Urban Tolerant Plant Flowering Shrub For Sale In Alexandria

The genus name, Osmanthus, from the Greek words for odor and flower, refers to the fragrant blossoms. * Evergreen shrub or small tree with narrow, oblong crown of paired, glossy, leathery leaves, and with dark blue fruit like small olives.

Prefers plenty of humus in the soil. Tolerates alkaline soils so long as they are deep and rich in humus. * Very closely related to M. Kobus and possibly no more than a geographical form of that species.

Seed capsules are often described as being "bladder-like" in appearance, hence the common name of bladdernut. Genus name comes from the Greek word staphyle (cluster) in reference to the flower configuration.

* A hot infusion of the bark has been snuffed for treating sinus problems and has been held in the mouth for treating toothache. * It is a medium-sized understory tree 15-20 m tall, distinguished from other magnolias by the large leaf size, 25-80 cm long...

* Snowberry was commonly employed medicinally by several native North American Indian tribes who valued it especially for the saponins it contains. It is native to North America, where it occurs across much of Canada and the northern United States.

Soft pink flowers line the gently arching branches in early summer. Plants that are deficient in Potassium, are usually growing more slowly than normal, have fewer flowers and seed, and are more susceptible to disease than plants with adequate levels...

Fruit distinctive, a light reddish brown when ripe, 3 lobed capsule containing 1 to 3 dark brown to black, shiny seeds 1/2 inch in diameter, the walls of the capsule often persisting through the winter, seeds poisonous.

* Open forests, slopes, meadows, stream sides. Leaves usually solitary at axils on current year's growth, clustered on older branchlets; leaf blade linear-lanceolate, broadly lanceolate, or oblong-oblanceolate, 4–6.5 × 1–2.3 cm, glabrous on both...

The flowers are white, borne in spring. * Very hardy; white or pinkish flowers in small clusters; brown bark peels off in strips; tough, easy to grow, and adaptable, albeit rather coarse; becomes an upright spreading tangle of stems; would make a good...

* Flowers and fruit are conspicuous. * Common names in other Namibian language groups Oshiwambo Otjiherero Kavango languages Omuwombamenje Caprivi languages Setswana Afrikaans Lemoendoring Deutsch Khoekhoegowab Bushman languages Gruenhaarbaum ?Khas

It bears compound, alternate, toothed leaflets which resemble ferns or sumac . Flowers are white and showy clustered at the end of branches. * Grown for its big fluffy creamy-white masses of flowers atop upright stems; rather coarse, and suckers to quickly...

Odorum , but the character is not constant and it is no longer regarded as a separate taxon. The fruit is a long narrow capsule 5–23 cm (2.0–9.1 in) long, which splits open at maturity to release numerous downy seeds .In the past, scented plants were...

* A very easily grown plant, it prefers a well-drained moisture retentive loamy soil but is not at all fussy. The plant is a bush or small tree to about 7 meters in height and very thorny, particularly on the trunk.

* Securinega suffruticosa (Pall.) Rehder = Flueggea suffruticosa (Pall.) Baill. * Habitats: Woodland Garden Sunny Edge; Dappled Shade; Shady Edge. * This plant is commonly used in Chinese herbalism, where it is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental...

* Native to primarily North and South Carolina, but also found in Virginia and Georgia. * Leaves are dark green and leathery. Japonica which has pendulous flower clusters. * Upright flower clusters separate it from P.

* This double flowered variety is more compact than some and flowers thoughout the growing season. It is the wild ancestor of the garden Carnation . * Remove dead flowers to extend the flowering period.

Pruning large hydrangeas may be minor or major. Don't fertilize Blue Billow Hydrangea after August. Commercial manure or compost can be applied yearly around the base of the hydrangea.

Although it is tempting to spend less time by not raking the mulch back during fertilization, the results will be less than desirable, if the fertilizer is applied on top of the mulch.

* An essential oil is obtained from the leaves and flowers. Rhus cotinus (Eurasian smoketree, smoke tree, or smoke bush) is a species of flowering plant in the family Anacardiaceae, native to a large area from southern Europe, east across central Asia...

* This flowering shrub is native to the eastern United States, likes a moist shady location. * Well worth growing if you have the right spot to enjoy its fragrant blooms.

* All parts of the plant are richly fragrant. A cold tea has been used as eye drops in the treatment of failing eyesight. The flowers have a refreshing scent of ripe apples. * The flowers have a beautiful mild spicy fragrance.

* Staphylea trifolia ( American Bladdernut ) is native to eastern North America , from southern Ontario and southwestern Quebec west to Nebraska and Arkansas , and south to Florida .

The glossy green leaves are narrow and like full sun in the summer and indoors but less in the winter. This fruit tree can be grown outdoors in a Mediterranean climate and indoors in a warm, sunny site with some shade in the winter.

* The fruit is edible raw. * American Beautyberry ( Callicarpa americana ) is an open-habit, native shrub of the Southern United States which is often grown as an ornamental in gardens and yards .

* Rhododendron viscosum , commonly known as swamp azalea or clammy azalea , is a deciduous shrub which is endemic to the United States .

The species name, Latin for naked-flowered, refers to the fact that the flowers often appear before its leaves are fully expanded. Funnel-shaped, pink or white flowers with protruding stamens occur in large clusters, appearing before or with the leaves.

Pyrifolia culta in Korea, it is very frost resistant. * 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.