Hedge Plant Seeds For Sale In Durham

* Stored seed should be sown as early in the year as possible and given cold stratification - it might not germinate until spring of the following year.

* 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.

The leaves are up to 4 centimeters (11?2 inches) long—broader than those of most other yews—and often end in a very small, sharp point. The tree is up to 14 m (46 ft) tall and wide and bushy when cultivated.

* The ashes of the wood are used in glazing porcelain. * Distylium racemosum is an evergreen Shrub growing to 2 m (6ft) by 3 m (9ft) at a slow rate. * A very valuable wood, it is used for small articles, musical instruments etc.

Its natural habitat is semi-forest, on soil cool and non-arid. This species is beginning to spread as an ornamental plant in France, for its flowering and its robustness (it withstands temperatures from -25 ° C).

Also tolerates some drought. Blooms on new growth. Can be grown as a hedge. * Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. * Garden Uses Mass or group in the shrub border or native plant garden.

* 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 .

Used as a substitute for China tea, especially by people living at high elevations in the Himalayas. * The bark of older stems is shreddy with long thin strips. The juice of the root is used in the treatment of indigestion.

Rhododendron ponticum subsp. Spain, Portugal. & Reut.) Hand.-Mazz. Baeticum (Boiss. The leaves are evergreen , 6-18 cm long and 2-5 cm broad. The fruit is a dry capsule 15-25 mm long, containing numerous small seeds .There are two subspecies : Rhododendron...

* Taxon: Eleutherococcus lasiogyne (Harms) S. Hu Genus: Eleutherococcus Family: Araliaceae subfamily: Aralioideae. * Trees, small, or shrubs, to 10 m tall. Branches glabrous, unarmed or with scattered recurved prickles, slightly flattened at base.

The leaves are dark, glossy and slender, with 20-24 pairs of parallel sunken veins; every third tooth is whisker-tipped. It grows to 12-15m tall with leaves that are longer and darker than the European Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus).

* Flora of China explains: Trees grow to 15 m tall; bark gray. Branchlets dark purplish, slender, sparsely white pubescent or not.

It is native to China , possibly also Japan . * Rhodotypos scandens , the sole species of the genus Rhodotypos , is a deciduous shrub in the family Rosaceae , closely related to Kerria and included in that genus by some botanists.

The surviving trees from this forest are as old as 2000 years. * Cupressus macrocarpa , commonly known as Monterey Cypress or Macrocarpa , is a species of cypress endemic to the central coast of California .

Bark and branchlets grayish black. Anhui, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang. Petiole 2-4.5 cm; leaf blade often purplish red when young, greenish when mature, cordate or triangular-orbicular, * Open or...

Rhododendron ponticum subsp. Spain, Portugal. & Reut.) Hand.-Mazz. Baeticum (Boiss. The leaves are evergreen , 6-18 cm long and 2-5 cm broad. The fruit is a dry capsule 15-25 mm long, containing numerous small seeds .There are two subspecies : Rhododendron...

* Plants are sometimes grown as a hedge. * An evergreen shrub with dark green leaves, 2" golden-yellow bowl-shaped flowers in July; native to China, Japan. Wood - close grained, moderately hard.

The colours are rich but fugitive. * A green dye is obtained from the immature fruit. Used for small turnery. Mixed with gum arabic and limewater, it makes a green pigment used in watercolour painting.

* This is one of the most common species in the genus. * Roots yield up to 6% gutta-percha, a non-elastic rubber used as an electrical insulator and in making plastics etc. Its growth is quite variable under both cultivated and wild conditions.

Large flowers in lovely hues of white, pink, and red present themselves in abundance in spring on this easy to grow hardy shrub. Deer-resistant plants stay compact and attractive all season long, with glossy green foliage, and are superb additions to...

The leaves and stems have been used as an incense. Their aromatic smell serves to deodorize the house whilst sweeping. Unlike the closely related species, Thuja plicata (Western Redcedar), it is only a small tree.

Suggested mechanisms to explain this include stimulation of venous alpha 1 and 2 adrenoreceptors and decreased capillary permeability. * Mature shoots are bound into bunches and used as scourers or as besoms.

* ariable; crown is rounded; gray branches; white flowers with yellow anthers; red fruit to 1" wide; may have 2" thorns; susceptible to rust; native to eastern and central U.S. * The plant is tolerant of being trimmed and will even resprout if cut back...

The leaves are dark, glossy and slender, with 20-24 pairs of parallel sunken veins; every third tooth is whisker-tipped. It grows to 12-15m tall with leaves that are longer and darker than the European Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus).

* The fruit is eaten raw or dried for later use. The woody fruit is up to 30mm in diameter. A pleasant sub-acid taste, somewhat resembling dried apples. * Paliurus spina-christi , commonly known as Jerusalem Thorn , Garland Thorn , Christ's Thorn , or...

* Of crooked, wide-spreading habit; berries eaten raw and used in jam and wine; dark red, purple, or black fruit, at 1" the largest of the genus; probably native to Asia. The fruit is juicy and refreshing, though it must be used as soon as it is ripe.

* The bark of chokecherry root was once made into an asperous-textured concoction used to ward off or treat colds, fever and stomach maladies by native Americans. * Chokecherry is also used to craft wine in the western United States mainly in the Dakotas...