Plant With Winter Interest Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Grand Rapids

* Pine relatives; cone green when young, 8" long; probably hardier than K. * Trees should be planted into their permanent positions when they are quite small, between 30 and 90cm in height.

Austrina in the southern Sierra Nevada . In the Sierra Nevada, Foxtail pines are limited to the area around Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks . * The Foxtail Pine ( Pinus balfouriana ) is a rare pine that is endemic to California , United States...

This is a treelike shrub reaching up to five meters in height. * Arctostaphylos viscida is a species of manzanita known by the common names whiteleaf manzanita and sticky manzanita .

* Our Majestic seed source is the only one that we sell that has a better blue color than Kaibab. * The specific epithet pungens means "sharply pointed", referring to the leaves. The blue color is quite intense and a high percentage of the seedlings will...

Because of its small volume Pyrus serrulata can be easily planted in small gardens. It is hardy to zone 6. Height: 5 - 10 m Crown: round to broad oval Bark and branches: bark dark greyish brown, twigs have woolly hair Leaf: broad elliptical to elongated...

* Pine relatives; cone green when young, 8" long; probably hardier than K. * Trees should be planted into their permanent positions when they are quite small, between 30 and 90cm in height.

* The leaves are alternate, 50–100 mm long, with a 15–20 mm petiole ; they are of two types, with palmately five-lobed juvenile leaves on creeping and climbing stems, and unlobed cordate adult leaves on fertile flowering stems exposed to full sun,...

* 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. * Baccharis halimifolia ( Eastern Baccharis) , commonly called groundsel bush, consumption weed, cotton-seed tree, groundsel tree or silverling)...

* Species of maple in the snakebark maple group. * The bark is smooth, olive-green with regular narrow pale vertical stripes on young trees. * It is native to China, from Jiangsu south to Fujian and Guangdong, and west to southeastern Gansu and Yunnan.

* Unlike most species of pine. * 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,...

* Spiny, shiny, dark green leaves, fragrant white flowers in May; quarter-inch red fruit, very attractive; parent of many cultivars. * Ilex aquifolium ( Holly , or European Holly to distinguish it from related species, may also be called Christmass Holly...

* Unlike most species of pine. * 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,...

* Spiny, shiny, dark green leaves, fragrant white flowers in May; quarter-inch red fruit, very attractive; parent of many cultivars. * Ilex aquifolium ( Holly , or European Holly to distinguish it from related species, may also be called Christmass Holly...

* The Siberian Elm is usually a small to medium-sized, often bushy, tree growing to 10 - 20 m tall, with a trunk up to 80 cm d.b.h . The tree is short-lived in temperate climates, rarely reaching more than 60 years of age, but in its native environment...

* Mostly grown for its intense glowing crimson fall color. * It has very large leaves and is a fast grower. * Perhaps the brightest leaf color of all maples.

It grows fast in spurts when water is abundant, and sometimes reaches more than 25 metres (82 ft) in height. * As a deciduous tree, it is completely bare of leaves and flowers during the winter months, especially when growing outside of its native South...

* 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 to eastern Illinois and New Jersey Conservation Plant Characteristics Acer pensylvanicum...

* Holly is a popular winter Christmas and holiday season decoration. The wood can also be stained to imitate ebony. * The Ilex opaca species typically grows as an understory tree in forests.

It is native to the southwestern United States (western Texas , southern Arizona ), Mexico , the Caribbean , South America south to northern Argentina , and the Galapagos Islands .

* Unique bark appearance, corky and rough with many cracks in it. * Leaves similar to that of Japanese Maple.

Glauca is the commonly cultivated variety of this tree for areas outside of the Pacific Northwest, and is clearly a better selection for midwestern climates than the species because of its better cold tolerance (species is hardy to USDA Zone 6, but var.

They are very tolerant of trimming and have prickles which make them an effective barrier to larger creatures. * Berberis thunbergii ( Japanese barberry or Thunberg's Barberry , also Red Barberry ) is a species of Berberis , native to Japan and eastern...

* It is marginal in zone 8, going dormant and deciduous in cold winters, but usually evergreen to semi-evergreen. * The only known species is Anemanthele lessoniana, often called gossamer grass or New Zealand wind grass or pheasant's tail grass.

The bark is ground into a powder and then steeped in water in order to obtain the dye. * A blue dye is obtained from the inner bark. Isolated populations exist in Alabama, Southern Ontario, and small sections of the Appalachian Mountains.

* A powder made from the dried and crushed leaves was used as a baby powder by the N. * The lumber is non-resinous and fine textured. * A fir native to the Pacific Northwest of North America.

* 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.