Flowering Tree Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Manchester

It may also occur naturally in Vietnam. * Cones can remain closed on the tree for a number of years, opening after the heat of a forest fire to scatter their seeds which then germinate and grow rapidly in the ashes of the fire.

* The tree itself is planted as a street tree. * An easily grown plant, it succeeds in any soil of good or moderate fertility, ranging from acid to shallow chalk. It is used for making tools.

* This species is commonly used in Chinese medicine and is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental herbs. * A very ornamental and fast growing tree, it grows best in hot summers.

* A decoction of the flowers is used in the treatment of colds. Leaves are up to 2" long and bark exfoliates and is attractive. It must have full sun or powdery mildew will become a problem.

* An evergreen shrub with compound leaves, 1" violet-blue fragrant flowers in 2-3" pendulous clusters; pods 1-7"; seeds are bright red, sometimes used for necklaces, but are said to be poisonous; native to Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico.

* The wood dries without difficulty and is often used in its green or wet state for turnery and bowl carving. * Water extract of Jacaranda mimosifolia shows higher antimicrobial action against Bacillus cereus and Escherichia coli than gentamicin sulfate...

* An evergreen shrub with compound leaves, 1" violet-blue fragrant flowers in 2-3" pendulous clusters; pods 1-7"; seeds are bright red, sometimes used for necklaces, but are said to be poisonous; native to Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico.

* This is a fast growing evergreen flowering tree. * Has various edible uses, such as cooking the flowers and obtaining a gum from the trunk * Native to southeastern Australia in New South Wales , Victoria , Tasmania , and the Australian Capital Territory...

* The wood was formerly used to make the yellow dye called young fustic. * Grown for the striking mid- to late-summer clouds of fuzzy growth surrounding the flower panicles on female plants, which do resemble billowing clouds of smoke; color changes as...

It is most abundant in the Pacific Northwest . The fruits were a good food source for Native American peoples such as the Cheyenne and Nlaka'pamux . * The fruit is a very dark purple pome up to about a centimeter across.

* The wood was formerly used to make the yellow dye called young fustic. * Grown for the striking mid- to late-summer clouds of fuzzy growth surrounding the flower panicles on female plants, which do resemble billowing clouds of smoke; color changes as...

It also contains fat branches and a spreading crown along with thick leaves. * One of the largest southwestern oaks, this handsome tree reaches its greatest size in canyons and other moist sites.

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

The bark is removed and the shoots are used unsplit as rod foundations in coil basketry. * The young pliable twigs are woven into baskets. * It is pollinated primarily by large bees in the family Apidae, such as carpenter bees, bumblebees, Anthophora,...

* Native to India and China. * Purple or lavender terminal flowers. * A decidious Tree growing to 12m. * Common names include Orchid tree and Mountain-ebony.

Extremely adaptable and common in the sandy or clay-sand ridges of Georgia. * A vanillin flavouring is obtained as a by-product of other resins that are released from the pulpwood.

* This is a small tree growing up to about 10 meters tall and 8 meters wide, rounded in form when young and spreading and flattening as it matures. It is native to eastern North America from Ontario to Texas to Florida , and it is widely used in horticulture...

* Thick, slightly twisted bright green 3-4 1/2" needles. Pines make an amazing bonsai because the rough bark on their trunks makes them look old early on. * It is one of the classic bonsai subjects.

* A tropical tree with compound leaves and clustered yellow-green flowers. * A species of Albizia , native to tropical southern Asia , and widely cultivated and naturalised in other tropical and subtropical regions.

Autumn sown plants may require protection from frosts in cold winters. * Sow the seed in mid spring or late summer to early autumn in a sunny border outdoors and only just cover the seed.

* Persimmons are consumed fresh and are used to make puddings, cakes, and beverages. * The word persimmon is of Algonquian origin, while the genus name Diospyros, from the Greek, means fruit of the god Zeus.

* Many of the tree's branches bend under the weight of the large foliage. * It is a medium-sized understory tree 15-20 m tall, distinguished from other magnolias by the large leaf size, 25-80 cm long and 11-30 cm broad.

* A versatile mid sized, prolific flowering shrub that is quite cold hardy. * Shrubs to 1.5 m tall. Very worthy of greater use, especially in areas where flowering shrub choices are limited by lack of drought tolerance and/or cold hardiness.

* Oleander grows to 2–6 m (6.6–20 ft) tall, with spreading to erect branches. The flowers grow in clusters at the end of each branch; they are white, pink, red or yellow, 2.5–5 cm (0.98–2.0 in) diameter, with a deeply 5-lobed corolla with a fringe...

* A handsome species, one of the rarest in cultivation (rare even in its own Yalung R.valley) * A small, 8-30' tree/shrub.

The California varieties Styrax officinalis subsp. A small very light green, stalked axillary bud is associated with each leaf. It has a simple, relaxed form, with very thin elliptical leaves 5-10 cm long and 3.5-5.5 cm wide, alternate and widely spaced...

* Native to the Mediterranean region, statice (also commonly called notchleaf status) is noted for producing clusters of papery, funnel-shaped flowers in summer. * Excellent as a fresh cut flower and for dried arrangements.