members of the genus Sarracenia, the Sweet pitcher plant traps insects using a rolled leaf, which in this species is generally smaller and narrower than most species, usually not exceeding 65 cm.

* It has been in cultivation in China for at least a thousand years, and was introduced to English gardens in the mid 18th century. They are followed by small oval fruit. * Gardenia jasminoides, (common gardenia, cape jasmine or cape jessamine) is an...

The crown is broadly conic, while the brownish bark is scaly and deeply fissured, especially with age. The tree doesn't mind shade but dislikes high temperatures and drought. The tree generally reaches heights of about 31 metres (100 feet), but exceptional...

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;...

* Like other members of the genus Sarracenia, the Sweet pitcher plant traps insects using a rolled leaf, which in this species is generally smaller and narrower than most species, usually not exceeding 65 cm.

Tolerates average garden soils, but not unamended heavy clays. * A shrub grown for its pale yellow, fragrant flowers in spring before leaves emerge; part or full sun; leaves dark green, gold or yellow-green in fall; Japan native.

* Hydrangea quercifolia ( Oakleaf hydrangea ) is a species of hydrangea native to the southeastern United States , from North Carolina west to Tennessee , and south to Florida and Louisiana .

* A good hedging plant. This plant is often used as an ornamental plant . * Shiny dark green, evergreen leaves; upright, rounded, densely branched; unique among hollies in that it often spreads by suckering; doesn't mind shade but prefers sun; Dirr recommends...

And it is considered a noxious weed in California! * Very tolerant of maritime exposure and salt-laden winds, it is also very fast growing. * Bright green needles to 6", 7" cones; native to California south to Baja; grows quickly when young; "a beautiful...

* A Southeast U.S. native, small understory tree with a broad, rounded crown or a large shrub. In the wild, Carolina silverbell typically does not exceed 35' in height (though specimens have been found in the 80-100' range), and is frequently shrubby...

* Pieris japonica is a shrub with alternate, simple leaves , on brittle stems. * 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,...