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

* Native to Japan on the islands of Honshu and Shikoku. * Wood - strong, elastic. * It lives in moist soils in cool wet mountain forests at elevations of 1500–2800 m. * It is very shade-tolerant when young.

* Flowering is in autumn, or in winter in cooler areas; the inflorescences are flower spikes 7–22 cm (3–10 in) high and 5 cm (2 in) broad or so. * Banksia ericifolia responds to fire by seeding, the parent plant being killed.

* Flowering is in autumn, or in winter in cooler areas; the inflorescences are flower spikes 7–22 cm (3–10 in) high and 5 cm (2 in) broad or so. * Banksia ericifolia responds to fire by seeding, the parent plant being killed.

* Wood - very light, soft, close grained. The layers of annual growth are hardly distinguishable. * A rare and botanically interesting,medium-sized to large, suckering shrub, occasionally a small tree.

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.

* The roughleaf dogwood is used as a buffer strip around parking lots, in the median of highways and near the decks and patios of homes. * These dogwoods can form a dense thicket that is used as a hedge, border or cover for wildlife.

* It is a medium-sized evergreen coniferous tree growing to 30 m tall with a trunk up to 1.2 m diameter and a narrow conic to columnar crown. * Species of fir native to northeastern China, North Korea, South Korea, and southeastern Russia.

* A narrow tree with several trunks; foliage dark, bluish, or light green; doesn't mind drought; native to western North America, often from high altitudes; hedge and screening plant; many cultivars; popular in upper Midwest and Rocky Mountains.

* The Jack Pine ( Pinus banksiana ) is a North American pine with its native range in Canada east of the Rocky Mountains from Northwest Territories to Nova Scotia , and the northeast of the United States from Minnesota to Maine , with the southernmost...

* A small to medium sized conifer tree or a large shrub, typically branching from near the base. * The smooth grey- green bark flakes away creating a beautiful patchwork of white, yellow, purple, brown and green.

* Tolerates dry sites. 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. 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.

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

* It is a large evergreen tree, maturing up to 60 m (197 ft) tall or more, with trunks 1.2–2 m (4–7 ft) in diameter, with feathery foliage in flat sprays, usually somewhat glaucous blue-green in color.

* Naturally occuring hybrid between Silka Spruce and White Spruce.

* 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...

The limbs can be bent and twisted when young and forced into odd shapes for an appealing bonsai. The leaves are of two types; sharp, spreading needle-like juvenile leaves 5–10 cm (2.0–3.9 in) long, and tightly adpressed scale-like adult leaves 2–4...

The fruit can be dried and stored for later use. * The wood is heavy, strong, close-grained, splits easily. * A soap is obtained from the fruit by rubbing the fruit in water. Used in Mexico for washing clothes.

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

The trunk is usually straight and monopodial, but very rarely is forked. It adapts well to pruning and makes a magnificent hedge. The crown is broadly conic, while the brownish bark is scaly and deeply fissured, especially with age.

* When jatropha seeds are crushed, the resulting jatropha oil can be processed to produce a high-quality biofuel or biodiesel that can be used in a standard diesel car or further processed into jet fuel, while the residue (press cake) can also be used...

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...

* 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...

* Before the invention of barbed wire in the 1880's, the Osage Orange was planted in hedges to contain farm animals. In form they are very simple, a long oval terminating in a slender point.

* 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.

The flowers are trumpet-shaped, 4-9 cm diameter, most commonly blue with a white to golden yellow centre. * 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 plant contains the antiseptic and antitumor compound aristolochic acid. * It is in flower from June to August. * It attaches itself by means of twining around other plants, it has been recommended for covering pergolas.