Acid Loving Plant Seeds For Sale In Colorado Springs

Plants can be grown in containers in pond margins but are then best kept in drier conditions over winter. * Prefers a light well-drained soil and a sunny position. Kaempferi; native to Korea, China, Central Asia, and Japan.

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 shoots are orange-brown, glabrous or with scattered pubescence.

* 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 .

The fruit can also be used for making jelly and cider. It can be dried, ground into a powder then used in making cakes etc. * The fully ripe fruit is pleasantly acid with a flavour resembling green apples.

They can be eaten raw or cooked. It is rather small, about 8mm in diameter. * Amelanchier spicata, also referred to as the thicket shadbush, low juneberry, dwarf serviceberry, or low serviceberry (historically also called "pigeon berry"), is a species...

It burns with a clear, bright flame and is valued as a fuel. * 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...

Sarracenia rubra is generally clump-forming. * 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 species, usually not exceeding 65 cm.

* 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 .

* 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.

Features drooping clusters (usually 2-5 flowers each) of bell-shaped, white flowers (1/2") which appear in April shortly before or simultaneous to the point when the leaves emerge.

Flower buds are susceptible to damage from early spring frosts. * Closely related to and in the same family as witch hazel. * A shrub grown for its pale yellow, fragrant flowers in spring before leaves emerge; part or full sun; leaves dark green, gold...

* Venus Flytraps are not as humidity-dependent as are some other carnivorous plants. * If the prey moves around in the trap, it tightens and digestion begins more quickly.Speed of closing can vary depending on the amount of humidity, light, size of prey,...

* One of the most handsome plants for landscape designers. White flowers in upright clusters to 12" in early summer it has nice brown exfoliating bark and spreads by stolons to form mound like colonies.

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 .

* Tallowwood is so named owing to the greasy feel of the wood when cut. It has many commercial uses. * The wood is strong, hard, durable,and takes a good polish. * Tallowwood ( Eucalyptus microcorys ) is a native Eucalypt species common in New South Wales...

* 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 is in flower from Apr to May, and the seeds ripen in October. * Red or orange berries in the fall; peeling bark reveals reddish inner bark. * An evergreen Tree growing to 15 m.

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

Dried berries were stewed and made into sauces, or mixed with salmon roe and oil to eat at winter feasts. Fresh berries were eaten in large quantities, or used for fish bait because of the slight resemblance to salmon eggs.

Spain, Portugal. Rhododendron ponticum subsp. Baeticum (Boiss. & Reut.) Hand.-Mazz. The fruit is a dry capsule 15-25 mm long, containing numerous small seeds .There are two subspecies : Rhododendron ponticum subsp.

* Fragrant white or pink flowers to 3" across; 8" evergreen leaves; parent of many hybrids; native to eastern China. * It is a shrub or small tree that grows to 3–12 metres (9.8–39.4 ft) in height, with leathery leaves that are oblong to oblong-elliptic,...

Alba, it is used for furniture, cabinet making, interior finishes, fence posts and fuel. * A 10-year-old sapling will stand about 5 m (16 ft) tall. * It is native to the eastern United States, where it is one of the most important ridgetop trees from...

* This plant grows in thickets in moist areas, such as the margins of bogs and ponds. The leaves are oval with pointed tips and serrated edges. * Threats to this species include habitat loss.

A relative of the evergreen Camellias of Asia, other common names include summer dogwood and Mountain Stewartia. The leaves are oval with an acute apex, 7-13 cm long and 3-6 cm broad, and turn orange, red, or gold when the tree becomes dormant in the...

This form is presumed to be of hybrid origin ( A. * The plants are covered with one inch wide white flowers in spring, followed by edible black berries. Laevis and either A. Canadensis ) and therefore under the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature...

* 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 plasters, poultices, herbal steam baths and inhalers.

The flowers are white, borne in early spring. * Shiny dark green evergreen leaves, emerging bronzy in spring; white slightly fragrant flowers in pendulous masses; neat upright habit; prefers moist, well-drained, acid soil, but doesn't insist on it; needs...