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

It can withstand cold, heat, and drought. This species is planted for dune stabilization and for soil and water conservation. It can even be buried in sand and find its way to the surface.

* It is a high altitude mountain tree, growing at altitudes of 3,000-4,000 meters, often occupying the tree line . * Needles to 1" long, in 2 rows forming a trough; barrel-shaped cones, 4", dark violet-black.

This is probably based on the tree's unchangingevergreen nature in the cold dry climate of northwest China, and its longevity; some of the larger specimens planted around Buddhist temples in China are said to be in excess of 1,000 years old.

* When Lewis and Clark reached St. Louis in 1804, they were so impressed by the versatile and durable Osage Orange tree that it was the first specimen that they sent east. The pistillate and staminate flowers are on different trees; both are inconspicuous;...

* Because it stands up well to cutting back and has dense foliage, it has been much used as tall hedges and for topiary. * The hornbeam is a prolific seeder and is marked by vigorous natural regeneration.

It has several common names, including Bamboo-leaf Oak , Chinese Evergreen Oak , and Chinese Ring-cupped Oak . It is native to east central and southeast China , Japan , Korea , Laos , Northern Thailand , and Vietnam .

It is particularly noted for its attractive form, glossy green leaves, dark red autumn fruit and autumn foliage colors. Plants are often used in informal hedging. * Of spreading, mound-like habit; shiny dark green leaves; fall color can be long-lasting...

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

* The first "discovery" by a European was by Carl Friedrich Schmidt (1811 – 1890), the German botanist on the Russian island of Sakhalin in 1866, but he did not introduce it to Europe.

You can capture the strength of the mighty boast in miniature with a Bonsai that can live for hundreds of years. As a Bonsai, the Holm Oak will not produce many flowers or acorns. It takes its name from holm , an ancient name for holly.

* Bosnian pine is a popular ornamental tree in parks and large gardens, giving reliable steady though not fast growth on a wide range of sites, and with a very neat, conical crown.

It has several common names, including Bamboo-leaf Oak , Chinese Evergreen Oak , and Chinese Ring-cupped Oak . It is native to east central and southeast China , Japan , Korea , Laos , Northern Thailand , and Vietnam .

Produced in areas of greater Syria and Asia Minor, this resin and its oil derivative were used in mummification, as an antiseptic, a diuretic, to treat wrinkles, extract worms and promote hair growth." The predominant trees in the Abeti-Cedrion forests...

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

* 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 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 fir native to the Pacific Northwest of North America.

* Twining vine with 4 inch dark sky-blue flowers. It is a herbaceous annual or perennial twining liana growing to 2-4 m tall. The flowers are trumpet-shaped, 4-9 cm diameter, most commonly blue with a white to golden yellow centre.

* 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...

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

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

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

* Wood - strong, elastic. * It is very shade-tolerant when young. * 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.

* Leaves bright green on top, silvery beneath, sweetly fragrant silvery-white flowers; red fruit in fall, loved by birds, which may spread the plant excessively; native to Japan. The vitamin C content is about 12mg per 100g.

* Needles to 3/4", shiny green or blue green; cones to 2 1/2", green when young; in habit broadly conical when young, later more vertical; widely planted in the U.S., where it is used for hedges, windbreaks, and specimen trees; likes full sun; much grown...

* The crushed leaves are quite aromatic. * Native from the Black Hills of South Dakota. * Very hardy, slow growing, with a compact, symmetrical habit. * Picea glauca ( White Spruce ) is a species of spruce native to the north of North America , from central...

* Grown mostly for its edible fruit which is very high in vitamin C. * 6' to 10' tall equally as wide * red, cherry-like fruit 0.5" in diameter ripens in July * A pleasant sour taste, they can be eaten out of hand or made into jellies.

The resin, mixed with the resin of Pinus species, is used as a resolvent on tumours. Bonsai trees are just formed from normal tree seedlings trimmed and trained to stay in their miniature state.