Plant With Winter Interest Flowering Tree For Sale In Portland

Bark slate gray. Branches ascending, usually several from base; outer bark on current year branchlets not exfoliating; winter buds compressed, ca. Petiole (2-)4-6(-9) mm, adaxially shallowly grooved; leaf blade ovate to elliptic, (2-)6-10.5 × (1.2-)2.5-4.5...

* 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.

Highly recommended for zones 5 and 6. * The crushed leaves have a strong lemony scent. * Plants are very shade tolerant but growth is slower in dense shade. Thus it can be used for making tubs for storing food items.

* Light green leaves of this "little dwarf overlay each other like shingles on a roof."

A hair wash is made fromthe leaves and fibre. , ( Firmiana simplex , syn. Hibiscus collinus Roxb. , Hibiscus simplex L. A lotion of the leaves is used in the treatment of carbuncles, haemorrhoids and sores.

* It is upright growing, hardy and sturdy. * Bright reddish purple color in spring deepening as summer advances, turning to carmine and scarlet in the fall.

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

* More upright than many cultivars and then cascades down from a higher starting point. * Holds its color well in the summer and then turns a beautiful scarlet in the fall.

* The fall color is crimson red. * It has very dark red, almost black-red leaves, is upright growing and holds its color well into the summer.

* Dirr notes that this is the most widely distributed of any North American tree. It is conical when young, with a narrow conical crown when adult. Young trees (including root sprouts) have much larger—10–20 centimetres (3.9–7.9 in) long—nearly...

Mice, voles, shrews, and chipmunks consumed an estimated 65 percent of a Douglas fir seed crop following dispersal in western Oregon. * The specific epithet, menziesii, is after Archibald Menzies, a Scottish physician and rival naturalist to David Douglas.

It is a folk remedy for chronic liver and skin ailments (including skin cancer), rheumatism, leucorrhoea, dysentery and suppressed menses. * Celastrus scandens , commonly called American Bittersweet or Bittersweet , is a species of staff vines that blooms...

* It is a small deciduous tree growing to 10–15 m tall with a trunk up to 40 cm diameter. * It is native to China, from Jiangsu south to Fujian and Guangdong, and west to southeastern Gansu and Yunnan.

Uses of its moderately strong, light-colored wood include small-dimension lumber and pulp. The crown is a neat slender conic shape in young trees with a tilted or drooping lead shoot, becoming cylindric in older trees.

The wood, after soaking in water, polishes to a brilliant black finish. * 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.

* As with all cultivars grown from seed the resulting seedlings may or may not resemble the mother tree. * It will become wider than tall and its brilliant red fall color is one of its most outstanding attributes.

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

* The flowers are yellow, often with a red base, with four ribbon-shaped petals 15 mm long and four short stamens, and grow in clusters; flowering is in late winter to early spring on the bare branches.

Uses of its moderately strong, light-colored wood include small-dimension lumber and pulp. The crown is a neat slender conic shape in young trees with a tilted or drooping lead shoot, becoming cylindric in older trees.

* The fall color is a "beautiful gold with overtones of crimson for which it is famous." * Makes an excellent larger bonsai specimen. * The leaf color is a combination of green and red on the same leaf.

These trees will not prove as winter hardy as the Colorado sources, but are highly recommended in zones 6 and 7. * It is popular as an ornamental landscaping tree and as a Christmas Tree.

* The leaves are large. It is brilliant yellow or yellow-orange color while in Osakazuki it is crimson. It works well when planted with Osakazuki so that the leaves in the fall compliment each other.

* Hardier than green-leaved types. * Fall color is sensational. * Many wholesale growers prefer this seed.

* The smallest crab; fragrant half-inch white flowers; dark red fruit "about the size of a small pea" (Wyman), borne annually; forms a dense, rounded shrub; native to Japan. * It can grow in heavy clay soil, in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade,...

* 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.

* Fruit is quite attractive to birds and is generally considered to have as much if not more ornamental interest than the flowers. * ‘Sibirica' is a tatarian dogwood cultivar that is noted for its brilliant red stems in winter that are particularly...

It is a folk remedy for chronic liver and skin ailments (including skin cancer), rheumatism, leucorrhoea, dysentery and suppressed menses. * Celastrus scandens , commonly called American Bittersweet or Bittersweet , is a species of staff vines that blooms...