Acid Loving Plant Specimen Tree For Sale In Long Beach

The plant prefers loamy acid and neutral soils, and can grow in very acid soils.It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. * White flowers in long clusters; may be a tree or shrub; egg-shaped fruit with five "wings"; prefers moist sandy loam;...

But it is thinly distributed over much of its native range, and is becoming rare in many areas. * Halesia tetraptera, commonly known as the common silverbell is a species in the family Styracaceae, native to the southeastern United States.

It is native to northern Iran , where it is endemic in the Alborz mountains. * Parrotia persica ( Persian Ironwood ) is a deciduous tree in the family Hamamelidaceae , the sole species in the genus Parrotia but closely related to the genus Hamamelis (Witch-hazels).

* 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.

But it is thinly distributed over much of its native range, and is becoming rare in many areas. * Halesia tetraptera, commonly known as the common silverbell is a species in the family Styracaceae, native to the southeastern United States.

Used for small articles. * Amelanchier ovalis , commonly known as Snowy Mespilus , is a serviceberry shrub. * Wood - fine grained, hard, very heavy, reddish. Its pome fruits are edible and can be eaten raw or cooked.

The trunk is usually straight and monopodial, but very rarely is forked. The tree generally reaches heights of about 31 metres (100 feet), but exceptional trees have been recorded up to 53 metres (173 feet).

It is prized for its fragrant white flowers, similar to camellia blossoms. The 3" late summer fragrant flowers are white with yellow centers. Flowers appear mid-summer to early fall, and may last as the tree's leaves change color.

They are native to China, Taiwan and northern Vietnam, where they may reach 50-55 m in height. The general shape of the tree is conical with tiered, horizontal branches that are often somewhat pendulous toward the tips.

* Red or orange berries in the fall; peeling bark reveals reddish inner bark. * It is in flower from Apr to May, and the seeds ripen in October. Conservation Plant Characteristics Arbutus menziesii Pursh Pacific madrone ARME Summary Duration Perennial...

The leaves are oval with an acute apex, 7-13 cm long and 3-6 cm broad, and turn orange, red, or gold when the tree becomes dormant in the fall. A relative of the evergreen Camellias of Asia, other common names include summer dogwood and Mountain Stewartia.

It typically grows to 20-30' tall and as wide, but infrequently can reach up to 50' tall. Flowers give way to greenish-brown, olive-shaped drupes that often persist into late autumn.

* The trees have an extensive root system and are well adapted for growing in poor sandy soils, they are often used as a pioneer tree for reforestation. * In the far west of its range, it hybridizes readily with the closely related lodgepole pine ( P.

It is native to northern Iran , where it is endemic in the Alborz mountains. * Parrotia persica ( Persian Ironwood ) is a deciduous tree in the family Hamamelidaceae , the sole species in the genus Parrotia but closely related to the genus Hamamelis (Witch-hazels).

The plant prefers loamy acid and neutral soils, and can grow in very acid soils.It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. * White flowers in long clusters; may be a tree or shrub; egg-shaped fruit with five "wings"; prefers moist sandy loam;...

* Variable, often rather scrubby; 3-5" needles, opening yellow green, later dark green; grows well on poor sandy acid soils; salt-tolerant, good for coastal areas, where it can ultimately become rather picturesque; native to eastern North America.

The showy part of the floral display, however, is the white, pink or rose sepals that become petal-like and reminiscent of poinsettias. * Fevertree or pinckneya is a large, open shrub or small tree, growing 10-30 ft.

* It is native to the eastern United States, where it is one of the most important ridgetop trees from southern Maine southwest to central Mississippi, with an outlying northwestern population in southern Michigan.

It is also known as Farges' fir, after the French missionary, botanist and plant collector, Paul Guillaume Farges, 1844-1912. * Bark smooth, grey, finely flaky on young trees, becoming grey-brown, scaly, and fissured on old trees * Branchlets smooth,...

When fully ripe it falls from the tree and so it is advisable to grow the plant in short grass in order to cushion the fall of the fruit. * The fruit itself has the texture of a lush tropical fruit and has a delicate pleasant flavour.

* One of the smaller firs, preferring cooler climates.

Tolerates heavy clay soils. It is cultivated in China, along with C. Stratify stored seed for 3 weeks at 1°c and sow in spring. The leaf, stem bark and the seeds are all used as dressings for sores, boils etc.

* Red or orange berries in the fall; peeling bark reveals reddish inner bark. * It is in flower from Apr to May, and the seeds ripen in October. Conservation Plant Characteristics Arbutus menziesii Pursh Pacific madrone ARME Summary Duration Perennial...

* The bark contains magnolol and honokiol, two polyphenolic compounds that have been demonstrated as peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR gamma) agonists Biloba, has leaves with a notch at the apex.

* White oak grows over much of eastern North America and is an important hardwood timber tree. * It is not unusual for a white oak tree to be as wide as it is tall. * White oak is the Illinois State Tree.

Yous?ng in Mandarin) is a pine native to northern China from Liaoning west to Inner Mongolia and Gansu , and south to Shandong , Henan and Shaanxi , and also northern Korea . In some older texts the name is spelled " Pinus tabulaeformis ".

* The tree is regarded as attractive because of its wide spreading shelving branches and flat-topped head, and is often used in ornamental plantings. * An easily grown plant, it succeeds in any soil of good or moderate fertility, ranging from acid to...