Urban Tolerant Plant Plant With Winter Interest For Sale In Carlsbad

* It is marginal in zone 8, going dormant and deciduous in cold winters, but usually evergreen to semi-evergreen. * This is a naturally rare grass in the wild but it is widely cultivated for use as an attractive ornamental garden plant.

* It is still relatively obscure in the horticultural industry but is slowly gaining popularity due to its fast growth rate, ease of transplanting, good fall colors and ability to grow in wet soils.

Generally, it grows in regions with a more continental climate than the other two Keteleeria species. Plants require a hot dry site if they are to flourish, with at least 4 months of temperatures above 25°c.

Sweet and juicy with a pleasant flavour, it makes good raw eating. In English it is known as salal , shallon , or in Britain simply Gaultheria . * Gaultheria shallon is a leathery-leaved shrub in the heather family ( Ericaceae ), native to western North...

It is native to the southwestern United States (western Texas , southern Arizona ), Mexico , the Caribbean , South America south to northern Argentina , and the Galapagos Islands .

The wind-dispersed fruit develops in a flat, oval membranous wing ( samara ) 1 - 1.5 cm long and notched at the outer end . The leaves are deciduous in cold areas, but semi-evergreen in warmer climates, < 7 cm long and < 3 cm broad, with an oblique base...

* Plants have an extensive root system and can be grown on sand or thin coastal soils in order to bind the soil. * A good fast-growing hedge for exposed maritime conditions. * Baccharis halimifolia ( Eastern Baccharis) , commonly called groundsel bush,...

* The leaves are green during the growing season. * It will become wider than tall and its brilliant red fall color is one of its most outstanding attributes. * Upright growing to 6-10 feet over time.

* Spiny, shiny, dark green leaves, fragrant white flowers in May; quarter-inch red fruit, very attractive; parent of many cultivars. * An excellent hedge plant, tolerating hard clipping and maritime exposure and forming a dense stock-proof shelter.

* Of upright, arching form; green leaves; flowers in late summer, flowering section of spike to 15" long; likes full sun or part shade, rich soil; tolerates salt, wet conditions; native to cool temperate areas of North America.

* The deep red color of this dissected leaf variety also holds well into the summer. * New spring growth that is covered in very fine silvery hairs making it look almost grey. * Reaching 4-5 meters high.

They are very tolerant of trimming and have prickles which make them an effective barrier to larger creatures. * Plants can be grown as a medium-size hedge. * Berberis thunbergii ( Japanese barberry or Thunberg's Barberry , also Red Barberry ) is a species...

As a popular ornamental used in landscaping its notable features include the red stems in fall (autumn) through late winter, the brightest winter bark of any cornus. It is a large suckering shrub that can be grown as a small tree.

* Green to greenish purple stems with white stripes; of open habit with yellow fall color. * Native to northeast Asia.

* It is still relatively obscure in the horticultural industry but is slowly gaining popularity due to its fast growth rate, ease of transplanting, good fall colors and ability to grow in wet soils.

* Has a deep, rich black-purple-red tone. * Leaves with seven lobes which radiate strongly outward. * Very hardy cultivar which is upright and vigorous.

* The smooth grey- green bark flakes away creating a beautiful patchwork of white, yellow, purple, brown and green. * Established plants tolerate drought, succeeding in hot dry sites.

In both areas, it is often a tree line species. Austrina in the southern Sierra Nevada . In the Sierra Nevada, Foxtail pines are limited to the area around Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks .

* Fall color is various shades of yellow. * It is densely branched and has bright green bark.

* The pod is used as a soap substitute. A lupane acid extracted from the thorns showed in vitro anti-HIV activity. The thorns of Gleditsia sinensis are used as a medicinal herb in China and Korea and may have antitumor properties.

* The tea plant is commonly used in Chinese herbalism, where it is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental herbs. It is an evergreen shrub or small tree that is usually trimmed to below two metres (six feet) when cultivated for its leaves.

* It has relatively large leaves and a cascading mound shape. * Rich red-orange leaf color.

* It will fit into smaller landscape plantings. * Hardy and beautiful. * This is a striking American cultivar of the "ribbon-leaf" group of Japanese Maples.

* The pod is used as a soap substitute. A lupane acid extracted from the thorns showed in vitro anti-HIV activity. The thorns of Gleditsia sinensis are used as a medicinal herb in China and Korea and may have antitumor properties.

* The Chinese make fences around their compounds with interlaced branches of this plant.These branches take root and form a very graceful hedge. * Shrub with upright stems; narrow bamboolike leaves, shiny bright green; small whitish flowers; a roughish...

In younger trees, the trunk is green due to its high chlorophyll content, which makes it capable of performing photosynthesis when leaves are absent; with age it turns to gray. * The silk floss tree (Ceiba speciosa, formerly Chorisia speciosa), is a species...

* Douglas fir seeds are an extremely important food for small mammals. * It is planted as a specimen tree or in mass screenings. * The specific epithet, menziesii, is after Archibald Menzies, a Scottish physician and rival naturalist to David Douglas.