Poisonous Plant Acid Loving Plant For Sale In Illinois

Requires a lime-free soil. Plants can be grown in containers in pond margins but are then best kept in drier conditions over winter. * Prefers a light well-drained soil and a sunny position.

* It is in flower from Apr to May, and the seeds ripen in October. * Red or orange berries in the fall; peeling bark reveals reddish inner bark. Conservation Plant Characteristics Arbutus menziesii Pursh Pacific madrone ARME Summary Duration Perennial...

The fruit is a dry capsule 15-25 mm long, containing numerous small seeds .There are two subspecies : Rhododendron ponticum subsp. Spain, Portugal. The leaves are evergreen , 6-18 cm long and 2-5 cm broad.

The fruit is a dry capsule 15-25 mm long, containing numerous small seeds .There are two subspecies : Rhododendron ponticum subsp. Spain, Portugal. The leaves are evergreen , 6-18 cm long and 2-5 cm broad.

* 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.

* Rhododendron viscosum , commonly known as swamp azalea or clammy azalea , is a deciduous shrub which is endemic to the United States .

It takes a little while to settle down and needs weeding for the first few years but becomes rampant when established and can then spread 60 - 90cm per year. The above ground shoots rise from slender creeping rhizomes that are placed 2.5–7.5 cm deep...

* Vaccinium arboreum ( Sparkleberry or Farkleberry ) is a species of Vaccinium native to the southeastern United States , from southern Virginia west to southeastern Missouri , and south to Florida and eastern Texas .

* The wood is heavy, close-grained, moderately hard, brittle, not strong. It burns with a clear, bright flame and is valued as a fuel. * Requires a free-draining, light, sandy, acid soil with additional leafmould added.

This shrub reaches between one and two meters in height. * Red-brown bark, pink flowers, bright green leaves. It can be dried, ground into a powder then used in making cakes etc. The fruit can also be used for making jelly and cider.

A deciduous shrub, with terminal clusters of pink, tubular, vase-shaped, slightly fragrant flowers. Canescens) and Woolly Azalea (R. * Pink azalea is a 6-12 ft. Oblong to elliptic green leaves.

* Flat or bell-shaped 1 1/2" flowers in clusters of 5-7, rose, in spring before leaves; of upright habit; deciduous, with red fall color; native to North Carolina, where it grows in moist acid soil.

* Soils should be acidic and very well-drained but not excessively dry. * Leaves are dark green and leathery. * Upright flower clusters separate it from P. Japonica which has pendulous flower clusters.

* Vaccinium arboreum ( Sparkleberry or Farkleberry ) is a species of Vaccinium native to the southeastern United States , from southern Virginia west to southeastern Missouri , and south to Florida and eastern Texas .

* The species has been introduced to other areas of Europe, and also to the Americas, New Zealand and Australia, where it is often considered a weed and is a serious problem invasive species in some areas (notably the western United States, Chile and...

* Light blue-green or bright to dark green needles, 3-5"; of irregular, picturesque habit, with crooked leaning branches; bark orange-red or orangish; much used for bonsai and in the landscape for its appealing form; prefers well-drained, slightly acid...

The flowers are inconspicuous, whitish to greenish-yellow, produced on slender peduncles 25 mm or more long; it is usually dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.

This shrub reaches between one and two meters in height. * Red-brown bark, pink flowers, bright green leaves. It can be dried, ground into a powder then used in making cakes etc. The fruit can also be used for making jelly and cider.

* Soils should be acidic and very well-drained but not excessively dry. * Leaves are dark green and leathery. * Upright flower clusters separate it from P. Japonica which has pendulous flower clusters.

It weighs 46lb per cubic foot. Too small for commercial exploitation, the wood is used locally for turnery, inlay work, woodenware etc. * This species is occasionally used for hedging in the southern states of America.

* It was the first magnolia to be scientifically described, and is the type species of the genus Magnolia ; as Magnolia is also the type genus of all flowering plants , this species can be seen to typify all flowering plants.

Pinky-purple flowers, 1 1/2"; a deciduous species that blooms before leafing out, the earliest of all to bloom; site to protect from late freezes; leaves to 4" x 1 1/4", light green, yellows and reds in fall; needs acid soil; parent of several cultivars;...

* Take a large amount of Sorrel and saute in some butter till wilted and falling apart. Like other members of the genus, it is mildly laxative and holds out potential as a long term treatment for chronic disease, in particular that of the gastro-intestinal...

* Its flowers emerge dramatically on a bare tree in early spring, with the deciduous leaves expanding shortly thereafter, lasting through summer until autumn. Heptapeta and M. Quinquepeta; large spreading shrub or small tree; flowers of plants from seed,...

They can be eaten raw or cooked. It is rather small, about 8mm in diameter. * Amelanchier spicata has clusters of small white flowers that bloom in spring. * The fruit is rich in iron and copper.

It is in flower in March, and the seeds ripen in June. * Bark peels off in sheets, revealing reddish-brown underbark; may grow 1-2' a year; shiny green leaf changing to yellow in fall; variable; likes rich, moist, acid soil; good for for wet spots; native...

It is important to have healthy branching or the overall growth of the tree will suffer. Needs pruning and needs to be protected from frost. * Beautiful fragrant pale pink small flowers in clusters to 6"; deciduous; acid soil, although may be more tolerant...