Acid Loving Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In Worcester

* The fruit, which are pomes, are edible and can be eaten raw or cooked. * Planting Density per Acre, Minimum 700 Planting Density per Acre, Maximum 1200 * The fruit has a sweet flavor.

* 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 originated in Asia and is most commonly found growing wild in Vietnam, Southern China, Taiwan, Japan, Myanmar and India. * Gardenia jasminoides is a shrub with greyish bark and dark green shiny evergreen leaves with prominent veins.

* An evergreen shrub 2' to 4' tall 6' wide widespreading branches medium-coarse texture moderate growth rate * Landscape use: naturalizing borders with other ericaceous plants facer plants with taller plants shady bank stabilization * Fall Foliage: reddish,...

* The chokeberries ( Aronia ) are two to three species of deciduous shrubs in the family Rosaceae , native to eastern North America . They are most commonly found in wet woods and swamps.

* In spring, the plant produces small, bright red flowers with 5-fold symmetry. The uppermost part of the leaf is flared into a lid (the operculum), which prevents excess rain from entering the pitcher and diluting the digestive secretions within.

* 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...

In English it is known as salal , shallon , or in Britain simply Gaultheria . The fruit can also be made into preserves, pies, drinks etc or be dried and used like raisins. Sweet and juicy with a pleasant flavour, it makes good raw eating.

There are about 37 occurrences for an estimated total of 4000 individuals. * Threats to this species include habitat loss. * Ilex collina is a species of holly known by the common name longstalk holly.

* The flesh is sweet and very tart. * An extract from fruit called myricerone blocks a receptor for the peptide, endothelin, an important mediator of blood vessel constriction, indicating potential for drug development.

* Cohosh comes from an Algonquin word meaning rough in reference to the appearance of plant rhizomes. Racemosa grows in dependably moist, fairly heavy soil. The roots and rhizomes have long been used medicinally by Native Americans.

* Ilex mucronata is a deciduous shrub growing to 3 m (rarely 4 m) tall. The leaves are 1.5-7 cm long and 1-3 cm broad, with an entire or finely serrated margin and an acute apex, and a 0.5–2 cm petiole.

Large, coarse, rich-green leaves are concentrated at branch ends. The showy part of the floral display, however, is the white, pink or rose sepals that become petal-like and reminiscent of poinsettias.

This pine has become a popular ornamental and has several cultivars, but in the winter it becomes yellowish. * 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...

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

It is found as far south as the Palomar Mountain area in southern California , with reports that it is found in Baja California , Mexico . It is not known to occur east of the Cascade and Sierra Nevada mountain ranges.

In vernacular use, it is most often known asCunninghamia, but is also sometimes called "China-fir" (though it is not a fir). The wood is strongly resistant to rot, is not eaten by termites, and is easily worked.

Its range stretches from southern Maine south to northern Florida , and west to Indiana and Louisiana . Plants are very cold-hardy, tolerating temperatures down to about -30°c. * A lovely evergreen plant for cool, acid, woodsy conditions such as rhododendrons...

It is low to the ground with some of the lower branches rooting in the soil and others extending more outward than upward. It can be dried, ground into a powder then used in making cakes etc.

* Astragalus sinicus is widely used on rice land as a winter crop. * This species used to be cultivated for its edible leaves in China. * The plant is used in the treatment of blennorrhoea and also as an unguent for burns.

The young stems are green, with the shoots and leaves modified into green spines, 1–3 centimetres (0.39–1.2 in) long. 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...

* Wood - close-grained, heavy, hard, rather tough, strong, durable in contact with the soil. * A 10-year-old sapling will stand about 5 m (16 ft) tall. It weighs 47lb per cubic foot.

Large, coarse, rich-green leaves are concentrated at branch ends. The showy part of the floral display, however, is the white, pink or rose sepals that become petal-like and reminiscent of poinsettias.

A poisonous plant if consumed by people or animals.The name "andromeda" originated in the genus where the plant was formerly placed. * Shiny dark green evergreen leaves, emerging bronzy in spring; white slightly fragrant flowers in pendulous masses; neat...

* 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. * In the far west of its range, it hybridizes readily with the closely related lodgepole pine ( P.

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 .

* Flowering is in autumn, or in winter in cooler areas; the inflorescences are flower spikes 7–22 cm (3–10 in) high and 5 cm (2 in) broad or so. As plants take several years to flower in the wild, it is very sensitive to too-frequent burns and has...