Urban Tolerant Plant Seeds For Sale In Pittsburgh

* Remove dead flowers to extend the flowering period. * Succeeds in a sunny position in most good soils tolerating a pH range from 6 to 8 but disliking acid soils. It is probably native to the Mediterranean region but its exact range is unknown due to...

This hardy pine species is relatively disease free and tolerates poor soil conditions, making it a good choice for all levels. * Of irregular habit, roughly conical. Easily grown from seed in the early spring, the seeds are soaked in water to start germination.

The tree is short-lived in temperate climates, rarely reaching more than 60 years of age, but in its native environment may live to between 100 and 150 year. * The Siberian Elm is usually a small to medium-sized, often bushy, tree growing to 10 - 20 m...

* This shrub is an important food source for a number of animals, including bighorn sheep, white-tailed deer, and grizzly bears. Many birds and small mammals use it for food and cover.

* A hot infusion of the bark has been snuffed for treating sinus problems and has been held in the mouth for treating toothache. * It is a medium-sized understory tree 15-20 m tall, distinguished from other magnolias by the large leaf size, 25-80 cm long...

* 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 from Turkey to the Caucasus , and north Africa in the Atlas Mountains.

The tree is short-lived in temperate climates, rarely reaching more than 60 years of age, but in its native environment may live to between 100 and 150 year. * The Siberian Elm is usually a small to medium-sized, often bushy, tree growing to 10 - 20 m...

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).

* Shiny green leaves. * An excellent windbreak for maritime areas, it grows quite quickly and establishes well even in very windy sites. * Native to southern Italy (including Sardinia ) and Corsica.

* The species readily produces suckers from roots and stumps, even after devastation by Dutch elm disease; consequently genetic resources are not considered endangered. * Ulmus minor, the Field Elm, is by far the most polymorphic of the European species,...

* Very closely related to M. * 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 oval growth in youth, and spreads and mounds with age.

The fruits are popular with birds, who distribute the seeds. * The blossoms have been used in the treatment of measles. * The fruit is a bright red or sometimes purple drupe containing 3 to 5 seeds.

* Used as a rootstock for P. Pyrifolia culta in Korea, it is very frost resistant. * This makes a beautiful flowering tree all on its own even though it is primarily grown as an extremely cold hardy rootstock for grafting edible pear varieties.

* This is one of the food plants for the caterpillars of several butterflies and moths, including the Gatekeeper and the Meadow Brown. * A drought resistant plant once established.

Americana, though it is usually sold under that name. * Fraxinus pennsylvanica ( Green Ash or Red Ash ) is a species of ash native to eastern and central North America , from Nova Scotia west to southeastern Alberta and eastern Colorado , south to northern...

* 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.

* 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,...

* The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Hedera helix for cough, bronchitis. * It climbs by means of aerial rootlets which cling to the substrate.

It is commonly kept as an ornamental plant. This perennial is a native plant found throughout the eastern part of the United States and in many parts of the western U.S., Canada , and Mexico .

Americana, though it is usually sold under that name. * Fraxinus pennsylvanica ( Green Ash or Red Ash ) is a species of ash native to eastern and central North America , from Nova Scotia west to southeastern Alberta and eastern Colorado , south to northern...

* Features cup-shaped, sweetly fragrant (lemony), 9-12 petaled, creamy white, waxy flowers (2-3" diameter) which appear in mid-spring and sometimes continue sporadically throughout the summer.

* 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 the natural symbol of the island of Tenerife, together with the Blue Chaffinch. Each branch grows for about 10–15 years and re-branches, so a mature plant has an umbrella-like habit.

The tree grows to a maximum height of 15 m, a relatively slender trunk < 0.3 m d.b.h. supporting a dense canopy casting a heavy shade; the bark is longitudinally fissured. Davidiana is considered to have a remarkable resemblance to the American Elm U.

* Agave utahensis is a species of agave known by the common name Utah agave. Varieties of the species include the Nevada agave and Kaibab agave. Flower stalk - roasted[183]. Can be dried for future use or soaked in water to produce a flavourful beverage.

* A decoction of the leaves, when watered on plants, repels caterpillars. The dried flower stems repel insects and rodents. * A shrub or small tree with bright green compound leaves; yellow-white flowers in 4-6" flat-topped clusters, followed by quantities...

* A yellow dye is obtained from the seedpods and the flowers * S. * This species is commonly used in Chinese medicine and is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental herbs. Japonicum contains the isoflavone glycoside sophoricoside.