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& Reut.) Hand.-Mazz. Spain, Portugal. Bulgaria east to Georgia. Rhododendron ponticum subsp. Description It is a dense, suckering shrub or small tree growing to 5 m tall, rarely 8 m.

It is a deciduous shrub up to 2 m high, in late summer bearing conspicuous brilliant red inedible fruits superficially resembling cherries. ) is a species of honeysuckle native to mountain forests of Central and Southern Europe , sometimes cultivated...

For the densest cover plants should be cut to ground level each April. A yellow-orange dye is obtained from the flowers. It is a popular, semi- evergreen garden shrub with many named cultivars and hybrids derived from it.In North America the name Rose...

* A tea is made by boiling the leaves and stems. A tea made from the berries has a spicy gin-like flavour. It is dioecious , with male and female cones on separate plants, which are wind pollinated.

* Native to southeastern U.S.; lavender-pink or bluish flowers from mid- to late summer, followed by bright purple, violet, or magenta fruits in great profusion. * The fruit is edible raw.

* A shrub with evergreen 2" x 1" shiny leaves; fragrant white flowers in April; round red fruit to 1/4"; grows well in dry shade; easy to grow; native to central and Western China, where it grows in forests and on cliffs, especially on limestone.

* 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 .

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

* This 6-8' shrub is "of matchless elegance a its fleecy sprays lovely in their silken lightness" (A. Johnson) & contrasting beautifully with the lush pinnate foliage, in its first reddish growth or its later fresh-green.

* Fontanesia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae , usually treated as comprising a single species Fontanesia philliraeoides , though some authors split this into two species (see below).

* A good ground cover plant, succeeding in dense shade but rather slow to spread. * Heart-shaped shiny dark green leaves with prominent veins, 9" x 5"; dark violet flowers in August; a 2' mound, flowers to almost 3'; native to China.

* The plant is short lived but self sows freely producing a good quantity of seed each year. * This mixed wildflower perennial is a double form of columbine that has been used in gardens for a long time, due to its curious flower shape.

There is rarely any wood as old as the entire tree, while the boughs themselves often hollow with age, making ring counts impossible. Seed from a red fruit should be sown in the spring.

Trunk to 30 cm d.b.h. or more. Petiole 2-4.5 cm; leaf blade often purplish red when young, greenish when mature, cordate or triangular-orbicular, * Open or dense forests, mountain slopes, along valleys near roads, on rocks; 600-1900 m.

Carpinus cordata, sometimes commonly called heartleaf hornbeam, is a slow-growing, densely-branched, deciduous tree with an attractive rounded form that is native to Japan, Korea and China.

Once the seeds have ripened in mid-autumn the red capsules burst open, scattering the orange seeds up to 15 feet. Prefers a well-drained loamy soil. * Euonymus americanus is commonly referred to as Strawberry Bush , Bursting Hearts or John Baptiste -...

* This is one of the most common species in the genus. * Roots yield up to 6% gutta-percha, a non-elastic rubber used as an electrical insulator and in making plastics etc. Its growth is quite variable under both cultivated and wild conditions.

* Habitat and Range: sandy, gravelly, or rocky slopes, often growing in areas underlain by limestone bedrock. The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout southern and eastern Ontario; in northern...

* Red and Orange fall foliage. * Native to Japan. * Each leaf has 3 leaflets.

* It is noted for its large palmate leaves and erect, woody stems covered in stinging spines. * In vitro studies showed that extracts of Devil's Club inhibit tuberculosis microbes.

* It is a medium-sized tree growing to 20 m tall. Arizonica occurs in Arizona and New Mexico. * It differs from the species in having thicker, corky bark and more strongly glaucous foliage.

* Native to the U.S. Southwest, where it is sometimes used as a street or shade tree; 3-5 leaflets per leaf; dark gray scaly ridged bark; velvety young shoots, downy leaves. * Fraxinus velutina ( Velvet Ash or Arizona Ash or Modesto Ash ) is a species...

* Water extract of Jacaranda mimosifolia shows higher antimicrobial action against Bacillus cereus and Escherichia coli than gentamicin sulfate does. * Jacarandas are very widely grown as ornamental trees in Australia.

The flowers are small, greenish-yellow, with 5–6 sepals and no petals. The leaves are opposite, oval in shape, 2–4 centimetres (0.79–1.6 in) long and 1.5–3 centimetres (0.59–1.2 in) broad, thick waxy glaucous gray-green in color.

* An easily grown plant, it succeeds in any soil of good or moderate fertility, ranging from acid to shallow chalk. * This species is unusual in having alternate leaves whilst almost all other members of this genus have opposite leaves.

* Pre-soak the seed for 24 hours in warm water and then sow it in late winter in a greenhouse. Prick out the seedlings into individual pots as soon as they are large enough to handle and grow them on in the greenhouse for at least their first winter.

The bark fibres are also used in making paper. * Leatherwood was employed medicinally by a number of native North American Indian tribes who used it to treat a wide variety of ailments.