Urban Tolerant Plant Plant With Winter Interest For Sale In Gilbert

* Spiny, shiny, dark green leaves, fragrant white flowers in May; quarter-inch red fruit, very attractive; parent of many cultivars. * Ilex aquifolium ( Holly , or European Holly to distinguish it from related species, may also be called Christmass Holly...

An oil is extracted from the seeds. * 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...

* Low informal hedge. * Foundation plant. * The leaves turn attractive shades of purple, red and bronze in autumn. * Effective on banks or slopes for erosion control. * The red (cranberry-like) berries mature in late summer and persist into winter.

* The specific epithet pungens means "sharply pointed", referring to the leaves. * It is a popular ornamental tree found far beyond its native range. * It is also grown for the cut Christmas tree industry.

* The bark is a cork substitute. * Dark green compound leaves 10-15" long; in habit, usually broader than tall when mature and grown in the open, with a few massive spreading branches.

Prefers cool, moist, woodland conditions in part shade locations. Young shoots are short, palely pubescent and bright orange to red-brown in colour. * Grow in moist, well-drained soils in part shade to full shade.

* The fruit grow as small, showy, apple -like, red pomes , ripening in September to October, and enduring into the winter. * The scientific name 'salicifolius', described by the botanist Franchet , means 'with leaves like willows' (see: Genus Salix ).

Modern research has shown that there are many health benefits to drinking tea, including its ability to protect the drinker from certain heart diseases. * The tea plant is commonly used in Chinese herbalism, where it is considered to be one of the 50...

Tolerates trimming. * The plant can be grown as an informal windbreak hedge in all but the most exposed situations. 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,...

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

The wood, after soaking in water, polishes to a brilliant black finish. * The flowers are very fragrant, they are used in pot-pourri and to make perfumes. Its strongly scented pendent flowers, produced in winter on bare stems, have 15-21 yellow tepals,...

* It will also tolerate more moist conditions if it is given well drained soil. It is covered in red flowers in the winter and spring. The genus is named in honour of John Templeton, an Irish naturalist and botanist.

* The specific epithet pungens means "sharply pointed", referring to the leaves. * It is a popular ornamental tree found far beyond its native range. * It is also grown for the cut Christmas tree industry.

* 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...

* The plant is extremely hardy, to USDA Zone 3. * For the brightest winter bark, young shoots are encouraged by cutting to the ground some older stems at the end of the winter, before leaves are open.

This Bonsai is a good one for beginners because it is low-maintenance, a slow grower, and has a burly frame. * Mountain Pine or Mugo Pine ( Pinus mugo ) is a high-altitude European pine , found in the Pyrenees , Alps , Erzgebirge , Carpathians , northern...

Height: 5 - 10 m Crown: round to broad oval Bark and branches: bark dark greyish brown, twigs have woolly hair Leaf: broad elliptical to elongated oval, velvety grey, later green, 5 - 10 cm Flower: in umbels, white, O approx.

* Recommended for buffer strips around parking lots or for median strip plantings in the highway. * The smooth grey- green bark flakes away creating a beautiful patchwork of white, yellow, purple, brown and green.

Usually occurs in the wild in gravel or rocky stream beds or at the base of rocky slopes along streams. * Ozark witch hazel is a deciduous, winter-blooming, Missouri native shrub with a rounded habit which typically grows 6-10' tall (less frequently to...

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

* 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...

* It is hardy and strongly cascading. * 50 to 100 year old trees being 4 meters tall. * The dark purple-red color holds up better than most cultivars.

* Parkinsonia florida grows to heights of 10–12 metres (33–39 ft). * The flowers are bright yellow, and pea-like, which cover the tree in late spring. * Compared to the closely related Parkinsonia microphylla (foothill paloverde), it appears more...

* In the US and Canada, the European black pine is planted as a street tree, and as an ornamental tree in gardens and parks. It is planted with great success as far north as Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

* The plant is extremely hardy, to USDA Zone 3. * For the brightest winter bark, young shoots are encouraged by cutting to the ground some older stems at the end of the winter, before leaves are open.

* The leaves of this variety are deeply cut to the base of the leaf and are slightly larger than the species.

* It is marginal in zone 8, going dormant and deciduous in cold winters, but usually evergreen to semi-evergreen. * The only known species is Anemanthele lessoniana, often called gossamer grass or New Zealand wind grass or pheasant's tail grass.