Dye Plant Evergreen Plant For Sale In Massachusetts

* It is best known as the source of the natural pigment annatto , produced from the fruit . * Bees collect nectar from its flowers to make honey. * Annatto, obtained from the oily arils of the seeds is the world's second most important (after caramel)...

* Dirr calls this tree "genuinely beautiful" but says it's not for the Southeast states in U.S.; matures into a flat-topped tree with horizontal branches; good dark green foliage; good salt tolerance; native to coastal California.

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.

* Native American Californians used the hard wood for arrows, digging, spearing fish, and digging. * The Cercocarpus betuloides leaves are distinctive in that they have smooth edges from the base to about half way up, then are wavy or toothed to the rounded...

They are very drought -tolerant and fast-growing and favor climates that are rainy throughout the year or at least with high summer rainfall. The cones are ovoid, 1.5–2.5 cm (0.59–0.98 in) long and 1–2 cm (0.39–0.79 in) broad.Montezuma Cypress...

* Fire cherry or pin cherry is a slender, sometimes shrubby, tree, 35-50 ft. Fall foliage is colorful. The plants grow rapidly and can be used for fuel and pulpwood. * This species is often called Fire Cherry because its seedlings come up after forest...

* Small, delicate plant forms a rounded mound, often loose and open; evergreen; 3" flowers in May, parents of this strain have flowers in variations of pink and purple; acid soil, good drainage; in the U.S. needs light shade in the North, more shade in...

* A strong fibre obtained from the leaves is used for cordage and brushes. * Very young leaf buds are cooked as a vegetable. Plants grow in poor dry soils in the wild. * It is a shrub -like clumping palm, with several stems growing from a single base.

This drawback can be mitigated by covering the seedbed with a transparent perforated foil in order to improve seed germination.Further, weed control can be problematic as the stinging nettle has a slow seedling development time.

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. * A tea is made from the petals and flowers, that made from the petals is less bitter.

However, you need a male plant for pollination. NOTE: Female plants produce berries. One male plant will pollinate up to five female plants. Evergreen, deer resistant, good for cutting.

We ship 1-2 foot, 4-year-old trees. The Colorado Blue Spruce is the most sought after evergreen of all. Makes absolutely the most magnificent living screen. However, the color becomes even bluer with age.

* The mature trees grow to a height of 15-25 m, rarely up to 34 m, with a trunk diameter of up to 1.2 m. * The plant can tolerate maritime exposure. It is drought-tolerant and grows on dry, rocky soil.

It grows thick and fast to provide you with a solid, living wall. Plant 6' apart for a privacy hedge. One of the most popular trees in the U.S. for use as a quick boundary, screen, shelter belt, or hedge due to their rapid growth.

Caution is advised. It was used as a face paint by the North American Indians. * The crushed root has been applied to the body as an insect repellent. * A red dye is obtained from the sap of the root.

It needs full sun to grow well, is intolerant of shade, and is resistant to snow and ice damage. It is dense and cone-shaped when young, broadening at the top with age. The shiny dark green needles are 3 to 6 1/2".

Good results have also been achieved when the fruit has been used in treating respiratory tract infections, hypertension, Parkinson's disease and hepatitis. It is taken internally in the treatment of complaints associated with weak kidney and liver energy...

Plants will generally selfsow and come back from year to year. * A good plant for bees, butterflies and moths. Kennedy and was worn by his son, John F. The dried petals are used in pot-pourri in order to add colour.

* The tallest hemlock; forms a narrow crown; dark green needles and rather pendulous branchlets; 1" cones; prefers cool summer temperatures and a moist atmosphere, so perhaps best for the U.S. Pacific Northwest, where it is native; grows quickly where...

* Pinus tecunumanii wood has a yellowish hue with low extractive content in most environments. Tecunumanii Eguiluz & Perry) is a timber tree native to Mexico and Central America. It grows well in Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil and South Africa.

They are harvested with about 20cm of stem as soon as the flowers wither and are dried for later use. It is used in the treatment of skin diseases. * A blue dye is obtained from the dried plant, an indigo substitute.

* Occurs at 1000-3300 m elevation, often on thin and sometimes calcareous soils, usually with 500-1000 mm annual precipitation, frost uncommon. * Evergreen trees to 25 m tall and 75 cm dbh, usually with a single, fairly straight trunk and a pyramidal...

Smooth bark when young. It grows between 1500-2400 m in elevation. It is found in El Salvador , Guatemala , and Mexico . Trunk straight, round, usually single. Bark first smooth, gray-brown, later becoming rough and deeply fissured into large gray-brown...

* 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.

Color is a lighter green than most other evergreens. Grows 50-80' tall and 40' wide. Asymmetrical shape lends itself to landscape use also. Well-known for its extremely soft needles.

* Eucalyptus leaves are a traditional Aboriginal herbal remedy. * It makes an excellent bonsai and will readily regrow both from the base and from epicormic buds. * The common name is based on the red bark of younger growth.

It burns with a clear, bright flame and is valued as a fuel. * The wood is heavy, close-grained, moderately hard, brittle, not strong. * Requires a free-draining, light, sandy, acid soil with additional leafmould added.