Plant With Winter Interest Seeds For Sale In Connecticut

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

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

* Effective on banks or slopes for erosion control. * 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.

* 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. * It is a small deciduous tree growing to 10–15 m tall with a trunk up to 40 cm diameter.

* The specific epithet, menziesii, is after Archibald Menzies, a Scottish physician and rival naturalist to David Douglas. * The Douglas fir's useful wood and its quick growth make it the crop of choice for many timber companies, which typically replant...

* Cornus amomum subsp obliqua is synonymous with and formerly known as Cornus obliqua. Twigs are grayish-green, becoming purplish-red. Clusters of small, creamy-white flowers are followed by clusters of blue berries.

* This plant is cultivated in gardens, producing valued flower colour in the dormant season. * The flowers are very fragrant, they are used in pot-pourri and to make perfumes. Its strongly scented pendent flowers, produced in winter on bare stems, have...

* 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...

* 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.

* It is quite a unique Fall color. It becomes blended with light orange and reds. * The sturdy leaves of this cultivar are a bright green. * Fall coloration develops into a distinct yellow-gold with rosy tones.

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

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

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

* Japanese Maple has been cultivated in Japan for centuries and in temperate areas around the world since the 1800s * Of easy cultivation, it succeeds in most soils preferring a good moist well-drained soil on the acid side and partial shade * Grown for...

Their use is said to improve the growth of hair. It is called ce bai in Chinese. Used for construction, cabinet making, cooperage. * The leaves also contain rhodoxanthin, amentoflavone, quercetin, myricetin, carotene, xanthophyll and ascorbic acid.

The crown is narrow, dense and conical. * In cultivation, it rarely tops 40' in height and often grows in a shrubby form. * Grow in moist, well-drained soils in part shade to full shade.

* Sarcococca confusa is a very adaptable and reliable shrub that is easily grown in many situations, including dense shade with very dry soil. The shrub is mid winter flowering with a delightful sweet scent.

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

* The bright green leaves turn golden in the fall. It is cold hardy and disease resistant making it a wise choice for northern gardens. * Korean Birch is a very interesting tree. The bark characteristics are complex with many shades of white and tan blending...

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.

* Hardy and beautiful. * This is a striking American cultivar of the "ribbon-leaf" group of Japanese Maples. * It will fit into smaller landscape plantings.

* This is a beautiful and very interesting small shrub. The perfect plant for Rock Garden or along with Dwarf Conifers. The leaves are a nice shiny green and the fruits are a very unique white color with rose blush.

* New spring growth that is covered in very fine silvery hairs making it look almost grey. * Reaching 4-5 meters high. * The deep red color of this dissected leaf variety also holds well into the summer.

* The parent is a vigorous cultivar said to be more resistant to birch borers and tolerant to heat. * The glossy green foliage turns yellow in the fall. * This deciduous tree has bark that is white and does not exfoliate (peel off).

This conical shaped evergreen has dark green growth and attractive reddish brown bark that peels of in thin strips growing into an beautiful trunk for bonsai. * A similar cypress found on Taiwan is treated by different botanists as either a variety of...

* New spring growth that is covered in very fine silvery hairs making it look almost grey. * Reaching 4-5 meters high. * The deep red color of this dissected leaf variety also holds well into the summer.

* 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.