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* The tree is regarded as attractive because of its wide spreading shelving branches and flat-topped head, and is often used in ornamental plantings. * A small tree of horizontal branching habit, creating a tiered effect.

* A beautiful very vigorous variety well know for its extreme cold hardiness.

It typically matures to 10-15' tall and as wide. The flower buds resemble white pearls, hence the common name. * Medium green leaves, of loose upright habit; "spectacular in flower...does extremely well in Southeast" (Dirr); flower buds pearllike; 11/2"...

This plant is often used as an ornamental plant . * A good hedging plant. * Shiny dark green, evergreen leaves; upright, rounded, densely branched; unique among hollies in that it often spreads by suckering; doesn't mind shade but prefers sun; Dirr recommends...

* Rhododendron catawbiense ( Catawba Rhododendron ) is a species of Rhododendron native to the eastern United States , growing mainly in the Appalachian Mountains from Virginia south to northern Alabama .

* Rhododendron atlanticum ( Dwarf azalea or Coastal azalea ), is a species of Rhododendron native to coastal areas of the eastern United States , from New Jersey south to Georgia .

This is a treelike shrub reaching up to five meters in height. * Arctostaphylos viscida is a species of manzanita known by the common names whiteleaf manzanita and sticky manzanita .

The thorns of Gleditsia sinensis LAM. (Leguminosae) have been used in traditional medicine for the treatment of inflammatory diseases including swelling, suppuration, carbuncle and skin diseases.

As plants take several years to flower in the wild, it is very sensitive to too-frequent burns and has been eliminated in some areas where this occurs. * Some plants produce multiple flower spikes, possibly of varying sizes, from a single point of origin.

Despite a degree of paraphyly , the subgenus Rhodendron was otherwise untouched with regard to its three sections but four other subgenera were eliminated and one new subgenus created, leaving a total of five subgenera in all, from eight in Chamberlain's...

* When grown from seed, plants take around four to five years to reach maturity and will live for 20 to 30 years if cultivated in the right conditions. * The holes in the meshwork allow small prey to escape, presumably because the benefit that would be...

* Rhododendron catawbiense ( Catawba Rhododendron ) is a species of Rhododendron native to the eastern United States , growing mainly in the Appalachian Mountains from Virginia south to northern Alabama .

* This much-branched shrub is especially showy in flower. The species name, Latin for naked-flowered, refers to the fact that the flowers often appear before its leaves are fully expanded.

Fortunei, but is shorter, broader, and more densely branched; small whitish flowers; native to Asia Minor. * Fontanesia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae , usually treated as comprising a single species Fontanesia philliraeoides ,...

Very vigorous, it can swamp out small plants. * A low shrub with dark green evergreen leaves, shiny on the undersides; 2-3" flowers, bright yellow, throughout summer; easy to grow--tolerates dry soil; said to grow best in shade; grows quickly; native...

Like all the Sarracenia , it is native to the New World . * Sarracenia minor , also known as the Hooded pitcher plant , is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia .

* A delicious tea is made by steeping the green or dried twigs inboiling water until they turn an amber or pink colour. * Ephedra nevadensis ( Nevada ephedra ) is a species of Ephedra native to dry areas of western North America.

* Quercus acutissima lives in deciduous forests at altitudes of up to 2,200 metres (7,200 ft) in South Asia and South East Asia. * Most planting in North America was carried out for wildlife food provision, as the species tends to bear heavier crops of...

The gray berries appear in large masses, used in candle-making; leaves used to make a gray-green dye. * Habit and Form a semievergreen to deciduous shrub typically 5' to 6'; can reach 10' upright, spreading branching habit shape is irregular to mounded...

Kaempferi; native to Korea, China, Central Asia, and Japan. Requires a lime-free soil. Likes plenty of moisture and a rich loamy slightly acid soil. Plants can be grown in containers in pond margins but are then best kept in drier conditions over winter.

It is abundant further south on the southern coast and in the Gulf states, reaching its greatest size on the bottomlands of southern Arkansas and eastern Texas. * Ilex opaca is often cultivated by plant nurseries for use as a broadleaf evergreen ornamental...

* Quercus acutissima lives in deciduous forests at altitudes of up to 2,200 metres (7,200 ft) in South Asia and South East Asia. * Most planting in North America was carried out for wildlife food provision, as the species tends to bear heavier crops of...

* One of the most handsome plants for landscape designers. The leaves do roughly resemble giant oak leaves being shiny dark green, nice purple, red, or orangish brown in fall. It likes moist acid organic laden well-drained soils in full sun or partial...

They keep their blue color well after drying. * This is an excellent plant to use for cut flowers and dried flowers. * It is very cold hardy, coming from Siberia, and will also tolerate drought and saline conditions.

* Sambucus racemosa, commonly known as red elder or red elderberry, is a deciduous suckering shrub which typically grows to 8-12' tall with a somewhat sprawling habit. Pubens (native to North America) was known as American red elder.

Its range extends from southern Mississippi , through southern Alabama , the Florida panhandle and Georgia , to the coastal plains of Virginia and South Carolina . * Like other members of the genus Sarracenia, the Sweet pitcher plant traps insects using...

* The heart of the plant is very rich in saccharine matter and can be eaten when baked. It is partly below ground. The fruits are capsules 1 to 3 centimeters long and containing black seed.