Acid Loving Plant Seeds For Sale In Pittsburgh

* It has attractive small, deep crimson-pink flowers that occur early summer. * Blue-green evergreen leaves; half-inch flowers in rounded masses at the ends of branches, pink to purplish or white.

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...

This pine has become a popular ornamental and has several cultivars, but in the winter it becomes yellowish. The Japanese red pine prefers full sun on well-drained, slightly acidic soil.

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

* 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 burns with a clear, bright flame and is valued as a fuel. * Cliftonia monophylla ( Buck-wheat tree , Buckwheat tree , Titi ) is a tree native to the United States . * Requires a free-draining, light, sandy, acid soil with additional leafmould added.

It is commonly found in flood plains and/or swamps . It is hardy to zone 4. 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...

* Amelanchier spicata has clusters of small white flowers that bloom in spring. * The fruit is rich in iron and copper. * Amelanchier spicata, also referred to as the thicket shadbush, low juneberry, dwarf serviceberry, or low serviceberry (historically...

* Running serviceberry is a deciduous, early-flowering, stoloniferous shrub which typically suckers and spreads to form thickets. * The fruit is sweet and juicy with a good flavour that has a hint of apple.

The gray berries appear in large masses, used in candle-making; leaves used to make a gray-green dye. * The Northern Bayberry ( Myrica pensylvanica ) is a species of Myrica native to eastern North America , from Newfoundland west to Ontario and Ohio ,...

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

* 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 .

This plant is often used as an ornamental plant . * Shiny dark green, evergreen leaves; upright, rounded, densely branched; unique among hollies in that it often spreads by suckering; doesn't mind shade but prefers sun; Dirr recommends it for foundations,...

* Fairly dense and bushy, especially when young. Japonica which has pendulous flower clusters. * Soils should be acidic and very well-drained but not excessively dry. * Native to primarily North and South Carolina, but also found in Virginia and Georgia.

* A Southeast U.S. native, small understory tree with a broad, rounded crown or a large shrub. Prefers moist, acidic, organically rich soils in part shade. In the wild, Carolina silverbell typically does not exceed 35' in height (though specimens have...

* Landscape use: naturalizing borders with other ericaceous plants facer plants with taller plants shady bank stabilization * Fall Foliage: reddish, bronze winter color * An infusion of the leaves and stems has been used to bathe itchy skin.

* The fruits are eaten by birds (birds do not taste astringency and feed on them readily), which then disperse the seeds in their droppings. * The chokeberries ( Aronia ) are two to three species of deciduous shrubs in the family Rosaceae , native to...

* An extract from fruit called myricerone blocks a receptor for the peptide, endothelin, an important mediator of blood vessel constriction, indicating potential for drug development.

* Fragrant white or pink flowers to 3" across; 8" evergreen leaves; parent of many hybrids; native to eastern China. It blooms from April to May, with trusses of 6–12 flowers, campanulate, white to pink, and fragrant.

* A shrub or tree, resembling S. 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.

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;...

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.

* The fruits are eaten by birds (birds do not taste astringency and feed on them readily), which then disperse the seeds in their droppings. * The chokeberries ( Aronia ) are two to three species of deciduous shrubs in the family Rosaceae , native to...

* 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 has many commercial uses. * Tallowwood ( Eucalyptus microcorys ) is a native Eucalypt species common in New South Wales and Queensland , Australia . Tallowwood is drought and frost tender.

Cherry Laurel, Carolina Cherry, Laurelcherry or Wild Mock Orange, is a flowering tree native to the Southeastern United States, from North Carolina south to Florida and westward to eastern Texas.

Spain, Portugal. Baeticum (Boiss. Bulgaria east to Georgia. & Reut.) Hand.-Mazz. The leaves are evergreen , 6-18 cm long and 2-5 cm broad. Rhododendron ponticum subsp. The flowers are 3.5-5 cm diameter, violet-purple, often with small greenish-yellow...