Acid Loving Plant Seeds For Sale In North Carolina

Like all the Sarracenia , it is native to the New World and inhabits moist and low-nutrient longleaf pine ( Pinus palustris ) savannas along the United States Gulf Coast , generally west of the Apalachicola River on the Florida Panhandle .

Requires a lime-free soil. 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.

Pink flowers appear in early spring (April-May in St. Louis) before or at the time of the emergence of the foliage. An upright, rounded shrub which typically grows 4-8' tall (less frequently to 15' tall) and as wide.

* It is a medium-sized evergreen tree growing to 30 m tall, and with a trunk diameter of up to 0.8 m. The leaves are needle-like, 12-22 mm long, rhombic in cross-section, dark bluish-green with conspicuous stomatal lines.

It typically matures to 10-15' tall and as wide. * Native to China, common pearlbush is a loose, upright, early-blooming, deciduous shrub with a broad rounded shape. * Although floriferous and attractive in early spring, it basically plods though the...

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

* A most unusual bayberry, a small tree with narrow 5" leaves and 1" deep reddish-purple berries, which are edible and are used to make a drink. * Significant progress has been reported on polyphenols, particularly ellagic acid, tannins and anthocyanins,...

* 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 .

It is important to have healthy branching or the overall growth of the tree will suffer. Needs pruning and needs to be protected from frost. * Beautiful fragrant pale pink small flowers in clusters to 6"; deciduous; acid soil, although may be more tolerant...

This shrub reaches between one and two meters in height. 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.

Rich-green foliage. The showy part of the floral display, however, is the white, pink or rose sepals that become petal-like and reminiscent of poinsettias. Flowers are yellowish-green and tubular with five, reflexed lobes.

* 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 fructus (fruit) is used within Traditional Chinese Medicine to "drain fire" and thereby treat certain...

It is a member of the Theaceae family or tea family. It is called 'tsubaki oil'. It is also called the “rose of winter.” * An edible oil is obtained from the seed. It is also the official state flower of Alabama .

* 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, 8–14.5 cm (3 1?8–5 3?4 in) by 3–9.2 cm (1 3?16–3 5?8 in) in size.

The Western Azalea is known to occur as far north as Bandon , Oregon . * Rhododendron occidentale ( Western Azalea ) is one of two deciduous Rhododendron species native to western North America (the other is Rhododendron albiflorum ).

* Northern Highbush Blueberry ( Vaccinium corymbosum ) is a species of blueberry native to eastern North America , growing from Nova Scotia and Ontario south to Alabama , and west to Wisconsin .

It usually grows to only 3-5' tall and features 5-petaled, showy, white flowers in drooping clusters which appear before the leaves emerge in early spring. * The fruit is sweet and juicy with a good flavour that has a hint of apple.

* 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...

* 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, 8–14.5 cm (3 1?8–5 3?4 in) by 3–9.2 cm (1 3?16–3 5?8 in) in size.

* 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 .

* 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. It is in flower from Jun to July.

* A most unusual bayberry, a small tree with narrow 5" leaves and 1" deep reddish-purple berries, which are edible and are used to make a drink. * Significant progress has been reported on polyphenols, particularly ellagic acid, tannins and anthocyanins,...

* Bees produce a dark honey from the flowers. * This deciduous tree stays under 30 ft., and, though it looks shrubby for several years, eventually makes a slender tree with smooth, cinnamon-colored trunks; abundant, showy, whorled clusters of airy, white...

A delicately scented essential oil, obtained from the roots, has been used to adulterate the oil of Acorus calamus. Its specific epithet , meaning "false acorus," refers to the similarity of its leaves to those of Acorus calamus , as they have a prominently...

Many authorities have now grouped both of these red elders together under the name of Sambucus racemosa. * Fruits are sour and usually not consumed raw by humans, but may be cooked for use in the preparation of wine, jelly and pies.

* 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...

During the summer the plant produces round, edible black berries up to a centimeter in diameter. * Vaccinium ovatum is a true huckleberry plant, growing well in shade or sun and thriving in acidic soils.