Plant With Winter Interest Plant For Moist Soil For Sale In Kentucky

* Cornus amomum subsp obliqua is synonymous with and formerly known as Cornus obliqua. Amomum, but with purple or yellowish-red stems, and like that species prefers wet soils. In the words of the Royal Horticultural Society, this subspecies primarily...

* 2-5" dark shiny "needles" clustered in whorls at the ends of shoots; form varies, may be narrowly vertical to broadly conical; branches tend to droop with age; grows slowly; 2-4" cones, green, then brown; makes a distinctive dark green impression in...

* A large shrub with attractive red-brown bark, white flowers in midsummer, and yellow-orange fall color; native to southeast U.S.

* Spartina pectinata is a species of cordgrass known by the common name prairie cordgrass . Prefers a deep rich moist soil in sun or light shade. * Succeeds in fresh or salt water marshes and in ordinary garden soil.

* It is a medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 10–25 m tall, with a trunk up to 1 m diameter. The plant is seldom used medicinally, but is sometimes included in propriety medicines for chronic prostate and bladder disorders.

* Dark green leaves in summer; bright red quarter-inch fruit in fall and winter, very vivid and striking, especially against snow; likes wet situations along lakes, acid soil, but tolerates lower moisture levels; needs male and female for fruit set; native...

* The American Beech is a shade-tolerant species, favoring shade more than other trees, commonly found in forests in the final stage of succession . It can be dried and ground into a powder, then used with cereal flours in making bread, cakes etc.

* A decidious Tree growing to 22 m (72ft 2in) at a fast rate. * Native to temperate forests, stream-banks, swamps and roadsides in northeastern Asia and Japan.

* Shiny reddish-brown or dark brown bark; often of shrubby habit; native to Rocky Mountains * The buds and twigs are used as a flavouring in stews * Betula occidentalis ( Water Birch , also known as Red Birch ) is a species of birch native to western...

In individuals younger than five years, the bark appears brown with white lenticels, making the tree much harder to distinguish from other trees. It is sometimes called White Birch that is outstanding in the winter landscape and the bark peels off 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 scientific name honors Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria, during whose reign it was described as a new species in 1925. * trunk diameter of up to 1.5 m * The tip of the leaf is variable, usually pointed, but sometimes slightly notched at the tip * It is...

* A small variety with deeply cut red leaves. * The crimson fall color is stunning.

* This sedge is very variable in appearance. * Scirpus cyperinus, commonly called woolgrass, is a grass-like, rhizomatous, emergent aquatic perennial of the sedge family that grows in dense slowly-spreading tussocks of arching basal green leaves with...

* It is a larger tree so should be given some room to grow. * Very ornamental tree. * Grown mostly for its striking red and multicolored bark that peels off to reveal other shades and colors.

* A variable evergreen of upright, rounded habit, with 1/2" white flowers in small clusters; 1" green or red berries; likes moist soil, part shade; emerging leaves bronzy to reddish, later leathery, dark green; leaves to 4" x 1 1/2", turning bronzy-red...

It burns with a clear, bright flame and is valued as a fuel. * Requires a free-draining, light, sandy, acid soil with additional leafmould added. * The wood is heavy, close-grained, moderately hard, brittle, not strong.

* This is a rhizomatous perennial grass bearing thin stems which approach two meters in maximum height. It is most commonly found in wet areas such as riverbanks and ponds. * American manna grass is a perennial grass which spreads by both thick rhizomes...

On young growth, the leaves may be in whorls of three and be much bigger than the leaves on more mature growth. * This can survive down to Zone 5 (may not flower), but thrives most favorably in Zones 7-10.

* The Great Blue Lobelia ( Lobelia siphilitica ) is a species within the Campanulaceae family. * It was believed by some native North American Indian tribes that if the finely ground roots were secretly added to the food of an arguing couple then this...

* Rich, deep orange fall color. * The spring and Summer foliage is a deep, rich green.

This grass is native to much of North America, being most abundant in the central plains. * Elymus canadensis is a species of wild rye known by the common name Canada wild rye . * This grass is sometimes used for stabilizing eroded areas and for vegetating...

* Yellow fall color. * It is in flower in April, and the seeds ripen in September. * Native to mountains from Alaska to California. * A decidious Tree growing to 9 m.

* More upright than many cultivars and then cascades down from a higher starting point. * Holds its color well in the summer and then turns a beautiful scarlet in the fall.

Its range also includes the Bahamas . It was previously considered a subspecies of the redbay P. * Persea palustris , commonly known as the swampbay , is a tree native to eastern North America, from Texas eastwards to Florida and then extending north...

Flowers appear in May-June (somewhat late for trees) and give way to grayish-brown drupes which persist into late autumn. Features small pendulous clusters of bell-shaped, mildly fragrant, pale pink, long-stalked flowers (3/4" long) with showy yellow...

* The leaves are green during the growing season. * Upright growing to 6-10 feet over time. * It will become wider than tall and its brilliant red fall color is one of its most outstanding attributes.