Acid Loving Plant Seeds For Sale In Raleigh

* Requires an acid humus-rich soil, succeeding in part shade or in full sun in cooler areas. Prefers almost full sun. It is the namesake of the city of Laurel, Mississippi (founded 1882).

Prinophyllum) are also found within the range of this species. Oblong to elliptic green leaves. Canescens) and Woolly Azalea (R. It is relatively tolerant of dry sites and can be transplanted into wild shrub gardens.

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

* 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. * It has attractive small, deep crimson-pink flowers that occur early summer.

Rhododendron schilippenbachii, a popular species for bonsai, these flowering shrubs are beautiful bonsai. It is important to have healthy branching or the overall growth of the tree will suffer.

* 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 likes moist acid organic laden well-drained soils in full sun or partial shade, the edge of woodlands is ideal. The leaves do roughly resemble giant oak leaves being shiny dark green, nice purple, red, or orangish brown in fall.

The flowers are camellia-like, 6-12 cm diameter, with five white petals and numerous white, yellow or purple stamens; they appear in early to mid-summer. It is a deciduous flowering shrub or small tree growing to 5 m tall, with smooth, flaking grayish-orange...

* 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 .

* 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, hedges, and accent plants, particularly the cultivars;...

The flowers are 2.5-3 cm (1 in) diameter, white, pink or pale purple, often with small greenish-yellow spots. * Succeeds in a most humus-rich lime-free soils except those of a dry arid nature or those that are heavy or clayey.

* 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, and general growing conditions.

The Japanese red pine prefers full sun on well-drained, slightly acidic soil. * Light blue-green or bright to dark green needles, 3-5"; of irregular, picturesque habit, with crooked leaning branches; bark orange-red or orangish; much used for bonsai and...

* The species is found in scattered populations over much of the eastern United States, as far north as West Virginia, south to northern Florida, and west to Oklahoma. But it is thinly distributed over much of its native range, and is becoming rare in...

* 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.

* 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, hedges, and accent plants, particularly the cultivars;...

* Wood - close-grained, heavy, hard, rather tough, strong, durable in contact with the soil. * A 10-year-old sapling will stand about 5 m (16 ft) tall. Alba, it is used for furniture, cabinet making, interior finishes, fence posts and fuel.

* A very spiny deciduous shrub with lots of strongly fragrant 3/4" bright yellow pealike flowers in spring and sporadically later; leaves are few and small; often rather weedy; grows on sand, likes neutral or acid soil; needs full sun; native to Europe,...

* 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 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. * Running serviceberry is a deciduous, early-flowering, stoloniferous shrub which typically suckers...

* 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. * It has attractive small, deep crimson-pink flowers that occur early summer.

* A beautiful yellow dye is obtained from the flowers. A delicately scented essential oil, obtained from the roots, has been used to adulterate the oil of Acorus calamus. The root is a source of tannin and has been used in making ink.

* 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.

Leucophylla produces crimson flowers in the spring before its characteristically small spring pitchers. 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...

* Habit and Form a semievergreen to deciduous shrub typically 5' to 6'; can reach 10' upright, spreading branching habit shape is irregular to mounded multi-stemmed, suckering and colony-forming coastal plants are low-growing, often only 1' to 2' tall

* A small tree of horizontal branching habit, creating a tiered effect. * The tree is regarded as attractive because of its wide spreading shelving branches and flat-topped head, and is often used in ornamental plantings.

* 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, and general growing conditions.