Street Tree Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Illinois

* Scarlet and yellow flowers followed by 2' pods; grows rapidly; dense-growing, fernlike, doubly compound leaves to 2'; native to Madagascar, much grown in southern Florida and Hawaii.

* 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. * Fraxinus velutina ( Velvet Ash or Arizona Ash or Modesto Ash ) is a species...

* 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. * Fraxinus velutina ( Velvet Ash or Arizona Ash or Modesto Ash ) is a species...

* Large yellow fragrant flowers in loose clusters, in spring; green branches, doubly pinnate leaves with long narrow leaflets to 1' or more; 1" thorns; of open habit; Wyman notes that it can be clipped into a hedge; native to tropical America.

The render young seedpods can be cooked and eaten. * Current research is examining the leaves as a potential source of anticancer compounds. The juiceof the pods is antiseptic. Seedpods - the pulp is sweet and can be eaten raw or made into sugar.

* Water extract of Jacaranda mimosifolia shows higher antimicrobial action against Bacillus cereus and Escherichia coli than gentamicin sulfate does. * The wood dries without difficulty and is often used in its green or wet state for turnery and bowl...

* 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.

* Unlike virtually all members of this genus, trees of this species can be coppiced. It is used for construction, firewood, and railroad ties. * In South Africa and Queensland, Australia there are big extensions of this tree planted.

* Trees are very drought tolerant and are planted on slopes in its native range in order to prevent soil erosion. 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...

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

* Unlike virtually all members of this genus, trees of this species can be coppiced. It is used for construction, firewood, and railroad ties. * In South Africa and Queensland, Australia there are big extensions of this tree planted.

* A handsome species, one of the rarest in cultivation (rare even in its own Yalung R.valley) * A small, 8-30' tree/shrub.

* The Douglas fir's useful wood and its quick growth make it the crop of choice for many timber companies, which typically replant a clear-cut area with Douglas fir. * The specific epithet, menziesii, is after Archibald Menzies, a Scottish physician and...

* It is largely confined to very infertile , excessively well-drained, sandy habitats where competition from larger-growing species is minimized by the harsh growing conditions, as in the Florida scrub .

Outside of private gardens around the world, it is often planted along urban streets in subtropical areas such as in South Africa, Australia, northern New Zealand and the southern USA.

Mahogany, a close relative, is often found with cedro. * Individual trees are generally scattered in mixed semi-evergreen or semi-deciduous forests dominated by other species. Cedro heartwood contains an aromatic and insect-repelling resin that is the...

It is found only in Mexico. * Climate is warm-temperate to temperate with 600-1500 mm annual precipitation and a November to May dry season. * It grows with various species of Quercus and a variety of other pines .

The bark is ground into a powder and then steeped in water in order to obtain the dye. Isolated populations exist in Alabama, Southern Ontario, and small sections of the Appalachian Mountains.

The leaves are deciduous in cold areas, but semi-evergreen in warmer climates, < 7 cm long and < 3 cm broad, with an oblique base and a coarsely serrated margin, changing from dark green to yellow in autumn.

It is native to the southeastern United States , occurring on the coastal plain from Delaware south to central Florida , and west to southeast Louisiana . * The American Turkey Oak ( Quercus laevis ) is a member of the red oak group of oaks .

* Of irregular habit, roughly conical. * Japanese Black Pine can reach the height of 40 m, but rarely achieves this size outside its natural range. Needles tend to be quite long but can be reduced with the pruning techniques.

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

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

* Dirr notes that several forms occur, but the one most of us recall fondly divided into several major trunks topped by spreading, arching, pendulous branches. * The glorious elm that used to line American streets.

Succeeds in very chalky soils. * Deodar is in great demand as building material because of its durability, rot-resistant character and fine, close grain, which is capable of taking a high polish.

The tree is typically long-lived. It usually separates 3 to 4½ meters (10–15 feet) from the ground into three or four divisions which spread slightly and form a narrow pyramidal head; or when crowded by other trees, sending up one tall central branchless...