Plant With Winter Interest Evergreen Plant For Sale In Chesapeake

* 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 is the Provincial tree of British Columbia. * It is long-lived; some individuals can live well over a thousand years, with the oldest verified being 1,460 years. * The inner bark has been used for making baskets.

* The leaves turn attractive shades of purple, red and bronze in autumn. * Effective on banks or slopes for erosion control. * Versatile shrub that can be used to cover large areas.

* This very symmetrical plant supports a crown of shiny, dark green leaves on a thick shaggy trunk that is typically about 20 cm (7.9 in) in diameter, sometimes wider. * This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

* It is also grown for the cut Christmas tree industry. * It is a popular ornamental tree found far beyond its native range. * The San Juan source is a popular one because it has nice blue color and can be used in extremely cold areas.

This bonsai does best in sunlight and is cold weather hardy tolerating winter temperatures just above freezing. The bark is dark red-brown. * A similar cypress found on Taiwan is treated by different botanists as either a variety of this species (as Chamaecyparis...

* It is native to China, from Jiangsu south to Fujian and Guangdong, and west to southeastern Gansu and Yunnan. * Species of maple in the snakebark maple group. * The flowers are small, yellow, with five sepals and petals.

* The Kaibab Arizona source exhibits a nice blue color. * Plants are very shade tolerant but growth is slower in dense shade. Thus it can be used for making tubs for storing food items.

* It is strong growing an reaches 4 meters in height. * The spring color is bright purple-red, black red or maroon in summer, changing to green red or brown red in late summer and then crimson in the fall.

* Requires a lime-free soil. Prefers a sheltered semi-shaded position and a light deep moist soil. * The seed is eaten raw or cooked. Very sweet and much appreciated, tasting somewhat like a hazel nut.

* Sometimes a tree, more often a shrub to about 15'; bright red fruits; grows on woody slopes from New York south to Georgia, west to Alabama (range of origin). * Ilex montana ( Mountain Winterberry ; also "Mountain Holly" which is more typically Ilex...

* The fall color is golden to red. * It has gracefully arching branches and grows somewhat faster than other cultivars.

* 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.

* A decidious Tree growing to 8 m (26ft) by 6 m (19ft). * 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...

* Very hardy cultivar which is upright and vigorous. * Leaves with seven lobes which radiate strongly outward. * Has a deep, rich black-purple-red tone.

* Fall color is sensational. * Hardier than green-leaved types.

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

* A "beautiful graceful specimenwith drooping branches" * The pitch or resin is said to be one of the best curatives for a sore throat. * It is a large evergreen coniferous tree growing to 30–45 m (exceptionally 72 m) tall.

* This species is occasionally used for hedging in the southern states of America. Wood - hard, heavy, strong, close grained. * Ilex vomitoria ( Yaupon Holly , Yaupon , or Cassina ; the latter shared with Ilex cassine ), is a species of holly native to...

Check AABGA/NAPCC contact person for genus for possible non-NPGS germplasm. Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

* A decidious Tree growing to 8 m (26ft) by 6 m (19ft). * 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...

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

* The seedlings grown from seed collected from cultivars may not resemble the mother tree. * 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 bark is used to make drinking vessels, canoe skins, roofing tiles etc. It is waterproof, durable, tough and resinous[11, 61]. * Betula pubescens ( Downy Birch ; also known as White Birch , European White Birch or Hairy Birch ) is a species of birch...

The shoots are orange-brown, with variably scattered to dense pubescence. * It is a medium-sized evergreen tree growing to 15-35 m tall, and with a trunk diameter of up to 1.5 m, and a conical crown with drooping branchlets .

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

Elliptic-ovate, glossy, medium to deep green leaves (to 3” long). Flowers give way to greenish-brown, olive-shaped drupes that often persist into late autumn. It is noted for its pendulous clusters of bell-shaped, mildly fragrant, 5-petaled, waxy white...