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* Seed germination appears to be dependent on about a 2-week period of moistened seed at a time when soil temperatures have reached 60 degrees Fahrenheit. * Big bluestem is tolerant of a wide range of soils and moisture.

The foliage grows in dense sprays, varying from dull gray-green to bright glaucous blue-green in color. * It is a medium-sized evergreen tree with a conic to ovoid-conic crown. It grows to heights of 10-25 m, and its trunk diameter reaches 0.5 m.

* Because of its isolation in a remote area, it escaped discovery until 1964. * It has started being cultivated recently and is a very attractive ornamental tree. In cultivation, leaves up to 23 cm long may be produced.

* Lawson's Pine (Pinus lawsonii) is a species of conifer in the Pinaceae family. * Pinus lawsonii occurs in forest and woodland at 1300-2600 m elevation. * Climate is warm-temperate to temperate with 600-1500 mm annual precipitation and a November to...

* Although it can grow to the height of 25 meters, many specimens are seen as shrubs 3–5 m tall with many small trunks. The seed is up to 3cm long. The seed ripens in late autumn and, when stored in its shell in a cool place, will keep for at least...

Easily grown from seed in the early spring, the seeds are soaked in water to start germination. * Japanese Black Pine can reach the height of 40 m, but rarely achieves this size outside its natural range.

The raceme inflorescence is very tall, reaching a maximum of 4 m (12 ft). Plant out in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts, and give some protection from the cold for at least their first few winters.

* Triadica sebifera , also referred to as Sapium sebiferum , is commonly known as the Chinese tallow tree , Florida aspen and Gray Popcorn Tree . In these regions, the waxy coating of the seeds is used for candle and soap making, and the leaves are used...

* It is one of the most elementally Mexican of pines. * It is found in Mexico - from S. Sinaloa to Chiapas - and Guatemala in montane, relatively open pine or pine-oak forests at altitudes from 900 to 2500 m.

The plant has a lignified stem with green branches bearing five to nine leaflets. * These shrubs are usually found in wooded and bushy areas, on sunny, warm and dry slopes and around forest edges.

The species is often smaller, stunted and twisted in coastal exposures. * 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...

Elliptic, serrate, pale green leaves (to 3" long) turn yellow in fall. * This species of pearlbush is an early-blooming, upright deciduous shrub that is native to Manchuria and Korea.

Some believe it to have been the stacte used together with frankincense , galbanum , and onycha to make Ketoret , the Tabernacle incense of the Old Testament. The same species is considered to occur native to California (a Mediterranean-American disjunct...

* Rhapis excelsa also known as Broadleaf Lady Palm is a species of fan palm (Arecaceae subfamily Coryphoideae, tribe Corypheae) in the genus Rhapis, probably native to southern China and Taiwan.

* It has green arching foliage to 3 feet in USDA 8, with highlights of orange, copper, and gold, especially in drier soils. * The only known species is Anemanthele lessoniana, often called gossamer grass or New Zealand wind grass or pheasant's tail grass.

* Mirbelia is a plant genus belonging to the Fabaceae family. It is endemic to Australia, occurring in every mainland state except South Australia.

It is a moderately long-lived hardwood with a light-colored wood, yellowish gray to light brown with yellow streaks. * Celtis occidentalis, commonly known as the Common hackberry, is a large deciduous tree native to North America.

* American Beautyberry ( Callicarpa americana ) is an open-habit, native shrub of the Southern United States which is often grown as an ornamental in gardens and yards . * American beautyberries produce large clusters of purple berries, which birds and...

A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of kidney complaints and TB. * Habitat and Range: sandy, gravelly, or rocky slopes, often growing in areas underlain by limestone bedrock.

Plants grow in poor dry soils in the wild. * It is a shrub -like clumping palm, with several stems growing from a single base. Plants have been used to form hedges in Mediterranean areas.

* A tough, attractive tree that will grow anywhere; tolerant of high pH and poor soil; good for city streets; bark often attractively patch in shades of gray, green, orange, and brown; leaves to 2 1/2", dark green and shiny; fall color yellowish to reddish...

* Nandina domestica (pronounced /naen?di?n? 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...

* Rhapis excelsa also known as Broadleaf Lady Palm is a species of fan palm (Arecaceae subfamily Coryphoideae, tribe Corypheae) in the genus Rhapis, probably native to southern China and Taiwan.

* Canavalia pubescens, commonly known as ʻawikiwiki or Lavafield Jack-bean, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. * Its natural habitats are dry forests and low shrublands.

* The glorious elm that used to line American streets. * Dirr notes that several forms occur, but the one most of us recall fondly divided into several major trunks topped by spreading, arching, pendulous branches.

* This is an outstanding ornamental that can be used as an effective screen or accent plant. * Parent has an abundance of pinkish plumes. * Noxious weed in California.

* Peruvian Torch ( Trichocereus peruvianus ) is found high in the Andean mountain deserts of Peru and Ecuador and is similar to the San Pedro cactus ( Trichocereus pachanoi ) which is found in the same region.