Hedge Plant Plant With Winter Interest For Sale In Newport News

They are very tolerant of trimming and have prickles which make them an effective barrier to larger creatures. * Berberis thunbergii ( Japanese barberry or Thunberg's Barberry , also Red Barberry ) is a species of Berberis , native to Japan and eastern...

* The plant is extremely hardy, to USDA Zone 3. It is a large suckering shrub that can be grown as a small tree. * Cornus alba (red-barked or Siberian dogwood) is a species of flowering plant in the family Cornaceae, native to Siberia, northern China...

It is native to the southwestern United States (western Texas , southern Arizona ), Mexico , the Caribbean , South America south to northern Argentina , and the Galapagos Islands .

* It is a shade-loving tree, which prefers moderate soil fertility and moisture. * Carpinus caroliniana (American hornbeam) is a small hardwood tree in the genus Carpinus. American hornbeam is also known as blue-beech, ironwood, and musclewood.

* The inner bark has been used for making baskets. * It is the Provincial tree of British Columbia. * It is long-lived; some individuals can live well over a thousand years, with the oldest verified being 1,460 years.

* Grown mostly for it's beautiful exfoliating bark. * Small landscape tree * Somewhat reminiscent of Betua nigra bark, but the sections that break off are smaller and more block like.

The tree is an important source of pulpwood and a breeze moving through a stand of aspen, ruffling every leaf as it passes, is a magical sight; the fall color is yellow. It is conical when young, with a narrow conical crown when adult.

* The leaves are alternate, 50–100 mm long, with a 15–20 mm petiole ; they are of two types, with palmately five-lobed juvenile leaves on creeping and climbing stems, and unlobed cordate adult leaves on fertile flowering stems exposed to full sun,...

* It is a cascading type but not as fully drooping as some cultivars * In sun the leaves are a very interesting shade of red.

* The leaves of this variety are deeply cut to the base of the leaf and are slightly larger than the species.

* The spring color is bright purple-red, black red or maroon in summer, changing to green red or brown red in late summer and then crimson in the fall. * Hardier than green-leaved types.

It is a rapid-growing, multi-stemmed, suckering, deciduous shrub that grows to a maximum size of 4-7' tall on erect, usually unbranched stems. * Similar to Cornus alba but with coral red stems and bluish fruits.

* Beautiful peeling cinnamon bark. * Fall color bright red and orange. * A species of maple native to central China , in the provinces of Gansu , Henan , Hubei , Hunan , Shaanxi , Shanxi , and Sichuan.

* Plants are very shade tolerant but growth is slower in dense shade. * The New Mexico sources of Abies concolor will be intermediate between the Arizona and the Colorado. Therefore a little bluer in color than the Colorado and a little more cold hardy...

* The Apache source exhibits strong blue color yet shouldn't be used in extremely cold areas. * It is also grown for the cut Christmas tree industry. * It is a popular ornamental tree found far beyond its native range.

* Leaves start off red in the spring fade to greenish red in the summer and then turn crimson in the fall.

* The fruit grow as small, showy, apple -like, red pomes , ripening in September to October, and enduring into the winter. * The scientific name 'salicifolius', described by the botanist Franchet , means 'with leaves like willows' (see: Genus Salix ).

Unique individuals will most likely result which can be even more interesting than the parent. * They do not appear variegated but as if the red color has been brushed on. * The leaves are brick red blended over a deep green color base.

The root is diaphoretic, diuretic and emetic. * Celastrus scandens , commonly called American Bittersweet or Bittersweet , is a species of staff vines that blooms mostly in June and is commonly found on rich, well-drained soils of woodlands .

* It grows as a mound and holds its red color well in the summer. * A great deal of variation can be expected when growing this plant.

* Douglas fir seeds are an extremely important food for small mammals. * The specific epithet, menziesii, is after Archibald Menzies, a Scottish physician and rival naturalist to David Douglas.

* It has gracefully arching branches and grows somewhat faster than other cultivars. * The fall color is golden to red.

* It has very dark red, almost black-red leaves, is upright growing and holds its color well into the summer. * The fall color is crimson red.

Tolerates trimming. * It is an evergreen or semi-evergreen shrub growing to 3 metres (9.8 ft) tall. * Cotoneaster franchetii ( Franchet's Cotoneaster ) is a species of Cotoneaster native to southwestern China , in the provinces of Guizhou , Sichuan ,...

* Unlike most species of pine. This tree transplants well. * Mountain Pine or Mugo Pine ( Pinus mugo ) is a high-altitude European pine , found in the Pyrenees , Alps , Erzgebirge , Carpathians , northern Apennines and Balkan Peninsula mountains from...

It will however grow in full sun, even though the foliage appears to "bleach" a little. The shrub is mid winter flowering with a delightful sweet scent. * Sarcococca confusa is a very adaptable and reliable shrub that is easily grown in many situations,...

* A similar cypress found on Taiwan is treated by different botanists as either a variety of this species (as Chamaecyparis obtusa var. Formosana) or as a separate species Chamaecyparis taiwanensis; it differs in having smaller cones (6-9 mm diameter)...