Acid Loving Plant Evergreen Plant For Sale In Alexandria

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

This plant is often used as an ornamental plant . * Ilex glabra , also known as Appalachian Tea , Dye-leaves , Evergreen Winterberry , Gallberry , Inkberry , is a species of holly native to the Eastern and the South Central United States and southern...

* Sheep laurel is a very poisonous narcotic plant the leaves of which were at one time used by some native North American Indian tribes in order to commit suicide. * Requires an acid humus-rich soil, succeeding in part shade or in full sun in cooler areas.

* 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 .

* Fairly dense and bushy, especially when young. * Native to primarily North and South Carolina, but also found in Virginia and Georgia. * Leaves are dark green and leathery. * Upright flower clusters separate it from P.

* It has been in cultivation in China for at least a thousand years, and was introduced to English gardens in the mid 18th century. The white flowers bloom in spring and summer and are highly fragrant.

* 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 .

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

Arboreum and R. Azaleas Sleumer, H (1949). In areas with poorly drained or alkaline soils, rhododendrons are often grown in raised beds using media such as composted pine bark. Despite a degree of paraphyly , the subgenus Rhodendron was otherwise untouched...

* Some plants produce multiple flower spikes, possibly of varying sizes, from a single point of origin. The grey-coloured bark is smooth and fairly thin with lenticels ; however it can thicken significantly with age.

* Rhododendron viscosum , commonly known as swamp azalea or clammy azalea , is a deciduous shrub which is endemic to the United States .

It is the dominant understory shrub in many Korean hillside forests, growing at 400-1500 m altitude. * Rhododendron schlippenbachii ( Royal Azalea ) is a species of Rhododendron native to the Korean Peninsula and adjacent regions of Manchuria ( Liaoning...

& Reut.) Hand.-Mazz. The leaves are evergreen , 6-18 cm long and 2-5 cm broad. The flowers are 3.5-5 cm diameter, violet-purple, often with small greenish-yellow spots or streaks. The fruit is a dry capsule 15-25 mm long, containing numerous small seeds...

* Mayo or Mayu (Sophora macrocarpa) is a small tree that inhabits the Chilean Matorral.

U.S. Forest Service surveys found that loblolly pine is the second most common species of tree in the United States, after red maple. * It is also an important timber and pulp tree.

It adapts well to pruning and makes a magnificent hedge. The tree generally reaches heights of about 31 metres (100 feet), but exceptional trees have been recorded up to 53 metres (173 feet).

It likes moist acid organic laden well-drained soils in full sun or partial shade, the edge of woodlands is ideal. * One of the most handsome plants for landscape designers. * Hydrangea quercifolia ( Oakleaf hydrangea ) is a species of hydrangea native...

The root is a source of tannin and has been used in making ink. * A beautiful yellow dye is obtained from the flowers. A good black dye is obtained from the root if it is mixed with iron sulphate.

It is one of the hardiest native white azaleas, and one of the last azaleas to bloom in the spring. Foliage turns deep red to purple in fall. Fragrant, funnel-shaped, white or pink-tinged flowers with protruding, red stamens cluster in subtle groups of...

* A prostrate deciduous groundcover with dark green leaves in summer, red in fall; attractive white bracts; likes cool, moist, acid soil; native to cool areas in much of the U.S. * Comments from a customer: Thought you might like to know I got 50% germination...

* Flat or bell-shaped 1 1/2" flowers in clusters of 5-7, rose, in spring before leaves; of upright habit; deciduous, with red fall color; native to North Carolina, where it grows in moist acid soil.

U.S. Forest Service surveys found that loblolly pine is the second most common species of tree in the United States, after red maple. * It is also an important timber and pulp tree.

* Pinus glabra differs markedly from most other pines in that it does not occur in largely pure pine forests, but is typically found as scattered trees in moist woodland habitats in mixed hardwood forest.

* Medium green leaves, of loose upright habit; "spectacular in flower...does extremely well in Southeast" (Dirr); flower buds pearllike; 11/2" flowers, not long-lasting, in pendulous panicles at branch tips; tough and adaptable; full sun or part shade;...

* Fragrant white or slightly pink flowers with a yellow blotch, to 2 1/2"; 4" deciduous leaves, yellow and scarlet in fall; native to the Pacific Coast, and said to fare poorly on the East Coast.

* Medium green leaves, of loose upright habit; "spectacular in flower...does extremely well in Southeast" (Dirr); flower buds pearllike; 11/2" flowers, not long-lasting, in pendulous panicles at branch tips; tough and adaptable; full sun or part shade;...

* Easily grown from seed. This plant is also cultivated in many European and American gardens. * It flowers in mid summer from July to August. Flowers are on a very long flowering stem and consist of a lower lip and upper tooth-like lip.