Shade Tree Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Alaska

* A decidious Tree growing to 12m. * Purple or lavender terminal flowers. * Native to India and China. * Common names include Orchid tree and Mountain-ebony.

Populations are found in northern Guangdong, southern Hunan, and Jiangxi provinces. Flowers give way to woody drupes that ripen in July-September. Sinojackia rehderiana are deciduous shrubs or small multi-trunked trees growing up to 5 metres (16 ft) in...

It is typically found over calcareous substrates such as limestone , growing on limestone slopes and in moist valley soils, at elevations of 120–600 m. * Fraxinus quadrangulata ( Blue Ash ) is a species of Fraxinus native primarily to the Midwestern...

It is easily raised from seeds which germinate early in the first season. They are like Catnip for Catfish! * Many people grow this tree in the Southern USA just so they can gather the Catalpa worms to use as fishing bait.

* In recent years, this species has been extensively used in Bonsai. * Carpinus orientalis (Oriental Hornbeam) is a hornbeam native from southeastern Europe to northern Iran and occurs usually on hot dry sites at lower altitudes in comparison to the European...

* The fruit and seed can be ground up finely together and used as a flavouring. * Ridjica and Sombor in Serbia (where it is called kustelic or galagunja) and Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, is known for the extensive use of hackberry as a street...

* A medium-sized tree with a spreading, rounded crown; branches develop 2 opposite corky wings; leaves 2 1/2", dark green; fall color may be yellow; native from Virginia to Illinois, south to Florida and Texas.

It takes its name from holm , an ancient name for holly. As a Bonsai, the Holm Oak will not produce many flowers or acorns. * It is a member of the white oak section of the genus, with acorns that mature in a single summer.

The cones remain closed for many years, only opening after the parent tree is killed in a wildfire , thereby allowing the seeds to colonize the bare ground exposed by the fire. The seed cones are globose to oblong, 15-33 mm long, with 6 or 8 (rarely 4...

Brachyptera (not published). The 'South Rockies' group includes populations formerly assigned to Pinus brachyptera Engelmann (1848) from Arizona and New Mexico. * An infusion of the dried buds has been used as an eye wash.

Succeeds on dry gravels and on sandy soils. * Succeeds in any reasonably good soil, preferring a good fertile well-drained loamy soil. * Forestfarm states on their website: "Polished green leaves and red & yellow fruits" (Hillier) distinguish this small...

* An easily grown plant, it succeeds in any soil of good or moderate fertility, ranging from acid to shallow chalk. * This species is unusual in having alternate leaves whilst almost all other members of this genus have opposite leaves.

* Used as a street and shade tree in Florida. * Foliage dark green in summer, orange or orange red in fall. * In the low-elevation deserts of Arizona, it is the only tree whose leaves turn scarlet in fall.

* It is planted as a specimen tree or in mass screenings. Glauca is hardy to Zone 4). * The specific epithet, menziesii, is after Archibald Menzies, a Scottish physician and rival naturalist to David Douglas.

* It is a medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 20–30 m tall with a trunk up to 1.5 m diameter. * The bark is smooth and pale grey on young trees, becoming square-cracked and knobbly on old trees.

It is easily raised from seeds which germinate early in the first season. They are like Catnip for Catfish! * Many people grow this tree in the Southern USA just so they can gather the Catalpa worms to use as fishing bait.

* It is a popular ornamental tree found far beyond its native range. * It is also grown for the cut Christmas tree industry. * The specific epithet pungens means "sharply pointed", referring to the leaves.

* Cupressus funebris is a medium-sized coniferous tree growing to 20-35 m tall, with a trunk up to 2 m diameter. The foliage grows in dense, usually moderately decumbent and pendulous sprays of bright green, very slender, slightly flattened shoots.

The shiny dark green leaves are shaped like elm leaves; reported to be tolerant of urban conditions and easy to transplant. It is considered to be an excellent tonic for the kidneys and liver, and is thought to act specifically on the lower part of the...

* The acorns usually mature around fall. * It usually occurs as a native shrub or a medium sized tree. The amount of acorns produced can also vary year to year, one year there may be about 32,000 acorns and the next year there may be very few.

Stored seed can be sown in late winter in a cold frame. * This mixed wildflower perennial is a double form of columbine that has been used in gardens for a long time, due to its curious flower shape.

Pleasantly acidulous. * Nyssa sylvatica is cultivated as an ornamental tree in parks and large gardens, where it is often used as a specimen or shade tree. It is the longest living non-clonal flowering plant in Eastern North America, capable of obtaining...

* A small to medium sized conifer tree or a large shrub, typically branching from near the base. * Established plants tolerate drought, succeeding in hot dry sites. * The smooth grey- green bark flakes away creating a beautiful patchwork of white, yellow,...

* It is smaller and more likely to be multi-trunked than its close relative, the Shumard Oak . The two species are interfertile, and hybrids are common. * Its previous scientific name was Quercus texana which is now the scientific name for Nuttall's Oak...

* One member of this species, known as Methuselah , is thought to be the oldest living non-clonal organism on Earth . * This is one of our most popular bonsai seeds. It is a very hard to secure item.

The bonsai's scrubby ornate bark and good response to bonsai techniques are a good combination. * It is a medium-sized deciduous tree or densely-branched shrub that grows to a height of 10-15 m Montpellier Maple is a rare maple variety popular with bonsai...

Giant chinkapin (Castanopsis chrysophylla), also called golden chinkapin, giant evergreen-chinkapin, and goldenleaf chestnut, is an interesting hardwood species in a landscape dominated by coniferous forests.