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Mugo pine is most attractive with its natural shape. Pinus mugo mughus is an outdoor tree and with protection from extreme heat and cold, it can stay outdoor all year long. * Unlike most species of pine.

* Fontanesia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae , usually treated as comprising a single species Fontanesia philliraeoides , though some authors split this into two species (see below).

* Hibiscus syriacus is the national flower of South Korea. * This species is planted as a hedge in S. The flower appears in national emblems, and Korea is compared poetically to the flower in the South Korean national anthem.

A black dye can also be obtained from the fruit as well as an ink. The trees are beautiful in the spring with white blooms and in the fall the dark berries appear. * A bluish-green dye is obtained from the berries, it is more permanent than most greens.

It is dense and cone-shaped when young, broadening at the top with age. The shiny dark green needles are 3 to 6 1/2". The deeply furrowed bark is scaled in a mosaic of white, gray and dark brown.

* It is widely planted for timber in its native area, being one of the most important trees in forestry in Algeria and Morocco. * In Israel , the tree has been very successful in Yatir Forest in the northern Negev , where foresters had not expected it...

* This species has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria, these bacteria form nodules on the roots and fix atmospheric nitrogen. * Gleditsia caspica ( Caspian Locust or Persian Honeylocust ) is a species of Gleditsia native to western Asia...

Thrives in a bog garden. * Insubstantial purplish or yellow flowers in early to mid summer; more impressive are the large pods that split open to reveal clusters of scarlet or orange-red seeds that remain until midwinter; likes lime; native to western...

* Extremely salt tolerant, good for seaside planting and holding beach sand in place. * Of irregular habit, roughly conical. Pines make an amazing bonsai because the rough bark on their trunks makes them look old early on.

* Unlike most species of pine. * 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,...

* Lance-leaved coreopsis produces yellow flowers in late summer. * The lance-leaved coreopsis , Coreopsis lanceolata , is a species of coreopsis (Tickseed). It is commonly kept as an ornamental plant.

Red stem color is more easily seen after the fruits are gone, and red color often persists into early winter. Its native from southeastern Canada and northeastern United States . * Terminal stems holding the flowers are distinctively red and provide interesting...

* 3" yellow-orange flowers in midsummer; native to southern U.S. * Coreopsis grandiflora is a perennial plant species of the tickseed genus, Coreopsis, in Asteraceae. The common name is large-flowered tickseed.

This occurrence is a popular science experiment in primary grade school. Note that this effect is only visible on the "head" or flower of the plant. The aromatic seed is used as a flavouring in stews etc.

In Eurasian herbalism, this plant has a long history of use as a febrifuge. * In its native habitat, the flowers are eaten fresh, and the leaves are smoked like tobacco for its euphoriant properties.

America, saplings grow slowly at first, but the growth rate speeds up over the next 50 years. This species is planted on a small scale, mainly in E. Europe, as a timber tree. * The wood is white and quite dense (within 20% of 670 kg/m3), strong, and straight-grained.

The leaves are needle-like, 1-2.5 cm long, rhombic in cross-section, greyish-green to bluish-green with conspicuous stomatal lines. The cones are cylindric-conic, 6-15 cm long and 2-3 cm broad, maturing pale brown 5-7 months after pollination, and have...

* Heart-shaped leaves to 1'; fast grower, yellow and white flowers in late June; large and sometimes rather coarse; fall color yellow, not an asset; tolerates heat and drought; wood slow to rot in soil; native to south central U.S. * The wood is soft,...

The wind-dispersed fruit develops in a flat, oval membranous wing ( samara ) 1 - 1.5 cm long and notched at the outer end . The tree is short-lived in temperate climates, rarely reaching more than 60 years of age, but in its native environment may live...

* The cotton inside the capsules, although not of as good quality as that of the kapok tree, has been used as stuffing f(density = 0.27 g/cm³), soft and flexible, and is employed in packaging, to make canoes, as wood pulp to make paper, and in ropes.

They can grow at severe angles, and Native Americans used to bend saplings over so that they would grow at extreme angles, to serve as trail markers. * Depending on the growing conditions, live oaks vary from the shrubby to large and spreading: typical...

* Bacteria on the roots fix atmospheric nitrogen - whilst this enables the tree to grow well in quite poor soils it also makes some of this nitrogen available to other plants growing nearby.

The species is often smaller, stunted and twisted in coastal exposures. * Of symmetrical conical habit; needles stiff, often twisted, dark green, to 7"; cones 2-4 1/2"; native to California, where it is used ornamentally.

In Eurasian herbalism, this plant has a long history of use as a febrifuge. * In its native habitat, the flowers are eaten fresh, and the leaves are smoked like tobacco for its euphoriant properties.

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.

* Used as a rootstock for P. * This makes a beautiful flowering tree all on its own even though it is primarily grown as an extremely cold hardy rootstock for grafting edible pear varieties.

* The specific epithet pungens means "sharply pointed", referring to the leaves. * It is a popular ornamental tree found far beyond its native range. * This species has a deeply penetrating root system that firmly anchors the tree against winds.