Shade Tree Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Chicago

A similar hairiness occurs in spring on new shoots and on the upper leaf surfaces, but this usually disappears with the summer rains. Again typically of many maples, it prefers growing in some shade under a protective canopy in soil which remains moist,...

* A species of Albizia , native to tropical southern Asia , and widely cultivated and naturalised in other tropical and subtropical regions. * A tropical tree with compound leaves and clustered yellow-green flowers.

It is a moderately long-lived hardwood with a light-colored wood, yellowish gray to light brown with yellow streaks. * Usually the common hackberry forms a medium sized tree, thirty to fifty feet in height, with a slender trunk; however, it can rise to...

* Jacktree is a small spreading deciduous tree or large shrub that typically grows to 15-20' tall. The species is cultivated as an ornamental plant for landscape design use in gardens.

* Its previous scientific name was Quercus nuttallii , but it is now known as Quercus texana ; this has created much confusion with Texas Red Oak which was known as Quercus texana but is now known as Quercus buckleyi .

Ecologically and taxonomically, it remains a poorly understood species. Giant chinkapin (Castanopsis chrysophylla), also called golden chinkapin, giant evergreen-chinkapin, and goldenleaf chestnut, is an interesting hardwood species in a landscape dominated...

* Its previous scientific name was Quercus nuttallii , but it is now known as Quercus texana ; this has created much confusion with Texas Red Oak which was known as Quercus texana but is now known as Quercus buckleyi .

It is used as a houseplant and conservatory tree in colder climates. * Cones can remain closed on the tree for a number of years, opening after the heat of a forest fire to scatter their seeds which then germinate and grow rapidly in the ashes of the...

* Native to the Rocky Mountains in North America. * It is closely related to Acer saccharum (Sugar Maple).

It is native to the southeastern United States ( Mississippi , Alabama , Florida , Georgia , South Carolina ). * Myrtle oak features shiny, leathery leaves (to 2” long) which are dark green above and yellow-green to orange-brown beneath.

The pods have been seen as a good antidote for children's complaints. The juiceof the pods is antiseptic. Seedpods - the pulp is sweet and can be eaten raw or made into sugar. * The seeds have been roasted and used as a coffee substitute.

* A maple native to much of Europe , north to southern England (where it is the only native maple), Denmark , Poland and Belarus , and also southwest Asia from Turkey to the Caucasus , and north Africa in the Atlas Mountains.

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

* Cupressus goveniana is a species of cypress endemic to coastal California in the United States , where it is found in small, scattered populations, not in large forests. * Rough gray bark, bright green leaves; native to Monterey County, California

* A conifer of narrow conical form with green, gray-green, or blue-green foliage; shiny reddish brown bark exfoliates in scales; likes heat, drought, and full sun; best in dry western regions.

* Can tolerate dry and warm sites, can grow on various types of soil. * The cones are cylindrical, 9-18 cm long, greenish-pink to purple before maturity. * Growing up to 25-30m high and up to 1m in diameter.

The tree is typically long-lived. * The Kentucky Coffeetree is a relatively fast-growing tree and generally grows in parks and along city streets for ornamental purposes. A 10-year-old sapling will stand about 4 meters (13 feet) tall.

* Celtis reticulata is cultivated by plant nurseries and available as an ornamental plant for: native plant, drought tolerant, natural landscape, and habitat gardens; and for ecological restoration projects.

* It often has several trunks, the shoots are green, often with a whitish to pink or violet waxy coating wen young. * Compound leaves, stems green or purple with a glaucous "bloom"; grows most often along streams and ditches but does well elsewhere; female...

* California black oak comprises a total volume of 29% of California's hardwood timber resources, and is the major hardwood sawn into lumber there. * It is a close relative of the Black Oak ( Quercus velutina ) found in eastern and central North America...

It is juicy, sweet, fleshy, slightly aromatic. * The fruit is edible raw. * American Beautyberry ( Callicarpa americana ) is an open-habit, native shrub of the Southern United States which is often grown as an ornamental in gardens and yards .

* The species readily produces suckers from roots and stumps, even after devastation by Dutch elm disease; consequently genetic resources are not considered endangered. * The tree's typical habitat is low-lying forest along the main rivers, growing in...

* Natural stands of cork oak can support diverse ecosystems. * The tree forms a thick, rugged bark containing high levels of suberin. Usually five people are required to harvest the tree's bark, using a small axe.

This varient will grow to 8 feet tall. It is native to eastern Asia from the Himalaya east to Japan * Evergreen except in cold climates; delicate compound leaves, reddish when new, later blue-green; attractive white flowers in panicles atop the stems,...

It is confined to acidic soils, and does not tolerate limestone , and grows at low altitudes from sea level up to 350 m. The acorns are 1/2"; the tree grows quickly; needs acid soil, is subject to chlorosis and likes full sun.

It has also been introduced to Belize , Costa Rica and Nicaragua , growing at 1200–3000 m altitude. * Often has drooping branchlets; foliage green; half-inch cones; native to Mexico and Central America.

* "The slender, gracefully hanging leaves are 12" long,...making this a rather striking tree" (Wyman); grass-green needles, cones to 4 1/2"; often multitrunked; native to Mexico; sometimes used in Southern California.