Hedge Plant Shade Tolerant Plant For Sale In Portland

The leaves are dark, glossy and slender, with 20-24 pairs of parallel sunken veins; every third tooth is whisker-tipped. * Carpinus japonica (Japanese Hornbeam) is a hornbeam native to Japan.

* 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.

There is rarely any wood as old as the entire tree, while the boughs themselves often hollow with age, making ring counts impossible. * Dark green shiny needles to 1 1/4"; may be shrubby or treelike; often used for screens and hedges, topiary; reddish-brown...

Common names include Rose of Sharon (especially in North America), rose mallow (United Kingdom) and St Joseph's rod (Italy). It is upright and vase-shaped, reaching 2–4 m (7–13 ft) in height, bearing large trumpet-shaped dark pink flowers with prominent...

* This species is occasionally used for hedging in the southern states of America. It weighs 46lb per cubic foot. Too small for commercial exploitation, the wood is used locally for turnery, inlay work, woodenware etc.

It can be used in shelterbelt plantings. It can also be trimmed into a hedge . The inflorescence is a cluster of fragrant flowers occurring at the ends of branches. The flower has five white petals each about a centimeter long.

* Spiny, shiny, dark green leaves, fragrant white flowers in May; quarter-inch red fruit, very attractive; parent of many cultivars. * Ilex aquifolium ( Holly , or European Holly to distinguish it from related species, may also be called Christmass Holly...

* This shrub is an important food source for a number of animals, including bighorn sheep, white-tailed deer, and grizzly bears. Many birds and small mammals use it for food and cover.

The flower buds resemble white pearls, hence the common name. * Native to China, common pearlbush is a loose, upright, early-blooming, deciduous shrub with a broad rounded shape. * Medium green leaves, of loose upright habit; "spectacular in flower...does...

* Garden Uses Mass or group in the shrub border or native plant garden. Prune in early spring. Blooms on new growth. Can be grown as a hedge. Also useful for stabilizing embankments.

It does best in light shade with good moisture, but will tolerate both full sun and deep shade. * Yellow Corydalis is hardy to –34°C (-30°F; hardiness zone 4). Leaves are finely divided and yellow-green to gray-green, often remaining over winter.

The pinnate leaves usually have five soft green leaflets, although three and seven occur as well, each with a shape ranging from lanceolate-oblong to rhombic, and a pattern of distinct teeth along the margins.

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

* Pinus glabra differs markedly from most other pines in that it does not occur in largely pure pine forests, but is typically found as scattered trees in moist woodland habitats in mixed hardwood forest.

Grown primarily for its beautiful foliage which provides color, contrast and texture to the landscape. * Seedlings from variegated Hosta varieties will not show the variegation. All leaves will be solid green.

* 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...

* The root is said to have a beneficial effect on the liver, stomach and spleen and may be taken to relieve indigestion and counteract liver malfunction. It is perhaps best known for its use as a hair tonic whilst the root is also taken internally as...

* Can be grown as a small ornamental tree. * Common in thickets and in thin secondary forests in lowlands and low mountains of central and southern Japan. The red seed pods are brilliant, opening to revel shiny black seeds.

It is easily recognised by its attractive three-petaled white flowers, opening from late spring to early summer, that rise above a whorl of three, leaf-like bracts. * Trillium grandiflorum, commonly known as great white trillium or wood lily, is a simple,...

* A good ground cover plant. * Hypericum androsaemum , commonly known as tutsan , is a plant in the genus Hypericum native to open woods and hillsides in Eurasia. Plants are best spaced about 90cm apart each way.

* In vitro studies showed that extracts of Devil's Club inhibit tuberculosis microbes. * Devil's club was widely employed medicinally by several native North American Indian tribes who used it especially for its pain-relieving properties.

The flower buds resemble white pearls, hence the common name. * Native to China, common pearlbush is a loose, upright, early-blooming, deciduous shrub with a broad rounded shape. * Medium green leaves, of loose upright habit; "spectacular in flower...does...

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

* 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.

It is a shrub or small tree , very variable and often a low spreading shrub, but occasionally reaching 10 m tall. It is dioecious , with male and female cones on separate plants, which are wind pollinated.

The wind-dispersed fruit develops in a flat, oval membranous wing ( samara ) 1 - 1.5 cm long and notched at the outer end . * The Siberian Elm is usually a small to medium-sized, often bushy, tree growing to 10 - 20 m tall, with a trunk up to 80 cm d.b.h...

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