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This tree transplants well. The Mugo Pine has small dark green evergreen needles helping it to look great all year. This Bonsai is a good one for beginners because it is low-maintenance, a slow grower, and has a burly frame.

Though often known by the common name of king sago palm , or just sago palm , it is not a palm at all, but a cycad . * The leaves are used in the treatment of cancer and hepatoma. * Cycas revoluta ( sago cycad ), is an attractive plant native to southern...

* Plants have an extensive root system and can be grown on sand or thin coastal soils in order to bind the soil. * A good fast-growing hedge for exposed maritime conditions. * Baccharis halimifolia ( Eastern Baccharis) , commonly called groundsel bush,...

An oil is extracted from the seeds. * A fibre obtained from the bark is used in the manufacturing of Xuan Paper. * Resembles Celtis but has winged fruits to 3/4"; dark green foliage; "gray-brown bark exfoliates in patches and is quite handsome...for the...

* This is our most popular Blue Spruce seed. * The specific epithet pungens means "sharply pointed", referring to the leaves. * It is a popular ornamental tree found far beyond its native range.

* They are used internally in the treatment of coughs, haemorrhages, excessive menstruation, bronchitis, asthma, skin infections, mumps, bacterial dysentery, arthritic pain and premature baldness.

A 10-year-old sapling will stand about 4 meters (13 feet) tall. * The Kentucky Coffeetree is a relatively fast-growing tree and generally grows in parks and along city streets for ornamental purposes.

Generally, it grows in regions with a more continental climate than the other two Keteleeria species. * The tree reaches 40-50 m in height, developing an irregular oblate crown with large branches.

* It is marginal in zone 8, going dormant and deciduous in cold winters, but usually evergreen to semi-evergreen. * This is a naturally rare grass in the wild but it is widely cultivated for use as an attractive ornamental garden plant.

An oil is extracted from the seeds. * A fibre obtained from the bark is used in the manufacturing of Xuan Paper. * Resembles Celtis but has winged fruits to 3/4"; dark green foliage; "gray-brown bark exfoliates in patches and is quite handsome...for the...

It is native to southern Europe ( Sicily ), southwestern Asia ( Lebanon , Syria , Turkey ) and eastern Asia ( China ), with two well-separated populations. * Fontanesia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae , usually treated as comprising...

* It is still relatively obscure in the horticultural industry but is slowly gaining popularity due to its fast growth rate, ease of transplanting, good fall colors and ability to grow in wet soils.

* Native to northeast Asia. * Green to greenish purple stems with white stripes; of open habit with yellow fall color.

* Very shiny dark green leaves, spiny; ultimately forms a dense, rounded crown; attractive gray bark, berries in various shades of red, lasting long into winter; parent of many cultivars.

* About the size of a plum, the fruit has an exquisitely rich flavour when it is fully ripe. * The fruit can also be dried and used in bread, cakes etc. * Molasses can be made from the fruit pulp.

* Established plants tolerate drought, succeeding in hot dry sites. * The smooth grey- green bark flakes away creating a beautiful patchwork of white, yellow, purple, brown and green.

* A lovely, useful plant with white or gray bark, shiny dark green leaves, translucent quarter-inch scarlet fruit in large quantities; takes well to pruning, adaptable regarding soil; "very picturesquefruit is truly beautiful" (Dirr); native from...

* The fruit grow as small, showy, apple -like, red pomes , ripening in September to October, and enduring into the winter. * Shiny dark-green evergreen leaves, "flowers generally stinky" (Dirr); grown mainly for its bright red fruit, to 1/4 inch wide,...

* It is a large evergreen coniferous tree growing to 20–40 m tall, exceptionally 59 m, and with a trunk diameter of up to 2 m. Uses of its moderately strong, light-colored wood include small-dimension lumber and pulp.

They measure 10 to 15 centimetres (4 to 6 in) in diameter and their shape is superficially similar to hibiscus flowers. * The cotton inside the capsules, although not of as good quality as that of the kapok tree, has been used as stuffing f(density =...

* The leaves are brick red blended over a deep green color base. * Maturing at about 4 meters. * Seeds colected from cultivars such as this may not resemble the mother tree. * They do not appear variegated but as if the red color has been brushed on.

* The mother trees are mound forming red cut leaved types. * Fall color is sensational. * Hardier than green-leaved types.

* Reaching 4-5 meters high. * The deep red color of this dissected leaf variety also holds well into the summer. * New spring growth that is covered in very fine silvery hairs making it look almost grey.

* Known for its intense fall colors of red and yellow. * Beautiful snakebark maple.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME. Check AABGA/NAPCC Contact person for genus for possible non-NPGS germplasm. Maximowiczii (Pax) A. Taxon: Acer pectinatum Wall. Last updated: 22-Oct-2001 No species priority site assigned.

* It is densely branched and has bright green bark. * Fall color is various shades of yellow.

* Sometimes a tree, more often a shrub to about 15'; bright red fruits; grows on woody slopes from New York south to Georgia, west to Alabama (range of origin). Synonyms include Ilex monticola .