Acid Loving Plant Seeds For Sale In Iowa

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

* 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 .

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

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;...

* 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, usually darker on the outside,...

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

Used in construction, ship building etc wherever great strength is required. In vernacular use, it is most often known asCunninghamia, but is also sometimes called "China-fir" (though it is not a fir).

This shrub reaches between one and two meters in height. * Red-brown bark, pink flowers, bright green leaves. It can be dried, ground into a powder then used in making cakes etc. It is low to the ground with some of the lower branches rooting in the soil...

* Prefers a light well-drained soil and a sunny position. Likes plenty of moisture and a rich loamy slightly acid soil. Plants can be grown in containers in pond margins but are then best kept in drier conditions over winter.

It is a dense, bushy, suckering shrub that typically grows 2-6' (less frequently to 10') tall. Oblong to elliptic green leaves. Pinxter means Pentecost (seventh Sunday after Easter) in Dutch, in reference to the bloom time for this shrub.

* Stewartia ovata (Mountain Camellia; also Stuartia ovata) is a species of Stewartia native to low to mid-elevations in the southern Appalachian Mountains. The flowers are camellia-like, 6-12 cm diameter, with five white petals and numerous white, yellow...

* When grown from seed, plants take around four to five years to reach maturity and will live for 20 to 30 years if cultivated in the right conditions. The edges of the lobes are fringed by stiff hair-like protrusions or cilia, which mesh together and...

* 1/2-1" yellow-green trumpet-shaped flowers backed by white, pink, or rose sepals, "beautiful for flower effect" (Dirr); dark green simple 4-8" leaves; likes moist acid soil; native to southeast U.S. * In earlier days, malaria and other fevers were treated...

It is a dense, bushy, suckering shrub that typically grows 2-6' (less frequently to 10') tall. Oblong to elliptic green leaves. Pinxter means Pentecost (seventh Sunday after Easter) in Dutch, in reference to the bloom time for this shrub.

* 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 .

* 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.

Pseudocamellia, which see, but with longer leaves, smaller flowers (in June and July), and petals that are reddish at the base; needs acid soil; native to Japan. * A shrub or tree, resembling S.

* Sarracenia flava , the Yellow pitcher plant , is a carnivorous plant in the family Sarraceniaceae . This conflicts with the hardiness rating of 7 (temperatures down to between -5 and -10°c) given in .

Description It is a dense, suckering shrub or small tree growing to 5 m tall, rarely 8 m. & Reut.) Hand.-Mazz. Bulgaria east to Georgia. The flowers are 3.5-5 cm diameter, violet-purple, often with small greenish-yellow spots or streaks.

* A decidious Tree growing to 20 m (65ft 7in) at a fast rate. It is hardy to zone 4. * Bark peels off in sheets, revealing reddish-brown underbark; may grow 1-2' a year; shiny green leaf changing to yellow in fall; variable; likes rich, moist, acid soil;...

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.

* Leaves opening coppery-red , turning to soft green in summer and then to shades of red, orange and yellow in autumn. * The plants are covered with one inch wide white flowers in spring, followed by edible black berries.

* 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.

* The fruits look like berries but are drupes . The drupes are green, globose round in shape and turn bright red at maturity in late summer, each fruit is 5 mm in diameter and contains typically one or two ellipsoid-ovoid shaped stones.

Pseudocamellia, which see, but with longer leaves, smaller flowers (in June and July), and petals that are reddish at the base; needs acid soil; native to Japan. * A shrub or tree, resembling S.

A very ornamental plant. Plants are very cold-hardy, tolerating temperatures down to about -30°c. Prefers almost full sun. It is the namesake of the city of Laurel, Mississippi (founded 1882).

Its range extends from southern Mississippi , through southern Alabama , the Florida panhandle and Georgia , to the coastal plains of Virginia and South Carolina . * Like other members of the genus Sarracenia, the Sweet pitcher plant traps insects using...