Plant With Winter Interest Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Newport News

This maple needs full sun but should be given partial shade in the summer. The trunk thickens fast and develops some rust colored peeling appearance. Known for its small leaves and gnarly roots this bonsai is dramatic over rock.

* It is a popular ornamental tree found far beyond its native range. * The specific epithet pungens means "sharply pointed", referring to the leaves. * This species has a deeply penetrating root system that firmly anchors the tree against winds.

* Parkinsonia aculeata is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae . It is native to the southwestern United States (western Texas , southern Arizona ), Mexico , the Caribbean , South America south to northern Argentina , and the Galapagos...

* It is also grown for the cut Christmas tree industry. * The specific epithet pungens means "sharply pointed", referring to the leaves. * It is a popular ornamental tree found far beyond its native range.

* Clematis ligusticifolia is a climbing, spreading vine with showy flowers. They used it as a pepper substitute to spice up food since real black pepper (Piper nigrum) was a costly and rarely obtainable spice.

* Ilex aquifolium ( Holly , or European Holly to distinguish it from related species, may also be called Christmass Holly or Mexican Holly) is a species of holly native to western and southern Europe , northwest Africa and southwest Asia .

Drought tolerant, disease and insect tolerant are also good assets for a bonsai. This Bonsai is a good one for beginners because it is low-maintenance, a slow grower, and has a burly frame.

He obtained specimens near Hermosillo, in Sonora, Mexico, in 1830. Photosynthesis is performed by the blue-green branches and twigs, regardless of absent leaves. * The Irish botanist Thomas Coulter was the first to categorize Parkinsonia florida.

* Quercus texana , commonly known as Nuttall's Oak , is a fast growing large deciduous Oak tree native to North America from the lower Mississippi river valley from SE Missouri to Southern Louisiana and SE Texas and East through Mississippi to Central...

* Rem Red Amur Honeysuckle was developed by the USDA Soil Conservation Service in the 1960's. Therefore, it was heavily planted in the midwest and eastern US. The fruits are not comsumed in the fall by birds so it does provide a nice winter food source.

* A species of maple in the snakebark maple group. * It is native to China , from Jiangsu south to Fujian and Guangdong , and west to southeastern Gansu and Yunnan.

* 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).

It is a large evergreen or semi-evergreen tree growing to 40 m (130 ft) tall and with a trunk of 1–3 m (3.3–9.8 ft) diameter (occasionally much more; see below). The leaves are spirally arranged but twisted at the base to lie in two horizontal ranks,...

* Baccharis halimifolia ( Eastern Baccharis) , commonly called groundsel bush, consumption weed, cotton-seed tree, groundsel tree or silverling) is a fall flowering evergreen perennial plant of the genus Baccharis which is commonly found in the southeastern...

Tolerates paving. The broad elliptical to elongated oval leaves taper to a point, are approx. Serotina, differing mainly in having smaller fruit. Suitable for parks and gardens. This is an ornamental pear with a vertical manner of growth and a round to...

* 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). * Ilex montana ( Mountain Winterberry ; also "Mountain Holly" which is more typically Ilex...

* The leaves have very narrow lobes that are purple red in the summer turning to orange red in the fall. * Hardier than green-leaved types. * Fall color is sensational.

* This is a striking American cultivar of the "ribbon-leaf" group of Japanese Maples. * Hardy and beautiful. * It will fit into smaller landscape plantings.

* Cornus alba (red-barked or Siberian dogwood) is a species of flowering plant in the family Cornaceae, native to Siberia, northern China and Korea. As a popular ornamental used in landscaping its notable features include the red stems in fall (autumn)...

It is an uncommon plant of the United States' desert southwest, in the states of Utah, Nevada, Arizona and California. Seed - ground into a flour. Can be dried for future use or soaked in water to produce a flavourful beverage.

Its strongly scented pendent flowers, produced in winter on bare stems, have 15-21 yellow tepals, the inner ones usually with purplish red pigments. * The flowers are very fragrant, they are used in pot-pourri and to make perfumes.

* Gossypium hirsutum , known as Upland Cotton or Mexican Cotton , is the most widely planted species of cotton in the United States, constituting some 95% of all cotton production.

* Spartina pectinata is a species of cordgrass known by the common name prairie cordgrass . * Of upright, arching form; green leaves; flowers in late summer, flowering section of spike to 15" long; likes full sun or part shade, rich soil; tolerates salt,...

* It is grown as ornamental plant in East Asian classical gardens where it symbolizes longevity. * The smooth grey- green bark flakes away creating a beautiful patchwork of white, yellow, purple, brown and green.

* 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.

Plants require a hot dry site if they are to flourish, with at least 4 months of temperatures above 25°c. * Pine relatives; cone green when young, 8" long; probably hardier than K.

It is native to southern Europe . It is sometimes grown as an ornamental plant in gardens , especially because of its bluish leaves, and also sometimes for its tolerance of hot and dry soil conditions.