Acid Loving Plant Seeds For Sale In Ann Arbor

* Vaccinium arboreum ( Sparkleberry or Farkleberry ) is a species of Vaccinium native to the southeastern United States , from southern Virginia west to southeastern Missouri , and south to Florida and eastern Texas .

* This much-branched shrub is especially showy in flower. Synonymous with and formerly known as R. It is a dense, bushy, suckering shrub that typically grows 2-6' (less frequently to 10') tall.

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

[6] [7] The leaves are spirally arranged; leaf size can range from 1–2 cm (0.39–0.79 in) to over 50 cm (20 in), exceptionally 100 cm (39 in) in R. The Rhododendron Society, Edinburgh 1930 Davidian, H.

It usually grows to only 3-5' tall and features 5-petaled, showy, white flowers in drooping clusters which appear before the leaves emerge in early spring. * The fruit is sweet and juicy with a good flavour that has a hint of apple.

* Succeeds in a most humus-rich lime-free soils except those of a dry arid nature or those that are heavy or clayey. The flowers are 2.5-3 cm (1 in) diameter, white, pink or pale purple, often with small greenish-yellow spots.

It typically matures to 10-15' tall and as wide. 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.

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

* A decidious Tree growing to 20 m (65ft 7in) at a fast rate. It is in flower in March, and the seeds ripen in June. * Betula nigra ( River Birch ; also occasionally called Water Birch ) is a species of birch native to the eastern United States from New...

They can be eaten raw or cooked. * The fruit is rich in iron and copper. * Amelanchier spicata, also referred to as the thicket shadbush, low juneberry, dwarf serviceberry, or low serviceberry (historically also called "pigeon berry"), is a species of...

The red petals are long and strap-like, and dangle over the umbrella-like style of the flower, which is held upside down at the end of a 50 cm long scape. * In spring, the plant produces small, bright red flowers with 5-fold symmetry.

* A prostrate deciduous groundcover with dark green leaves in summer, red in fall; attractive white bracts; likes cool, moist, acid soil; native to cool areas in much of the U.S. * Comments from a customer: Thought you might like to know I got 50% germination...

The height of this tree is 20–35 m. * 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;...

* 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 .

* A small tree of horizontal branching habit, creating a tiered effect. * The tree is regarded as attractive because of its wide spreading shelving branches and flat-topped head, and is often used in ornamental plantings.

* Flat or bell-shaped 1 1/2" flowers in clusters of 5-7, rose, in spring before leaves; of upright habit; deciduous, with red fall color; native to North Carolina, where it grows in moist acid soil.

* The species is found in scattered populations over much of the eastern United States, as far north as West Virginia, south to northern Florida, and west to Oklahoma. But it is thinly distributed over much of its native range, and is becoming rare in...

* 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 a deciduous shrub growing to 4-metre (13 ft) tall with bright green shoots with an angular cross-section. The branches were used as brooms, and the twigs were used to fasten western skunk cabbage leaves into berry baskets.

* Closely related to and in the same family as witch hazel. Tolerates average garden soils, but not unamended heavy clays. * Fragrant winter hazel is a spreading, multi-stemmed shrub that typically grows 8-15' tall and features drooping clusters (racemes)...

* The wood is light, fragrant, easily worked, resists insects damage. The general shape of the tree is conical with tiered, horizontal branches that are often somewhat pendulous toward the tips.

Often found sprouting from nurse logs and growing in conjunction with red huckleberry (Vaccinium parvifolium). * The shiny, alternately arranged leaves are 2 to 3 centimeters long and about a centimeter wide with finely serrated edges.

The Bonsai will produce cones but they are small, so they seem in proportion to the tree. It likes full sun but needs to be protected during the hot summer afternoons. * Larch is deciduous and the needles turn yellow in autumn.

Rich-green foliage. 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.

* The species is found in scattered populations over much of the eastern United States, as far north as West Virginia, south to northern Florida, and west to Oklahoma. But it is thinly distributed over much of its native range, and is becoming rare in...

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

* Significant progress has been reported on polyphenols, particularly ellagic acid, tannins and anthocyanins, antioxidant activity, anti-cancer and anti-viral properties. * The flesh is sweet and very tart.