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

As plants take several years to flower in the wild, it is very sensitive to too-frequent burns and has been eliminated in some areas where this occurs. * Banksia ericifolia responds to fire by seeding, the parent plant being killed.

* Juniperus scopulorum ( Rocky Mountain Juniper ) is a species of juniper native to western North America , in Canada in British Columbia and southwest Alberta , in the United States from Washington east to North Dakota , south to Arizona and also locally...

It is noted for its graceful form, large heart-shaped leaves, scaly fissured bark, large fruiting catkins and large winter buds. It typically grows 20-30' tall by 12-15' wide, but may reach 50' tall in its native habitat.

* Succeeds in most soils. * Although only 4 - 8mm long, it's fruit has been suggested as a substitute for the true olive, Olea europaea. Requires a sunny position and a well-drained soil.

* Bark first smooth, brown-gray, with age becoming dark brown and longitudinally fissured. * Trees to 40 m tall and 150 cm dbh with a straight, round trunk and broadly conical crown.

* The wood is light yet has great strength and rot resistance, and is particularly highly valued in east Asia, with large amounts being exported to Japan where it is in high demand for making coffins, and for shrines and temples.

* These plants are an invasive species in Florida , known as Australian pines. It is possibly native to Madagascar . * It is also found in West Africa , where it is known as the Filao Tree and is planted to prevent erosion in sandy soils .

White to light pink flowers (3/4" across) are solitary or in pairs. The leaves are alternate, 2–7 cm long and 1–3.5 cm broad, oval to obovate , acuminate with irregularly serrate margins, rugose , dark green, pubescent above and tomentose below, with...

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

The pistillate and staminate flowers are on different trees; both are inconspicuous; but the fruit is very much in evidence. In form they are very simple, a long oval terminating in a slender point.

Tannins in the bark are believed to be responsible for its astringent are harvested in the spring and an infusion of the leaves is used to reduce inflammations harvested in the summer months.

* The trees have an extensive root system and are well adapted for growing in poor sandy soils, they are often used as a pioneer tree for reforestation. * In the far west of its range, it hybridizes readily with the closely related lodgepole pine ( P.

* Ilex opaca is a medium-sized broadleaved evergreen tree growing to 10-20 m tall, exceptionally up to 30 m tall, with a trunk diameter typically up to 50 cm, exceptionally 120 cm.

* CLIMBER growing to 7 m (23ft) at a fast rate. * It attaches itself by means of twining around other plants, it has been recommended for covering pergolas. * It is in flower from June to August.

It has a shallow, wide-spreading root system. * Too small to be exploited commercially, this high quality wood is often used locally for flooring, cogs, tool handles, golf clubs etc.

It is a slow-growing tree which grows to 35 m tall with a trunk up to 1 m in diameter. Or ?, hinoki) is a species of cypress native to central Japan. * "A tall, slender pyramid with spreading branches and drooping, frondlike branchlets." (Dirr); dark...

* Prinsepia sinensis is a deciduous Shrub growing to 1.8 m (6ft) at a medium rate. * 6' to 10' tall equally as wide * red, cherry-like fruit 0.5" in diameter ripens in July * Grown mostly for its edible fruit which is very high in vitamin C.

* It is endemic to Sichuan in western China , occurring on the sacred mountain of Emei Shan (from where it was first described) and westward to the Gongga Shan massif, growing at altitudes of 1,500–4,000 m.

* Grows well in heavy clay soils, requiring a cool position in a good moist but not water-logged soil. * It is a large evergreen tree typically up to 40-60 m tall and 2 m trunk diameter.

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

* An evergreen coniferous tree growing to 30 m tall and 1 m in trunk diameter with a narrowly conical crown of horizontal spreading branches. * Needle Fir, is a species of fir native to mountainous regions of northern Korea, southern Ussuriland, and China...

* Prunus caroliniana, known as the Carolina Cherry Laurel, with syns. The greatest use of Cherry laurel is for providing a nearly carefree, dark green visual screen. Birds consume the dry fruit.

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

* A variable evergreen of upright, rounded habit, with 1/2" white flowers in small clusters; 1" green or red berries; likes moist soil, part shade; emerging leaves bronzy to reddish, later leathery, dark green; leaves to 4" x 1 1/2", turning bronzy-red...

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

* Fir native to the mountains south and east of the Black Sea, in Turkey, Georgia, Russian Caucasus and northern parts of Armenia. * Ambrolauri source is the most popular for Christmas tree production.

* The crushed leaves are quite aromatic. * Native from the Black Hills of South Dakota. * Picea glauca ( White Spruce ) is a species of spruce native to the north of North America , from central Alaska east to Newfoundland , and south to northern Montana...