Salt Tolerant Plant Evergreen Plant For Sale In Santa Clara

Ligustrum vulgare are hardy plants and tolerate temperatures down to 20 degrees F. Privets are fast growers and do well as long as they are planted in well-drained soil. All Bonsai need root protection in below freezing temperatures.

They quite probably also apply to this species. * Mexican Palmetto reaches a height of 12–18 m (39–59 ft), with a spread of 3–4 m (9.8–13 ft). * The leaves are used for making baskets, chair seats or thatch.

It is not known in the wild; all known plants come from cultivated groups in China. Excelsa is not the tallest in the genus. They were first collected by the Japanese for Tokugawa shogunate palaces, then popularity spread to Europe, and later to America...

* Fourwing saltbush is most common in early succession areas such as disturbed sites and active sand dunes. The ashes can be used like baking soda. * The burnt green herb yields culinary ashes high in minerals and these are used by the Hopi Indians to...

* Smooth-bark Mexican Pine ( Pinus pseudostrobus ), ( Chamite and Pacingo ) distinctive names in Spanish, tree endemic to Mexico , 8 to 25 m tall, dense and round top, the bark is brown and fissured and smooth when young.

Because of the great age of this species it is sometimes described as a living fossil. * Araucaria araucana (commonly called the monkey puzzle tree, monkey tail tree, Chilean pine, or pehuen) is an evergreen tree growing to 40 metres (130 ft) tall with...

The foliage grows in sparse, very fragrant, sprays varying from dull gray-green to glaucous blue-green in color. * Cupressus nevadensis is a medium-sized evergreen tree with a conic crown, growing to heights of 10-25 m (exceptionally to 39 m), and a trunk...

* The leaves are used as an insect repellent. * So called because the roots were once ground for snuff. * Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine.

The shoots are orange-brown, with scattered pubescence. * 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...

* Excellent as a fresh cut flower and for dried arrangements. * It is occasionally seen on the California coast where it is an introduced species and landscaping escapee. * Native to the Mediterranean region, statice (also commonly called notchleaf status)...

It is native to northern Burma and China, but is sometimes grown in western gardens where it has been in cultivation since 1848. * Substances from the plant have shown anticancer activity.

Timing may not be as critical with the repeat flowering Big Leaf Hydrangeas but is still the recommended practice for the best spring flower show the following year as well as overall plant vigor.

* The fruit can also be ground into a powder and used as a spice. It is also often grown as bonsai. Established plants are drought tolerant, succeeding in hot dry positions. A very ornamental plant.

It wmay survive in zone 7, but a cold winter could do it in. The new growth and samaras are bright red. The tree features slender leaves, unlike the multilobed leaves found on most maple species.

* A good fast-growing hedge for exposed maritime conditions. * Plants have an extensive root system and can be grown on sand or thin coastal soils in order to bind the soil. * Baccharis halimifolia ( Eastern Baccharis) , commonly called groundsel bush,...

Suggested mechanisms to explain this include stimulation of venous alpha 1 and 2 adrenoreceptors and decreased capillary permeability. Small greenish flowers appear in spring, and are borne singly in the centre of the cladodes.

The wax can be used to make aromatic candles. It grows at moderate altitudes of 1,300-2,600 m, on dry soils, often together with Pinus monophylla . * A wax on the fruit is obtained by simmering the fruit in hot water and skimming off the wax as it rises...

* The Douglas fir's useful wood and its quick growth make it the crop of choice for many timber companies, which typically replant a clear-cut area with Douglas fir. * The specific epithet, menziesii, is after Archibald Menzies, a Scottish physician and...

Requires shade from the midday sun. Once the seeds have ripened in mid-autumn the red capsules burst open, scattering the orange seeds up to 15 feet. The common names all refer to the plant's seed pods which first appear in mid-summer.

* It grows well in warm temperate and subtropical areas, and tolerates hot and humid coastal areas. * A tree of rounded habit with evergreen compound leaves; small red flowers in racemes in spring.

* The leaves are cooked and used as greens. 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.

* Some plants produce multiple flower spikes, possibly of varying sizes, from a single point of origin. As plants take several years to flower in the wild, it is very sensitive to too-frequent burns and has been eliminated in some areas where this occurs.

These trees are capable of producing fruit that is a small, blue or black drupe. * The fresh or dried leaves can be used as a flavouring in soups etc. It weighs 40lb per cubic foot.

* These trees project a sense of vigorous strength, for though not generally very large, they are robust, with thick branches and twigs, and large foliar units of very long, often drooping needles.

About 90% of the world's star anise crop is used for extraction of shikimic acid, a chemical intermediate used in the synthesis of oseltamivir. * Illicium verum is a medium-sized evergreen tree native to northeast Vietnam and southwest China.

It is abundant further south on the southern coast and in the Gulf states, reaching its greatest size on the bottomlands of southern Arkansas and eastern Texas. * Ilex opaca is a medium-sized broadleaved evergreen tree growing to 10-20 m tall, exceptionally...

It is usually found in small, scattered populations, not in large forests, at altitudes of 900-2000 m. * Cupressus bakeri , the Modoc Cypress , Siskiyou Cypress or Baker Cypress , is a species of cypress native to the United States , in a restricted area...