Plant With Winter Interest Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Cary

* Mountain Pine or Mugo Pine ( Pinus mugo ) is a high-altitude European pine , found in the Pyrenees , Alps , Erzgebirge , Carpathians , northern Apennines and Balkan Peninsula mountains from (mostly) 1,000 m to 2,200 m, occasionally as low as 200 m in...

* It is a small to medium-sized deciduous tree reaching a height of 5-20 m with a trunk up to 50 cm diameter. An excellent maple bonsai specimen. This deciduous bonsai tree grows swiftly into its mature form and is readily receptive to training with most...

* A stripebark with vivid white stripes on green or gray-green bark; vivid yellow fall color. * A decidious Tree growing to 4.5 m. * A species of maple native to northern forests in eastern North America from southern Ontario east to Nova Scotia and south...

* It is still relatively obscure in the horticultural industry but is slowly gaining popularity due to its fast growth rate, ease of transplanting, good fall colors and ability to grow in wet soils.

* Plants have an extensive root system and can be grown on sand or thin coastal soils in order to bind the soil. * Germination usually takes place within 1 - 2 weeks. * A good fast-growing hedge for exposed maritime conditions.

It is little, if at all, used in modern herbalism. It can be found from deserts to mountain peaks up to about 7,000 feet in elevation. It is native to the western half of Canada and the United States and extends south into northern Mexico.

* The specific epithet pungens means "sharply pointed", referring to the leaves. * This species has a deeply penetrating root system that firmly anchors the tree against winds. * It is also grown for the cut Christmas tree industry.

* White, gray, or brownish bark; wood used for pulp and plywood; native from Europe to Siberia. It is waterproof, durable, tough and resinous[11, 61]. It is most easily removed in late spring to early summer.

A pleasant acid flavour, it is nice when added to muesli or porridge. * Very fragrant yellow flowers in early spring. * Fruit - raw or cooked. * Shiny leathery leaves, coarse, evergreen, dark green or blue green.

* In cultivation, it rarely tops 40' in height and often grows in a shrubby form. Prefers cool, moist, woodland conditions in part shade locations. The crown is narrow, dense and conical.

Though often known by the common name of king sago palm , or just sago palm , it is not a palm at all, but a cycad . * This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Distribution of this grass species is widespread including the eastern and western extremes of North America, parts of South America and Eurasia. * Tufted hair grass is clump-forming, cool season grass which is often grown as an ornamental.

* Plants have an extensive root system and can be grown on sand or thin coastal soils in order to bind the soil. * Germination usually takes place within 1 - 2 weeks. * A good fast-growing hedge for exposed maritime conditions.

It is native to northwestern China and widely naturalised elsewhere in Asia east to Korea and Japan , south to northern India , and west to northern Iran . * Wood - durable in the soil, moderately hard, close grained, rather coarse grained, light, soft,...

* It is marginal in zone 8, going dormant and deciduous in cold winters, but usually evergreen to semi-evergreen. * It has green arching foliage to 3 feet in USDA 8, with highlights of orange, copper, and gold, especially in drier soils.

It has a shallow, wide-spreading root system. It is native to eastern North America, from Minnesota and southern Ontario east to Maine, and south to eastern Texas and northern Florida.

* The glorious elm that used to line American streets. * The American elm occurs naturally in an assortment of habitats, most notably rich bottomlands, floodplains, stream banks, and swampy ground, * The American Elm is the state tree of both Massachusetts...

* Arctostaphylos viscida is a species of manzanita known by the common names whiteleaf manzanita and sticky manzanita . The stems may be smooth or fuzzy, and are often glandular. This is a treelike shrub reaching up to five meters in height.

Though often known by the common name of king sago palm , or just sago palm , it is not a palm at all, but a cycad . * This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

* Rhus glabra ( Smooth Sumac ) is a species of sumac in the family Anacardiaceae , native to North America , from southern Quebec west to southern British Columbia in Canada , and south to northern Florida and Arizona in the United States and Tamaulipas...

* Hardier than green-leaved types. * It is more of a bronze-red when compared with other cultivars such as 'Inaba shidare,' 'Ever Red,' or 'Crimson Queen.' I * Stands out well in the landscape.

* Pine relatives; cone green when young, 8" long; probably hardier than K. * It is a coniferous evergreen tree native to Taiwan and southeast China, in the provinces of Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Yunnan.

* A maple in the snake-bark maple group. * It is native to mountains forests of Japan.

* Rich red-orange leaf color. * It has relatively large leaves and a cascading mound shape.

Its fruit is deep red-black in color encasing a large seed that bears some resemblance to a 'Chinese lucky nut.' They are covered in waxy coating to reduce water loss (typical of oleanders).

* It is a cascading type but not as fully drooping as some cultivars * In sun the leaves are a very interesting shade of red.

* Japanese Maple has been cultivated in Japan for centuries and in temperate areas around the world since the 1800s * Of easy cultivation, it succeeds in most soils preferring a good moist well-drained soil on the acid side and partial shade * Grown for...