Salt Tolerant Plant Evergreen Plant For Sale In El Monte

* Light blue to light green foliage, 3/4" needles; in habit a broad column, narrowing toward the top; Wyman notes that it is very dense because it holds its foliage for as long as 7 years, and that it is an excellent seashore tree; much used by the Chinese...

* The ground up seed can also be mixed with water and drunk as a refreshing beverage. * Atriplex canescens ( Chamiso , Chamiza , Four wing saltbush , Four-wing saltbush , Fourwing saltbush ) is a species of evergreen shrub in the Amaranthaceae family,...

All Bonsai need root protection in below freezing temperatures. * Ligustrum vulgare ( Wild Privet , also sometimes known as Common Privet or European Privet ), is a species of Ligustrum native to central and southern Europe , north Africa and southwestern...

It is a relatively non-variable species, with constant morphology over the entire range. * The Maritime Pine ( Pinus pinaster ) is a pine native to the western Mediterranean region.

At about 10–15 years of age the stem stops growing and produces a first flower spike with white, lily-like perfumed flowers, followed by coral berries. * Being a monocotyledon, it does not display any annual or growth rings so the age of the tree can...

Turkish pine is also known by several other common names, Calabrian pine (from a naturalised population of the pine in Calabria in southern Italy, from where the pine was first botanically described), East Mediterranean pine and Brutia pine.

The water in which the leaves are cooked is used in making corn pudding . * Shadscale fruits and leaves provide important winter browse for both domestic livestock and native herbivores.

The flowers grow in clusters at the end of each branch; they are white, pink, red or yellow, 2.5–5 cm (0.98–2.0 in) diameter, with a deeply 5-lobed corolla with a fringe round the central corolla tube.

It has been used to relieve constipation and water retention and improve circulation. Germination can be rather slow, sometimes taking 12 months or more. * The female flowers are followed by a red berry, and the seeds are bird-distributed, but the plant...

Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine. * The plant can tolerate maritime exposure. * The leaves are used as an insect repellent. * Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked.

* Native to Japan. Needles tend to be quite long but can be reduced with the pruning techniques. * It is one of the classic bonsai subjects. * Extremely salt tolerant, good for seaside planting and holding beach sand in place.

They keep their blue color well after drying. * This is an excellent plant to use for cut flowers and dried flowers. * It is very cold hardy, coming from Siberia, and will also tolerate drought and saline conditions.

It is an evergreen plant, though the number of leaves is greatly diminished during the winter. Prefers a well-drained loamy soil. The common names all refer to the plant's seed pods which first appear in mid-summer.

Several of the varieties have distinct English names. * The lumber is used for rough carpentry and furniture. The tree can be long-lived, with some trees over 500 years old. Its value as a street tree is largely due to its resistance to salt spray (from...

The fan-shaped fronds are 1.5–1.8 m (4.9–5.9 ft) wide and attach to 90–120 cm (35–47 in) spineless petioles . Spikes 1.2–1.8 m (3.9–5.9 ft) in length yield small bisexual flowers .

Petiole 4–8 mm, initially densely yellow tomentose, subglabrous when old; stipules linear-lanceolate, 4–5 mm, sparsely tomentose or glabrescent at fruiting; leaf blade obovate to elliptic, 2–4.5 × 1.2–2.8 cm, thickly leathery, midvein prominently...

Images courtesy of Proven Winners, www.provenwinners.com For optimum results provide your Vitex with a full to mostly sunny location and a well-drained soil. The flowers attract bees and other pollinators.

It has also been introduced to Belize , Costa Rica and Nicaragua , growing at 1200–3000 m altitude. * Cupressus lusitanica , ( Cedro Blanco ; Teotlate , distinctive names used in Mexico); Cedro Blanco means White Cedar and is also known as Mexican White...

Thrives in a bog garden. Prefers a moist soil but succeeds in dry soils and, once established, is drought tolerant. * An easily grown and very tolerant plant, it succeeds in most positions in any good soil in sun or partial shade.

The inflorescence is a cluster of fragrant flowers occurring at the ends of branches. * Very tolerant of pruning and maritime exposure, it can be grown as a wind resistant hedge. It is a shrub which can reach several meters tall and become treelike.

* The Interior Live Oak ( Quercus wislizeni ) is an evergeen oak , highly variable and often shrubby, found in areas of California in the United States . * It is a large shrub or tree growing to 22 m tall.

* It is a coniferous evergreen tree, growing to 15–25 m in height and is usually as broad as it is tall, forming a wide, dense, conical crown. It needs some special care but will create a striking landscape plant.

* Eucalyptus perriniana , commonly known as Spinning Gum , is a tree or mallee which is native to New South Wales , Victoria and Tasmania in Australia . * The leaves yield up to 1% essential oil.

A tapped trunk yields up to ½ litre a day. * This tree is widely grown because it is the most cold hardy of all the Eucalyptus species. The essential oil is a common ingredient in many over-the-counter cold remedies.

* The fruit itself has the texture of a lush tropical fruit and has a delicate pleasant flavour. * It is ripe in November/December and is about 15mm in diameter. Zone: 7-10The leaves are dark green and glossy, 5-10 cm long and 2-3 cm broad, with a serrated...

* 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,...

* Pinus glabra differs markedly from most other pines in that it does not occur in largely pure pine forests, but is typically found as scattered trees in moist woodland habitats in mixed hardwood forest.