Urban Tolerant Plant Plant With Winter Interest For Sale In Detroit

Plant seeds in the fall and deep soil evenly moist in deep well-drained soil. * 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...

The leaves are harvested for use as required and can be used fresh or dried. It is native to northwestern China and widely naturalised elsewhere in Asia east to Korea and Japan , south to northern India , and west to northern Iran .

* This species has a deeply penetrating root system that firmly anchors the tree against winds. * It is also grown for the cut Christmas tree industry. * The specific epithet pungens means "sharply pointed", referring to the leaves.

* Bright green leaves, very dense, with a horizontal habit; orange, scarlet, and reddish purple in fall; yellow flowers followed by bright red fruit, very attractive in winter; generally a good, tough plant; good deciduous hedge plant.

In June it bears many flowered, compound corymbs of white, 5-6 mm flowers . * The scientific name 'salicifolius', described by the botanist Franchet , means 'with leaves like willows' (see: Genus Salix ).

Too small for commercial exploitation, the wood is used locally for turnery, inlay work, woodenware etc. * This species is occasionally used for hedging in the southern states of America.

Plants are hardy to at least -15°c. Suitable for parks and gardens. Established plants are drought tolerant. Tolerates light shade but does not fruit so well in such a position. It is hardy to zone 6.

Modern research has shown that there are many health benefits to drinking tea, including its ability to protect the drinker from certain heart diseases. It has a strong taproot . * The tea plant is commonly used in Chinese herbalism, where it is considered...

* It is a small to medium-sized deciduous tree reaching a height of 5-20 m with a trunk up to 50 cm diameter. An excellent maple bonsai specimen. This maple needs full sun but should be given partial shade in the summer.

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

* Low informal hedge. * The leaves turn attractive shades of purple, red and bronze in autumn. * Foundation plant. * Effective on banks or slopes for erosion control. * Versatile shrub that can be used to cover large areas.

* Cornus alba (red-barked or Siberian dogwood) is a species of flowering plant in the family Cornaceae, native to Siberia, northern China and Korea. * For the brightest winter bark, young shoots are encouraged by cutting to the ground some older stems...

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

* Leaves start off red in the spring fade to greenish red in the summer and then turn crimson in the fall.

* Leaves that start off pink in the spring turning to green over summer and then a lovely orange color in the fall. * Sought after for their attractive leaf shapes and colors.

* Dirr notes that several forms occur, but the one most of us recall fondly divided into several major trunks topped by spreading, arching, pendulous branches. * The American elm occurs naturally in an assortment of habitats, most notably rich bottomlands,...

* Leaves start off red in the spring fade to greenish red in the summer and then turn crimson in the fall.

* Leaves similar to that of Japanese Maple. * Unique bark appearance, corky and rough with many cracks in it.

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

Highly recommended for zones 5 and 6. It is sometimes known as a Concolor fir. * The crushed leaves have a strong lemony scent. * The wood lacks a distinctive odor and so does not impart a flavor to items stored in it.

* Beautiful peeling cinnamon bark. * Fall color bright red and orange. * A species of maple native to central China , in the provinces of Gansu , Henan , Hubei , Hunan , Shaanxi , Shanxi , and Sichuan.

* Leaves similar to that of Japanese Maple. * Unique bark appearance, corky and rough with many cracks in it.

* It is native to China , from Jiangsu south to Fujian and Guangdong , and west to southeastern Gansu and Yunnan. * A species of maple in the snakebark maple group.

* Light green leaves of this "little dwarf overlay each other like shingles on a roof."

* Our "Thornless" seed comes very true. The render young seedpods can be cooked and eaten. Seedpods - the pulp is sweet and can be eaten raw or made into sugar. The light shade the bright green summer foliage casts allows grass to grow next to the trunk.

* The Siberian Elm is usually a small to medium-sized, often bushy, tree growing to 10 - 20 m tall, with a trunk up to 80 cm d.b.h . The tree is short-lived in temperate climates, rarely reaching more than 60 years of age, but in its native environment...

* Crown is rounded, dense; very thorny; leaves shiny dark green, orange red and purple in fall; flowers white with pink anthers, last of the hawthorns to bloom; fruit is shiny bright red, 1/4"; good for screening or specimen use; native to southeastern...