Hedge Plant Urban Tolerant Plant For Sale In Grand Rapids

The native Americans used it to treat a variety of complaints but especially as an external wash on the skin. Many birds and small mammals use it for food and cover. These saponins can be toxic, but when applied externally they have a gentle cleansing...

* A very ornamental plant. * Although research and data is limited, some identified compounds in this plant include thujone, miltirone, oxy-miltirone, tanshinones, camphor, limonene, ?-globulol, trans-caryophyllene, ?-humulene, camphene, ?-pinene, ?-caryophyllene,...

They are very tolerant of trimming and have prickles which make them an effective barrier to larger creatures. * Our seed produces a very high percentage of Red seedlings. * Plants can be grown as a medium-size hedge.

* It was first discovered (by Euro-Americans) near Port Orford in Oregon and introduced into cultivation in 1854, by collectors working for the Lawson & Son nursery in Edinburgh, Scotland, after whom it was named as Lawson Cypress by the describing botanist...

* This species has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria, these bacteria form nodules on the roots and fix atmospheric nitrogen. Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be used by other plants growing nearby.

* Fraxinus quadrangulata ( Blue Ash ) is a species of Fraxinus native primarily to the Midwestern United States , as well as the Bluegrass region of Kentucky and the Nashville Basin region of Tennessee.

They are leathery, hairless, and darker and shinier on the upper surfaces. It can be used in shelterbelt plantings. It is a shrub which can reach several meters tall and become treelike.

A black dye can also be obtained from the fruit as well as an ink. The trees are beautiful in the spring with white blooms and in the fall the dark berries appear. Good tree for beginners because the stems are flexible and responsive to shaping.

Flower buds purportedly resemble white pearls, hence the cultivar name. Elliptic, serrate, pale green leaves (to 3" long) turn yellow in fall. 'Northern Pearls' is a compact cultivar that grows to 6-8' tall and features racemes (3-5" long) of 5-petaled...

A number of people who like the flavour do not like the texture which is often described as being 'snotty'[K]. Yews will grow buds on new and old wood to accommodate bonsai different styles.( brooms style is popular)

* Euonymus americanus is commonly referred to as Strawberry Bush , Bursting Hearts or John Baptiste - Percival. The common names all refer to the plant's seed pods which first appear in mid-summer.

Hybridizes freely with other members of this genus. Petiole 4–8 mm, initially densely yellow tomentose, subglabrous when old; stipules linear-lanceolate, 4–5 mm, sparsely tomentose or glabrescent at fruiting; leaf blade obovate to elliptic, 2–4.5...

In the UK the tree is planted as an ornamental tree in parks and gardens. It usually has a rounded conic form, that becomes irregular with age. It is planted with great success as far north as Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

* Extremely salt tolerant, good for seaside planting and holding beach sand in place. Pinus thunbergii prefers cooler climates and loves full sun. * It is one of the classic bonsai subjects.

* The pod is used as a soap substitute. The thorns of Gleditsia sinensis are used as a medicinal herb in China and Korea and may have antitumor properties. A lupane acid extracted from the thorns showed in vitro anti-HIV activity.

* Unlike most species of pine. * 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 (mostly) 1,000 m to 2,200 m,...

Shoots make interesting indoor vase cuttings, as they stay green for a long time. The flower appears in national emblems, and Korea is compared poetically to the flower in the South Korean national anthem.

Peruviana seed oil was used to make a 'paint' with antifungal, antibacterial and anti-termite properties. Its fruit is deep red-black in color encasing a large seed that bears some resemblance to a 'Chinese lucky nut.'

* Of spreading, mound-like habit; shiny dark green leaves; fall color can be long-lasting and impressive in purples, reds, and yellows; dark red fruit; Dirr says it does well in the U.S. Midwest and East, less well in the South; native to China * A rose-tan...

* The wood is extremely tough and durable. * Dodonaea viscosa is a species of flowering plant in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae, that has a cosmopolitan distribution in tropical, subtropical and warm temperate regions of Africa, the Americas, southern...

The common name is large-flowered tickseed. * 3" yellow-orange flowers in midsummer; native to southern U.S. * Coreopsis grandiflora is a perennial plant species of the tickseed genus, Coreopsis, in Asteraceae.

Flower buds purportedly resemble white pearls, hence the cultivar name. Elliptic, serrate, pale green leaves (to 3" long) turn yellow in fall. 'Northern Pearls' is a compact cultivar that grows to 6-8' tall and features racemes (3-5" long) of 5-petaled...

* Sapindus mukorossi is a species of tree in the Sapindaceae family. The fruit is commonly known as Chinese soapberry or washnut, and like other species in the genus Sapindus, it is called soapberry.

* A shrub with very strongly scented yellow-white flowers in 4-8" flat-topped clusters in June, followed by 1/4" shiny black fruits; dark green compound leaves; multistemmed; native from Europe into western Asia, north Africa.

* The Navajo considered it to be a "life medicine", chewed it for toothaches, and poured an infusion into ears for earaches. * Yarrow has also been used as a food, and was very popular as a vegetable in the 17th century.

* 11-15 tapering, pointed leaflets make up the feathery leaves of this little known 20-30' tree & are carried on red shoots; its 4-6" clusters of early flowers are followed by creamy-yellow fruit tinted with pink...

* Common names for this species include Poinciana , Peacock Flower , Red Bird of Paradise , Mexican Bird of Paradise , Dwarf Poinciana , Pride of Barbados , and flamboyan-de-jardin .