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

* It is grown for its very high quality timber in Japan, where it is used as a material for building palaces, temples, shrines, traditional noh theatres, baths, table tennis blades and masu.

* This sedge is very variable in appearance. There are five to ten leaves per stem. * Scirpus cyperinus, commonly called woolgrass, is a grass-like, rhizomatous, emergent aquatic perennial of the sedge family that grows in dense slowly-spreading tussocks...

* A decidious Tree growing to 22 m (72ft 2in) at a fast rate. * Native to temperate forests, stream-banks, swamps and roadsides in northeastern Asia and Japan.

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

Mollis is widely grown as an ornamental plant, valued for the strongly-scented flowers appearing in winter when little else is growing. X intermedia, source of most cultivars. * Large shrub or small tree; fall color yellow or yellow orange; yellow flowers...

* The poisonous fruit of this plant ripens in September and resembles whitish-powdered grapes. It occurs in thickets, moist woods, and the banks of streams. * Menispermum canadense ( Canadian Moonseed , Common Moonseed , or Yellow Parilla ) is a flowering...

Small but very sweet and nutritious, it is sold in local markets in Canada and some parts of America. The raw seed should not be eaten in large quantities since it is believed to cause enteritis.

* It is native to Canada and the United States, where it is widespread in distribution. * Cool-season grass has broad, pale leaves and very loose, open flowering stalks. * Important member of wetland communities.

* It is grown for its very high quality timber in Japan, where it is used as a material for building palaces, temples, shrines, traditional noh theatres, baths, table tennis blades and masu.

Sarracenia rubra is generally clump-forming. * In spring, the plant produces small, bright red flowers with 5-fold symmetry. The red petals are long and strap-like, and dangle over the umbrella-like style of the flower, which is held upside down at the...

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

* It is in flower in May, and the seeds ripen in August. * Fall color orange, scarlet, yellow; extremely hardy Conservation Plant Characteristics Acer spicatum Lam. * Sometimes called "Moosewood".

* The tree is capable of being grown in most temperate latitudes, though it benefits greatly from warm summers. * The leaves and bark have been used medicinally. * The oriental plane is found naturally in riverine settings, together with such trees as...

They are native to China, Taiwan and northern Vietnam, where they may reach 50-55 m in height. In vernacular use, it is most often known asCunninghamia, but is also sometimes called "China-fir" (though it is not a fir).

* Needles to 1" long, in 2 rows forming a trough; barrel-shaped cones, 4", dark violet-black. * Native to Yunnan in southwest China and adjoining border areas in southeastern Tibet , far northeastern India , northern Myanmar , and far northwestern Vietnam...

It is found as far south as the Palomar Mountain area in southern California , with reports that it is found in Baja California , Mexico . It is not known to occur east of the Cascade and Sierra Nevada mountain ranges.

* The trees are very quick to establish and will grow at a rate of 1 metre or more per year when young. * The plants can be used as a source of biomass. European alder ALGL2 Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Tree Native Status L48 (I), CAN (I) Federal...

* Foundation plant. * The red (cranberry-like) berries mature in late summer and persist into winter. * Versatile shrub that can be used to cover large areas. * The leaves turn attractive shades of purple, red and bronze in autumn.

It is in flower from Aug to October, and the seeds ripen from Oct to November. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Bees, flies. * Clematis serratifolia is a deciduous Climber growing to 3 m (9ft 10in).

Macedonian pine is of great value for research into hybridisation and genetic modification to develop rust resistance in these species; hybrids with eastern white pine inherit some resistance.

* Of upright, arching form; green leaves; flowers in late summer, flowering section of spike to 15" long; likes full sun or part shade, rich soil; tolerates salt, wet conditions; native to cool temperate areas of North America.

* An herbaceous perennial with lemon yellow flowers to 2", May to August; much planted in gardens, where it likes rich moist soil in sun or part shade; native to Europe, where it grows in moist meadows, along streams, and in open woods.

* 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. * Baccharis halimifolia ( Eastern Baccharis) , commonly called groundsel bush, consumption...

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

In some situations, abscission may be one means of colonizing exposed sandbars . It was commonly used by many native North American Indian tribes who valued it especially for its antiseptic and expectorant properties, using it to treat lung complaints,...

It frequently grows with scattered conifers and an undergrowth of shrubs, typically evergreen Rhododendron . * The tree depends on moisture from snowmelt, rather than from the monsoon rains.

Last updated: 22-Oct-2001 No species priority site assigned. Maximowiczii (Pax) A. Check AABGA/NAPCC Contact person for genus for possible non-NPGS germplasm. NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.