Urban Tolerant Plant Plant With Winter Interest For Sale In Chesapeake

* This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. * This very symmetrical plant supports a crown of shiny, dark green leaves on a thick shaggy trunk that is typically about 20 cm (7.9 in) in diameter, sometimes wider.

* The American elm occurs naturally in an assortment of habitats, most notably rich bottomlands, floodplains, stream banks, and swampy ground, * The American Elm is the state tree of both Massachusetts and North Dakota

* It is a larger tree so should be given some room to grow. * Grown mostly for its striking red and multicolored bark that peels off to reveal other shades and colors. * Very ornamental tree.

* When ripe, the sweet fruit of Persimmon somewhat recalls the flavor of dates. * The fruit can also be dried and used in bread, cakes etc. * Persimmons are consumed fresh and are used to make puddings, cakes, and beverages.

The plant is drought-deciduous, shedding its foliage for most of the year, leafing out after rainfall. Photosynthesis is performed by the blue-green branches and twigs, regardless of absent leaves.

* The source of tea; white flowers in fall; tolerates shade or sun well; an attractive small shrub for its ornamental value as well. It has a strong taproot . * The tea plant is commonly used in Chinese herbalism, where it is considered to be one of the...

The trunk thickens fast and develops some rust colored peeling appearance. The trunk thickens fast and develops some rust colored peeling appearance. Known for its small leaves and gnarly roots this bonsai is dramatic over rock .

Tolerates trimming. The leaves are oval-acute, 2–3.5 centimetres (0.79–1.4 in) long and 1–1.5 centimetres (0.39–0.59 in) broad, shiny green above, pubescent below with dense whitish to yellowish hairs.

It is waterproof, durable, tough and resinous[11, 61]. * The bark is used to make drinking vessels, canoe skins, roofing tiles etc. Only the outer bark is removed, this does not kill the tree.

* Fall color is sensational. * Hardier than green-leaved types.

They have a mild flavor and can be eaten raw or cooked. The small red berry-like fruit grow closely together in large clusters and are food for squirrels and birds . As with other species of hawthorn, the wood is hard and can be used to make tools .

* It is a strong growing round-headed tree several meters high. * The fall color is rich red. * The foliage starts off with a tinge of orange-red then becoming rich green.

* As a deciduous tree, it is completely bare of leaves and flowers during the winter months, especially when growing outside of its native South America habitat. Their nectar is known to attract insect pollinators, as well as hummingbirds.

Fortunei, but is shorter, broader, and more densely branched; small whitish flowers; native to Asia Minor. * Fontanesia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae , usually treated as comprising a single species Fontanesia philliraeoides ,...

In English poetry and English stories the holly is inseparably connected with the merry-making and greetings which gather around the Christmas time. It weighs 36lb per cubic foot. * Yellow-green spiny leaves; red fruit almost 1/2" wide, lasting into winter;...

* The foliage is purplish-red holding into the summer then some green tones come in changing to red and scarlet in fall. * A very desirable color * Makes a delightful upright small tree, maturing at 4 meters.

Young trees (including root sprouts) have much larger—10–20 centimetres (3.9–7.9 in) long—nearly triangular leaves. * A tall, fast growing tree, usually 20–25 metres (66–82 ft) at maturity, with a trunk 20–80 centimetres (7.9–31 in) in...

Fortunei; native to China, Taiwan * Requires a sheltered position in a moist but well-drained light loamy soil with added leafmold. * The tree reaches 40-50 m in height, developing an irregular oblate crown with large branches.

The shrub is mid winter flowering with a delightful sweet scent. It will however grow in full sun, even though the foliage appears to "bleach" a little. * Sarcococca confusa is a very adaptable and reliable shrub that is easily grown in many situations,...

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

* The flowers are deep to bright red, rarely yellow, with four ribbon-shaped petals 7-10 mm long and four short stamens, and grow in clusters; flowering begins in mid winter and continues until early spring.

* Fruits are an important food source for dozens of species of birds , which then distribute the seeds. * Flowering dogwood is a small deciduous tree growing to 10 m (33 ft) high, often wider than it is tall when mature.

The sap usually runs freely, but the sugar content is lower than in the sugar maples. An old English recipe for the beer is as follows:- "To every Gallon of Birch-water put a quart of Honey, well stirr'd together; then boil it almost an hour with a few...

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

* A decidious Tree growing to 8 m (26ft) by 6 m (19ft). * Large seed is more likely to produce greater variation in seedlings; can be used as understock. * Japanese Maple has been cultivated in Japan for centuries and in temperate areas around the world...

* Of open, wide-spreading habit, with several main branches ramifying into small branchlets; grows quickly, but wood may be brittle and susceptible to ice and snow damage; resistant to Dutch elm disease, and so used by breeders; drought tolerant, used...

Branches stout, pithy, and blunt; roots fibrous. It usually separates 3 to 4½ meters (10–15 feet) from the ground into three or four divisions which spread slightly and form a narrow pyramidal head; or when crowded by other trees, sending up one tall...