Acid Loving Plant Flowering Tree For Sale In Athens Clarke County

* Leaves shiny dark green, coloring to an often incandescent red, orange, and yellow in fall; often shrubby; a witch-hazel relative; tiny flowers with red anthers in early spring; gray bark flakes off on mature trees to reveal greens, whites, and browns;...

* It has attractive small, deep crimson-pink flowers that occur early summer. * Blue-green evergreen leaves; half-inch flowers in rounded masses at the ends of branches, pink to purplish or white.

The showy part of the floral display, however, is the white, pink or rose sepals that become petal-like and reminiscent of poinsettias. * Fevertree or pinckneya is a large, open shrub or small tree, growing 10-30 ft.

* Amelanchier ovalis , commonly known as Snowy Mespilus , is a serviceberry shrub. * Wood - fine grained, hard, very heavy, reddish. Its pome fruits are edible and can be eaten raw or cooked.

* 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 .

* The leaves are used as a condiment in gravies etc. * The leaves or bark have been placed in cupped hands over the nose and inhaled as a mild hallucinogen. * A tea is made from the leaves.

* Leaves opening coppery-red , turning to soft green in summer and then to shades of red, orange and yellow in autumn. * The plants are covered with one inch wide white flowers in spring, followed by edible black berries.

* 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 .

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

Dirr notes that it does better in the northern U.S. than the South. It is prized for its fragrant white flowers, similar to camellia blossoms. * Franklinia alatamaha is a deciduous large shrub or small tree growing to 10 m (33 ft) tall, but commonly 4.5–7.5...

* The Japanese Red Pine ( Pinus densiflora ) has a home range that includes Japan , Korea , northeastern China ( Heilongjiang , Jilin , Liaoning , Shandong ) and the extreme southeast of Russia (southern Primorsky Krai ).

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

Subgenus Tustsusi". This is the most common native azalea in the Southeast. 286 James Charles Tate, Nurseryman at Sloane Square, founder of the Nursery and Botanic Garden and importer of Rhododendrons.

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;...

* An easily grown plant, it succeeds in any soil of good or moderate fertility, ranging from acid to shallow chalk. * A small tree of horizontal branching habit, creating a tiered effect.

It is a deciduous flowering shrub or small tree growing to 5 m tall, with smooth, flaking grayish-orange bark. * Stewartia ovata (Mountain Camellia; also Stuartia ovata) is a species of Stewartia native to low to mid-elevations in the southern Appalachian...

* The fruit has a sweet flavor. * It is a good bird plant with 3/8" purple-black fruit that they love to eat. * It is native to eastern U.S. and much used in Europe. * Planting Density per Acre, Minimum 700 Planting Density per Acre, Maximum 1200

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

It can be dried, ground into a powder then used in making cakes etc. * Arctostaphylos patula is a species of manzanita known by the common name greenleaf manzanita . * The fully ripe fruit is pleasantly acid with a flavour resembling green apples.

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

* 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 , and south to northern Florida and east Texas .

* It grows to 2–3 metres (7–10 ft) tall. It was introduced to New Zealand from Scotland as a type of hedge, but became a major blight to farmers as the climate suited its growth better than its native habitat and many of its natural predators were...

The showy part of the floral display, however, is the white, pink or rose sepals that become petal-like and reminiscent of poinsettias. * Fevertree or pinckneya is a large, open shrub or small tree, growing 10-30 ft.

Fragrant, funnel-shaped, white or pink-tinged flowers with protruding, red stamens cluster in subtle groups of 3 to 6 after the leaves appear. * Smooth azalea is a large, loosely-branched shrub, 8-12 ft.

* This much-branched shrub is especially showy in flower. Funnel-shaped, pink or white flowers with protruding stamens occur in large clusters, appearing before or with the leaves.

It has many commercial uses. * Tallowwood ( Eucalyptus microcorys ) is a native Eucalypt species common in New South Wales and Queensland , Australia . * The wood is strong, hard, durable,and takes a good polish.

* Prunus caroliniana, known as the Carolina Cherry Laurel, with syns. Birds consume the dry fruit. The greatest use of Cherry laurel is for providing a nearly carefree, dark green visual screen.