Acid Loving Plant Seeds For Sale In Tucson

The wood is strongly resistant to rot, is not eaten by termites, and is easily worked. * An evergreen native to China, where it is a widely used timber tree; the wood resists rot; of pyramidal habit with slightly pendulous branches; bark brown, peeling...

The branches were used as brooms, and the twigs were used to fasten western skunk cabbage leaves into berry baskets. Dried berries were stewed and made into sauces, or mixed with salmon roe and oil to eat at winter feasts.

* 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 .

Older ranks such as Series (groups of species) are no longer used but may be found in the literature, but the American Rhododendron Society still uses a similar device, called Alliances [40] Subgenus Rhododendron L.

Prefers a peaty or well-drained sandy loam. It retains its waxy, deep-green leaves for up to 8 years, but once shed are slow to decompose. The leaves are 9-19 cm (3-8 in ) long and 2-4 cm (0.75-1.5 in) broad.

It is relatively tolerant of dry sites and can be transplanted into wild shrub gardens. Synonymous with and formerly known as R. Clusters of soft pink to white to lavender, slightly fragrant, funnel-shaped flowers (to 1.5” across), each with 5 long...

The height of this tree is 20–35 m. * 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 in the landscape for its appealing form;...

Gallberry nectar is the source of a pleasant honey that is popular in the southern United States. * A good hedging plant. * Ilex glabra is one of the very few evergreen shrubs (broadleaf or narrowleaf) to thrive in wet sites, noted for its evergreen foliage...

* A decidious Tree growing to 20 m (65ft 7in) at a fast rate. It is in flower in March, and the seeds ripen in June. * Bark peels off in sheets, revealing reddish-brown underbark; may grow 1-2' a year; shiny green leaf changing to yellow in fall; variable;...

A relative of the evergreen Camellias of Asia, other common names include summer dogwood and Mountain Stewartia. * Stewartia ovata (Mountain Camellia; also Stuartia ovata) is a species of Stewartia native to low to mid-elevations in the southern Appalachian...

The flowers are inconspicuous, whitish to greenish-yellow, produced on slender peduncles 25 mm or more long; it is usually dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.

* 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.

* It is in flower from Apr to May, and the seeds ripen in October. * An evergreen Tree growing to 15 m. * Red or orange berries in the fall; peeling bark reveals reddish inner bark.

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...

* This is a handsome plant especially in it's native coastal habitat where it is salt tolerant and grows in poor sandy soil. * The Northern Bayberry ( Myrica pensylvanica ) is a species of Myrica native to eastern North America , from Newfoundland west...

* 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...

* 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 .

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.

* Fevertree or pinckneya is a large, open shrub or small tree, growing 10-30 ft. Rich-green foliage. * 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;...

* Beautiful fragrant pale pink small flowers in clusters to 6"; deciduous; acid soil, although may be more tolerant of lime than most; needs protection from hot sun and late freezes; dark green leaves to 5 1/2" x 3", red, yellow, and orange in fall; native...

* Beautiful fragrant pale pink small flowers in clusters to 6"; deciduous; acid soil, although may be more tolerant of lime than most; needs protection from hot sun and late freezes; dark green leaves to 5 1/2" x 3", red, yellow, and orange in fall; native...

* 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.

Gallberry nectar is the source of a pleasant honey that is popular in the southern United States. * A good hedging plant. * Ilex glabra is one of the very few evergreen shrubs (broadleaf or narrowleaf) to thrive in wet sites, noted for its evergreen foliage...

The flowers are 3.5-5 cm diameter, violet-purple, often with small greenish-yellow spots or streaks. Bulgaria east to Georgia. The leaves are evergreen , 6-18 cm long and 2-5 cm broad.

* It is native to the eastern United States, where it can be found in North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, and Georgia. * A small deciduous tree with gray bark and spreading branches; 1/4" bright red fruit; native to West Virginia and southwest...

* 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.

* The leaves can be used as thickeners in soups etc, they can also be dried for later use. Female flowers are maroon in color. It has green arrowhead-shaped leaves and red-tinted deeply ridged stems, and it sprouts from an aggressive rhizome .