Plant With Winter Interest Shade Tolerant Plant For Sale In Chicago

* This species is occasionally used for hedging in the southern states of America. * A lovely, useful plant with white or gray bark, shiny dark green leaves, translucent quarter-inch scarlet fruit in large quantities; takes well to pruning, adaptable...

* Shiny leathery leaves, coarse, evergreen, dark green or blue green. A pleasant acid flavour, it is nice when added to muesli or porridge. * Fruit - raw or cooked. * Very fragrant yellow flowers in early spring.

They grow best in a Mediterranean climate. * Trees should be planted into their permanent positions when they are quite small, between 30 and 90cm in height. Fortunei; native to China, Taiwan * Requires a sheltered position in a moist but well-drained...

They grow best in a Mediterranean climate. * Trees should be planted into their permanent positions when they are quite small, between 30 and 90cm in height. Fortunei; native to China, Taiwan * Requires a sheltered position in a moist but well-drained...

Synonyms include Ilex monticola . * Sometimes a tree, more often a shrub to about 15'; bright red fruits; grows on woody slopes from New York south to Georgia, west to Alabama (range of origin).

* 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 be unearthed" (Dirr); native to northern and central China.

* This very symmetrical plant supports a crown of shiny, dark green leaves on a thick shaggy trunk that is typically about 20 cm (7.9 in) in diameter, sometimes wider. Though often known by the common name of king sago palm , or just sago palm , it is...

The flow is best on warm sunny days following a hard frost. It is vigorous but not always long-lived in less-than-ideal circumstances. * This is the superb white-barked native birch that offers better resistance to the borer than other birches.

The genus is named in honour of John Templeton, an Irish naturalist and botanist. They are native to Australia. * Templetonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae.

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

* Another vigorous scrambling vine grown for its yellow-orange fruit capsules and crimson seeds; likes full sun; poor soil will slow the rampant growth. It has a sturdy perennial vine that may have twining , woody stems that are 30 feet (9.1 m) or longer...

* The fall color is rich red. * It is a strong growing round-headed tree several meters high. * The foliage starts off with a tinge of orange-red then becoming rich green.

They attract pollinators such as bees, beetles, and flies. * The blue palo verde is the state tree of Arizona. * The flowers are bright yellow, and pea-like, which cover the tree in late spring.

* Known for its intense fall colors of red and yellow. * Beautiful snakebark maple.

* Ilex aquifolium ( Holly , or European Holly to distinguish it from related species, may also be called Christmass Holly or Mexican Holly) is a species of holly native to western and southern Europe , northwest Africa and southwest Asia .

* 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.

* Too small to be exploited commercially, this high quality wood is often used locally for flooring, cogs, tool handles, golf clubs etc. American hornbeam is also known as blue-beech, ironwood, and musclewood.

Therefore, it was heavily planted in the midwest and eastern US. It has since been determined to be very invasive and so is being eradicated many places. * Rem Red Amur Honeysuckle was developed by the USDA Soil Conservation Service in the 1960's.

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

* Parkinsonia aculeata is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae . It is native to the southwestern United States (western Texas , southern Arizona ), Mexico , the Caribbean , South America south to northern Argentina , and the Galapagos...

The leaves are oval-acute, 2–3.5 centimetres (0.79–1.4 in) long and 1–1.5 centimetres (0.39–0.59 in) broad, shiny green above, pubescent below with dense whitish to yellowish hairs.

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

* The fruits are used as a bitter digestive tonic. * Fruits are an important food source for dozens of species of birds , which then distribute the seeds. * Older bark has an alligator hide appearance that is attractive in the winter landscape.

* A species of maple native to central China , in the provinces of Gansu , Henan , Hubei , Hunan , Shaanxi , Shanxi , and Sichuan. * Fall color bright red and orange. * Beautiful peeling cinnamon bark.

* Infrared microspectroscopy has identified conifers of the family Sciadopityaceae as the principal source of Baltic amber rather than as previously thought members of the families Araucariaceae and Pinaceae.

As a popular ornamental used in landscaping its notable features include the red stems in fall (autumn) through late winter, the brightest winter bark of any cornus. * For the brightest winter bark, young shoots are encouraged by cutting to the ground...

The genus is named in honour of John Templeton, an Irish naturalist and botanist. They are native to Australia. * Templetonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae.