Acid Loving Plant Plant For Moist Soil For Sale In Cambridge

Maximum is an evergreen shrub growing to 4 m (13 ft), rarely 10 m (33 ft), tall. Leaves are sclerophyllous, simple, alternate, and oblong (10 to 30 cm long, 5 to 8 cm wide). The leaves can be poisonous.

* 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.

Plants can tolerate temperatures down to about -10°c. An insectivorous plant, it is best grown in a boggy position and prefers a soil low in nitrogen. Like all the Sarraceniaceae, it is native to the New World .

* 1/2-1" yellow-green trumpet-shaped flowers backed by white, pink, or rose sepals, "beautiful for flower effect" (Dirr); dark green simple 4-8" leaves; likes moist acid soil; native to southeast U.S. * In earlier days, malaria and other fevers were treated...

* Ilex glabra is one of the very few evergreen shrubs (broadleaf or narrowleaf) to thrive in wet sites, noted for its evergreen foliage and upright, spreading, and suckering shrub growth habit when in species form.

* Sarracenia leucophylla , also known as the white pitcher plant , is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia . The species is highly variable with respect to its pitchers, with plants in some localities reaching almost 1 metre in height, while in...

It is native from Massachusetts to Delaware and west to Wisconsin and Arkansas. * It is naturally a wetland tree, and develops a shallow, fibrous root system, unlike many oaks , which have a strong, deep taproot when young.

* Bark peels off in sheets, revealing reddish-brown underbark; may grow 1-2' a year; shiny green leaf changing to yellow in fall; variable; likes rich, moist, acid soil; good for for wet spots; native to eastern U.S.

To be able to compete successfully in such habitats, it has adapted greater shade tolerance than most other pines. * Pinus glabra differs markedly from most other pines in that it does not occur in largely pure pine forests, but is typically found as...

* The tree has a symmetrical, somewhat pyramidal shape, with different individuals of the species forming almost identical crowns. It is native to a small region of Georgia and has been extinct in the wild for 200 years.

Plants can tolerate temperatures down to about -10°c. An insectivorous plant, it is best grown in a boggy position and prefers a soil low in nitrogen. Like all the Sarraceniaceae, it is native to the New World .

Fruits are attractive to wildlife. Pubens (native to North America) was known as American red elder. * Fruits are sour and usually not consumed raw by humans, but may be cooked for use in the preparation of wine, jelly and pies.

* 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.

* Easily grown from seed. * Deeply lobed glossy green leaves (2-3' long) form an ornamental mound which usually remains attractive throughout the growing season. * It flowers in mid summer from July to August.

It is most easily removed in late spring to early summer. It is waterproof, durable, tough and resinous[11, 61]. Only the outer bark is removed, this does not kill the tree. * The bark is used to make drinking vessels, canoe skins, roofing tiles etc.

* The flowers are yellow, often with a red base, with four ribbon-shaped petals 15 mm long and four short stamens, and grow in clusters; flowering is in late winter to early spring on the bare branches.

The cones are cylindric-conic, 4-8 cm long and 2 cm broad, maturing pale brown 5-7 months after pollination, and have stiff, smoothly rounded scales. The leaves are needle-like, 12-22 mm long, rhombic in cross-section, dark bluish-green with conspicuous...

* Sarracenia leucophylla , also known as the white pitcher plant , is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia . The species is highly variable with respect to its pitchers, with plants in some localities reaching almost 1 metre in height, while in...

This plant usually grows in wet places, especially in grasslands and forests . It commonly grows to about 20 cm or higher. * The Asian Globeflower ( Trollius asiaticus ) is an ornamental plant of the family Ranunculaceae , which is native to Asia and...

* In spring, the plant produces small, bright red flowers with 5-fold symmetry. Its range extends from southern Mississippi , through southern Alabama , the Florida panhandle and Georgia , to the coastal plains of Virginia and South Carolina .

The inflorescence is a panicle with up to 6 branches. It grows in woods and marshy areas. * This rhizomatous perennial grass has stems which can exceed two meters in height. The paired spikelets are generally oval in shape and measure a few millimeters...

* A vigorous plant, spreading by subterranean suckers and forming thickets. * Spiraea tomentosa , commonly known as the Steeplebush , is a plant similar in characteristic to the Hardhack ( S.

* Sheep laurel is a very poisonous narcotic plant the leaves of which were at one time used by some native North American Indian tribes in order to commit suicide. * The narrow evergreen leaves, pale on the underside, have a tendency to form groups of...

* Chamaecyparis obtusa (Japanese cypress, hinoki cypress or hinoki; Japanese: ? Or ?, hinoki) is a species of cypress native to central Japan. * It is grown for its very high quality timber in Japan, where it is used as a material for building palaces,...

* Yellow fall color. * Native to mountains from Alaska to California. * A decidious Tree growing to 9 m. * It is in flower in April, and the seeds ripen in September.

* 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...

* The young leaves can be eaten raw or cooked as a potherb, added to soups etc. Acaulis (L.) Hill) is a species of Primula native to western and southern Europe (from the Faroe Islands and Norway south to Portugal , and east to Germany, Ukraine , the...