Drought Tolerant Plant Evergreen Plant For Sale In Baton Rouge

The green, ovate leaves grow in opposite pairs. Very vigorous, it can swamp out small plants. It is indigenous to southeast Europe and southwest Asia . It is a popular, semi- evergreen garden shrub with many named cultivars and hybrids derived from it.In...

* It is a large shrub or tree growing to 22 m tall. It generally occurs in foothills , being most abundant in the lower altitudes of the Sierra Nevada , but also widespread in the Pacific Coast Ranges and the San Gabriel Mountains .

* Peruvian Torch ( Trichocereus peruvianus ) is found high in the Andean mountain deserts of Peru and Ecuador and is similar to the San Pedro cactus ( Trichocereus pachanoi ) which is found in the same region.

* It is largely confined to very infertile , excessively well-drained, sandy habitats where competition from larger-growing species is minimized by the harsh growing conditions, as in the Florida scrub .

* A source of pulp, timber, and turpentine. Extremely adaptable and common in the sandy or clay-sand ridges of Georgia. Dark green needles, to 18" (9" in older trees), in tufts at ends of branchlets; hangs on to its cones (to 20") for as long as 20 years;...

* Smooth-bark Mexican Pine ( Pinus pseudostrobus ), ( Chamite and Pacingo ) distinctive names in Spanish, tree endemic to Mexico , 8 to 25 m tall, dense and round top, the bark is brown and fissured and smooth when young.

* Unlike most species of pine. This tree transplants well. * 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...

It also has numerous sharp needle-like spines produced on the leaf stems; these protect the stem growing point from browsing animals. The stems grow slowly and often tightly together, eventually reaching 2-5 m tall with a trunk diameter of 20-25 cm.

The crystallised sap has been gathered and eaten like candy. It is large and oil-rich with a resinous flavor, and is about 10 - 12mm long. This gives rise to the memory device for distinguishing between them - "gentle Jeffrey and prickly ponderosa".

* Saguaros have a relatively long lifespan, often exceeding 150 years. * A saguaro is able to absorb and store considerable amounts of rainwater, visibly expanding in the process, while slowly using the stored water as needed.

It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. * Dracaena draco is cultivated and widely available as an ornamental tree for parks, gardens, and drought tolerant water conserving sustainable landscape projects.

* Ephedra viridis is a species of Ephedra known by the common names green ephedra and green Mormon tea . The whole plant can be used at much lower concentrations than the isolated constituents - unlikeusing the isolated ephedrine, using the whole plant...

It is bound to be a subject of conversation in your garden. Grows 6-12'' tall and 6-9'' wide. Super hardy Edelweiss will survive the coldest winter temperatures and the worst summer droughts.

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

It is found only in China . It is much more drought tolerant than most spruce species. * This species of spruce should be grown in areas where drought may be a concern. * Picea crassifolia is a species of conifer in the Pinaceae family.

* Catechin-7-O-glucoside can be produced by biotransformation of (+)-catechin by cultured cells of E. * The leaves yield up to 1% essential oil. * Eucalyptus perriniana , commonly known as Spinning Gum , is a tree or mallee which is native to New South...

* The bark is soft, flaky, tessellated, light brown or yellow-brown, where smooth, greyish white or yellowish above. * The tree reaches its best development in the Gympie region, where some magnificent forest trees attain heights near 60 metres.

* Trees are very drought tolerant and are planted on slopes in its native range in order to prevent soil erosion. It grows to heights of 10-25 m, and its trunk diameter reaches 0.5 m.

It is native to northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States from far eastern California to southwest Colorado , Rio Grande New Mexico , to west Texas , where it grows in woodland, chaparral , forest, and other habitat.

Very few mature trees survived but regeneration is occurring by the hundreds to thousands. It grows at elevations of 450–1,500 metres (1,480–4,920 ft). * Cupressus forbesii is native to montane chaparral and woodlands habitats in the western Peninsular...

Sap from the cut flowering stems is used as a syrup. * The plant was used for food and fiber by local Native American peoples such as the Havasupai. Seed - ground into a flour. It can be fermented into 'Mescal', a very potent alcoholic drink.

* The harvesting of cork does not harm the tree, in fact, no trees are cut down during the harvesting process. Over time the cork cambium layer of bark can develop considerable thickness and can be harvested every 9 to 12 years to produce cork.

* The flowers are one of the richest sources of nectar. It is a fast growing evergreen tree, between 18-35 m tall with dark green delicately dented bipinnatifid leaves reminiscent of a fern frond.

Their lower limbs often sweep down towards the ground before curving up again. They drop their leaves, and grow new ones, within a few weeks in spring. They can grow at severe angles, and Native Americans used to bend saplings over so that they would...

* It is also grown for the cut Christmas tree industry. * This species has a deeply penetrating root system that firmly anchors the tree against winds. * The specific epithet pungens means "sharply pointed", referring to the leaves.

* Creamy white flowers as much as a foot wide, wonderfully fragrant, in May, June or July. * It is used in the treatment of malaria and rheumatism. * This is perhaps the most strongly scented flower in the world! * Exceptionally large trees recorded include...

* The plant is commonly used for informal hedging in the Mediterranean. The leaves are in pairs or whorls of three, thick and leathery, dark green, narrow lanceolate, 5–21 cm (2.0–8.3 in) long and 1–3.5 cm (0.39–1.4 in) broad, and with an entire...