Plant With Winter Interest Shade Tolerant Plant For Sale In Virginia

* The Apache source exhibits strong blue color yet shouldn't be used in extremely cold areas. * The specific epithet pungens means "sharply pointed", referring to the leaves. * It is a popular ornamental tree found far beyond its native range.

* 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.

* 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. Young shoots are short, palely pubescent and bright orange to red-brown in colour.

* 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 .

* A notable specimen in the Pirin Mountains of Bulgaria, known as Baikushev's pine, is 24 metres (79 ft) tall, 2.2 metres (7 ft 3 in) in diameter, and is estimated to be over 1300 years old.

* A shrub with evergreen 2" x 1" shiny leaves; fragrant white flowers in April; round red fruit to 1/4"; grows well in dry shade; easy to grow; native to central and Western China, where it grows in forests and on cliffs, especially on limestone.

During the colder months, they turn maroonish in color. In June it bears many flowered, compound corymbs of white, 5-6 mm flowers . * The scientific name 'salicifolius', described by the botanist Franchet , means 'with leaves like willows' (see: Genus...

* Native to northeast Asia. * Green to greenish purple stems with white stripes; of open habit with yellow fall color.

* Very shiny dark green leaves, spiny; ultimately forms a dense, rounded crown; attractive gray bark, berries in various shades of red, lasting long into winter; parent of many cultivars.

This tree transplants well. * Unlike most species of pine. This Bonsai is a good one for beginners because it is low-maintenance, a slow grower, and has a burly frame. Drought tolerant, disease and insect tolerant are also good assets for a bonsai.

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

* Grown mostly for it's beautiful exfoliating bark. * Small landscape tree * Somewhat reminiscent of Betua nigra bark, but the sections that break off are smaller and more block like.

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

In English it is known as salal , shallon , or in Britain simply Gaultheria . * Gaultheria shallon is a leathery-leaved shrub in the heather family ( Ericaceae ), native to western North America .

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

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

Unique individuals will most likely result which can be even more interesting than the parent. * Maturing at about 4 meters. * The leaves are brick red blended over a deep green color base.

* It is pendulous, mound shaped and reaching 2 meters high by 3 meters wide. * The seedlings grown from seed collected from cultivars may not resemble the mother tree. * It has a very delicate texture and light yellow green foliage color.

It is a vigorous deciduous shrub growing to 4 m (13 ft) tall with an erect trunk and leaves 5–29 cm (2–11 in) long and 2–12 cm (1–5 in) broad. * Chimonanthus praecox, also known as wintersweet or Japanese allspice, is a species of flowering plant...

* About the size of a plum, the fruit has an exquisitely rich flavour when it is fully ripe. * Grown for its yellow or orange fruit, to 1 1/2", in fall. * Molasses can be made from the fruit pulp.

* Rich red-orange leaf color. * It has relatively large leaves and a cascading mound shape.

It has a shallow, wide-spreading root system. American hornbeam is also known as blue-beech, ironwood, and musclewood. * The bark is smooth and greenish-grey, becoming shallowly fissured in old trees.

* Quercus texana , commonly known as Nuttall's Oak , is a fast growing large deciduous Oak tree native to North America from the lower Mississippi river valley from SE Missouri to Southern Louisiana and SE Texas and East through Mississippi to Central...

* It is densely branched and has bright green bark. * Fall color is various shades of yellow.

* Grown for their attractive leaf shapes and colors. * A decidious Tree growing to 8 m (26ft) by 6 m (19ft). * Japanese Maple has been cultivated in Japan for centuries and in temperate areas around the world since the 1800s * Of easy cultivation, it...

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

It is also called the “rose of winter.” * An edible oil is obtained from the seed. It is called 'tsubaki oil'. It is also the official state flower of Alabama . It is a member of the Theaceae family or tea family.