Plant With Winter Interest Shade Tolerant Plant For Sale In Charleston

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

* It is native to China, from Jiangsu south to Fujian and Guangdong, and west to southeastern Gansu and Yunnan. * Species of maple in the snakebark maple group. * The bark is smooth, olive-green with regular narrow pale vertical stripes on young trees.

* It is still relatively obscure in the horticultural industry but is slowly gaining popularity due to its fast growth rate, ease of transplanting, good fall colors and ability to grow in wet soils.

* It has very striking white flower-like bracts that open in April and May before leaves emerge; shiny red fruit that ripens in late September and October. * The fruits are used as a bitter digestive tonic.

* A shrub with evergreen 2" x 1" shiny leaves; fragrant white flowers in April; round red fruit to 1/4"; grows well in dry shade; easy to grow; native to central and Western China, where it grows in forests and on cliffs, especially on limestone.

* Spiny, shiny, dark green leaves, fragrant white flowers in May; quarter-inch red fruit, very attractive; parent of many cultivars. Noxious weed in California * Ilex aquifolium ( Holly , or European Holly to distinguish it from related species, may also...

Too small for commercial exploitation, but it is valued for use in cabinet making and the interior finishes of houses, it is also used for making small items such as tool handles. It weighs 36lb per cubic foot.

* It is native to China, from Jiangsu south to Fujian and Guangdong, and west to southeastern Gansu and Yunnan. * Species of maple in the snakebark maple group. * The bark is smooth, olive-green with regular narrow pale vertical stripes on young trees.

* The bark is antiseptic, astringent, cathartic and tonic. A decoction is used internally in the treatment of diarrhoea, malaria etc, and externally in the treatment of indolent sores and chronic skin disease.

It typically forms a low, dense tussock (to 16" tall) of very thin (1/5" wide), arching, flat to inrolled, dark green grass blades (to 2' long). * Numerous flower stems rise in summer from the foliage mound to a height of 3' bearing wide, airy panicles...

* It is marginal in zone 8, going dormant and deciduous in cold winters, but usually evergreen to semi-evergreen. * It has green arching foliage to 3 feet in USDA 8, with highlights of orange, copper, and gold, especially in drier soils.

* A shampoo made from the roots can be used as a hair shampoo. They used it as a pepper substitute to spice up food since real black pepper (Piper nigrum) was a costly and rarely obtainable spice.

* The tea plant is commonly used in Chinese herbalism, where it is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental herbs. Modern research has shown that there are many health benefits to drinking tea, including its ability to protect the drinker from certain...

* Foundation plant. * Low informal hedge. * Versatile shrub that can be used to cover large areas. * The red (cranberry-like) berries mature in late summer and persist into winter.

* Grow in moist, well-drained soils in part shade to full shade. The crown is narrow, dense and conical. Young shoots are short, palely pubescent and bright orange to red-brown in colour.

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

The root is diaphoretic, diuretic and emetic. It is a folk remedy for chronic liver and skin ailments (including skin cancer), rheumatism, leucorrhoea, dysentery and suppressed menses.

* 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. * It is a popular ornamental tree found far beyond its native range.

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).

* Bark a dull, chalky white; shiny dark green leaves, yellow fall color; one of the smaller birches; useful for naturalizing in dry, poor soil or boggy areas alike; tends to sucker, forming clumps.

* A yellow dye is obtained from the young branches. Their use is said to improve the growth of hair. * Wood - durable in the soil, moderately hard, close grained, rather coarse grained, light, soft, brittle.

Like most dogwoods , it has opposite, simple leaves , which are 4–10 cm long. ) ), is a small deciduous tree 8–12 m tall, native to eastern Asia . Prefers moist, acid, well-drained soils, in sun or partial shade.

Amomum, but with purple or yellowish-red stems, and like that species prefers wet soils. * This late-blooming dogwood is a wide, open, spreading shrub that grows 8-10 ft. Clusters of small, creamy-white flowers are followed by clusters of blue berries.

* 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...

* Betula utilis tends to form forests, growing as a shrub or as a tree reaching up to 20 m (66 ft) tall. * Flaking dark brown bark; 3" leaves; native to Himalayas. * The tree depends on moisture from snowmelt, rather than from the monsoon rains.

It weighs 46lb per cubic foot. Too small for commercial exploitation, the wood is used locally for turnery, inlay work, woodenware etc. * Ilex vomitoria ( Yaupon Holly , Yaupon , or Cassina ; the latter shared with Ilex cassine ), is a species of holly...

* 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.