Plant With Winter Interest Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Waco

* Resembles Celtis but has winged fruits to 3/4"; dark green foliage; "gray-brown bark exfoliates in patches and is quite handsome...for the plant collector this is a treasure to be unearthed" (Dirr); native to northern and central China.

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

They measure 10 to 15 centimetres (4 to 6 in) in diameter and their shape is superficially similar to hibiscus flowers. The trunk is also studded with thick, sharp conical prickles which deter wild animals from climbing the trees.

The fruit often remain on the tree until deep into the winter. They are white and have a diameter of approx. 2.5 cm, April/May Fruits: practically round, brown with lighter lenticels, O approx.

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

In the Sierra Nevada, Foxtail pines are limited to the area around Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks . Balfouriana in the Klamath Mountains , and subsp. Austrina in the southern Sierra Nevada .

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

* 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 .

* The glorious elm that used to line American streets. * Dirr notes that several forms occur, but the one most of us recall fondly divided into several major trunks topped by spreading, arching, pendulous branches.

* 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 .

* 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,...

Like the rest of the Clematis genus, it contains essential oils and compounds which are extremely irritating to the skin and mucous membrames. Unlike Black Pepper or Capsicum, however, the compounds in clematis cause internal bleeding of the digestive...

* 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...

In the Sierra Nevada, Foxtail pines are limited to the area around Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks . Balfouriana in the Klamath Mountains , and subsp. Austrina in the southern Sierra Nevada .

Branches stout, pithy, and blunt; roots fibrous. * The Kentucky Coffeetree is a relatively fast-growing tree and generally grows in parks and along city streets for ornamental purposes.

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

* Templetonia is a dryland shrub that grows 3-7 feet tall. It is covered in red flowers in the winter and spring. The genus is named in honour of John Templeton, an Irish naturalist and botanist.

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

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

In June it bears many flowered, compound corymbs of white, 5-6 mm flowers . * Shiny dark-green evergreen leaves, "flowers generally stinky" (Dirr); grown mainly for its bright red fruit, to 1/4 inch wide, which may last through winter; native to western...

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME. * The leaves almost resemple Acer ginnala and have a nice red to yellow fall color. 1977 Name verified on: 01-Apr-1999 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

The pulp is bitter; they contain 3-5 seeds and mature in autumn. Its "distinctive leaf shape... Bark is "light brown to gray" in color and may be smooth or "warty and roughened". Slender twigs are glabrous and silvery gray, with "numerous spur shoots",...

* Leaves start off red in the spring fade to greenish red in the summer and then turn crimson in the fall.

* A great deal of variation can be expected when growing this plant. * It grows as a mound and holds its red color well in the summer.

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

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

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