Acid Loving Plant Seeds For Sale In Huntsville

* 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 .

* 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 .

* 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.

* 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...

* 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 .

* Requires an acid humus-rich soil, succeeding in part shade or in full sun in cooler areas. * 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.

In the wild, Carolina silverbell typically does not exceed 35' in height (though specimens have been found in the 80-100' range), and is frequently shrubby in habit. * A Southeast U.S. native, small understory tree with a broad, rounded crown or a large...

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. The leaves do roughly resemble giant oak leaves being shiny dark green, nice purple, red, or orangish brown...

* Indigenous peoples of North America found the plant and its fruit very useful. The bright red, acidic berries were used extensively for food throughout the year. The branches were used as brooms, and the twigs were used to fasten western skunk cabbage...

This plant is also cultivated in many European and American gardens. * Easily grown from seed. Flowers are on a very long flowering stem and consist of a lower lip and upper tooth-like lip.

It grows in forests near the coast on moderate to fertile soils in a protected, sunny position. It is one of the species whose leaves are used for food by Koalas. * The wood is strong, hard, durable,and takes a good polish.

Canescens) and Woolly Azalea (R. Oblong to elliptic green leaves. Mountain Azalea (R. Synonymous with and formerly known as R. Prinophyllum) are also found within the range of this species.

* Vaccinium ovatum is grown as an ornamental plant for horticultural use by specialty wholesale, retail, and botanic garden native plant nurseries. * Traditionally huckleberries were sought after and collected by many Native American tribes along the...

This plant is also cultivated in many European and American gardens. * Easily grown from seed. Flowers are on a very long flowering stem and consist of a lower lip and upper tooth-like lip.

Heptapeta and M. * A cross between M. * Magnolia × soulangeana has alternate, simple, shiny, dark green oval-shaped leaves on stout stems. Quinquepeta; large spreading shrub or small tree; flowers of plants from seed, 5-10", may be white, pink, or purplish,...

* The wood is heavy, close-grained, moderately hard, brittle, not strong. * Requires a free-draining, light, sandy, acid soil with additional leafmould added. It burns with a clear, bright flame and is valued as a fuel.

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...

In the wild, Carolina silverbell typically does not exceed 35' in height (though specimens have been found in the 80-100' range), and is frequently shrubby in habit. * A Southeast U.S. native, small understory tree with a broad, rounded crown or a large...

It is commonly found in flood plains and/or swamps . 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 Hampshire...

This shrub reaches between one and two meters in height. * Red-brown bark, pink flowers, bright green leaves. * The fully ripe fruit is pleasantly acid with a flavour resembling green apples.

* It has been in cultivation in China for at least a thousand years, and was introduced to English gardens in the mid 18th century. * Gardenia jasminoides is a shrub with greyish bark and dark green shiny evergreen leaves with prominent veins.

* Leaves shiny dark green, coloring to an often incandescent red, orange, and yellow in fall; often shrubby; a witch-hazel relative; tiny flowers with red anthers in early spring; gray bark flakes off on mature trees to reveal greens, whites, and browns;...

* It is similar to Chamaecrista fasciculata except that the leaves are smaller. * Chamaecrista nictitans (Sensitive Partridge Pea, Small Partridge Pea or Wild Sensitive Plant) is a herbaceous species of legume widely distributed through the temperate...

* Sarracenia minor , also known as the Hooded pitcher plant , is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia . Like all the Sarracenia , it is native to the New World .

Many authorities have now grouped both of these red elders together under the name of Sambucus racemosa. * Historically, Sambucus racemosa (native to Europe and Asia) was commonly known as European red elder and the very similar Sambucus pubens also known...

* Cohosh comes from an Algonquin word meaning rough in reference to the appearance of plant rhizomes. It bears tall tapering racemes of white midsummer flowers on wiry black-purple stems, whose mildly unpleasant, medicinal smell at close range gives it...

* The holes in the meshwork allow small prey to escape, presumably because the benefit that would be obtained from them would be less than the cost of digesting them. If the prey is too small and escapes, the trap will reopen within 12 hours.