Plant With Winter Interest Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Oakland

The plant is drought-deciduous, shedding its foliage for most of the year, leafing out after rainfall. He obtained specimens near Hermosillo, in Sonora, Mexico, in 1830. * The flowers are bright yellow, and pea-like, which cover the tree in late spring.

* The leaves almost resemple Acer ginnala and have a nice red to yellow fall color. Last updated: 22-Oct-2001 No species priority site assigned. Maximowiczii (Pax) A. Murray Genus: Acer section: Macrantha Family: Sapindaceae subfamily: Hippocastanoideae...

* Baccharis halimifolia ( Eastern Baccharis) , commonly called groundsel bush, consumption weed, cotton-seed tree, groundsel tree or silverling) is a fall flowering evergreen perennial plant of the genus Baccharis which is commonly found in the southeastern...

* 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. They grow best in a Mediterranean climate.

Diversifolia is an evergreen tree that attains heights of 25 m (80 feet). Young shoots are short, palely pubescent and bright orange to red-brown in colour. The crown is narrow, dense and conical.

* 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...

* Ilex aquifolium ( Holly , or European Holly to distinguish it from related species, may also be called Christmass Holly or Mexican Holly) is a species of holly native to western and southern Europe , northwest Africa and southwest Asia .

It is resistant to drought and moderate cold. * It belongs to the same family as the baobab and the kapok. * The flowers are creamy-whitish in the center and pink towards the tips of their five petals.

* Rich green leaf turns gorgeous in fall--yellow, orange, red; much used as street tree in Japan, Korea, and the Pacific Northwestern USA Trident Maple is a popular bonsai for its splendid multitude of green leaves and fall color of red, orange and yellow.

* Eucalyptus perriniana , commonly known as Spinning Gum , is a tree or mallee which is native to New South Wales , Victoria and Tasmania in Australia . * The leaves yield up to 1% essential oil.

* Versatile shrub that can be used to cover large areas. * Effective on banks or slopes for erosion control. * The red (cranberry-like) berries mature in late summer and persist into winter.

* Rem Red Amur Honeysuckle was developed by the USDA Soil Conservation Service in the 1960's. Therefore, it was heavily planted in the midwest and eastern US. The fruits are not comsumed in the fall by birds so it does provide a nice winter food source.

* Gossypium hirsutum , known as Upland Cotton or Mexican Cotton , is the most widely planted species of cotton in the United States, constituting some 95% of all cotton production.

* A shrub with evergreen 2" x 1" shiny leaves; fragrant white flowers in April; round red fruit to 1/4"; grows well in dry shade; easy to grow; native to central and Western China, where it grows in forests and on cliffs, especially on limestone.

* It has a very delicate texture and light yellow green foliage color. * The seedlings grown from seed collected from cultivars may not resemble the mother tree. * It is pendulous, mound shaped and reaching 2 meters high by 3 meters wide.

* The whole plant is used in the treatment of arthritis, recurring fever in pulmonary tuberculosis, tubercular lymph nodes, joint pained and lumbago. * Very shiny dark green leaves, spiny; ultimately forms a dense, rounded crown; attractive gray bark,...

* The foliage starts off with a tinge of orange-red then becoming rich green. * It is a strong growing round-headed tree several meters high. * The fall color is rich red.

* Hardier than green-leaved types. * The leaves have very narrow lobes that are purple red in the summer turning to orange red in the fall. * Fall color is sensational.

* Leaves that start off pink in the spring turning to green over summer and then a lovely orange color in the fall. * Sought after for their attractive leaf shapes and colors.

* Chimonanthus praecox, also known as wintersweet or Japanese allspice, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Chimonanthus of the family Calycanthaceae, native to China. * This plant is cultivated in gardens, producing valued flower colour in the...

* Flaking dark brown bark; 3" leaves; native to Himalayas. It frequently grows with scattered conifers and an undergrowth of shrubs, typically evergreen Rhododendron . They often have very bent growth due to the pressure of the deep winter snow in the...

The essential oil found in the leaves is a powerful antiseptic and is used all over the world for relieving coughs and colds, sore throats and other infections. * It makes an excellent bonsai and will readily regrow both from the base and from epicormic...

* Hamamelis vernalis is a species of Witch-hazel native to the Ozark Plateau in central North America , in Missouri , Oklahoma , and Arkansas . * The flowers are deep to bright red, rarely yellow, with four ribbon-shaped petals 7-10 mm long and four short...

* The whole plant is used in the treatment of arthritis, recurring fever in pulmonary tuberculosis, tubercular lymph nodes, joint pained and lumbago. * Very shiny dark green leaves, spiny; ultimately forms a dense, rounded crown; attractive gray bark,...

It typically grows to 20-30' tall and as wide, but infrequently can reach up to 50' tall. Flowers give way to greenish-brown, olive-shaped drupes that often persist into late autumn.

* Leaves that start off pink in the spring turning to green over summer and then a lovely orange color in the fall. * Sought after for their attractive leaf shapes and colors.

* The unfolding leaves in spring start out orange turn to green for the summer and then become spectacular blends of crimson and gold in the fall. * Small tree with cascading branches.