Hedge Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Topeka

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

It can be trimmed so long as it is not cut back into old wood. * Cupressus macrocarpa , commonly known as Monterey Cypress or Macrocarpa , is a species of cypress endemic to the central coast of California .

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.

* A shrub with evergreen 2" x 1" shiny leaves; fragrant white flowers in April; round red fruit to 1/4"; grows well in dry shade; easy to grow; native to central and Western China, where it grows in forests and on cliffs, especially on limestone.

* This 6-8' shrub is "of matchless elegance a its fleecy sprays lovely in their silken lightness" (A. Johnson) & contrasting beautifully with the lush pinnate foliage, in its first reddish growth or its later fresh-green.

It is juicy, sweet, fleshy, slightly aromatic. * American beautyberries produce large clusters of purple berries, which birds and deer eat, thus distributing the seeds. * The fruit is edible raw.

* It is one of the classic bonsai subjects. * Thick, slightly twisted bright green 3-4 1/2" needles. Easily grown from seed in the early spring, the seeds are soaked in water to start germination.

* Plants can be grown as an informal (untrimmed) hedge, though they are also amenable to trimming. * This variety is upright growing, very columnar. * The cultivar 'Tallhedge' has been selected for hedging.

* A versatile mid sized, prolific flowering shrub that is quite cold hardy. Very worthy of greater use, especially in areas where flowering shrub choices are limited by lack of drought tolerance and/or cold hardiness.

This varient will grow to 8 feet tall. 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;...

* Metasequoia glyptostroboides, the dawn redwood, is a fast-growing, endangered deciduous conifer, the sole living species of the genus Metasequoia, one of three species in the subfamily Sequoioideae.

It is a very hard to secure item. * One member of this species, known as Methuselah , is thought to be the oldest living non-clonal organism on Earth . * This is one of our most popular bonsai seeds.

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.

It grows between 1300-3250 m. * It occurs within a rainfalls regime mostly in summer. * Thin 8" needles; 4" cones; native to Mexico. * Smooth-bark Mexican Pine ( Pinus pseudostrobus ), ( Chamite and Pacingo ) distinctive names in Spanish, tree endemic...

It is used for construction, firewood, and railroad ties. It is planted commercially in Kenya, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia at high altitudes. * This species often grows in mixed in stands with several other pines and/or junipers, in Arizona most often with...

* Dodonaea viscosa is a species of flowering plant in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae, that has a cosmopolitan distribution in tropical, subtropical and warm temperate regions of Africa, the Americas, southern Asia and Australasia.

* An infusion of the dried buds has been used as an eye wash. Mostly at 1000-3000 m (Kral 1993). * It is found on the Black Hills and on foothills and mid-height peaks of the northern, central and southern Rocky Mountains.

* Myrtle in a wedding bouquet is a general European custom. * An essential oil obtained from the plant is antiseptic. * The plant is very tolerant of regular clipping and can be grown as a hedge.

* In North America it is known as Hedge Maple and in Australia it is sometimes called Common Maple. * A deciduous Tree growing to 15 m, at a fast rate. * A maple native to much of Europe , north to southern England (where it is the only native maple),...

* It is an evergreen climbing plant, growing to 20–30 m high where suitable surfaces ( trees , cliffs , walls ) are available, and also growing as ground cover where there are no vertical surfaces.

* An easily grown and very tolerant plant, it succeeds in most positions in any good soil in sun or partial shade. Prefers a moist soil but succeeds in dry soils and, once established, is drought tolerant.

* This species of pearlbush is an early-blooming, upright deciduous shrub that is native to Manchuria and Korea. Flower buds purportedly resemble white pearls, hence the cultivar name.

It can be trimmed so long as it is not cut back into old wood. * Cupressus macrocarpa , commonly known as Monterey Cypress or Macrocarpa , is a species of cypress endemic to the central coast of California .

Established plants are drought tolerant. * The leaves are used for flavouring rice dumplings. * Requires a well-drained sandy soil and a sunny position.

* The fruit is very sweet and gelatinous, most people find it delicious though some find it sickly[K]. A number of people who like the flavour do not like the texture which is often described as being 'snotty'[K].

* 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. The foliage grows in dense sprays, varying from dull gray-green to bright glaucous blue-green in color.

* A versatile mid sized, prolific flowering shrub that is quite cold hardy. Very worthy of greater use, especially in areas where flowering shrub choices are limited by lack of drought tolerance and/or cold hardiness.