Shade Tree Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Kansas City

* 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.

* Sun- and drought-tolerant. * This species grows up to 50 feet, and has yellow flowers. Mediterranean and Asia Minor.

* Habitat and Range: sandy, gravelly, or rocky slopes, often growing in areas underlain by limestone bedrock. * The bark is cathartic, febrifuge and tonic. A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of kidney complaints and TB.

It is juicy, sweet, fleshy, slightly aromatic. * Native to southeastern U.S.; lavender-pink or bluish flowers from mid- to late summer, followed by bright purple, violet, or magenta fruits in great profusion.

The red seed pods are brilliant, opening to revel shiny black seeds. * Can be grown as a small ornamental tree. * Common in thickets and in thin secondary forests in lowlands and low mountains of central and southern Japan.

* 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 Hornbeam.

* Prosopis chilensis , carob , is a species of South American legume family which dwells mainly central Chile, south of Peru , Andean- Chaco ecotone in Argentina . * In Chile, it is a very common species in the natural grasslands of the northern metropolitan...

It is used as a houseplant and conservatory tree in colder climates. * Cupressus funebris (Chinese Weeping Cypress) is a species of cypress native to southwestern and central China.

It weighs 44lbper cubic foot. Used for tool handles, furniture etc. * Fraxinus pennsylvanica ( Green Ash or Red Ash ) is a species of ash native to eastern and central North America , from Nova Scotia west to southeastern Alberta and eastern Colorado...

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.

* Pinus devoniana is closely related to Pinus montezumae (the Montezuma Pine). * 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,...

It is drought-tolerant and grows on dry, rocky soil. * The Bishop Pine ( Pinus muricata ) is a pine with a very restricted range: mostly California , USA , including some offshore islands, and a few locations in Baja California , Mexico , and always on...

* Of open, wide-spreading habit, with several main branches ramifying into small branchlets; grows quickly, but wood may be brittle and susceptible to ice and snow damage; resistant to Dutch elm disease, and so used by breeders; drought tolerant, used...

* Nyssa sylvatica is cultivated as an ornamental tree in parks and large gardens, where it is often used as a specimen or shade tree. A thin sharply acid pulp that is pleasant to roll in the mouth as a masticatory, it is also used in preserves.

* Wood - close-grained, heavy, hard, rather tough, strong, durable in contact with the soil. It weighs 47lb per cubic foot. * The chestnut oak is readily identified by its massively-ridged dark gray-brown bark, the thickest of any eastern North American...

* The tree can grow in many types of soils, but it is important that the soil be well-drained. * The cooked seed was used as a staple food by several native North American Indian tribes * Oaks may be the single most important genus used by wildlife for...

* 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...

It grows between 1300-3250 m. * Thin 8" needles; 4" cones; native to Mexico. It has been introduced in New Zealand near sea level and has done well. * It occurs within a rainfalls regime mostly in summer.

* Jeffrey pine (Pinus jeffreyi) also known as Jeffrey's pine, yellow pine and black pine, is a North American pine tree. This gives rise to the memory device for distinguishing between them - "gentle Jeffrey and prickly ponderosa".

* It has lovely red fall color. * This small tree or shrub is well adapted to harsh conditions. * Will grow on alkaline soils while withstanding climatic extremes; hot, cold and dry!

It has also been introduced to Belize , Costa Rica and Nicaragua , growing at 1200–3000 m altitude. * Cupressus lusitanica , ( Cedro Blanco ; Teotlate , distinctive names used in Mexico); Cedro Blanco means White Cedar and is also known as Mexican White...

Isolated populations exist in Alabama, Southern Ontario, and small sections of the Appalachian Mountains. * The "blue" refers to a substance secreted by the inner bark when exposed to air, not to the leaves, which are dark green, pale yellow in fall,...

* The Subalpine Fir or Rocky Mountain Fir ( Abies lasiocarpa ) is a western North American fir , native to the mountains of Yukon , British Columbia and western Alberta in Canada Conservation Plant Characteristics Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt.

* Quercus acutissima lives in deciduous forests at altitudes of up to 2,200 metres (7,200 ft) in South Asia and South East Asia. * Most planting in North America was carried out for wildlife food provision, as the species tends to bear heavier crops of...

Within its natural area, it grows under extremely variable rainfall regimes, from less than 300 mm to several thousands, mostly due to differences in mist-capturing by the foliage.

* It is in flower from May to June, and the seeds ripen in September. * A decidious Tree growing to 9 m. * Native to central and southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia , from Austria east to southwestern Russia and the Caucasus , and south to Turkey.

The leaves are scale-like, 2-5 mm long, and produced on rounded (not flattened) shoots. The seed cones are globose to oblong, 15-33 mm long, with 6 or 8 (rarely 4 or 10) scales, green at first, maturing gray or gray-brown about 20–24 months after pollination.