Plant With Winter Interest Plant For Moist Soil For Sale In Alexandria

It is a medium-sized deciduous shrub that is typically found in moist lowland areas, swamp borders, floodplains, shrub wetlands, wet meadows/prairies and along streams and ponds in Eastern and Midwestern North America (New Foundland to Ontario south to...

* The woolly inflorescences remain attractive well into winter. * This sedge is very variable in appearance. There are five to ten leaves per stem. The fertile stems grow upright. * The cooked seed can be used as a rice substitute.

* A good fast-growing hedge for exposed maritime conditions. * Plants have an extensive root system and can be grown on sand or thin coastal soils in order to bind the soil. * Germination usually takes place within 1 - 2 weeks.

The bark is white, commonly brightly so, flaking in fine horizontal strips, and often with small black marks and scars. It has a golden-yellow fall color; likes cool areas and moist acid soils.

It typically occurs along streams in mountainous regions. * Betula occidentalis ( Water Birch , also known as Red Birch ) is a species of birch native to western North America , in Canada from Yukon east to western Ontario and southwards, and in the United...

* Trees have extensive root systems and are sometimes planted on the banks of streams in order to prevent erosion.

* ‘Sibirica' is a tatarian dogwood cultivar that is noted for its brilliant red stems in winter that are particularly showy on sunny days with snow on the ground. It is a rapid-growing, multi-stemmed, suckering, deciduous shrub that grows to a maximum...

This plant usually grows in wet places, especially in grasslands and forests . * The Asian Globeflower ( Trollius asiaticus ) is an ornamental plant of the family Ranunculaceae , which is native to Asia and Europe .

A decoction is used internally in the treatment of diarrhoea, malaria etc, and externally in the treatment of indolent sores and chronic skin disease. * Dark green leaves in summer; bright red quarter-inch fruit in fall and winter, very vivid and striking,...

This pine often has a crooked growth pattern and an irregular top and attains the height of 15-20 m, occasionally up to 30 m. Rigida but distinct, and is less hardy than that species.

It is in flower in August, and the seeds ripen in October. * A decidious Shrub growing to 2 m (6ft 7in). * They are popularly grown in gardens and parks.

* Low informal hedge. * Effective on banks or slopes for erosion control. * The leaves turn attractive shades of purple, red and bronze in autumn. * Foundation plant. * Versatile shrub that can be used to cover large areas.

Bonsai don't like to dry out, keep most for best results. * Fall color is sensational. Acer palmatum preers a sunny, airy spot except for in the midday heat where it needs shade. Japanese Maple produces magnificent fall color and is very hardy and flexible...

* It is often found along waterways and in wetlands, leading to the colloquial name "water maple". * A deciduous Tree growing to 30 m (98ft) by 15 m (49ft) at a fast rate. * The seeds are the largest of any native maple and are also a food source for...

They have five sharply pointed lobes, but are easily distinguished from maples in being glossy and leathery in appearance, and arranged alternately, not in opposite pairs. The fruits are a spiny, globe shaped 1 to 1.25" ball which become brown.

* It is closely related to (and in many respects intermediate between) Silver Fir to the north in central Europe, Greek Fir to the south in southern Greece, and Nordmann Fir to the east in northern Turkey.

Like all the Sarraceniaceae, it is native to the New World . Plants are not hardy in Britain, requiring a minimum temperature of 5°c. Plants can tolerate temperatures down to about -10°c.

American hornbeam is also known as blue-beech, ironwood, and musclewood. It has a shallow, wide-spreading root system. * Too small to be exploited commercially, this high quality wood is often used locally for flooring, cogs, tool handles, golf clubs...

It is native to the eastern United States. * This grass grows in disturbed, wet habitat types such as ditches. It grows in woods and marshy areas. * The seeds provide food for birds.

* A low and clump-forming shrub; sometimes a small tree. * This is an excellent pioneer species for re-establishing woodlands on disused farmland, difficult sites etc. * Its fast rate of growth means that it quickly provides sheltered conditions to allow...

* This species can be grown as a hedge or as part of a shelterbelt. * It is long-lived; some individuals can live well over a thousand years, with the oldest verified being 1,460 years.

Its "distinctive leaf shape... Slender twigs are glabrous and silvery gray, with "numerous spur shoots", pointed lateral buds, and acuminate scales. Bark is "light brown to gray" in color and may be smooth or "warty and roughened".

It prefers moist soil. * A deciduous Tree growing to 9 m (29ft 6in). It is hardy to zone 6. * A small tree grown for its ornamental red new growth and its red and yellow fall color.

Over 5000 years of logging, burning, and grazing have reduced these forests to enclaves. Abies cilicica , or Cilicia Fir , is a species of conifer in the Pinaceae family. Produced in areas of greater Syria and Asia Minor, this resin and its oil derivative...

* A huge tree when mature--early explorers in central New York noted one with a diameter of 12'; open habit, attractive exfoliating bark, sometimes nearly all white and beautiful in winter.

* A very ornamental plant. * Lobelia cardinalis ( Cardinal Flower ) is a species of Lobelia native to the Americas , from southeastern Canada south through the eastern and southwestern United States , Mexico and Central America to northern Colombia .

It is native to Lichuan county in the Hubei province of China. * Together with Sequoia sempervirens (Coast Redwood) and Sequoiadendron giganteum (Giant Sequoia) of California, M. It has been discovered that M.