Acid Loving Plant Seeds For Sale In Billings

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

* 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.

Flowers (to 1.5" long) are in trusses of 5-9 flowers each and have a pleasant, clove-like fragrance. Extremely winter hardy (grows in the wild as far north as Quebec) and is one of the parents of the Northern Lights hybrids developed by the University...

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

Requires a lime-free soil. Kaempferi; native to Korea, China, Central Asia, and Japan. Likes plenty of moisture and a rich loamy slightly acid soil. * Prefers a light well-drained soil and a sunny position.

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.

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 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...

* Soils should be acidic and very well-drained but not excessively dry. * Fairly dense and bushy, especially when young. Japonica which has pendulous flower clusters. * Upright flower clusters separate it from P.

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.

Prefers almost full sun. * It has attractive small, deep crimson-pink flowers that occur early summer. * Requires an acid humus-rich soil, succeeding in part shade or in full sun in cooler areas.

Flowers (to 1.5" long) are in trusses of 5-9 flowers each and have a pleasant, clove-like fragrance. Extremely winter hardy (grows in the wild as far north as Quebec) and is one of the parents of the Northern Lights hybrids developed by the University...

* 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...

* In spring, the plant produces small, bright red flowers with 5-fold symmetry. * 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...

* 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...

The bright red, acidic berries were used extensively for food throughout the year. Fresh berries were eaten in large quantities, or used for fish bait because of the slight resemblance to salmon eggs.

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;...

* This species is unusual in having alternate leaves whilst almost all other members of this genus have opposite leaves. * The tree is regarded as attractive because of its wide spreading shelving branches and flat-topped head, and is often used in ornamental...

The bright red, acidic berries were used extensively for food throughout the year. Fresh berries were eaten in large quantities, or used for fish bait because of the slight resemblance to salmon eggs.

The species is highly variable with respect to its pitchers, with plants in some localities reaching almost 1 metre in height, while in others, plants can be diminutive (such as the seldom seen 30 cm high dwarf form encountered at Garcon Point in Santa...

It is in flower in March, and the seeds ripen in June. It is commonly found in flood plains and/or swamps . It is hardy to zone 4. * A decidious Tree growing to 20 m (65ft 7in) at a fast rate.

Fragrant, funnel-shaped, white or pink-tinged flowers with protruding, red stamens cluster in subtle groups of 3 to 6 after the leaves appear. Glossy, bright-green, deciduous foliage lacks hairs beneath like other native azaleas.

* The fruit is sweet and juicy with a good flavour that has a hint of apple. * Running serviceberry is a deciduous, early-flowering, stoloniferous shrub which typically suckers and spreads to form thickets.

It is native to the southeastern United States and as far north as the Great Lakes . Plants are often found in very acid soils in the wild. * Native to SE United States * Requires a light porous sandy soil in full sun.

* Sarracenia flava , the Yellow pitcher plant , is a carnivorous plant in the family Sarraceniaceae . * Grow in sun or partial shade in peat or moss. An insectivorous plant, it is best grown in a boggy position and prefers a soil low in nitrogen.

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

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. The fruit is a red drupe 6–7 mm diameter containing three to five pits