Dye Plant Evergreen Plant For Sale In Houston

However, you need a male plant for pollination. NOTE: Female plants produce berries. Looks best if trimmed to a compact 4-6 feet. Untrimmed, grows 6-10 feet at maturity. One male plant will pollinate up to five female plants.

* The wood does not resist water, so it is not considered good timber, but it is used for growing shiitake mushrooms. * This species contains the gallotannin 1,2,3,4,6-penta-O-galloyl-beta-D-glucose, a compound that may be used in radioprotection.

* Fraxinus quadrangulata ( Blue Ash ) is a species of Fraxinus native primarily to the Midwestern United States , as well as the Bluegrass region of Kentucky and the Nashville Basin region of Tennessee.

Very dense lustrous green needles. Adapts well to high pH and heavy clay soils. Has a wonderful, pyramidal shape. Grows up to 60 feet tall. We send 12-20'' seedlings.

Attractive, long trusses of pure white flowers in May are only a prelude to the big show. An abundance of brilliant, orange-scarlet berries follow the bloom and the bush becomes a ''mound of flame'' with the effect lasting well into winter.

However, you need a male plant for pollination. NOTE: Female plants produce berries. Looks best if trimmed to a compact 4-6 feet. Untrimmed, grows 6-8 feet at maturity. One male plant will pollinate up to five female plants.

* Plants seem to be immune to the predations of rabbits. * A very ornamental plant, it is hardy to about -20°c. * It is hardy to zone 3 and is not frost tender. * It is in leaf 12-Jan It is in flower from Mar to April.

* A soap is obtained from the fruit by rubbing the fruit in water. Used in Mexico for washing clothes. It splits easily into thin strips and is often used in basket making. * An evergreen tree with compound leaves to 14", leaflets to 6"; flowers in small...

Can be grown indoors and the trunk, bark formation takes a few years. Taxus cuspidata can do any size pot or style of bonsai but do not like soggy soils and need good drainage to thrive.

The young shoots or suckers from the bottom of the plant are also used. * Easily grown in a rich strong loam enriched with leafmold and sand. Requires very good drainage with abundant moisture in the summer and a sunny position.

* The flowers are very fragrant, diffusing a powerful clove-like scent. * An attractive garden flower, blooms in May or June, 1 1/2" flowers, several per stem. Succeeds in dry soils and in poor soils.

An excellent fuel. It has been used to make baskets, mats, ropes and as an ornament on bows, arrows etc. Wood - close-grained, soft, brittle. * A green dye can be obtained from the leaves.

* Crotalarias are grown in the tropics as green manure cover crops due to their nitrogen fixing capabilities and drought tolerance. * They are occationally grown as ornamentals for their yellow flowers and interesting rattling seed pods.

* Cupressus cashmeriana ( Bhutan Cypress , Kashmir Cypress ; Dzongkha language : Tsenden ) is a species of cypress native to the eastern Himalaya in Bhutan and adjacent areas of Arunachal Pradesh in northeastern India ; it grows at moderately high altitudes...

Japonica have been shown to effectively remove gaseous formaldehyde from indoor air. Sieboldii Hort. Aralia japonica Thunb., A. * Bold, shiny, dark green palmate leaves more than 1' across; forms a large, rounded, open shrub; white flowers in fall; should...

An infusion is said to strengthen the stomach, create an appetite, remove obstructions of the liver and treat jaundice. Sativus) was formerly widely used in textile processing, providing a natural comb for cleaning, aligning and raising the nap on fabrics,...

* Bright green or bluish-green; drooping branchlets; native to Himalayas. The leaves are used. Wood - moderately hard, very durable. * The plant is burnt as an incense. Used for general construction.

* Cupressus pigmaea ( Mendocino Cypress ) is a taxon of disputed status in the genus Cupressus endemic to certain coastal terraces and coastal mountain ranges of Mendocino and Sonoma Counties in northwestern California .

* It is a large shrub or tree growing to 22 m tall. The dark-green leaves are usually small, 2.5-7 cm long and 2-5 cm broad, thick and often spiny-toothed, particularly on young trees.

* The species is grown as an ornamental plant, both in its native area and elsewhere in temperate regions around the world * Buxus microphylla ( Japanese Box or Littleleaf Box ) is a species of Buxus native to Japan and Taiwan .

It is also used as a hair rinse, adding golden tints to brown or auburn hair. A saffron substitute, it is used to colour and flavour rice, soups etc. * They are very rich in vitamins and minerals and are similar to Taraxacum officinale (Dandelion) in...

Crispa, Mountain Alder). * It is sometimes used for afforestation on infertile soils which it enriches by means of its nitrogen-fixing nodules, while not growing large enough to compete with the intended timber crop.

Sweet osmanthus is also the 'city flower' of Hangzhou , China. * The unripe fruits are preserved in brine like olives. The flowers have a scent of apricots. Kinmokusei ; also known as Sweet Olive, Tea Olive and Fragrant Olive) is a species of Osmanthus...

Wood - hard, handsome with a marble-like grain. Often grown as an informal hedge, it is also amenable to trimming. * A green dye is obtained from the immature fruit. It was introduced to North America as an ornamental shrub in the early 1800s or perhaps...

This plant is often used as an ornamental plant . Gallberry nectar is the source of a pleasant honey that is popular in the southern United States. * Ilex glabra is one of the very few evergreen shrubs (broadleaf or narrowleaf) to thrive in wet sites,...

* Wyman calls this "a fine, narrow tree"; 1/2" needles, light green; cones to 4"; conical in outline, with ascending branches, lacking the tiered quality of some spruces; native to Japan.

Its value as a street tree is largely due to its resistance to salt spray (from road de-icing salt) and various industrial pollutants (including ozone), and its intermediate drought tolerance.