Plant With Winter Interest Flowering Shrub For Sale In Rhode Island

* This Japanese snowbell cultivar is a shrubby, broad-topped, small tree or large shrub with wide spreading horizontal branches which tend to weep at maturity. Elliptic-oblong, glossy, dark green leaves (to 3" long).

The perfect plant for Rock Garden or along with Dwarf Conifers. * This is a beautiful and very interesting small shrub. The leaves are a nice shiny green and the fruits are a very unique white color with rose blush.

* The specific epithet, menziesii, is after Archibald Menzies, a Scottish physician and rival naturalist to David Douglas. Mice, voles, shrews, and chipmunks consumed an estimated 65 percent of a Douglas fir seed crop following dispersal in western Oregon.

* Celastrus scandens , commonly called American Bittersweet or Bittersweet , is a species of staff vines that blooms mostly in June and is commonly found on rich, well-drained soils of woodlands .

* Celastrus scandens , commonly called American Bittersweet or Bittersweet , is a species of staff vines that blooms mostly in June and is commonly found on rich, well-drained soils of woodlands .

* Flora of China states: Shrubs or trees, to 10 m tall, deciduous. 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.

* Mint shrub is a semi-woody, deciduous shrub of the mint family. May be cut to the ground in late winter each year and grown as an herbaceous perennial in somewhat the same manner as buddleia.

This tree is in the same family as and closely related to Halesia (silverbell). Fall color is usually insignificant, however leaves may sometimes turn yellow to red. Flowers give way to greenish-brown, olive-shaped drupes that often persist into late...

* Shiny leathery leaves, coarse, evergreen, dark green or blue green. * Fruit - raw or cooked. * Very fragrant yellow flowers in early spring. A pleasant acid flavour, it is nice when added to muesli or porridge.

It is native to northern China and Korea , and is also known as the Chinese Bitter Orange. * Fragrant white flowers on old wood followed by masses of 1 1/2" edible yellow fruit, very dramatic in the landscape; fruits used as a lemon substitute and for...

, Firmiana platanifolia , or Sterculia platanifolia L.f. ) is an ornamental plant or tree of the cacao, or chocolate, of the family Sterculiaceae of the order Malvales , native to Asia * It is grown as an ornamental in warm regions of North America .

Berries persist through most of the winter providing excellent color and interest to the winter landscape. Flowers give way to clusters of round, coral-red berries (drupes) which mature in autumn.

It has since been determined to be very invasive and so is being eradicated many places. The fruits are not comsumed in the fall by birds so it does provide a nice winter food source.

* A blue dye is obtained from the dried plant, an indigo substitute. They are harvested with about 20cm of stem as soon as the flowers wither and are dried for later use. An infusion is said to strengthen the stomach, create an appetite, remove obstructions...

A very ornamental plant, when fully dormant it is hardy to about -15°c, though the young growth in spring can be damaged by late frosts. * A decoction of the leaves has been used in the treatment of influenza.

* Chinese Camellia sinensis is native to mainland China South and Southeast Asia , but it is today cultivated across the world in tropical and subtropical regions. Modern research has shown that there are many health benefits to drinking tea, including...

* The most familiar of the dogwoods; a small tree with low branches that tend to form horizontal tiers. * Older bark has an alligator hide appearance that is attractive in the winter landscape.

* The fruit is an excellent safe and gentle laxative. Since it is not appreciably absorbed by the body, it is used orally in the treatment of various enteric infections, especially bacterial dysentery.

For a windbreak plant two to five rows for the most effective protection. Plant six feet apart in rows eight feet apart. Shipped 18 to 24 inches tall. Cultivate for the first two years.

Hu Genus: Eleutherococcus Family: Araliaceae subfamily: Aralioideae. * Trees, small, or shrubs, to 10 m tall. * Taxon: Eleutherococcus lasiogyne (Harms) S. Branches glabrous, unarmed or with scattered recurved prickles, slightly flattened at base.

Up to 1 cm in diameter, it has a sour taste. Palatable and thirst quenching, it is much used in China and leaves are exported from Shasi for this purpose. * Pink buds, white flowers; with stiff, spreading branches; in Asia a tea is made from the leaves;...

The stems may be smooth or fuzzy, and are often glandular. * Arctostaphylos viscida is a species of manzanita known by the common names whiteleaf manzanita and sticky manzanita . This is a treelike shrub reaching up to five meters in height.

* A shampoo made from the roots can be used as a hair shampoo. Unlike Black Pepper or Capsicum, however, the compounds in clematis cause internal bleeding of the digestive tract if ingested internally in large amounts.

It would be difficult to use too many Kousa Dogwoods. Less likely to suffer leaf curl in hot weather than the species. * The USDA Forest Service states in their Fact Sheet ST-192 November 1993 Cornus kousa ‘Milky Way' This cultivar of Kousa Dogwood...

* Chimonanthus praecox, also known as wintersweet or Japanese allspice, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Chimonanthus of the family Calycanthaceae, native to China. The wood, after soaking in water, polishes to a brilliant black finish.

* Chinese Camellia sinensis is native to mainland China South and Southeast Asia , but it is today cultivated across the world in tropical and subtropical regions. Modern research has shown that there are many health benefits to drinking tea, including...

* Large shrub or small tree; fall color yellow or yellow orange; yellow flowers in February and March; likes moist, acid soil; native to central China; a parent of H. * The flowers are yellow, often with a red base, with four ribbon-shaped petals 15 mm...