Urban Tolerant Plant Seeds For Sale In Colorado Springs

Its value as a street tree is largely due to its resistance to salt spray (from road de-icing salt) and various industrial pollutants (including ozone), and its intermediate drought tolerance.

Flower buds purportedly resemble white pearls, hence the cultivar name. Elliptic, serrate, pale green leaves (to 3" long) turn yellow in fall. 'Northern Pearls' is a compact cultivar that grows to 6-8' tall and features racemes (3-5" long) of 5-petaled...

Studies in mice suggest that Gleditsia sinensis ethanolic extract could be an effective therapeutic agent for the treatment of allergic asthma. (Leguminosae) have been used in traditional medicine for the treatment of inflammatory diseases including swelling,...

* The plant is commonly used for informal hedging in the Mediterranean. The fruit is a long narrow capsule 5–23 cm (2.0–9.1 in) long, which splits open at maturity to release numerous downy seeds .In the past, scented plants were sometimes treated...

Fortunei, but is shorter, broader, and more densely branched; small whitish flowers; native to Asia Minor. It is native to southern Europe ( Sicily ), southwestern Asia ( Lebanon , Syria , Turkey ) and eastern Asia ( China ), with two well-separated populations.

* This 6-8' shrub is "of matchless elegance a its fleecy sprays lovely in their silken lightness" (A. Johnson) & contrasting beautifully with the lush pinnate foliage, in its first reddish growth or its later fresh-green.

* Leycesteria formosa ( Himalayan Honeysuckle , Flowering Nutmeg , Himalaya Nutmeg or Pheasant Berry ) is a deciduous shrub in the family Caprifoliaceae , native to the Himalaya and southwestern China .

* This is an excellent pioneer species for re-establishing woodlands on disused farmland, difficult sites etc. * Native to southern Italy (including Sardinia ) and Corsica. * An excellent windbreak for maritime areas, it grows quite quickly and establishes...

The trees are beautiful in the spring with white blooms and in the fall the dark berries appear. Privets are fast growers and do well as long as they are planted in well-drained soil.

* Unlike most species of pine. * 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,...

The tree was 18 m in height with a d.b.h. of 5 m in 2013. * An excellent fuel. * The European nettle tree also known as European Hackberry or Lote tree ( Celtis australis ), is a deciduous tree that can grow 20 or 25 meters in height.

The trees are beautiful in the spring with white blooms and in the fall the dark berries appear. Privets are fast growers and do well as long as they are planted in well-drained soil.

* The wood is heavy, hard, tough, close-grained. Useful for making tool handles, mallets and other small items. * The fruit can be used in making pies, preserves, etc, and can also be dried for later use.

Among the Navajo, the plant is used to make blankets. The raceme inflorescence is very tall, reaching a maximum of 4 m (12 ft). * The plant was used for food and fiber by local Native American peoples such as the Havasupai.

The juiceof the pods is antiseptic. * The seeds have been roasted and used as a coffee substitute. * A good city tree that withstands harsh conditions; delicate bright green compound leaves cast a light shade; has substantial thorns and produces large...

They are very tolerant of clipping so long as this does not extend into the brown barked wood since trees cannot regenerate from this. * The wood is light yet has great strength and rot resistance, and is particularly highly valued in east Asia, with...

It is "the most wide-ranging hawthorn in North America" , native to much of southern Canada, and the United States as far south as Arizona , New Mexico , Kansas , Missouri , North Carolina , and Tennessee .

* 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 glorious elm that used to line American streets.

The tree is fairly free from fungal diseases and has few insect enemies. * It prefers moist soil and full sun. They are like Catnip for Catfish! It weighs about 28lb per cubic foot.

Its massive trunk comes from the contribution of clusters of aerial roots that emerge from the bases of lowest branches and grow down to the soil. Dragon's blood has a number of traditional medical uses, although dragon's blood obtained from Dracaena...

* The leaves are smaller than those of the other European species, hence the specific epithet minor, however they can vary greatly according to the maturity of the tree. The bark of the trunk is rough, furrowed lightly in older trees to form a block pattern.

* White flowers in May in clusters to 3" across; bright orangey-red fruit in late summer, 1/3" across; dark green compound leaves, purple and red in fall; of open habit; native to Japan, Korea, Sakhalin.

* Sun- and drought-tolerant. * This species grows up to 50 feet, and has yellow flowers. Mediterranean and Asia Minor.

* 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 flowers are generous with their sweet perfume whatever the weather. Flowers are white and showy clustered at the end of branches. * Grown for its big fluffy creamy-white masses of flowers atop upright stems; rather coarse, and suckers to quickly...

It is native to northern Burma and China, but is sometimes grown in western gardens where it has been in cultivation since 1848. * Substances from the plant have shown anticancer activity.

Kobus and possibly no more than a geographical form of that species. Tolerates alkaline soils so long as they are deep and rich in humus. * This tree grows 4.6 to 6 m (15 to 20 ft) in height, and spreads to 4.6m in width at maturity, and displays upright...