Acid Loving Plant Seeds For Sale In Cambridge

Conservation Plant Characteristics Arbutus menziesii Pursh Pacific madrone ARME Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Tree Native Status L48 (N), CAN (N) Federal T/E Status National Wetland Indicator Morphology/Physiology Active Growth Period Spring...

* Requires a free-draining, light, sandy, acid soil with additional leafmould added. * Cliftonia monophylla ( Buck-wheat tree , Buckwheat tree , Titi ) is a tree native to the United States .

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;...

* 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 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. * Ilex mucronata is a deciduous shrub growing to 3 m (rarely 4 m) tall.

* The fruit is an edible red to orange berry 6-millimetre (0.24 in) to 10-millimetre (0.39 in) in diameter. * Vaccinium parvifolium is cultivated in the specialty horticulture trade with limited availability as an ornamental plant: for natural landscaping,...

The leaves are evergreen , 6-18 cm long and 2-5 cm broad. Baeticum (Boiss. Spain, Portugal. The fruit is a dry capsule 15-25 mm long, containing numerous small seeds .There are two subspecies : Rhododendron ponticum subsp.

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 .

It is the dominant understory shrub in many Korean hillside forests, growing at 400-1500 m altitude. It is important to have healthy branching or the overall growth of the tree will suffer.

Kaempferi; native to Korea, China, Central Asia, and Japan. Requires a lime-free soil. Plants can be grown in containers in pond margins but are then best kept in drier conditions over winter.

This pine has become a popular ornamental and has several cultivars, but in the winter it becomes yellowish. * Light blue-green or bright to dark green needles, 3-5"; of irregular, picturesque habit, with crooked leaning branches; bark orange-red or orangish;...

It grows in forests near the coast on moderate to fertile soils in a protected, sunny position. Tallowwood is drought and frost tender. * Tallowwood ( Eucalyptus microcorys ) is a native Eucalypt species common in New South Wales and Queensland , Australia...

This pine has become a popular ornamental and has several cultivars, but in the winter it becomes yellowish. * Light blue-green or bright to dark green needles, 3-5"; of irregular, picturesque habit, with crooked leaning branches; bark orange-red or orangish;...

* Pterostyrax corymbosa is a deciduous Tree growing to 12 m (39ft 4in) at a fast rate.It is hardy to zone 6. * White flowers in long clusters; may be a tree or shrub; egg-shaped fruit with five "wings"; prefers moist sandy loam; native to Japan and China.

Mountain-laurel is the state flower of Connecticut and Pennsylvania . A very ornamental plant. It is the namesake of the city of Laurel, Mississippi (founded 1882). Plants are very cold-hardy, tolerating temperatures down to about -30°c.

Pink flowers appear in early spring (April-May in St. Louis) before or at the time of the emergence of the foliage. Flowers (to 1.5" long) are in trusses of 5-9 flowers each and have a pleasant, clove-like fragrance.

* 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.

* 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,...

This pine is a straight-growing, medium-sized species, attaining heights of 20-35 m. * Pinus glabra ( Spruce Pine ) is a tree found on the coastal plains of the southern United States , from southern South Carolina south to northern Florida and west to...

* With its shiny green leaves and heavily fragrant white summer flowers, it is widely used in gardens in warm temperate and subtropical climates, and as a houseplant in temperate regions.

Quinquepeta; large spreading shrub or small tree; flowers of plants from seed, 5-10", may be white, pink, or purplish, usually darker on the outside, whitish inside; flowers before leafing out, and sporadically thereafter--but flowers sometimes damaged...

* 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...

* Threats to this species include habitat loss. * A small deciduous tree with gray bark and spreading branches; 1/4" bright red fruit; native to West Virginia and southwest Virginia.

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. The red petals are long and strap-like, and dangle over the umbrella-like style of...

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

This plant is often used as an ornamental plant . * A good hedging plant. * 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...

The tree generally reaches heights of about 31 metres (100 feet), but exceptional trees have been recorded up to 53 metres (173 feet). The tree doesn't mind shade but dislikes high temperatures and drought.