Tropical Plant Specimen Tree For Sale In Virginia

* Grows slowly and in proper growing conditions has a long life. * The tree is endemic to Norfolk Island , a small island in the Pacific Ocean between Australia , New Zealand and New Caledonia.

* The highly aromatic bark is stripped from the stems, branches, and roots and used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it is known as hou po (thus the common names). Obovata (Hunt 1998).

The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs). * Habitats: Sunny wild uplands. * Dalbergia hupeana is a TREE growing to 15 m (49ft 3in). In forests or among bushes on mountain slope, ravines by streams and woodland slopes at elevations...

It is also known as Farges' fir, after the French missionary, botanist and plant collector, Paul Guillaume Farges, 1844-1912. * Abies fargesii is a species of fir, which is a conifer in the Pinaceae family.

The crystallised sap has been gathered and eaten like candy. Each has barbs at the end of the scales. This gives rise to the memory device for distinguishing between them - "gentle Jeffrey and prickly ponderosa".

The 10–16 cm white flowers that emerge from early to late spring, while beautiful and thick with a citrus-lemon fragrance, are prone to browning if subjected to frost. * Lovely white fragrant flowers to 9"; flowers early, before leaves emerge, and blooms...

* Drooping branchlets, 1 1/2" needles, dull green; 4" cones; native to Central Asia. It grows at altitudes of 1,300-3,600 metres, usually in pure forests, sometimes mixed with the Tien Shan variety of Siberian Fir ( Abies sibirica var.

Oval, brown cones to 3.5” long. * Chinese pine is a conical tree that will grow to 50-70' tall in its native habitat, but is usually seen much smaller in cultivation. It tends to develop a somewhat flattened and spreading crown with age, hence the specific...

* The highly aromatic bark is stripped from the stems, branches, and roots and used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it is known as hou po (thus the common names). Obovata (Hunt 1998).

* 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 is a large evergreen tree growing to 30-45 m tall (exceptionally to 57 m), and with a trunk diameter of up to 1.5 m (exceptionally up to 4 m). Glauca) spruce. * Dark green shiny needles, shortest of any spruce at 1/4-1/2"; in habit, a dense, narrow...

In some cases, diarrhea is very severe, and at times the convulsions are markedly tetanic. Laburnum seed can poison anyone who mistakes the seeds for peas. * All parts of the plant are poisonous, although mortality is very rare.

Tolerates heavy clay soils. The specific epithet honors the botanist Alexander Bunge, who collected the specimens that Carl Anton von Meyer later described. * Seed - best sown outdoors, or in a cold frame, as soon as it is ripe.

Washoensis populations do not warrant distinction as a variety or even a subspecies of P. * Many botanists believe that this is merely a southern outlier of the typical North Plateau race of ponderosa pine.

In some cases, diarrhea is very severe, and at times the convulsions are markedly tetanic. Laburnum seed can poison anyone who mistakes the seeds for peas. * All parts of the plant are poisonous, although mortality is very rare.

* An evergreen native to southeastern China with needlelike foliage; pyramidal when young, later flat-topped; 7" cones, purple when young. The tree grows in hills, mountains, and broadleaf forests at elevations of 200–1400 m.

* Narrower and more symmetrical in habit than P. * It is related to the Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus), differing from it in having larger cones, slightly longer-lasting leaves (2–3 years, rather than 1.5–2 years) with more prominent stomatal...

* This species is the biggest (but not the tallest) tree in the world and can weigh up to 2000 tonnes. The blue-green needles are up to 1/2" and it produces 1 1/2 - 3" cones. They grow to an average height of 50–85 m (165–280 ft) and 6–8 m (18–24...

* A good seed crop occurs only about every 4–5 years. * It can be grown a considerable distance north of its natural range if given conditions favorable to its growth. * The fruit is eaten by wildlife, helping disperse the seeds.

In literature, it is closely associated with the Mullai (forest) region of Sangam landscape * It is the national tree of Thailand, and its flower is Thailand's national flower. It is also the state flower of Kerala in India and of immense importance amongst...

* The bracts subtending seed scales are longer, visible on the closed cone. * 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...

* It occurs in two localities, a southern population on Fraser Island and around Maryborough , and a northern population on the Atherton Tableland west of Cairns. * A coniferous tree native to the Western Pacific Region.

* Typically used for timber, landscaping and maple syrup production. * Can be distinguished by its three-lobed leaves. * Native to the Midwestern United States, portions of the Eastern United States, and the southeast of Canada in southern Ontario.

Thus the common name in English and the scientific name in Latin. A similar hairiness occurs in spring on new shoots and on the upper leaf surfaces, but this usually disappears with the summer rains.

It has become naturalised in parts of southern England, South Africa and Australia. It is a relatively non-variable species, with constant morphology over the entire range. * Maritime pine is closely related to Turkish pine, Canary Island pine and Aleppo...

These buds are often used by children who play with its ability to squirt the water. The wood of the tree is soft and is used for nesting by many hole-building birds such as barbets.

* Of symmetrical conical habit; needles stiff, often twisted, dark green, to 7"; cones 2-4 1/2"; native to California, where it is used ornamentally. It is drought-tolerant and grows on dry, rocky soil.