Tropical Plant Specimen Tree For Sale In Tucson

* The Cook pine is often confused with the Norfolk Island pine because they have a similar appearance. It is endemic to New Caledonia in the southwestern Pacific, where it was first classified by botanists of Captain James Cook's second voyage of exploration.

* The Cook pine is often confused with the Norfolk Island pine because they have a similar appearance. It is endemic to New Caledonia in the southwestern Pacific, where it was first classified by botanists of Captain James Cook's second voyage of exploration.

* This species provides one of the most important and sought-after softwoods of Mexico. Those great stands have been largely depleted now, especially in southern Mexico and Mesoamerica (Perry 1991, Farjon and Styles 1997).

* Picea glehnii ( Glehn's Spruce ) is a species of conifer in the Pinaceae family. * The wood is beautifully grained. It was named after Russian botanist Peter von Glehn . It is also valued for its use in the pulp industry to make paper.

* It grows at altitudes of 2,400-3,700 m in forests together with Deodar Cedar, Blue Pine and Morinda Spruce, typically occupying cooler, moister north-facing slopes. * It is a large evergreen tree growing to 40-60 m tall, and with a trunk diameter of...

* Bark smooth, grey, finely flaky on young trees, becoming grey-brown, scaly, and fissured on old trees * Branchlets smooth, shallowly grooved, slightly pubescent in the grooves; reddish brown, purplish or 'mahogany'.

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

Mature trees have reddish-scaled bark in the crown and fissured, dark gray bark near the ground. It tends to develop a somewhat flattened and spreading crown with age, hence the specific epithet of tabuliformis.

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

* Taiwania (Taiwania cryptomerioides) is a large coniferous tree in the cypress family Cupressaceae, formerly listed in the segregate family Taxodiaceae. It is native to eastern Asia, growing in the mountains of central Taiwan, and locally in southwest...

* The germinating seed produces an underground 'earth nut' which has a coconut-like flavour. * Sometimes grown as a pot plant in colder areas. * Starchy and delicious, it has the texture of a waxy boiled potato with the flavour of chestnuts.

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

N and W Guangdong, NE and SE Guangxi, Guizhou, S and W Hunan, S Jiangxi, SE Yunnan [N Vietnam]. * Native to evergreen broad-leaved forests; 500-1700 m. * This species is grown as an ornamental and used for timber.

In forests or among bushes on mountain slope, ravines by streams and woodland slopes at elevations of 800 - 1400 metres. * This is an interesting small tree that can be grown as far north as zone 7.

Ponderosa subsp. Ponderosa is distinguishable in the field and certainly occurs at the type locality (Mount Rose, Nevada). * Pinus washoensis may be synonymous with P. * For now, this small-coned form of P.

* It is in flower from Apr to May, and the seeds ripen in October. * Native to the west coast of North America , from British Columbia to California. * An evergreen Tree growing to 15 m.

* Patula Pine , Pinus patula (Mexican weeping pine, pino lloron in Spanish)( patula Latin = spreading ) is a tree native to Mexico . It does not stand long periods of temperatures as low as –10°C, but occasionally it resist them and even lower.

It is also valued for its use in the pulp industry to make paper and is commonly used to produce stringed musical instruments. Wood - straight-grained, soft, light, not strong. Used for boxes, sash frames etc.

The cones are ovoid, 8–10 cm long and 6–8 cm diameter, and take about 18 months to mature. Peels easily; the Australian plywood industry was founded largely on hoop pine. Widely available"

Though its use in herbalism has been attested to for millennia, little research has been conducted in modern times. * The golden shower tree is a medium-sized tree, growing to 10–20 m (33–66 ft) tall with fast growth.

* Picea likiangensis is a species of conifer in the Pinaceae family. It is found in Bhutan and China . Seed scales rhombic-ovate, 15-26×10-17 mm, margin denticulate or undulate. Branchlets initially pale yellow or brownish yellow, turning gray or gray-yellow,...

* Range China and Tibet * Typically found in high mountains where the climate is cold and wet.

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

* Its leaves are small, alternate, elliptical, fine serrate margins, light green color, about 2.5 and 5 cm long. Its seeds are easy to germinate. Its fruit is a yellow bivalve capsule, which contains one or two seeds, and is covered by a red-colored membrane.

It is found only in China ( Yunnan ). * Yunnan Pine ( Pinus yunnanensis ) is a species of conifer in the Pinaceae family. * Needles to 10", cones to 3 1/2"; native to Yunnan, China.

* The buds of bracted balsam break later in the spring allowing it to be grown in colder microclimates. * The needles on bracted balsam grow around the branch giving a fuller bottle-brush look.

Ponderosa subsp. Ponderosa is distinguishable in the field and certainly occurs at the type locality (Mount Rose, Nevada). * Pinus washoensis may be synonymous with P. * For now, this small-coned form of P.