Plant With Winter Interest Evergreen Plant For Sale In Minneapolis

* Cotoneaster adpressus, sometimes commonly called creeping cotoneaster, is a prostrate, slow-growing, deciduous shrub that grows to only 1' tall but spreads to 6' wide. Container-grown plants may be spaced 3' apart for mass plantings.

Only the outer bark is removed, this does not kill the tree. * The bark is used to make drinking vessels, canoe skins, roofing tiles etc. * White, gray, or brownish bark; wood used for pulp and plywood; native from Europe to Siberia.

* The specific epithet pungens means "sharply pointed", referring to the leaves. * It is also grown for the cut Christmas tree industry. * This is our most popular Blue Spruce seed.

Only the outer bark is removed, this does not kill the tree. * The bark is used to make drinking vessels, canoe skins, roofing tiles etc. * White, gray, or brownish bark; wood used for pulp and plywood; native from Europe to Siberia.

* Mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana) is usually found on cold, snowy subalpine sites where it grows slowly, sometimes attaining more than 800 years in age. In this capacity it differs from many alpine conifers in its tolerance of relatively warm, damp...

* Fall color is sensational. * It is more of a bronze-red when compared with other cultivars such as 'Inaba shidare,' 'Ever Red,' or 'Crimson Queen.' I * Stands out well in the landscape.

* It is a large evergreen tree typically up to 40-60 m tall and 2 m trunk diameter. * Prefers growing on a north-facing slope. * Grows well in heavy clay soils, requiring a cool position in a good moist but not water-logged soil.

* Douglas fir seeds are an extremely important food for small mammals. Mice, voles, shrews, and chipmunks consumed an estimated 65 percent of a Douglas fir seed crop following dispersal in western Oregon.

* Light green leaves of this "little dwarf overlay each other like shingles on a roof."

* The New Mexico sources of Abies concolor will be intermediate between the Arizona and the Colorado. Thus it can be used for making tubs for storing food items. Highly recommended for zones 5 and 6.

Synonyms include Ilex monticola . * 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).

* The tea plant is commonly used in Chinese herbalism, where it is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental herbs. It has a strong taproot . It is an evergreen shrub or small tree that is usually trimmed to below two metres (six feet) when cultivated...

* It is long-lived; some individuals can live well over a thousand years, with the oldest verified being 1,460 years. * It is the Provincial tree of British Columbia. * This species can be grown as a hedge or as part of a shelterbelt.

* 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.

* 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.

* Fall color is sensational. * 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.

The tree is an important source of pulpwood and a breeze moving through a stand of aspen, ruffling every leaf as it passes, is a magical sight; the fall color is yellow. * Dirr notes that this is the most widely distributed of any North American tree.

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

* Large seed is more likely to produce greater variation in seedlings; can be used as understock. * A decidious Tree growing to 8 m (26ft) by 6 m (19ft). * Japanese Maple has been cultivated in Japan for centuries and in temperate areas around the world...

* A maple in the snake-bark maple group. * It is native to mountains forests of Japan.

Conservation Plant Characteristics Chrysolepis sempervirens (Kellogg) Hjelmqvist bush chinquapin CHSE11 Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Shrub Native Status L48 (N) Federal T/E Status National Wetland Indicator Morphology/Physiology Active Growth...

* A decidious Tree growing to 4.5 m. * It is in flower in May, and the seeds ripen in July. * A species of maple native to northern forests in eastern North America from southern Ontario east to Nova Scotia and south to eastern Illinois and New Jersey...

* 'Shojo' is the name of the red-faced orangoutang. * Trueness to type can never be guaranteed when seed is grown that has been collected from cultivars. * A very deep colored palmatum - almost classed as a "black-red" * In the Fall crimson tones dominate.

* 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.

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

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

* Douglas fir seeds are an extremely important food for small mammals. It is also a popular Christmas tree. * It is planted as a specimen tree or in mass screenings. * The Douglas fir's useful wood and its quick growth make it the crop of choice for many...