Plant With Winter Interest Medicinal Plant For Sale In Akron

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

* As with all seed collected from cultivars the resulting seedlings may not resemble the mother tree. * This variety has glossy deep purple-red leaves that hold their color well into the heat of summer.

* 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.

* The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Hedera helix for cough, bronchitis. * The leaves are alternate, 50–100 mm long, with a 15–20 mm petiole ; they are of two types, with palmately five-lobed juvenile...

* Effective on banks or slopes for erosion control. * Low informal hedge. * Foundation plant. * The leaves turn attractive shades of purple, red and bronze in autumn. * The red (cranberry-like) berries mature in late summer and persist into winter.

* The leaves of this variety are deeply cut to the base of the leaf and are slightly larger than the species.

* A species of maple native to central China , in the provinces of Gansu , Henan , Hubei , Hunan , Shaanxi , Shanxi , and Sichuan. * Beautiful peeling cinnamon bark. For this reason it should be sown immediately in the fall or put in cold stratification.

This is probably based on the tree's unchangingevergreen nature in the cold dry climate of northwest China, and its longevity; some of the larger specimens planted around Buddhist temples in China are said to be in excess of 1,000 years old.

* 2-5" dark shiny "needles" clustered in whorls at the ends of shoots; form varies, may be narrowly vertical to broadly conical; branches tend to droop with age; grows slowly; 2-4" cones, green, then brown; makes a distinctive dark green impression in...

* Small landscape tree for lawns or patio areas. Drooping flower clusters are easily visible because of the upward posture of the foliage. Flowers give way to greenish-brown, olive-shaped drupes that often persist into late autumn.

* It has green arching foliage to 3 feet in USDA 8, with highlights of orange, copper, and gold, especially in drier soils. * It is marginal in zone 8, going dormant and deciduous in cold winters, but usually evergreen to semi-evergreen.

* 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.

* The fruit is eaten raw, cooked or dried for later use. The fruit can also be made into preserves, pies, drinks etc or be dried and used like raisins. Sweet and juicy with a pleasant flavour, it makes good raw eating.

* The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Hedera helix for cough, bronchitis. * The leaves are alternate, 50–100 mm long, with a 15–20 mm petiole ; they are of two types, with palmately five-lobed juvenile...

* Silver Fir is the species first used as a Christmas tree. * Foliar loppings of European silver fir in Czechoslovakia have yielded 1,380 tonnes/year of essential oils (Cermak and Penka 1979).

* Cornus alba (red-barked or Siberian dogwood) is a species of flowering plant in the family Cornaceae, native to Siberia, northern China and Korea. It is a large suckering shrub that can be grown as a small tree.

* Malus honanensis is a wild species in the genus Malus (mostly referred for the crabapple or wild apple), in the family Rosaceae, with no established common name, and used as rootstock for the domesticated apple.

* Climbing bittersweet was employed medicinally by a number of native North American Indian tribes, though it is scarcely used in modern herbalism. It is a folk remedy for chronic liver and skin ailments (including skin cancer), rheumatism, leucorrhoea,...

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

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

Nicholson subsp. Maximowiczii (Pax) A. NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME. 1977 Name verified on: 01-Apr-1999 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Also placed in: Aceraceae Nomen number: 413086 Place of publication: Kalmia 8:9.

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

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

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

* The most familiar of the dogwoods; a small tree with low branches that tend to form horizontal tiers. * The fruits are used as a bitter digestive tonic. * The peeled twigs are used as toothbrushes, they are good for whitening the teeth.

* It has relatively large leaves and a cascading mound shape. * Rich red-orange leaf color.

* Amur cork tree, called Huang Bai in China, is commonly used in Chinese herbalism, where it is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental herbs, but one that should be used with care.