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The thorns of Gleditsia sinensis are used as a medicinal herb in China and Korea and may have antitumor properties. * Thorns showed antibacterial activity against a Gram-positive bacterium Xanthomonas vesicatoria and a Gram-negative bacterium Bacillus...

* Fontanesia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae , usually treated as comprising a single species Fontanesia philliraeoides , though some authors split this into two species (see below).

* It is one of the classic bonsai subjects. Easily grown from seed in the early spring, the seeds are soaked in water to start germination. * Extremely salt tolerant, good for seaside planting and holding beach sand in place.

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

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

It is upright and vase-shaped, reaching 2–4 m (7–13 ft) in height, bearing large trumpet-shaped dark pink flowers with prominent yellow-tipped white stamens. In the vase some new flowers may open from the more mature buds.

It is widely grown in regions of the world where the growing season is long enough to allow the fruit to mature. It requires a minimum of 140 days from planting to harvest. * Gossypium hirsutum , known as Upland Cotton or Mexican Cotton , is the most...

* This makes a beautiful flowering tree all on its own even though it is primarily grown as an extremely cold hardy rootstock for grafting edible pear varieties. Pyrifolia culta in Korea, it is very frost resistant.

* When the bark or leaves are cut they secrete a reddish resin, one of several sources of substances known as dragon's blood. * Dracaena draco, the Canary Islands dragon tree or drago, is a subtropical tree-like plant in the genus Dracaena, native to...

* This is an excellent plant to use for cut flowers and dried flowers. * It is very cold hardy, coming from Siberia, and will also tolerate drought and saline conditions. They keep their blue color well after drying.

* 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.

* 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 .

Sweet and delicious, but rather fibrous. Prick out the seedlings into individual pots of well-drained soil when they are large enough to handle and grow them on in a sunny position in the greenhouse until they are at least 20cm tall.

* The leaves are alternate, 50–100 mm long, with a 15–20 mm petiole ; they are of two types, with palmately five-lobed juvenile leaves on creeping and climbing stems, and unlobed cordate adult leaves on fertile flowering stems exposed to full sun,...

It is closely related to Juniperus communis (Common Juniper) and Juniperus conferta (Shore Juniper), the latter sometimes treated as a variety or subspecies of J. * The fruit can also be ground into a powder and used as a spice.

Ginkgo has existed unchanged for some 150 million years. This ancient deciduous tree is easily recognized by its unique fan-shaped leaves that turn a deep yellow in the fall and pale grey bark.

It is also a popular Christmas tree. It grows at higher elevations (to 9500') with a slower growth rate, and has shorter cones (to 3"), blue-green needles and better winter hardiness.

* Quercus turbinella is a species of oak known by the common names Sonoran scrub oak and shrub live oak . It is most common in chaparral habitat in central Arizona , through the transition zone of the Mogollon Rim – White Mountains , but also southeast...

* The active compound is 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine or mescaline which was reported at a concentration of 1.2% in the dried cactus. Besides mescaline, it also contains varying phenethylamines and other substances in minimal proportions * Today it...

* It is a fan palm (Arecaceae tribe Corypheae), with the leaves with a long petiole terminating in a rounded fan of 10-20 leaflets; each leaf is up to 1-1.5 m long, with the leaflets 50-80 cm long.

It weighs 26lb per cubic foot. A very valuable timber tree in N. * Catalpa speciosa , commonly known as the Northern Catalpa , is a species of Catalpa that is native to the midwestern United States in Arkansas , Illinois , Indiana , Missouri , Kentucky...

* Ephedra nevadensis ( Nevada ephedra ) is a species of Ephedra native to dry areas of western North America. * The stems of most members of this genus contain the alkaloid ephedrine and are valuable in the treatment of asthma and many other complaints...

* One of the largest southwestern oaks, this handsome tree reaches its greatest size in canyons and other moist sites. It also contains fat branches and a spreading crown along with thick leaves.

Polkinghorn and to visit the grove she described (Abrams 1919). The leaves are scale-like, highly glandular, resinous and aromatic, 2-5 mm long, and produced on rounded (not flattened) shoots.

Japonicum contains the isoflavone glycoside sophoricoside. * A yellow dye is obtained from the seedpods and the flowers * S. * This species is commonly used in Chinese medicine and is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental herbs.

* The small lavender flowers have a sweet flavour and can be eaten in salads or used as a garnish. In cultivation people often cut the plants to the ground in the spring in order to encourage strong new growth and plenty of flowers.

* This species has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria, these bacteria form nodules on the roots and fix atmospheric nitrogen. * Gleditsia caspica ( Caspian Locust or Persian Honeylocust ) is a species of Gleditsia native to western Asia...