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* The shrub became very popular in the Eastern United States following World War I, almost a defining shrub in American gardens made between the World Wars. * Fragrant flowers that smell like vanilla last for up to two months in late spring early summer.

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...

* Red pine is a coniferous evergreen tree characterized by tall, straight growth in a variety of habitats. * This species is intolerant of shade, but does well in windy sites; it grows best in well-drained soil.

* Native to central and Southern Japan * Momi Fir is sometimes used as an ornamental tree, particularly in warm temperate regions with hot, humid summers such as the southeastern United States.

This is the parent of a large number of cultivars, it is native from coastal Canada to Minnesota and south to Georgia and Alabama. The trunk is usually straight and monopodial, but very rarely is forked.

* Wood - very light, soft, close grained. It has narrow-elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate leaves, 12-20cm long, and small flowers appear in slender greyish catkins in spring; male and female borne on separate plants.

* 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...

* Wood - very light, soft, close grained. It has narrow-elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate leaves, 12-20cm long, and small flowers appear in slender greyish catkins in spring; male and female borne on separate plants.

* Twigs slender, firm, yellowish gray-brown turning gray, ridged and grooved with minute pubescence in the grooves, and circular leaf scars. * It is a medium-sized evergreen coniferous tree growing to 30 m tall with a trunk up to 1.2 m diameter and a...

* Leaves turn attractive shades of orange and red in fall. * Peking cotoneaster is an upright, deciduous shrub with a rounded top that typically grows to 6-10' tall and as wide. It is noted for its pubescent twigs, pinkish-white spring flowers, dull green...

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

* Flowers are reddish-brown in the male and red in the female. Cones are small, rectangular and about 1 centimetre across. * The trunk is usually erect, with dense rough bark. It is often planted along the sides of streams to protect them from erosion.

The pistillate and staminate flowers are on different trees; both are inconspicuous; but the fruit is very much in evidence. * When Lewis and Clark reached St. Louis in 1804, they were so impressed by the versatile and durable Osage Orange tree that it...

* A notable specimen in the Pirin Mountains of Bulgaria, known as Baikushev's pine, is 24 metres (79 ft) tall, 2.2 metres (7 ft 3 in) in diameter, and is estimated to be over 1300 years old.

* It was first discovered (by Euro-Americans) near Port Orford in Oregon and introduced into cultivation in 1854, by collectors working for the Lawson & Son nursery in Edinburgh, Scotland, after whom it was named as Lawson Cypress by the describing botanist...

* It is a large evergreen coniferous tree growing to 60 m tall and with a trunk diameter of up to 2 m. * Fir native to the mountains south and east of the Black Sea, in Turkey, Georgia, Russian Caucasus and northern parts of Armenia.

Used for construction, boxes, utensils, spindles etc. * Native to Japan on the islands of Honshu and Shikoku. * It lives in moist soils in cool wet mountain forests at elevations of 1500–2800 m.

* Native to central and Southern Japan * Momi Fir is sometimes used as an ornamental tree, particularly in warm temperate regions with hot, humid summers such as the southeastern United States.

* 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...

* Thrives in almost any soil, including chalk, it is particularly suited to dry shaded areas. Prefers a well-drained loamy soil. It is in flower from May to June. * Roots and stem yield gutta-percha, a non elastic rubber used as an electrical insulator...

* Twigs slender, firm, yellowish gray-brown turning gray, ridged and grooved with minute pubescence in the grooves, and circular leaf scars. * It is a medium-sized evergreen coniferous tree growing to 30 m tall with a trunk up to 1.2 m diameter and a...

* It is a large evergreen coniferous tree growing to 60 m tall and with a trunk diameter of up to 2 m. * Fir native to the mountains south and east of the Black Sea, in Turkey, Georgia, Russian Caucasus and northern parts of Armenia.

It is abundant further south on the southern coast and in the Gulf states, reaching its greatest size on the bottomlands of southern Arkansas and eastern Texas. * Ilex opaca is often cultivated by plant nurseries for use as a broadleaf evergreen ornamental...

Tolerates poor soils. ( Sweet Mock-orange , English Dogwood ) is a species of deciduous shrubs in the genus Philadelphus , native to Southern Europe . Succeeds in semi-shade but prefers a position in full sun where it will flower more freely.

The flowers are trumpet-shaped, 4-9 cm diameter, most commonly blue with a white to golden yellow centre. The leaves are spirally arranged, 3-7 cm long with a 1.5-6 cm long petiole.

* This is a fast growing evergreen flowering tree. * A yellow dye is obtained from the flowers. * The extensiveroot system of this plant helps to prevent soil erosion. * Acacia dealbata is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant in warm temperate regions...

* 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...