Drought Tolerant Plant Evergreen Plant For Sale In Corpus Christi

It grows at higher elevations (to 9500') with a slower growth rate, and has shorter cones (to 3"), blue-green needles and better winter hardiness. * The specific epithet, menziesii, is after Archibald Menzies, a Scottish physician and rival naturalist...

Established plants are drought tolerant, succeeding in hot dry positions. * The fruit can also be ground into a powder and used as a spice. * Juniperus rigida (Temple Juniper) is a species of juniper, native to northern China, Korea, Japan, and the far...

They prepared a brew called "achuma" , "huachuma" or "cimora" which was used during ritualistic ceremonies to diagnose the spiritual links to a patient's illness. * The active compound is 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine or mescaline which was reported...

It also occurs south into northern Baja California in Mexico . * The Interior Live Oak ( Quercus wislizeni ) is an evergeen oak , highly variable and often shrubby, found in areas of California in the United States .

Plants grow in poor dry soils in the wild. * It is a shrub -like clumping palm, with several stems growing from a single base. * Easily grown in a rich strong loam enriched with leafmold and sand.

Ponderosa subsp. The 'South Rockies' group includes populations formerly assigned to Pinus brachyptera Engelmann (1848) from Arizona and New Mexico. * An infusion of the dried buds has been used as an eye wash.

* The leaves are cooked and used as greens. * Shadscale fruits and leaves provide important winter browse for both domestic livestock and native herbivores. * The seed is used in pinole or ground into a meal and used as a thickener in making bread or...

They prepared a brew called "achuma" , "huachuma" or "cimora" which was used during ritualistic ceremonies to diagnose the spiritual links to a patient's illness. * The active compound is 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine or mescaline which was reported...

Its age was estimated in 1975 to be around 250 years, with a maximum of 365 years, not several thousand as had previously been claimed.It is also the largest D. * Dracaena draco is cultivated and widely available as an ornamental tree for parks, gardens,...

* Smooth-bark Mexican Pine ( Pinus pseudostrobus ), ( Chamite and Pacingo ) distinctive names in Spanish, tree endemic to Mexico , 8 to 25 m tall, dense and round top, the bark is brown and fissured and smooth when young.

It is native to the southeastern United States ( Mississippi , Alabama , Florida , Georgia , South Carolina ). It typically matures to 15-20' tall and 8-10' wide, but occasionally rises to as much as 35' tall.

* It usually occurs as a native shrub or a medium sized tree. * One of the largest southwestern oaks, this handsome tree reaches its greatest size in canyons and other moist sites.

Washoensis populations do not warrant distinction as a variety or even a subspecies of P. * For now, this small-coned form of P. * Pinus washoensis may be synonymous with P. * Many botanists believe that this is merely a southern outlier of the typical...

Since Butcher's broom tightens blood vessels and capillaries, it is used to treat varicose veins. * Mature shoots are bound into bunches and used as scourers or as besoms. The seed germinates better if it is given a period of cold stratification.

Washoensis populations do not warrant distinction as a variety or even a subspecies of P. * For now, this small-coned form of P. * Pinus washoensis may be synonymous with P. * Many botanists believe that this is merely a southern outlier of the typical...

Each fruit contains around 2,000 seeds plus sweet fleshy connective tissue. When the saguaro dies and its soft flesh rots, the callus remains as a so-called "saguaro boot", which was used by natives for storage.

* The seed cones are berry -like, green ripening in 18 months to purple-black with a blue waxy coating; they are spherical, 4–12 mm diameter, and usually have three (occasionally six) fused scales, each scale with a single seed .

The 'North Plateau' group includes populations formerly assigned to P. Ponderosa subsp. * An infusion of the dried buds has been used as an eye wash. Ponderosa from British Columbia, western Montana, Idaho, and Washington, Oregon, California & Nevada...

* Creamy white flowers as much as a foot wide, wonderfully fragrant, in May, June or July. * An evergreen Tree growing to 10 m (32ft) by 10 m (32ft) at a medium rate. * It is used in the treatment of malaria and rheumatism.

It grows at higher elevations (to 9500') with a slower growth rate, and has shorter cones (to 3"), blue-green needles and better winter hardiness. * The specific epithet, menziesii, is after Archibald Menzies, a Scottish physician and rival naturalist...

It is a monotypic genus, with this species as its only member. 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 white flowers in...

Container plants can be placed on patios or sunk into the ground to the lip, but must be brought indoors in fall before first frost for overwintering. Tolerates drought. It is also known as lemon-scented gum , blue spotted gum and lemon eucalyptus .

* Thorns showed antibacterial activity against a Gram-positive bacterium Xanthomonas vesicatoria and a Gram-negative bacterium Bacillus subtilis. * It is one of the alleged "50 fundamental herbs" used in traditional Chinese medicine.

* A soap is obtained from the fruit by rubbing the fruit in water. It splits easily into thin strips and is often used in basket making. The fruit can be dried and stored for later use.

Grown mostly for its warm orange color and dense clump forming habit. Mass plantings are spectacular! * It is native to New Zealand where it grows on sand dunes proving its drought and salt tolerance.

Blooms on new growth. Tolerates wide range of soils, including dry rocky or sandy soils. * Garden Uses Mass or group in the shrub border or native plant garden. Prune in early spring.

The grey-coloured bark is smooth and fairly thin with lenticels ; however it can thicken significantly with age. * Banksia ericifolia grows as a large shrub up to 6 metres (20 ft) in height, though often smaller, around 1–2 metres (3–6 ft), in exposed...