Plant With Winter Interest Medicinal Plant For Sale In Atlanta

It frequently grows with scattered conifers and an undergrowth of shrubs, typically evergreen Rhododendron . * Betula utilis tends to form forests, growing as a shrub or as a tree reaching up to 20 m (66 ft) tall.

* It has a very delicate texture and light yellow green foliage color. * The seedlings grown from seed collected from cultivars may not resemble the mother tree. * It is pendulous, mound shaped and reaching 2 meters high by 3 meters wide.

Flowers appear in May-June (somewhat late for trees) and give way to grayish-brown drupes which persist into late autumn. Gray bark fissures on older trees revealing an attractive orange inner layer and resulting winter interest.

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

* The fruit is eaten raw, cooked or dried for later use. Sweet and juicy with a pleasant flavour, it makes good raw eating. In English it is known as salal , shallon , or in Britain simply Gaultheria .

It is conical when young, with a narrow conical crown when adult. * Dirr notes that this is the most widely distributed of any North American tree. * A tall, fast growing tree, usually 20–25 metres (66–82 ft) at maturity, with a trunk 20–80 centimetres...

* Deeply divided leaves. * It would be interesting to see what characteristics are inherited through the seeds that we offer for sale. * It has deep purple leaves in spring and early summer, turning dark green in late season then to red-crimson in the...

* 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.

* This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. * The leaves are used in the treatment of cancer and hepatoma. Though often known by the common name of king sago palm , or just sago palm , it is not a palm at all, but...

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

* Berberis vulgaris ( European barberry )/ ( Jaundice berry)/( Ambarbaris) is a shrub in the family Berberidaceae , native to central and southern Europe , northwest Africa and western Asia ; it is also naturalised in northern Europe, including the British...

The flowers and fruit are like those of other Oregon-grapes; like them they are edible but just as sour. The leaflets do not have a single central vein as in that species, but several veins arranged fan-like, branched from the leaflet base, hence the...

* As a very large and wide tree with broad, thick leaves that tend to orient horizontally, it is especially prized for the shade and coolness it provides during the hot season. * The timber , often called lacewood , is figured and valuable for indoor...

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

It can be found from deserts to mountain peaks up to about 7,000 feet in elevation. It is native to the western half of Canada and the United States and extends south into northern Mexico.

The wood is used for making furniture and coffins. A lotion of the leaves is used in the treatment of carbuncles, haemorrhoids and sores. * The Chinese parasol tree or wutong , Chinese : ??

* 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.

* 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...

* Leaves that start off pink in the spring turning to green over summer and then a lovely orange color in the fall. * Sought after for their attractive leaf shapes and colors.

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

* 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. * It is strong growing an reaches 4 meters in height.

* Betula populifolia ( Gray Birch ) is a deciduous tree native to North America . Short-lived, it is a common pioneer species on abandoned fields and burned areas. Harvested in early spring, before the leaves unfurl, by tapping the trunk.

* The peeled twigs are used as toothbrushes, they are good for whitening the teeth. * The fruits are used as a bitter digestive tonic. * Flowering dogwood is a small deciduous tree growing to 10 m (33 ft) high, often wider than it is tall when mature.

* Tufted hair grass is clump-forming, cool season grass which is often grown as an ornamental. It typically forms a low, dense tussock (to 16" tall) of very thin (1/5" wide), arching, flat to inrolled, dark green grass blades (to 2' long).

* Ilex montana ( Mountain Winterberry ; also "Mountain Holly" which is more typically Ilex mucronata ) is a species of holly native to the United States , ranging along the Appalachian Mountains from southeast Massachusetts to northeast Alabama and northern...

An oil is extracted from the seeds. The tree has a good quality timber. * 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...

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