Dye Plant Evergreen Plant For Sale In Oregon

However, pre-treatment of the seed in very hot water may be needed. In New Zealand, where it is the heaviest of any native wood, the Maori have traditionally used it for making weapons, carved walking staves, axe-handles, and weights on drill shafts.

As an evergreen hedge, plant 2-4 feet apart, as individual specimens plant 6-8' apart. Evergreen, deer resistant, good for cutting. Untrimmed, grows 6-10 feet at maturity. Mix in peat moss and Ferrous Sulfate to increase the soil acidity.

Norway Spruce is extremely adaptable and very cold hardy. Norway Spruce is one of the nicest evergreens you can plant. We send 6-12'' seedlings. Grows 40-60 feet tall. Versatile trees work well when planted individually in a landscape or planted in groups...

They are followed by small oval fruit. * Evidence of Gardenia jasminoides in cultivation in China dates to the Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD), where both wild and double-flowered forms have been depicted in paintings, such as those of the Song Emperor Huizong,...

They are very attractive to bees whilst the fruit is a good winter food source for many species of birds. * A very ornamental plant, it is hardy to about -15°c. Petiole 4–8 mm, initially densely yellow tomentose, subglabrous when old; stipules linear-lanceolate,...

* 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...

* Bark smooth, grey, finely flaky on young trees, becoming grey-brown, scaly, and fissured on old trees * Branchlets smooth, shallowly grooved, slightly pubescent in the grooves; reddish brown, purplish or 'mahogany'.

* Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils, prefers well-drained soil and can grow in nutritionally poor soil. * Used as a rootstock for the cultivated cherries * Flowers bloom in mid spring and are pollinated mainly by bees...

It can be trimmed so long as it is not cut back into old wood. The surviving trees from this forest are as old as 2000 years. * Dirr calls this tree "genuinely beautiful" but says it's not for the Southeast states in U.S.; matures into a flat-topped tree...

* 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 .

Studies by SAFCOL researchers in South Africa showed that P. Patula, less than that of P. * The specific epithet honors Tecun Uman, a Mayan chief who defended his homeland against the Spanish conquistadors in the 16th Century (Dvorak et al.

The bark is often mixed with alder and wild plum root barks when making the dye. Montanus often remains under 1 metre (3.3 ft) in height because of browsing by elk and deer, but can reach 20 feet (6.1 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.

* The plant forms suckers and is a good soil stabilizer. It is often planted along the sides of streams to protect them from erosion. Used for flooring, axe handles, firewood, poles etc.

Taxol has shown exciting potential as an anti-cancer drug, particularly in the treatment of ovarian cancers. Usually of conical form; Hortus says it's the typical species. This remedy is very toxic and, even when used externally, should only be used under...

It grows between 1300-3250 m. * Thin 8" needles; 4" cones; native to Mexico. It has been introduced in New Zealand near sea level and has done well. * It occurs within a rainfalls regime mostly in summer.

* Bark smooth, grey, finely flaky on young trees, becoming grey-brown, scaly, and fissured on old trees * Branchlets smooth, shallowly grooved, slightly pubescent in the grooves; reddish brown, purplish or 'mahogany'.

* A low, suckering shrub, member of the heath family; flowers white, resemble blueberry flowers; purple or black edible fruit; habit depends on growing conditions, scrambling up to some height in shade and rich soil, forming a low mat in full sun and...

The seeds are dispersed when birds eat the cones, digesting the fleshy scales and passing the hard seeds in their droppings. * A tea is made by boiling the leaves and stems. It is dioecious , with male and female cones on separate plants, which are wind...

It fell out of favour in the nineteenth century but recent research has brought it back to prominence as an extremely valuable remedy for nervous problems. * St. John's wort has a long history of herbal use.

* A delicious tea is made by steeping the green or dried twigs inboiling water until they turn an amber or pink colour. * The stems of most members of this genus contain the alkaloid ephedrine and are valuable in the treatment of asthma and many other...

The shiny dark green needles are 3 to 6 1/2". It usually has a rounded conic form, that becomes irregular with age. Several of the varieties have distinct English names. The tree can be long-lived, with some trees over 500 years old.

* In antiquity the most famous place for the black hellebore was the Phokian city of Antikyra in Greece. * Helleborus niger is an evergreen plant with dark, leathery, pedate leaves carried on stems to 9–12 in (23–30 cm) tall.

Isolated populations exist in Alabama, Southern Ontario, and small sections of the Appalachian Mountains. * The "blue" refers to a substance secreted by the inner bark when exposed to air, not to the leaves, which are dark green, pale yellow in fall,...

* Nettles contain a lot of nitrogenous compounds, so are used as a compost activator or can be used to make a liquid fertilizer, which although somewhat low in phosphate, is useful in supplying magnesium, sulphur, and iron.They are also one of the few...

* The Interior Live Oak is classified in the red oak section (Quercus sect. * It is a large shrub or tree growing to 22 m tall. The dark-green leaves are usually small, 2.5-7 cm long and 2-5 cm broad, thick and often spiny-toothed, particularly on young...

They are leathery, hairless, and darker and shinier on the upper surfaces. The flower has five white petals each about a centimeter long. It can be used in shelterbelt plantings. It can also be trimmed into a hedge .