Urban Tolerant Plant Plant With Winter Interest For Sale In Boston

* Mountain Pine or Mugo Pine ( Pinus mugo ) is a high-altitude European pine , found in the Pyrenees , Alps , Erzgebirge , Carpathians , northern Apennines and Balkan Peninsula mountains from (mostly) 1,000 m to 2,200 m, occasionally as low as 200 m in...

* Beautiful snakebark maple. * Known for its intense fall colors of red and yellow.

* 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 a popular ornamental tree found far beyond its native range. * This species has a deeply penetrating root system that firmly anchors the tree against winds. * The specific epithet pungens means "sharply pointed", referring to the leaves.

* Parkinsonia aculeata is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae . * 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;...

* The trees are faster growing and have softer needles than the average Blue Spruce. * It is a popular ornamental tree found far beyond its native range. * It is also grown for the cut Christmas tree industry.

* It is a popular ornamental tree found far beyond its native range. * The specific epithet pungens means "sharply pointed", referring to the leaves. * The Kaibab source is our second best for blue color.

* This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. * Cycas revoluta ( sago cycad ), is an attractive plant native to southern Japan . * This very symmetrical plant supports a crown of shiny, dark green leaves on a thick shaggy...

* It is an evergreen climbing plant, growing to 20–30 m high where suitable surfaces ( trees , cliffs , walls ) are available, and also growing as ground cover where there are no vertical surfaces.

* Resembles Celtis but has winged fruits to 3/4"; dark green foliage; "gray-brown bark exfoliates in patches and is quite handsome...for the plant collector this is a treasure to be unearthed" (Dirr); native to northern and central China.

* Templetonia is a dryland shrub that grows 3-7 feet tall. * Templetonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. The genus is named in honour of John Templeton, an Irish naturalist and botanist.

* It is a popular ornamental tree found far beyond its native range. * This species has a deeply penetrating root system that firmly anchors the tree against winds. * The specific epithet pungens means "sharply pointed", referring to the leaves.

* The source of tea; white flowers in fall; tolerates shade or sun well; an attractive small shrub for its ornamental value as well. * Chinese Camellia sinensis is native to mainland China South and Southeast Asia , but it is today cultivated across the...

* The common name 'arborvitae' is from Latin, 'tree of life', and is based on its association with long life and vitality in Buddhist thought in China. The leaves are harvested for use as required and can be used fresh or dried.

* Climbing bittersweet was employed medicinally by a number of native North American Indian tribes, though it is scarcely used in modern herbalism. * Celastrus scandens , commonly called American Bittersweet or Bittersweet , is a species of staff vines...

* It has a very delicate texture and light yellow green foliage color. * The seedlings grown from seed collected from cultivars may not resemble the mother tree. * It is pendulous, mound shaped and reaching 2 meters high by 3 meters wide.

* Grown mostly for it's beautiful exfoliating bark. * Small landscape tree * Somewhat reminiscent of Betua nigra bark, but the sections that break off are smaller and more block like.

* Rich, deep orange fall color. * The spring and Summer foliage is a deep, rich green.

Branches stout, pithy, and blunt; roots fibrous. * Varies from 18 to 21 meters (60–70 feet) high with a spread of 12–15 meters (40–50 feet) and a trunk up to one meter (3 feet) in diameter.

* Quercus texana , commonly known as Nuttall's Oak , is a fast growing large deciduous Oak tree native to North America from the lower Mississippi river valley from SE Missouri to Southern Louisiana and SE Texas and East through Mississippi to Central...

* Hardier than green-leaved types. * Many wholesale growers prefer this seed. * Fall color is sensational.

* Ilex montana ( Mountain Winterberry ; also "Mountain Holly" which is more typically Ilex mucronata ) is a species of holly native to the United States , ranging along the Appalachian Mountains from southeast Massachusetts to northeast Alabama and northern...

Balfouriana in the Klamath Mountains , and subsp. In the Sierra Nevada, Foxtail pines are limited to the area around Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks . * Stiff 1 1/2 " dark needles; cones to 5"; looks like Pinus aristata with shorter needles and...

* Flaking dark brown bark; 3" leaves; native to Himalayas. * The tree depends on moisture from snowmelt, rather than from the monsoon rains. It frequently grows with scattered conifers and an undergrowth of shrubs, typically evergreen Rhododendron .

* Hardier than green-leaved types. * The leaves have very narrow lobes that are purple red in the summer turning to orange red in the fall. * Fall color is sensational.

The crown is narrow, dense and conical. * Grow in moist, well-drained soils in part shade to full shade. Prefers cool, moist, woodland conditions in part shade locations. * In cultivation, it rarely tops 40' in height and often grows in a shrubby form.

It is waterproof, durable, tough and resinous[11, 61]. * Betula pubescens ( Downy Birch ; also known as White Birch , European White Birch or Hairy Birch ) is a species of birch , native and abundant throughout northern Europe , Iceland , northern Asia...