Plant For Screen Or Windbreak Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Akron

In 2009 at Berenice Troglodytica , the Egypto-Roman port on the Red Sea , archaeologists found: "two blocks of resin from the Syrian fir tree ( Abies cilicica ), one weighting about 190 g and the other about 339 g, recovered from 1st-century AD contexts...

The leaves and stems have been used as an incense. The foliage forms in flat sprays with scale-like leaves 3-5 mm long. Eastern white-cedars found to be growing on cliff faces in Southern Ontario are the oldest trees in Eastern North America and all of...

* Leaves turn attractive shades of orange and red in fall. It is noted for its pubescent twigs, pinkish-white spring flowers, dull green foliage, interesting fall color and persistent black fruits.

* Manchurian Fir is used as an ornamental plant. * An evergreen coniferous tree growing to 30 m tall and 1 m in trunk diameter with a narrowly conical crown of horizontal spreading branches.

* It is quite drought tolerant as it will drop its leaves during dry periods for up to 8 months. It is most often grown as a living fence or interplanted with other species for use as timber.

* A large evergreen coniferous tree growing to 40-70m tall and with a trunk diameter of up to 2m. * The inner bark of the grand fir was used by some Plateau Indian tribes for treating colds and fever.

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.

In the North American logging industry, the grand fir is often referred to as "hem fir", with hem fir being a blanket term that can be applied to a number of species with interchangeable types of wood (specifically the California red fir, noble fir, Pacific...

Junipers are an outdoor tree, they like a sunny area with afternoon shade and need to be protected below 15 degrees F in winter. The limbs can be bent and twisted when young and forced into odd shapes for an appealing bonsai.

* An essential oil obtained from the flowers is used in perfumery. It is fairly fast-growing and very tolerant of pruning, but is rather open in habit and does not form a dense screen.

The wood is lemon-scented, light pinkish-brown, with a rich, straight grain, and is highly rot-resistant. * A similar cypress found on Taiwan is treated by different botanists as either a variety of this species (as Chamaecyparis obtusa var.

* Prunus laurocerasus (common name Cherry laurel and sometimes called English laurel in North America) is a species in the genus Prunus , native to regions bordering the Black Sea in southwestern Asia and southeastern Europe , from Albania and Bulgaria...

* An essential oil obtained from the flowers is used in perfumery. It is fairly fast-growing and very tolerant of pruning, but is rather open in habit and does not form a dense screen.

* Banksia ericifolia responds to fire by seeding, the parent plant being killed. The grey-coloured bark is smooth and fairly thin with lenticels ; however it can thicken significantly with age.

The tree generally reaches heights of about 31 metres (100 feet), but exceptional trees have been recorded up to 53 metres (173 feet). The tree doesn't mind shade but dislikes high temperatures and drought.

* The common name 'arborvitae' is from Latin, 'tree of life', and is based on its association with long life and vitality in Buddhist thought in China. This is probably based on the tree's unchangingevergreen nature in the cold dry climate of northwest...

* Scots pine is an important tree in forestry. * Scots pine is the only pine native to northern Europe. The wood is used for pulp and sawn timber products. * It was one of the first trees introduced to North America, in about 1600.

* A very easily grown plant, succeeding in any moderately fertile soil, and also in thin soils over chalk. ( Sweet Mock-orange , English Dogwood ) is a species of deciduous shrubs in the genus Philadelphus , native to Southern Europe .

It is not to be confused with its European relative Prunus laurocerasus, which is also called Cherry Laurel, though mainly known as English Laurel in the U.S. * A handsome, evergreen, ornamental and large hedge plant in southeastern North America, often...

* It is valued among firs for its drought tolerance. * Algerian Fir is grown as an ornamental tree in parks and large gardens. * Abies numidica is a medium-sized to large evergreen tree growing to 20–35 m tall, with a trunk up to 1 m diameter.

* This species has medicinal activity that is similar to but weaker than A. * Aristolochia tomentosa is a species of flowering plant in the Aristolochiaceae family.

* Scots pine is an important tree in forestry. * Scots pine is the only pine native to northern Europe. The wood is used for pulp and sawn timber products. * It was one of the first trees introduced to North America, in about 1600.

* Scots pine is an important tree in forestry. * Scots pine is the only pine native to northern Europe. The wood is used for pulp and sawn timber products. * It was one of the first trees introduced to North America, in about 1600.

It is found in Sakhalin island and southern Kurils (Russia), and also in northern Hokkaido (Japan). * Prefers a good moist but not water-logged soil. * Abies sachalinensis (Sakhalin fir) is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae.

This is a dense, twiggy, deciduous shrub that typically grows to 6-10' tall but spreads to 15' wide. The flowers are white or pink in a scarlet calyx , opening with or before the leaves in spring.

* This species has medicinal activity that is similar to but weaker than A. * Aristolochia tomentosa is a species of flowering plant in the Aristolochiaceae family.

* The fruit is eaten raw or cooked. * It is best known for its colorful spring flowers of red, white, pink or multi. * Chaenomeles japonica is a species of Japanese Quince . Very harsh and acid raw but fragrant when cooked, imparting a strong pleasant...