Shade Tolerant Plant Flowering Tree For Sale In Lafayette

* A hot infusion of the bark has been snuffed for treating sinus problems and has been held in the mouth for treating toothache. * Many of the tree's branches bend under the weight of the large foliage.

* Flowers before leafing out, flowers to 4", white spotted inside with purple, leaves to 10"; native to China and sometimes grown in California. * The wood is also important in China, Korea, and Japan for making the soundboards of stringed musical instruments...

* In East Africa it is also known as Muarubaini ( Swahili ), which means the tree of the 40 , as it is said to treat 40 different diseases. * Native to India , Myanmar , Bangladesh , Sri Lanka , Malaysia and Pakistan , growing in tropical and semi-tropical...

* It is being used as a reforestation tree in several countries, including Australia, Germany, China, the USA and Panama. * Paulownia is extremely fast growing; up to 20 feet in one year when young.

In addition to its ornamental value, it is also a useful shade tree in tropical conditions, because it usually grows to a modest height but spreads widely, and its dense foliage provides full shade.

These are heart-shaped with a blunt apex, which occasionally has a shallow notch at the tip. They have a sweetish-acid taste, and are a nice addition to the salad bowl. * The deep pink flowers are produced on year-old or older growth, including the trunk...

* This Mexican native is drought tolerant and grows very quickly in tropical areas as a timber tree.

Japonicum contains the isoflavone glycoside sophoricoside. * Used to make the strong, springy curved "enju wood" handle used on the traditional Japanese woodworking adze, called the chouna.

* The tree is regarded as attractive because of its wide spreading shelving branches and flat-topped head, and is often used in ornamental plantings. * A small tree of horizontal branching habit, creating a tiered effect.

* It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. * Silky camellia is an under-story woodland species with rich brown colored bark * It grows best in partial shade in well draining soils.

* Grown for its masses of glorious, delicate, white, slightly fragrant flowers in May; of open, spreading habit; native to the southeastern United States but hardy nearly everywhere; dark green leaf sometimes a golden yellow in fall.

Ecologically and taxonomically, it remains a poorly understood species. In certain portions of its range, it can be an undesirable competitor of commercial species during early stages of stand development.

* The wood dries without difficulty and is often used in its green or wet state for turnery and bowl carving. * Jacaranda mimosifolia is a sub-tropical tree native to South America that has been widely planted elsewhere because of its beautiful and long-lasting...

* An essential oil is obtained from the leaves and flowers. The flowers are numerous, produced in large inflorescences 15–30 cm (5.9–12 in) long; each flower 5-10 mm diameter, with five pale yellow petals * It is commonly grown as an ornamental plant.

* It is commonly grown as an ornamental plant in warm temperate regions where winters do not fall below about -15°C. The leaves are spirally-arranged, large, 20–50 cm (7.9–20 in) in width and on a petiole up to 50 cm (20 in) long, leathery, palmately...

Japonicum contains the isoflavone glycoside sophoricoside. * Used to make the strong, springy curved "enju wood" handle used on the traditional Japanese woodworking adze, called the chouna.

* It is grown as an ornamental plant in gardens, where its August flowering attracts butterflies. * Plants can be used as a tall ground cover for large areas of land. * This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

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

The tree is fairly free from fungal diseases and has few insect enemies. It is easily raised from seeds which germinate early in the first season. They are like Catnip for Catfish!

* Stored seed should be sown as early in the year as possible and given cold stratification - it might not germinate until spring of the following year.

S Anhui, Fujian, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang; all in China. * Native to mountains, forests, usually in valleys; 200-1400 m.

* The white inner bark is used in making string shoes. * Profuse scarlet fruit in early fall; leaves pale yellow in fall; sun or part shade; native to northeastern Asia.

* In the wild, eastern redbud is a frequent native understory tree in mixed forests and hedgerows. * A small tree with a sturdy upright trunk which divides into stout branches that usually spread to form a broad flat head.

* Fraxinus velutina ( Velvet Ash or Arizona Ash or Modesto Ash ) is a species of Fraxinus native to southwestern North America , in the United States from southern California east to Texas , and in Mexico from northern Baja California east to Coahuila...

The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) * The root is used in the treatment of rheumatism and other bone diseases. It is in flower from Jun to July. * Alangium platanifolium is a deciduous Shrub growing to 3 m (9ft) by 2 m (6ft).

Succeeds in cold exposed situations and tolerates industrial pollution. Good background plant. * Small specimen tree or shrub for location around residential homes. It grows well in heavy clay soils and in poor shallow limestone soils.

This varient will grow to 8 feet tall. * Nandina domestica (pronounced /naen?di?n? D??m?st?k?/ ) commonly known as heavenly bamboo or sacred bamboo , is a suckering shrub in the Barberry family, Berberidaceae .