Urban Tolerant Plant Seeds For Sale In Connecticut

* 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.

* Shrub with upright stems; narrow bamboolike leaves, shiny bright green; small whitish flowers; a roughish plant, but extremely tough and vigorous; useful for highways and urban sites; native to China.

This varient will grow to 8 feet tall. D??m?st?k?/ ) commonly known as heavenly bamboo or sacred bamboo , is a suckering shrub in the Barberry family, Berberidaceae . * Nandina domestica (pronounced /naen?di?n?

* Lilium pensylvanicum reaches a height of 30 cm to 70 cm and has a width up to 25 cm. The seeds mature from August to September. The flower consists of six petals curving backward from the center.

In the vase some new flowers may open from the more mature buds. * Hibiscus syriacus is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, native to much of Asia (though not, as Linnaeus thought, Syria, in spite of the name he gave it).

* This variety is upright growing, very columnar. * The cultivar 'Tallhedge' has been selected for hedging. The cultivar 'Tallhedge (syn 'Columnaris') is very suitable for this purpose.

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

* Rue has a long history of use as a domestic remedy, being especially valued for its strengthening action on the eyes. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental plant in gardens , especially because of its bluish leaves, and also sometimes for its tolerance...

In cultivation people often cut the plants to the ground in the spring in order to encourage strong new growth and plenty of flowers. * Perovskia atriplicifolia, Russian sage, is a flowering herbaceous perennial plant or subshrub that is native to central...

It grows at high altitudes in mountain valleys at altitudes of 1800–4300 m (rarely as low as 1200 m), and is a tree from 30–50 m in height. Hardy to Zone 8 (cold hardiness limit between -12.1°C and -6.7°C) (Bannister and Neuner 2001).

* In North America it is known as Hedge Maple and in Australia it is sometimes called Common Maple. * A maple native to much of Europe , north to southern England (where it is the only native maple), Denmark , Poland and Belarus , and also southwest Asia...

Taxol has shown exciting potential as an anti-cancer drug, particularly in the treatment of ovarian cancers. The habit is pleasingly pyramidal. * 'Capitata' is a tree form often used for screening and hedging in the East and Midwest.

This species is planted on a small scale, mainly in E. America, saplings grow slowly at first, but the growth rate speeds up over the next 50 years. Europe, as a timber tree. It is similar in appearance to the Green Ash, making identification difficult.

This tree transplants well. * 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...

It is hardy to zone 5 and is not frost tender. * A constituent of its extract has been found to be an effective and selective dopamine reuptake inhibitor. * The flowering quince, with flowers of red, scarlet, pink, white, and variations thereof, in spring;...

* It prefers moist soil and full sun. It also multiplies readily from cuttings. They are like Catnip for Catfish! The tree is fairly free from fungal diseases and has few insect enemies.

* Yarrow has also been used as a food, and was very popular as a vegetable in the 17th century. * It is a frequent component in butterfly gardens. * The herb combines well with Sambucus nigra flowers (Elder) and Mentha x piperita vulgaris (Peppermint)...

* Crataegus monogyna , known as Common Hawthorn , is a species of hawthorn native to Europe , northwest Africa and western Asia . Noxious weed in California. The roasted seeds are a coffee substitute.

A small fruit with a sweet, juicy and pulpy flesh. 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...

* It is a species of hawthorn known by the common names dotted hawthorn or white haw. The plant is a bush or small tree to about 7 meters in height and very thorny, particularly on the trunk.

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.

A pleasant sweet and somewhat spicy flavour. * The fruit is eaten raw, cooked or dried for later use. * White flowers, tasty black berries; substantial arching canes; can spread rapidly in good soil; may stay as low as 2' in dry soil; native from Nova...

* The "blue" refers to a substance secreted by the inner bark when exposed to air, not to the leaves, which are dark green, pale yellow in fall, or to the bark, which is gray, platelike, and sometimes shaggy; tolerant of drought and lime, perhaps a good...

* A very ornamental plant, it is hardy to about -15°c. Branchlets dark purplish brown to grayish brown, cylindric, initially densely yellow tomentose, glabrous when old. * Shrubs evergreen, 1–3 m tall.

* In the low-elevation deserts of Arizona, it is the only tree whose leaves turn scarlet in fall. * Doesn't mind heat and drought; grows quickly. * Horticulturally, it is a popular choice for street trees in urban settings because it is very drought tolerant...

* Symphoricarpos occidentalis is a woody species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family , commonly called Western snowberry or Wolfberry (the latter not to be confused with the Lycium species of the same name).

* Many of the tree's branches bend under the weight of the large foliage. * A hot infusion of the bark has been snuffed for treating sinus problems and has been held in the mouth for treating toothache.