Plant With Winter Interest Shade Tolerant Plant For Sale In Vallejo

* Ozark witch hazel is a deciduous, winter-blooming, Missouri native shrub with a rounded habit which typically grows 6-10' tall (less frequently to 15') with a somewhat larger spread.

* This species has a deeply penetrating root system that firmly anchors the tree against winds. * The Apache source exhibits strong blue color yet shouldn't be used in extremely cold areas.

* It is native to mountains forests of Japan. * A maple in the snake-bark maple group.

The leaves are harvested for use as required and can be used fresh or dried. * The common name 'arborvitae' is from Latin, 'tree of life', and is based on its association with long life and vitality in Buddhist thought in China.

It is in flower in May, and the seeds ripen from Sep to October. Suitable for parks and gardens. Because of its small volume Pyrus serrulata can be easily planted in small gardens.

Its "distinctive leaf shape... Bark is "light brown to gray" in color and may be smooth or "warty and roughened". * Grows as a shrub or small tree; light gray stems, shiny dark green leaves, fall color yellow; orange to scarlet quarter-inch fruits persisting...

* The specific epithet pungens means "sharply pointed", referring to the leaves. * Majestic also produces 99% blue color trees (shiners) ! * This species has a deeply penetrating root system that firmly anchors the tree against winds.

In English poetry and English stories the holly is inseparably connected with the merry-making and greetings which gather around the Christmas time. * The Ilex opaca species typically grows as an understory tree in forests.

Mugo pine is most attractive with its natural shape. * 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)...

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

* A species of maple native to northern forests in eastern North America from southern Ontario east to Nova Scotia and south to eastern Illinois and New Jersey Conservation Plant Characteristics Acer pensylvanicum L.

* The leaves are alternate, 50–100 mm long, with a 15–20 mm petiole ; they are of two types, with palmately five-lobed juvenile leaves on creeping and climbing stems, and unlobed cordate adult leaves on fertile flowering stems exposed to full sun,...

* The specific epithet pungens means "sharply pointed", referring to the leaves. * It is also grown for the cut Christmas tree industry. * This species has a deeply penetrating root system that firmly anchors the tree against winds.

* 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...

* The most familiar of the dogwoods; a small tree with low branches that tend to form horizontal tiers. * It has very striking white flower-like bracts that open in April and May before leaves emerge; shiny red fruit that ripens in late September and...

* A species of maple native to northern forests in eastern North America from southern Ontario east to Nova Scotia and south to eastern Illinois and New Jersey Conservation Plant Characteristics Acer pensylvanicum L.

* Amur cork tree, called Huang Bai in China, is commonly used in Chinese herbalism, where it is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental herbs, but one that should be used with care.

* A large shrub with attractive red-brown bark, white flowers in midsummer, and yellow-orange fall color; native to southeast U.S.

* It is marginal in zone 8, going dormant and deciduous in cold winters, but usually evergreen to semi-evergreen. * This is a naturally rare grass in the wild but it is widely cultivated for use as an attractive ornamental garden plant.

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

In English poetry and English stories the holly is inseparably connected with the merry-making and greetings which gather around the Christmas time. * The Ilex opaca species typically grows as an understory tree in forests.

* The flowers are very fragrant, they are used in pot-pourri and to make perfumes. The wood, after soaking in water, polishes to a brilliant black finish. * This plant is cultivated in gardens, producing valued flower colour in the dormant season.

Its "distinctive leaf shape... Bark is "light brown to gray" in color and may be smooth or "warty and roughened". * Grows as a shrub or small tree; light gray stems, shiny dark green leaves, fall color yellow; orange to scarlet quarter-inch fruits persisting...

* The whole plant is used in the treatment of arthritis, recurring fever in pulmonary tuberculosis, tubercular lymph nodes, joint pained and lumbago. * Very shiny dark green leaves, spiny; ultimately forms a dense, rounded crown; attractive gray bark,...

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

* The leaves keep their red color from spring to fall, changing only in hue. * 'Beni otake' means Red Bamboo in Japanese.

* The bark is antiseptic, astringent, cathartic and tonic. A decoction is used internally in the treatment of diarrhoea, malaria etc, and externally in the treatment of indolent sores and chronic skin disease.