Plant With Winter Interest Evergreen Plant For Sale In Modesto

* 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...

Established plants tolerate drought. * Cotoneaster adpressus, sometimes commonly called creeping cotoneaster, is a prostrate, slow-growing, deciduous shrub that grows to only 1' tall but spreads to 6' wide.

* It is planted as a specimen tree or in mass screenings. It grows at higher elevations (to 9500') with a slower growth rate, and has shorter cones (to 3"), blue-green needles and better winter hardiness.

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

* The bark is used to make drinking vessels, canoe skins, roofing tiles etc. * Betula pubescens ( Downy Birch ; also known as White Birch , European White Birch or Hairy Birch ) is a species of birch , native and abundant throughout northern Europe ,...

* Very shiny dark green leaves, spiny; ultimately forms a dense, rounded crown; attractive gray bark, berries in various shades of red, lasting long into winter; parent of many cultivars.

* It is hardy and strongly cascading. * 50 to 100 year old trees being 4 meters tall. * The dark purple-red color holds up better than most cultivars.

* Small tree with cascading branches. * 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.

* Very shiny dark green leaves, spiny; ultimately forms a dense, rounded crown; attractive gray bark, berries in various shades of red, lasting long into winter; parent of many cultivars.

* For the brightest winter bark, young shoots are encouraged by cutting to the ground some older stems at the end of the winter, before leaves are open. As a popular ornamental used in landscaping its notable features include the red stems in fall (autumn)...

* Hardier than green-leaved types. * Fall color is sensational. * The mother trees are mound forming red cut leaved types.

* The tree reaches 40-50 m in height, developing an irregular oblate crown with large branches. Generally, it grows in regions with a more continental climate than the other two Keteleeria species.

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

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

* 'Beni otake' means Red Bamboo in Japanese. * The leaves keep their red color from spring to fall, changing only in hue.

Conservation Plant Characteristics Chrysolepis sempervirens (Kellogg) Hjelmqvist bush chinquapin CHSE11 Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Shrub Native Status L48 (N) Federal T/E Status National Wetland Indicator Morphology/Physiology Active Growth...

* It is planted as a specimen tree or in mass screenings. It grows at higher elevations (to 9500') with a slower growth rate, and has shorter cones (to 3"), blue-green needles and better winter hardiness.

* It is also grown for the cut Christmas tree industry. * It is a popular ornamental tree found far beyond its native range. * The specific epithet pungens means "sharply pointed", referring to the leaves.

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 obtusa var. * It is grown for its very high quality timber in Japan, where it is used as a material...

* 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 .

* Sarcococca confusa is a very adaptable and reliable shrub that is easily grown in many situations, including dense shade with very dry soil. It will however grow in full sun, even though the foliage appears to "bleach" a little.

* 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...

The sap is drunk as a sweet beverage or it can be fermented to make birch beer or vinegar. An old English recipe for the beer is as follows:- "To every Gallon of Birch-water put a quart of Honey, well stirr'd together; then boil it almost an hour with...

* Hardy and beautiful. * It will fit into smaller landscape plantings. * This is a striking American cultivar of the "ribbon-leaf" group of Japanese Maples.

* 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 L.

* A very desirable color * Makes a delightful upright small tree, maturing at 4 meters. * The foliage is purplish-red holding into the summer then some green tones come in changing to red and scarlet in fall.

* 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.