Shade Tolerant Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Ann Arbor

* 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 and Mediterranean Europe.

* It climbs by means of aerial rootlets which cling to the substrate. * The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Hedera helix for cough, bronchitis.

* Common in thickets and in thin secondary forests in lowlands and low mountains of central and southern Japan. The red seed pods are brilliant, opening to revel shiny black seeds.

* 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 and Mediterranean Europe.

Since Butcher's broom tightens blood vessels and capillaries, it is used to treat varicose veins. * Mature shoots are bound into bunches and used as scourers or as besoms. Germination can be rather slow, sometimes taking 12 months or more.

The green, ovate leaves grow in opposite pairs. * A good ground cover plant, succeeding in the heavy shade of trees and in dry shade. For the densest cover plants should be cut to ground level each April.

* The wood is hard, heavy, rather strong, tough, elastic, brittle, coarse-grained. The wood is of poorer quality than F. Used for tool handles, furniture etc. * Green Ash is one of the most widely planted ornamental trees throughout the United States...

* The tree's typical habitat is low-lying forest along the main rivers, growing in association with oak and ash, where it tolerates summer floods as well as droughts. Young branchlets occasionally have corky wings.

* It is a subtropical pine and does not tolerate low temperatures or hard frost, surviving temperatures down to about 6 to 10 °C. Within its natural area, it grows under extremely variable rainfall regimes, from less than 300 mm to several thousands,...

* 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.

* The fruit extract of Gleditsia sinensis also has inhibitory effects on isolated cancer cell cultures. * The pod is used as a soap substitute. The thorns of Gleditsia sinensis are used as a medicinal herb in China and Korea and may have antitumor properties.

Each branch grows for about 10–15 years and re-branches, so a mature plant has an umbrella-like habit. * Dracaena draco is a monocot with a tree-like growth habit currently placed in the asparagus family (Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoidae).When young...

* A handsome species, one of the rarest in cultivation (rare even in its own Yalung R.valley) * A small, 8-30' tree/shrub.

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.

* Doesn't mind heat and drought; grows quickly. * In the low-elevation deserts of Arizona, it is the only tree whose leaves turn scarlet in fall. * Horticulturally, it is a popular choice for street trees in urban settings because it is very drought tolerant...

* The American elm occurs naturally in an assortment of habitats, most notably rich bottomlands, floodplains, stream banks, and swampy ground, * The American Elm is the state tree of both Massachusetts and North Dakota

It is endemic to Australia, occurring in every mainland state except South Australia. * Mirbelia is a plant genus belonging to the Fabaceae family.

* It is most readily identified by its fruits, which have four wings at roughly 90 degree angles and are densely packed on long stems. It is also found in more mature successions dominated by sagebrush and shadscale.

* The species is native to the Indian subcontinent and adjacent regions of Southeast Asia. * Various species of bees and butterflies known to be pollinators of Cassia fistula flowers, especially carpenter bees (Xylocopa sp.).

* The wood is hard, heavy, rather strong, tough, elastic, brittle, coarse-grained. The wood is of poorer quality than F. Used for tool handles, furniture etc. * Green Ash is one of the most widely planted ornamental trees throughout the United States...

* A deciduous shrub or small tree with 3/4" white drooping flowers in clusters of 3 to 8, from March-May; likes heat, summer drought, often growing on dry rocky slopes on limestone; 3" leaves; this variety is native to northern California; other varieties...

* Creamy white flowers as much as a foot wide, wonderfully fragrant, in May, June or July. * It is used in the treatment of malaria and rheumatism. * This is perhaps the most strongly scented flower in the world! * Exceptionally large trees recorded include...

* The wood of the Pinus leiophylla is hard, dense and strong. It is used for construction, firewood, and railroad ties. It is planted commercially in Kenya, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia at high altitudes.

* This tree is remarkable for the number and length of the spines growing on its trunk, which makes it the most formidably armed of temperate trees. Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be used by other plants growing...

* The Lebanon Cedar is an evergreen coniferous tree growing up to 40 m (130 ft) tall, with a trunk up to 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) in diameter. * The Lebanon Cedar is the national emblem of Lebanon, and is displayed on the Lebanese flag and coat of arms.

It is also used where it grows in Pakistan and Balochistan for dysentery. In Eurasian herbalism, this plant has a long history of use as a febrifuge. * The small lavender flowers have a sweet flavour and can be eaten in salads or used as a garnish.

* A source of pulp, timber, and turpentine. Extremely adaptable and common in the sandy or clay-sand ridges of Georgia. Dark green needles, to 18" (9" in older trees), in tufts at ends of branchlets; hangs on to its cones (to 20") for as long as 20 years;...