Hedge Plant Urban Tolerant Plant For Sale In Des Moines

* Shrub with upright stems; narrow bamboolike leaves, shiny bright green; small whitish flowers; a roughish plant, but extremely tough and vigorous; useful for highways and urban sites; native to China.

The leaves are 5–10 cm long and 2–5 cm broad, glossy dark green above, paler glaucous to yellowish green below, thick and leathery textured, and with an entire margin. * It is an evergreen shrub or small tree growing to 2–5 m (rarely 6 m) tall,...

* An excellent hedge plant, tolerating hard clipping and maritime exposure and forming a dense stock-proof shelter. Noxious weed in California * Spiny, shiny, dark green leaves, fragrant white flowers in May; quarter-inch red fruit, very attractive; parent...

* It is found at elevations ranging from sea level to 2,000 metres (6,600 ft), most commonly from 250–1,600 metres (820–5,250 ft). * Pinus nigra is a large coniferous evergreen tree, growing to 20–55 metres (66–180 ft) high at maturity and spreading...

* It is found at elevations ranging from sea level to 2,000 metres (6,600 ft), most commonly from 250–1,600 metres (820–5,250 ft). * Pinus nigra is a large coniferous evergreen tree, growing to 20–55 metres (66–180 ft) high at maturity and spreading...

* An upright bush with evergreen leaves; five-petaled very fragrant flowers at the tips of branches, throughout the year in hot areas; parents of this strain have pink flowers; doesn't mind wind, salt, poor soil; all parts of the plant are highly toxic;...

The leaves are 5–10 cm long and 2–5 cm broad, glossy dark green above, paler glaucous to yellowish green below, thick and leathery textured, and with an entire margin. * It is an evergreen shrub or small tree growing to 2–5 m (rarely 6 m) tall,...

* An excellent hedge plant, tolerating hard clipping and maritime exposure and forming a dense stock-proof shelter. Noxious weed in California * Spiny, shiny, dark green leaves, fragrant white flowers in May; quarter-inch red fruit, very attractive; parent...

* The potential age of yews is impossible to determine accurately and is subject to much dispute. Yews will grow buds on new and old wood to accommodate bonsai different styles.( brooms style is popular)

* 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.

* Pittosporum tobira is a species of flowering plant in the Pittosporum family known by several common names, including Japanese mock-orange and Japanese cheesewood . The inflorescence is a cluster of fragrant flowers occurring at the ends of branches.

This tree inhabits wooded bottomlands, the prairie border, and the midwest savanna understorey. It can be used as a hedge. * ariable; crown is rounded; gray branches; white flowers with yellow anthers; red fruit to 1" wide; may have 2" thorns; susceptible...

* 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),...

Usually of conical form; Hortus says it's the typical species. * Modern research has shown that yew trees contain the substance 'taxol' in their shoots and bark. The habit is pleasingly pyramidal.

It occurs from sea level up to 1,500 m (4,900 ft) in the Klamath Mountains valleys, often along streams. They are very tolerant of clipping so long as this does not extend into the brown barked wood since trees cannot regenerate from this.

* Plants can be grown as a medium-size hedge. * Our seed produces a very high percentage of Red seedlings. They are very tolerant of trimming and have prickles which make them an effective barrier to larger creatures.

* Many species of birds feed on the fruits. Red stem color is more easily seen after the fruits are gone, and red color often persists into early winter. * Plants can produce many stems and suckers, with older stems, which can reach 5 metres (16 ft) in...

* 11-15 tapering, pointed leaflets make up the feathery leaves of this little known 20-30' tree & are carried on red shoots; its 4-6" clusters of early flowers are followed by creamy-yellow fruit tinted with pink...

* The plant can be grown as an informal windbreak hedge in all but the most exposed situations. * Cotoneaster franchetii ( Franchet's Cotoneaster ) is a species of Cotoneaster native to southwestern China , in the provinces of Guizhou , Sichuan , Xizang...

* An upright bush with evergreen leaves; five-petaled very fragrant flowers at the tips of branches, throughout the year in hot areas; parents of this strain have pink flowers; doesn't mind wind, salt, poor soil; all parts of the plant are highly toxic;...

* Cacabela thevetia is an evergreen tropical shrub or small tree. Its fruit is deep red-black in color encasing a large seed that bears some resemblance to a 'Chinese lucky nut.' Peruviana seed oil was used to make a 'paint' with antifungal, antibacterial...

* The glorious elm that used to line American streets. * The American elm occurs naturally in an assortment of habitats, most notably rich bottomlands, floodplains, stream banks, and swampy ground, * The American Elm is the state tree of both Massachusetts...

A dwarf Vitex! Blue Diddley Chaste Tree produces spikes of deep blue flowers in waves throughout the summer months. Images courtesy of Proven Winners, www.provenwinners.com Vitex are adaptable to a wide variety of soil types and are considered to be drought...

* Shiny green leaves. * An excellent windbreak for maritime areas, it grows quite quickly and establishes well even in very windy sites. * Bacteria on the roots fix atmospheric nitrogen - whilst this enables the tree to grow well in quite poor soils it...

* Shiny green leaves, yellow or yellow green in fall; thorny, especially when young; nice vertically fissured brown bark; appealing huge round fruit, to 6", light green, filled with a sticky white sap and a sloppy mess once they fall, so choose male plants...

* This is one of the food plants for the caterpillars of several butterflies and moths, including the Gatekeeper and the Meadow Brown. * A drought resistant plant once established.

* It is named after David Douglas , who collected seed from the plant during his botanical explorations. There are up to five fairly large seeds in the centre of the fruit, these often stick together and so the effect is of eating a cherry-like fruit...