Urban Tolerant Plant Specimen Tree For Sale In San Francisco

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

Plant seeds in the fall and deep soil evenly moist in deep well-drained soil. * Unlike most species of pine. The Mugo Pine has small dark green evergreen needles helping it to look great all year.

* The glorious elm that used to line American streets. * 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.

Group as a shrub to maximize effect of the spring bloom. It flowers in late spring, bearing panicles of yellow pea-like flowers. * A very tolerant and easily grown plant, it succeeds in almost any soil or situation so long as it is not water-logged.

The light-colored wood can be given a light- to medium-brown finish that in other woods must be achieved by bleaching. The wood is also used to produce sporting goods and plywood. It has also been used, mixed with powdered shells, as a treatment for VD.

* 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, occasionally as low as 200 m in...

* Many of the tree's branches bend under the weight of the large foliage. * It is a medium-sized understory tree 15-20 m tall, distinguished from other magnolias by the large leaf size, 25-80 cm long and 11-30 cm broad.

* Fraxinus velutina ( Velvet Ash or Arizona Ash or Modesto Ash ) is a species of Fraxinus native to southwestern North America , in the United States from southern California east to Texas , and in Mexico from northern Baja California east to Coahuila...

It is mostly a high altitude mountain tree, growing at 900-3650 m altitude, rarely lower in the northwest of the range; in many areas it reaches the alpine tree line . * A decoction of the leaves and gum has been used in the treatment of cancer.

* The leaves or bark have been placed in cupped hands over the nose and inhaled as a mild hallucinogen. * It needs acid soil and doesn't mind wet or shade. * Cone-like fruits with bright red seeds mature in fall and can be showy.

* A handsome species, one of the rarest in cultivation (rare even in its own Yalung R.valley) * A small, 8-30' tree/shrub.

* In the wild, it may grow to as much as 200' tall. * The tree is endemic to Norfolk Island , a small island in the Pacific Ocean between Australia , New Zealand and New Caledonia.

* Acer barbinerve is a shrub up multi-stemmed tree up to 7 meters tall, with smooth gray bark. The tips of the stems take on a rosy glow in winter, while in early spring bud burst produces bright green delicate foliage, which preserves its colour throughout...

* Golden larch is a very attractive ornamental tree for parks and large gardens. * This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. The sole species, Pseudolarix amabilis, is commonly known as the golden larch, though it...

* In recent years, this species has been extensively used in Bonsai. * Carpinus orientalis (Oriental Hornbeam) is a hornbeam native from southeastern Europe to northern Iran and occurs usually on hot dry sites at lower altitudes in comparison to the European...

A black dye is obtained from the young branches. * Sorbus aucuparia ( Rowan , European Rowan , Mountain ash , or European mountain ash ), is a species of the genus Sorbus , native to most of Europe except for the far south, and northern Asia .

* The lumber is used for rough carpentry and furniture. It is dense and cone-shaped when young, broadening at the top with age. * Pinus nigra, the Austrian pine or black pine, is a moderately variable species of pine, occurring across southern Mediterranean...

* The leaves and the wood are antiseptic and expectorant. * The Lebanon Cedar is widely planted as an ornamental tree in parks and large gardens, often being planted in landscape avenues, and as focal point trees in large landscapes.

* A shrub or small tree with light gray, flaking bark. * Forms thickets on shallow soil, seldom a single tree. * Found mostly on flat-topped limestone hills.

* Fraxinus velutina ( Velvet Ash or Arizona Ash or Modesto Ash ) is a species of Fraxinus native to southwestern North America , in the United States from southern California east to Texas , and in Mexico from northern Baja California east to Coahuila...

* Cupressus lusitanica , ( Cedro Blanco ; Teotlate , distinctive names used in Mexico); Cedro Blanco means White Cedar and is also known as Mexican White Cedar , is a species of cypress native to Mexico and Central America ( Guatemala , El Salvador and...

* Silky camellia is an under-story woodland species with rich brown colored bark * It grows best in partial shade in well draining soils. * 'Silky Camellia' has been cultivated in the US since 1752.

* A small tree of horizontal branching habit, creating a tiered effect. * This species is unusual in having alternate leaves whilst almost all other members of this genus have opposite leaves.

* 11-15 tapering, pointed leaflets make up the feathery leaves of this little known 20-30' tree & are carried on red shoots; its 4-6" clusters of early flowers are followed by creamy-yellow fruit tinted with pink...

* Succeeds in most soils and pH types, but dislikes growing in wet soils, especially when these are of clay. Prefers a deep sandy loam and a very sunny position. It is also much planted as a landscape ornamental plant.

* The Apache source exhibits strong blue color yet shouldn't be used in extremely cold areas. * The specific epithet pungens means "sharply pointed", referring to the leaves. * It is also grown for the cut Christmas tree industry.

* Quercus durata ( California Scrub Oak , Leather Oak ; syn. Quercus dumosa revoluta Sarg.) is an oak endemic to California . This plant is often used as an urban tree and medicinal plant.