Drought Tolerant Plant Evergreen Plant For Sale In Chicago

Used in Mexico for washing clothes. * The wood is heavy, strong, close-grained, splits easily. * An evergreen tree with compound leaves to 14", leaflets to 6"; flowers in small pendulous clusters to 8"; native to coastal areas, South Carolina to Florida.

* A good ground cover plant, succeeding in the heavy shade of trees and in dry shade. Very vigorous, it can swamp out small plants. The green, ovate leaves grow in opposite pairs. * It is a low, creeping, woody shrub to about 1 m tall and 1–2 m wide...

* The plant can tolerate maritime exposure. * The Bishop Pine ( Pinus muricata ) is a pine with a very restricted range: mostly California , USA , including some offshore islands, and a few locations in Baja California , Mexico , and always on or near...

* Cupressus goveniana is a species of cypress endemic to coastal California in the United States , where it is found in small, scattered populations, not in large forests. * Rough gray bark, bright green leaves; native to Monterey County, California

The leaves are scale-like, highly glandular, resinous and aromatic, 2-5 mm long, and produced on rounded (not flattened) shoots. Leo Polkinghorn, but it took until 1915 for Leroy Abrams to inspect specimens forwarded by Mrs.

Glauca is the commonly cultivated variety of this tree for areas outside of the Pacific Northwest, and is clearly a better selection for midwestern climates than the species because of its better cold tolerance (species is hardy to USDA Zone 6, but var.

* The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Hedera helix for cough, bronchitis. * It climbs by means of aerial rootlets which cling to the substrate.

Although individual trees do not approach the size of some other species (such as Pinus montezumae), the parklike forests of large, tall trees, covering the landscape over tens or hundreds of square kilometers, is a sight rarely encountered in the arid,...

* The plant is commonly used for informal hedging in the Mediterranean. * Oleander grows to 2–6 m (6.6–20 ft) tall, with spreading to erect branches. Odorum , but the character is not constant and it is no longer regarded as a separate taxon.

It is usually found at very high altitudes, from 2500-3700 m, in cold, dry subalpine climate conditions, often at the tree line , although it also forms extensive closed-canopy stands at somewhat lower elevations.

* It also can provide wood pulp and lumber. * Selections have been made for improved timber production. * There are also some nice cultivated specimens of Pinus virginiana in the Harvard Arboretum in Boston, Massachusetts.

This varient will grow to 8 feet tall. * Nandina domestica (pronounced /naen?di?n? It is native to eastern Asia from the Himalaya east to Japan * Evergreen except in cold climates; delicate compound leaves, reddish when new, later blue-green; attractive...

In general, trees from warmer areas of distribution give the higher yields. * The resins are obtained by tapping the trunk, or by destructive distillation of the wood. Rosin is the substance left after turpentine is removed.

The species is considered to be long lived. Montanus often remains under 1 metre (3.3 ft) in height because of browsing by elk and deer, but can reach 20 feet (6.1 m). * Cercocarpus montanus is a species of shrub or small tree in the family Rosaceae known...

* This very symmetrical plant supports a crown of shiny, dark green leaves on a thick shaggy trunk that is typically about 20 cm (7.9 in) in diameter, sometimes wider. * The leaves are used in the treatment of cancer and hepatoma.

Isolated populations exist in Alabama, Southern Ontario, and small sections of the Appalachian Mountains. * A blue dye is obtained from the inner bark. * The "blue" refers to a substance secreted by the inner bark when exposed to air, not to the leaves,...

* Often has drooping branchlets; foliage green; half-inch cones; native to Mexico and Central America. It has also been introduced to Belize , Costa Rica and Nicaragua , growing at 1200–3000 m altitude.

* This pine is useful for reforesting and provides nourishment for wildlife. Like some other southern yellow pines, Virginia Pine lumber case hardens. * Pinus virginiana ( Virginia Pine , Scrub Pine , Jersey Pine ) is a medium-sized tree , often found...

Besides mescaline, it also contains varying phenethylamines and other substances in minimal proportions * Today it is still used by Curanderos (medicine men) of northern Peru. * Peruvian Torch ( Trichocereus peruvianus ) is found high in the Andean mountain...

* The seed can be ground into a meal and used in stews, making bread, cakes etc and in making nut butter. * The seed is up to 25mm long. * The seed has a slightly resinous flavour, but delicious raw or cooked.

It grows between 1300-3250 m. * It occurs within a rainfalls regime mostly in summer. * Thin 8" needles; 4" cones; native to Mexico. From 26° to 15° north latitude, from Sinaloa , Mexico to Honduras .

It also contains fat branches and a spreading crown along with thick leaves. The amount of acorns produced can also vary year to year, one year there may be about 32,000 acorns and the next year there may be very few.

* Pinus clausa ( Sand Pine , Sandhill Pine ) is a small, often shrubby tree from 5–10 m (16–33 ft), exceptionally to 21 m (69 ft) tall, found in two separate locations, one across central peninsular Florida , and the other in the western Florida panhandle...

It is part of the red oak group. Quercus myrtifolia is an evergreen tree that can reach 12 meters (40 feet) tall or shrub in drier sites. Untoothed margins are rolled under. * Small oak accent for dry sunny landscape areas.

* Cupressus goveniana is a species of cypress endemic to coastal California in the United States , where it is found in small, scattered populations, not in large forests. * Rough gray bark, bright green leaves; native to Monterey County, California

The leaves are generally slightly smaller than those of Q. It can reach a height of 20-40 ft. * It is more drought-tolerant and cold-hardy than Q. Acorns 3/4 to 1 inch long, rather elongate.

* In cooler, more exposed areas, scrub oak is usually a small, compact shrub, but in warm or sheltered areas the plant can spread out and grow several meters high. * The word chaparral is derived from the Spanish word for scrub oak, chaparro.