Shade Tree Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Lincoln

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

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; native from Virginia to Florida and Mississippi.

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...

Ponderosa subsp. Brachyptera (not published). * Ponderosa pine was employed medicinally by several native North American Indian tribes, who valued it especially for its antiseptic and vulnerary properties, using it to treat a range of skin problems, cuts,...

* 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 fruit is edible raw.

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

* The tree typically grows to < 30 m and bears a rounded crown. The bark of the trunk is rough, furrowed lightly in older trees to form a block pattern. * The tree's typical habitat is low-lying forest along the main rivers, growing in association with...

* Wood - coarse and straight-grained, soft, not strong, moderately high in shock resistance, very durable in the soil. * It prefers moist soil and full sun. It also multiplies readily from cuttings.

* Pretoria, the administrative capital of South Africa is popularly and poetically known as Jacaranda City or Jakarandastad in Afrikaans. * The wood dries without difficulty and is often used in its green or wet state for turnery and bowl carving.

This is seed orchard material. * Selections have been made for improved timber production. * This pine is useful for reforesting and provides nourishment for wildlife. * Pinus virginiana ( Virginia Pine , Scrub Pine , Jersey Pine ) is a medium-sized tree...

* A fairly wind resistant tree, it can be grown as part of a shelterbelt planting. * Native to the U.S. Southwest, where it is sometimes used as a street or shade tree; 3-5 leaflets per leaf; dark gray scaly ridged bark; velvety young shoots, downy leaves.

* It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. * Silky camellia is a large, open-branched shrub growing up to 10 feet tall. * Silky camellia is an under-story woodland species with rich brown colored bark * It grows best in partial...

* 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.

Glauca is the commonly cultivated variety of this tree for areas outside of the Pacific Northwest, and is clearly a better selection for midwestern climates than the species because of its better cold tolerance (species is hardy to USDA Zone 6, but var.

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. * The pods have been made into a tea for the treatment of indigestion, measles, catarrh etc.

* This is an amazing endangered maple from South China and Vietnam. The new growth and samaras are bright red. Newly grown leaves and samaras take on a reddish hue. Well worth growing in zone 8 gardens.

The green, ovate leaves grow in opposite pairs. It is a popular, semi- evergreen garden shrub with many named cultivars and hybrids derived from it.In North America the name Rose of Sharon is applied to a species in a different order, Hibiscus syriacus...

* Turpentine consists of an average of 20% of the oleo-resin. * Good for seashore planting; native to Mediterranean region. * Thrives in a light well-drained sandy or gravelly loam.

* The Kentucky Coffeetree is a relatively fast-growing tree and generally grows in parks and along city streets for ornamental purposes. It usually separates 3 to 4½ meters (10–15 feet) from the ground into three or four divisions which spread slightly...

The syrup is used as a sweetener on many foods. * Grows best in moist woods. * The sap contains a certain amount of sugar and can either be used as a drink, or can be concentrated into a syrup by boiling off the water.

* Wood - close-grained, heavy, hard, rather tough, strong, durable in contact with the soil. It weighs 47lb per cubic foot. * The acorns of the chestnut oak are 1.5–3 cm long and 1–2 cm broad, among the largest of native American oaks, surpassed in...

* It is also grown for the cut Christmas tree industry. * This species has a deeply penetrating root system that firmly anchors the tree against winds. * It is a popular ornamental tree found far beyond its native range.

* It occurs within a rainfalls regime mostly in summer. It grows between 1300-3250 m. From 26° to 15° north latitude, from Sinaloa , Mexico to Honduras . * Thin 8" needles; 4" cones; native to Mexico.

It is much more drought tolerant than most spruce species. * Picea crassifolia is a species of conifer in the Pinaceae family. * This species of spruce should be grown in areas where drought may be a concern.

* The fruit contains about 4.9% sugars, 3.2% protein, 0.9% pectin. * They are commonly served raw and peeled. * The average yield from wild trees in the Himalayas is 83kg per year, though some trees yield up to 200kg.

* In Neotropical gardens and parks, their nectar is popular with many hummingbirds, such as the black-throated mango (Anthracothorax nigricollis), the black jacobin (Florisuga fusca), or the gilded hummingbird(Hylocharis chrysura).

It is native from Massachusetts to Delaware and west to Wisconsin and Arkansas. * The pin oak is in the red oak subgenus: pointed lobes.The sinuses are very deeply cut and u-shaped.The amount of sinus area is approximately equivalent to the amount of...