Acid Loving Plant Fragrant Flowering Plant For Sale In Aurora

Formerly known as Rhododendron roseum. Extremely winter hardy (grows in the wild as far north as Quebec) and is one of the parents of the Northern Lights hybrids developed by the University of Minnesota.

Tolerates average garden soils, but not unamended heavy clays. * Best grown in acidic, organically rich, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. * Closely related to and in the same family as witch hazel.

* It was the first magnolia to be scientifically described, and is the type species of the genus Magnolia ; as Magnolia is also the type genus of all flowering plants , this species can be seen to typify all flowering plants.

Pinky-purple flowers, 1 1/2"; a deciduous species that blooms before leafing out, the earliest of all to bloom; site to protect from late freezes; leaves to 4" x 1 1/4", light green, yellows and reds in fall; needs acid soil; parent of several cultivars;...

* Soils should be acidic and very well-drained but not excessively dry. Japonica which has pendulous flower clusters. * Upright flower clusters separate it from P. * Fairly dense and bushy, especially when young.

They are followed by small oval fruit. The white flowers bloom in spring and summer and are highly fragrant. Jasminoides has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

* The plants tolerate clipping and make an attractive informal hedge. * The stalk of the blossom is used as a soap substitute. * Clethra alnifolia ( Sweet Pepperbush , Anne Bidwell or Summersweet ), is a flowering plant in the genus Clethra , native to...

Quinquepeta; large spreading shrub or small tree; flowers of plants from seed, 5-10", may be white, pink, or purplish, usually darker on the outside, whitish inside; flowers before leafing out, and sporadically thereafter--but flowers sometimes damaged...

Baeticum (Boiss. The leaves are evergreen , 6-18 cm long and 2-5 cm broad. Spain, Portugal. & Reut.) Hand.-Mazz. The fruit is a dry capsule 15-25 mm long, containing numerous small seeds .There are two subspecies : Rhododendron ponticum subsp.

Quinquepeta; large spreading shrub or small tree; flowers of plants from seed, 5-10", may be white, pink, or purplish, usually darker on the outside, whitish inside; flowers before leafing out, and sporadically thereafter--but flowers sometimes damaged...

Conservation Plant Characteristics Arbutus menziesii Pursh Pacific madrone ARME Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Tree Native Status L48 (N), CAN (N) Federal T/E Status National Wetland Indicator Morphology/Physiology Active Growth Period Spring...

Prefers almost full sun. * Requires an acid humus-rich soil, succeeding in part shade or in full sun in cooler areas. A very ornamental plant. Dislikes dry soils, requiring cool, permanently moist conditions at the roots.

* A tea is made from the leaves. * The leaves or bark have been placed in cupped hands over the nose and inhaled as a mild hallucinogen. * It was the first magnolia to be scientifically described, and is the type species of the genus Magnolia ; as Magnolia...

Gray bark fissures on older branches to reveal orange inner bark which can be attractive in winter. Flowers give way to greenish-brown, olive-shaped drupes that often persist into late autumn.

* 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 .

* Small, delicate plant forms a rounded mound, often loose and open; evergreen; 3" flowers in May, parents of this strain have flowers in variations of pink and purple; acid soil, good drainage; in the U.S. needs light shade in the North, more shade in...

It retains its waxy, deep-green leaves for up to 8 years, but once shed are slow to decompose. The fruit is a dry capsule 15-20 mm (.60-.79 in) long, containing numerous small seeds .

It retains its waxy, deep-green leaves for up to 8 years, but once shed are slow to decompose. The fruit is a dry capsule 15-20 mm (.60-.79 in) long, containing numerous small seeds .

* The plants tolerate clipping and make an attractive informal hedge. * The stalk of the blossom is used as a soap substitute. * Clethra alnifolia ( Sweet Pepperbush , Anne Bidwell or Summersweet ), is a flowering plant in the genus Clethra , native to...

It is cultivated as an ornamental tree. * The species is found in scattered populations over much of the eastern United States, as far north as West Virginia, south to northern Florida, and west to Oklahoma.

Plants are not hardy in Britain, requiring a minimum temperature of 5°c. Like all the Sarraceniaceae, it is native to the New World . Plants can tolerate temperatures down to about -10°c.

* Requires a free-draining, light, sandy, acid soil with additional leafmould added. * The wood is heavy, close-grained, moderately hard, brittle, not strong. It burns with a clear, bright flame and is valued as a fuel.

It is important to have healthy branching or the overall growth of the tree will suffer. Rhododendron schilippenbachii, a popular species for bonsai, these flowering shrubs are beautiful bonsai.

Its specific epithet , meaning "false acorus," refers to the similarity of its leaves to those of Acorus calamus , as they have a prominently veined mid-rib and sword-like shape. It is brown otherwise.

* Light blue-green or bright to dark green needles, 3-5"; of irregular, picturesque habit, with crooked leaning branches; bark orange-red or orangish; much used for bonsai and in the landscape for its appealing form; prefers well-drained, slightly acid...

The shoots are orange-brown, glabrous or with scattered pubescence. The leaves are needle-like, 12-22 mm long, rhombic in cross-section, dark bluish-green with conspicuous stomatal lines.

St. Joseph's Lily, Hippeastrum x johnsonii , is similar but has narrower petals than 'Voodoo'. They should never be kept overly wet or soggy, allow the soil to become slightly dry between waterings but not to the point of wilt.