Plant With Winter Interest Evergreen Plant For Sale In Louisville Jefferson County

* Ilex montana ( Mountain Winterberry ; also "Mountain Holly" which is more typically Ilex mucronata ) is a species of holly native to the United States , ranging along the Appalachian Mountains from southeast Massachusetts to northeast Alabama and northern...

* The San Juan source is a popular one because it has nice blue color and can be used in extremely cold areas. * This species has a deeply penetrating root system that firmly anchors the tree against winds.

Taylor and Taylor (76) thoroughly describe its form. At all ages, it is distinguished by the slightly pendulous branchlet tips. Arborescent individuals that have narrowly conical crowns until old age (300 to 400 years) and shrubby krummholz on cold, windy...

* A notable specimen in the Pirin Mountains of Bulgaria, known as Baikushev's pine, is 24 metres (79 ft) tall, 2.2 metres (7 ft 3 in) in diameter, and is estimated to be over 1300 years old.

* The parent is a vigorous cultivar said to be more resistant to birch borers and tolerant to heat. * The glossy green foliage turns yellow in the fall. * This deciduous tree has bark that is white and does not exfoliate (peel off).

* Ilex montana ( Mountain Winterberry ; also "Mountain Holly" which is more typically Ilex mucronata ) is a species of holly native to the United States , ranging along the Appalachian Mountains from southeast Massachusetts to northeast Alabama and northern...

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

* Hardier than green-leaved types. * Many wholesale growers prefer this seed. * Fall color is sensational.

* It is a cascading type but not as fully drooping as some cultivars * In sun the leaves are a very interesting shade of red.

Unique individuals will most likely result which can be even more interesting than the parent. * Seeds colected from cultivars such as this may not resemble the mother tree. * The leaves are brick red blended over a deep green color base.

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

* Sought after for their attractive leaf shapes and colors. * Leaves that start off pink in the spring turning to green over summer and then a lovely orange color in the fall.

They often have very bent growth due to the pressure of the deep winter snow in the Himalaya. * The tree depends on moisture from snowmelt, rather than from the monsoon rains. * Flaking dark brown bark; 3" leaves; native to Himalayas.

* It has very dark red, almost black-red leaves, is upright growing and holds its color well into the summer. * The fall color is crimson red.

Striped maple ACPE Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Tree, Shrub Native Status L48 (N), CAN (N) Federal T/E Status National Wetland Indicator FACU-, FACU Morphology/Physiology Active Growth Period Spring and Summer After Harvest Regrowth Rate Bloat...

* It has a very delicate texture and light yellow green foliage color. * The seedlings grown from seed collected from cultivars may not resemble the mother tree. * It is pendulous, mound shaped and reaching 2 meters high by 3 meters wide.

It grows in any soil, often very quickly and is short-lived and subject to diseases. Has greenish white to creamy tan bark. It is conical when young, with a narrow conical crown when adult.

In the Sierra Nevada, Foxtail pines are limited to the area around Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks . * Foxtail Pines occur in the subalpine forest in these mountains: at an elevation of 1950-2750 m in the Klamath range, and 2300-3500 m in the...

* Grown mostly for it's beautiful exfoliating bark. * Small landscape tree * Somewhat reminiscent of Betua nigra bark, but the sections that break off are smaller and more block like.

* This very symmetrical plant supports a crown of shiny, dark green leaves on a thick shaggy trunk that is typically about 20 cm (7.9 in) in diameter, sometimes wider. * The leaves are used in the treatment of cancer and hepatoma.

* 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.

* It is a large evergreen coniferous tree growing to 30–45 m (exceptionally 72 m) tall. * A "beautiful graceful specimenwith drooping branches" * The pitch or resin is said to be one of the best curatives for a sore throat.

* Leaves start off red in the spring fade to greenish red in the summer and then turn crimson in the fall.

* 'Beni otake' means Red Bamboo in Japanese. * The leaves keep their red color from spring to fall, changing only in hue.

* Hardier than green-leaved types. * Many wholesale growers prefer this seed. * Fall color is sensational.

Bark slate gray. 5 mm, with 2 or 3 finely pubescent imbricate scales. Sepals 5, persistent, similar to bracteoles, ovate, obovate, or orbicular, 1.2-1.8 × 0.7-1 cm, basally connate, margin irregularly undulating, apex acute to rounded.

* Japanese Maple has been cultivated in Japan for centuries and in temperate areas around the world since the 1800s * Of easy cultivation, it succeeds in most soils preferring a good moist well-drained soil on the acid side and partial shade * Grown for...