Acid Loving Plant Shade Tolerant Plant For Sale In High Point

* Ilex glabra is one of the very few evergreen shrubs (broadleaf or narrowleaf) to thrive in wet sites, noted for its evergreen foliage and upright, spreading, and suckering shrub growth habit when in species form.

* The tree is regarded as attractive because of its wide spreading shelving branches and flat-topped head, and is often used in ornamental plantings. * This species is unusual in having alternate leaves whilst almost all other members of this genus have...

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

* Dirr describes this as a really beautiful plant. * It was the first magnolia to be scientifically described, and is the type species of the genus Magnolia ; as Magnolia is also the type genus of all flowering plants , this species can be seen to typify...

* A handsome tree, light to dark green needles and yellowish-green cones. * Said to be heat tolerant and grows throughout the South. * Native to central and Southern Japan * Momi Fir is sometimes used as an ornamental tree, particularly in warm temperate...

* A handsome tree, light to dark green needles and yellowish-green cones. * Said to be heat tolerant and grows throughout the South. * Native to central and Southern Japan * Momi Fir is sometimes used as an ornamental tree, particularly in warm temperate...

Plants are often found in very acid soils in the wild. It is native to the southeastern United States and as far north as the Great Lakes . * Native to SE United States * Requires a light porous sandy soil in full sun.

The tree is frequently seen as a component of oak-heath forests. * A lovely native American with shiny dark green leaves, red, yellow, and purple in fall; an ericaceous plant that wants moist, acid soil; fragrant urn-shaped flowers in drooping clusters;...

* It was the first magnolia to be scientifically described, and is the type species of the genus Magnolia ; as Magnolia is also the type genus of all flowering plants , this species can be seen to typify all flowering plants.

* Requires an acid humus-rich soil, succeeding in part shade or in full sun in cooler areas. Its range stretches from southern Maine south to northern Florida , and west to Indiana and Louisiana .

To be able to compete successfully in such habitats, it has adapted greater shade tolerance than most other pines. This pine is a straight-growing, medium-sized species, attaining heights of 20-35 m.

It was introduced to New Zealand from Scotland as a type of hedge, but became a major blight to farmers as the climate suited its growth better than its native habitat and many of its natural predators were absent.

* 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 .

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 can be diminutive (such as the seldom seen 30 cm high dwarf form encountered at Garcon Point in Santa...

* Ilex opaca is often cultivated by plant nurseries for use as a broadleaf evergreen ornamental plant, planted as a shrub or slower growing ornamental tree. In English poetry and English stories the holly is inseparably connected with the merry-making...

Plants can be grown in containers in pond margins but are then best kept in drier conditions over winter. Requires a lime-free soil. * The species has reddish-purple flowers; grows in marshes, ditches, and other wet places, even in shallow water; flowering...

* Requires an acid humus-rich soil, succeeding in part shade or in full sun in cooler areas. * Blue-green evergreen leaves; half-inch flowers in rounded masses at the ends of branches, pink to purplish or white.

The uppermost part of the leaf is flared into a lid (the operculum), which prevents excess rain from entering the pitcher and diluting the digestive secretions within. The red petals are long and strap-like, and dangle over the umbrella-like style of...

Turpentine has a wide range of uses including as a solvent for waxes etc, for making varnish, medicinal etc. This is used by violinists on their bows and also in making sealing wax, varnish etc.

* 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 .

Birds consume the dry fruit. The greatest use of Cherry laurel is for providing a nearly carefree, dark green visual screen. * Prunus caroliniana, known as the Carolina Cherry Laurel, with syns.

* It was the first magnolia to be scientifically described, and is the type species of the genus Magnolia ; as Magnolia is also the type genus of all flowering plants , this species can be seen to typify all flowering plants.

* The eastern hemlock grows well in shade and is very long lived, with the oldest recorded specimen being at least 554 years old. The tree generally reaches heights of about 31 metres (100 feet), but exceptional trees have been recorded up to 53 metres...

It grows in forests near the coast on moderate to fertile soils in a protected, sunny position. * Tallowwood ( Eucalyptus microcorys ) is a native Eucalypt species common in New South Wales and Queensland , Australia .

* Leaves are dark green and leathery. * 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.

* Native to the west coast of North America , from British Columbia to California. * Red or orange berries in the fall; peeling bark reveals reddish inner bark. Conservation Plant Characteristics Arbutus menziesii Pursh Pacific madrone ARME Summary Duration...

* 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 .