Plant With Winter Interest Flowering Shrub For Sale In Boston

* Hamamelis mollis is a species of witch-hazel native to central and eastern China , in Anhui , Guangxi , Hubei , Hunan , Jiangxi , Sichuan , and Zhejiang . X intermedia, source of most cultivars.

It typically grows to 20-30' tall and as wide, but infrequently can reach up to 50' tall. This tree is in the same family as and closely related to Halesia (silverbell). It is noted for its pendulous clusters of bell-shaped, mildly fragrant, 5-petaled,...

It has a strong taproot . It is an evergreen shrub or small tree that is usually trimmed to below two metres (six feet) when cultivated for its leaves. * The source of tea; white flowers in fall; tolerates shade or sun well; an attractive small shrub...

* Skunk bush was employed medicinally by several native North American Indian tribes, who valued it especially for its astringent qualities and used it to treat a range of complaints.

It is also a popular Christmas tree. * It is planted as a specimen tree or in mass screenings. * The Douglas fir's useful wood and its quick growth make it the crop of choice for many timber companies, which typically replant a clear-cut area with Douglas...

* Shrubs or small trees, to 5–7 m tall. Branchlets reddish brown when old, terete, slender, pubescent when young, soon glabrescent, glabrous when old; buds reddish brown, ovoid; scales villous at margin.

* Another vigorous scrambling vine grown for its yellow-orange fruit capsules and crimson seeds; likes full sun; poor soil will slow the rampant growth. It has a sturdy perennial vine that may have twining , woody stems that are 30 feet (9.1 m) or longer...

The flowers are white, borne in fall. * Clematis terniflora is a PERENNIAL CLIMBER growing to 5 m (16ft 5in). It is in flower from Sep to October, and the seeds ripen from Oct to November.

* It can grow in heavy clay soil, in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade, but must be moist soil. * The fruit is a good wildlife food source, especially for birds. * The smallest crab; fragrant half-inch white flowers; dark red fruit "about the size...

Horizontal branches may root where they touch the ground. Good drainage is important. * 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.

* Parkinsonia aculeata is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae . * Large yellow fragrant flowers in loose clusters, in spring; green branches, doubly pinnate leaves with long narrow leaflets to 1' or more; 1" thorns; of open habit;...

Vernalis is valued in cultivation for its strongly scented flowers appearing in late winter, when little else is growing. * The flowers are deep to bright red, rarely yellow, with four ribbon-shaped petals 7-10 mm long and four short stamens, and grow...

* Parkinsonia aculeata is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae . * Large yellow fragrant flowers in loose clusters, in spring; green branches, doubly pinnate leaves with long narrow leaflets to 1' or more; 1" thorns; of open habit;...

This native shrub produces lots of fragrant white flowers in mid to late spring that last for weeks. Grows 3-5' tall with a similar spread. In the summer it has handsome jade green foliage that turns fiery orange red in the fall.

Tolerates poor soils. Succeeds in semi-shade but prefers a position in full sun where it will flower more freely. As well as some other species and hybrids in the genus, it is a popular ornamental plant in temperate regions with a large number of named...

* The Kousa Dogwood ( Cornus kousa or Benthamidia kousa ), also known as the Japanese Flowering Dogwood (Yamaboushi ( Prefers moist, acid, well-drained soils, in sun or partial shade.

The leaves are a tea substitute. Palatable and thirst quenching, it is much used in China and leaves are exported from Shasi for this purpose. This species is used as stock to graft apple trees in Hubei and Sichuan.

* The fruits are used as a bitter digestive tonic. Even so, many revert back to the white flowering form. * The peeled twigs are used as toothbrushes, they are good for whitening the teeth.

It is native to northern Iran , where it is endemic in the Alborz mountains. * Leaves shiny dark green, coloring to an often incandescent red, orange, and yellow in fall; often shrubby; a witch-hazel relative; tiny flowers with red anthers in early spring;...

Vitalba, and Virgin's bower may also refer to C. * A shampoo made from the roots can be used as a hair shampoo. They used it as a pepper substitute to spice up food since real black pepper (Piper nigrum) was a costly and rarely obtainable spice.

Despite the common name Desert-willow , given because of its willow -like leaves, it is actually a member of the bignonia family, Bignoniaceae . The bark is removed and the shoots are used unsplit as rod foundations in coil basketry.

Tolerates poor soils. Succeeds in semi-shade but prefers a position in full sun where it will flower more freely. As well as some other species and hybrids in the genus, it is a popular ornamental plant in temperate regions with a large number of named...

Berberine, universally present in rhizomes of Mahonia species, has marked antibacterial effects and is used as a bitter tonic. Since it is not appreciably absorbed by the body, it is used orally in the treatment of various enteric infections, especially...

Their nectar is known to attract insect pollinators, as well as hummingbirds. In younger trees, the trunk is green due to its high chlorophyll content, which makes it capable of performing photosynthesis when leaves are absent; with age it turns to gray.

* Rosa glauca ( Red-leaved Rose or Redleaf Rose ; syn. * One of the few roses grown for its foliage as well as its flowers; their color is difficult to describe--Dirr says coppery or purplish, but dusty purple gray and reddish blue also come to mind;...

A very ornamental tree. Suitable for parks and gardens. 2.5 cm, April/May Fruits: practically round, brown with lighter lenticels, O approx. It is in flower in May, and the seeds ripen from Sep to October.

Wood - hard, white, fine grained. Used for small items, nails, walking sticks etc. It is sometimes smoked as an intoxicant, despite the danger of illness and/or death due to the cyanide.