Acid Loving Plant Seeds For Sale In Salem

* A prostrate deciduous groundcover with dark green leaves in summer, red in fall; attractive white bracts; likes cool, moist, acid soil; native to cool areas in much of the U.S. * Comments from a customer: Thought you might like to know I got 50% germination...

Funnel-shaped, pink or white flowers with protruding stamens occur in large clusters, appearing before or with the leaves. Smooth, medium-green, deciduous foliage turns dull yellow in fall.

2 sections, 80 species, type Rhododendron indicum . Online Etymology Dictionary . & Nakai (1 species; Rhododendron nipponicum ) ( Discontinued, added to section Tsutsusi, subgenus Azaleastrum ) Subgenus Tsutsusi (Sweet) Pojarkova (2 sections, 80 species)...

* Its flowers emerge dramatically on a bare tree in early spring, with the deciduous leaves expanding shortly thereafter, lasting through summer until autumn. * Magnolia × soulangeana has alternate, simple, shiny, dark green oval-shaped leaves on stout...

2 sections, 80 species, type Rhododendron indicum . Online Etymology Dictionary . & Nakai (1 species; Rhododendron nipponicum ) ( Discontinued, added to section Tsutsusi, subgenus Azaleastrum ) Subgenus Tsutsusi (Sweet) Pojarkova (2 sections, 80 species)...

This pine has become a popular ornamental and has several cultivars, but in the winter it becomes yellowish. * Light blue-green or bright to dark green needles, 3-5"; of irregular, picturesque habit, with crooked leaning branches; bark orange-red or orangish;...

Kaempferi; native to Korea, China, Central Asia, and Japan. Requires a lime-free soil. * Prefers a light well-drained soil and a sunny position. * The species has reddish-purple flowers; grows in marshes, ditches, and other wet places, even in shallow...

* Venus Flytraps are not as humidity-dependent as are some other carnivorous plants. Well known and especially interesting for children. * When grown from seed, plants take around four to five years to reach maturity and will live for 20 to 30 years if...

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

* Native to east Asia. * 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.

The red petals are long and strap-like, and dangle over the umbrella-like style of the flower, which is held upside down at the end of a 50 cm long scape. Like all the Sarracenia , it is native to the New World .

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

* Its flowers emerge dramatically on a bare tree in early spring, with the deciduous leaves expanding shortly thereafter, lasting through summer until autumn. * Magnolia × soulangeana has alternate, simple, shiny, dark green oval-shaped leaves on stout...

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 .

* The fully ripe fruit is pleasantly acid with a flavour resembling green apples. It can be dried, ground into a powder then used in making cakes etc. * Red-brown bark, pink flowers, bright green leaves.

Fragrant, funnel-shaped, white or pink-tinged flowers with protruding, red stamens cluster in subtle groups of 3 to 6 after the leaves appear. Drought sensitive, it requires moist, partially shaded sites.

A good black dye is obtained from the root if it is mixed with iron sulphate. A delicately scented essential oil, obtained from the roots, has been used to adulterate the oil of Acorus calamus.

Chokeberries are cultivated as ornamental plants and also because they are very high in antioxidant pigment compounds, like anthocyanins. * The chokeberries ( Aronia ) are two to three species of deciduous shrubs in the family Rosaceae , native to eastern...

* The wood is strong, hard, durable,and takes a good polish. It has many commercial uses. It is one of the species whose leaves are used for food by Koalas. * Tallowwood ( Eucalyptus microcorys ) is a native Eucalypt species common in New South Wales...

* Evidence of Gardenia jasminoides in cultivation in China dates to the Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD), where both wild and double-flowered forms have been depicted in paintings, such as those of the Song Emperor Huizong, and the Tenth century artist Xu Xi

The stems may be smooth or fuzzy, and are often glandular. * Arctostaphylos viscida is a species of manzanita known by the common names whiteleaf manzanita and sticky manzanita . This is a treelike shrub reaching up to five meters in height.

* The fully ripe fruit is pleasantly acid with a flavour resembling green apples. It can be dried, ground into a powder then used in making cakes etc. * Red-brown bark, pink flowers, bright green leaves.

* 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 .

Bright green foliage (grayish woolly beneath) turns bronzish in fall. Extremely winter hardy (grows in the wild as far north as Quebec) and is one of the parents of the Northern Lights hybrids developed by the University of Minnesota.

It is in flower from Jun to July. * 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.

The young stems are green, with the shoots and leaves modified into green spines, 1–3 centimetres (0.39–1.2 in) long. * The species has been introduced to other areas of Europe, and also to the Americas, New Zealand and Australia, where it is often...

* It is in flower from Apr to May, and the seeds ripen in October. * An evergreen Tree growing to 15 m. Conservation Plant Characteristics Arbutus menziesii Pursh Pacific madrone ARME Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Tree Native Status L48 (N),...