Plant With Fast Growth Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Gresham

The essential oil found in the leaves is a powerful antiseptic and is used all over the world for relieving coughs and colds, sore throats and other infections. * The wood, durable, easy to saw, yet resistant to termites, is widely used in Australia for...

The tree is short-lived in temperate climates, rarely reaching more than 60 years of age, but in its native environment may live to between 100 and 150 year. The wind-dispersed fruit develops in a flat, oval membranous wing ( samara ) 1 - 1.5 cm long...

* The glorious elm that used to line American streets. * The American elm occurs naturally in an assortment of habitats, most notably rich bottomlands, floodplains, stream banks, and swampy ground, * The American Elm is the state tree of both Massachusetts...

The render young seedpods can be cooked and eaten. The juiceof the pods is antiseptic. * The seeds have been roasted and used as a coffee substitute. * Current research is examining the leaves as a potential source of anticancer compounds.

The plant sap and leaves are reputed to be toxic, and decaying leaves from the plant are toxic to other species of plant . In these regions, the waxy coating of the seeds is used for candle and soap making, and the leaves are used as herbal medicine to...

* Deep green needles, 5"+; 6" cones; a source of pulp, timber, rosin, and turpentine; native to the southeast U.S. * Slash Pine is named after the "slashes" – swampy ground overgrown with trees and bushes – that constitute its habitat.

* Fragrant flowers that smell like vanilla last for up to two months in late spring early summer. * Nice big shrub of arching vase like habit; grows quickly; pink flowers with yellow throats, in vast profusion in spring, especially when grown in sun;...

* Winter hardy to USDA Zones 8-11 where plants are grown in medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun. The bark is smooth for the entire height of the tree, often powdery, shedding in thin curling flakes.

* A very easily grown plant, succeeding in any ordinary garden soil in sun or partial shade. * A strong fibre is obtained from the stems, it is used for making string, bags, paper etc.

The essential oil found in the leaves is a powerful antiseptic and is used all over the world for relieving coughs and colds, sore throats and other infections. * The wood, durable, easy to saw, yet resistant to termites, is widely used in Australia for...

* Deep green needles, 5"+; 6" cones; a source of pulp, timber, rosin, and turpentine; native to the southeast U.S. * Slash Pine is named after the "slashes" – swampy ground overgrown with trees and bushes – that constitute its habitat.

* Metasequoia glyptostroboides, the dawn redwood, is a fast-growing, endangered deciduous conifer, the sole living species of the genus Metasequoia, one of three species in the subfamily Sequoioideae.

It has escaped from cultivation and become naturalized in New Zealand and the eastern United States ; in the forests of the latter, it has become an important invasive species . It is listed as an endangered species in Japan.

The rootstock is creeping, with runners. It is also used for making lawns in parks and gardens. The broad, blunt leaves tend to spread at the base, forming close mats. Poa is Greek for fodder .The name Kentucky Bluegrass derives from its flower heads,...

The wood of the tree is soft and is used for nesting by many hole-building birds such as barbets. * The flower bud is ampule-shaped and contains water. The open flowers are cup-shaped and hold rain and dew, making them attractive to many species of birds.

* Most planting in North America was carried out for wildlife food provision, as the species tends to bear heavier crops of acorns than other native American oak species. * The acorns are eaten by jays, pigeons, and squirrels .

* Shrub with upright stems; narrow bamboolike leaves, shiny bright green; small whitish flowers; a roughish plant, but extremely tough and vigorous; useful for highways and urban sites; native to China.

* Deodar is in great demand as building material because of its durability, rot-resistant character and fine, close grain, which is capable of taking a high polish. Its historical use to construct religious temples and in landscaping around temples is...

* The Caribbean Pine ( Pinus caribaea hondurensis) is a hard pine native to Central America. In zones not subject to periodic fires, the succession continues and a tropical forest thrives.

* Dark purple or purplish blue flowers in spikes; fast, coarse growth, good for dry, poor soil. Fruticosa grows as a glandular, thornless shrub which can reach 5 or 6 meters in height and spread to twice that in width.

* The flowers are pink to white. * Lavender flowers from June until August, followed by violet fruits in October; extremely attractive, smaller than C. This species can be found in China and Japan.

* Shiny green leaves. * Bacteria on the roots fix atmospheric nitrogen - whilst this enables the tree to grow well in quite poor soils it also makes some of this nitrogen available to other plants growing nearby.

* These plants are an invasive species in Florida , known as Australian pines. It is possibly native to Madagascar . * Another Australian native with green twigs and green scalelike leaves; does well in shoreline situations and poor soil; odd cones used...

* Fraxinus angustifolia ( Narrow-leafed Ash ) is a species of Fraxinus native to central and southern Europe , northwest Africa , and southwest Asia . * The bark is smooth and pale grey on young trees, becoming square-cracked and knobbly on old trees.

* In Italy the young shoots are eaten, usually boiled briefly in herb infused water, and then cooked with eggs and cheese. * Aruncus, from the Greek aryngos (goat's beard), refers to the showy, finger-like flower clusters, which form feathery masses of...

* Aqueous extracts of the roots of the plant have shown significant neutralizing effects in the lethality of the venom of the monocled cobra (Naja Kaouthia). * The stem is erect in young plants, but becomes creeping or trailing with age.

* 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. The common name is large-flowered tickseed.