Plant With Winter Interest Shade Tolerant Plant For Sale In Chesapeake

Vernalis is valued in cultivation for its strongly scented flowers appearing in late winter, when little else is growing. * The flowers are deep to bright red, rarely yellow, with four ribbon-shaped petals 7-10 mm long and four short stamens, and grow...

* This species has a deeply penetrating root system that firmly anchors the tree against winds. * The Apache source exhibits strong blue color yet shouldn't be used in extremely cold areas.

* 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.

This tree transplants well. * Unlike most species of pine. * Mountain Pine or Mugo Pine ( Pinus mugo ) is a high-altitude European pine , found in the Pyrenees , Alps , Erzgebirge , Carpathians , northern Apennines and Balkan Peninsula mountains from...

* 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.

* It lives in the understory in moist, rocky soils on river banks, ravines, woods, and cliffs. * A deciduous tree native to the southeastern United States from North Carolina south to northwest Florida and west to eastern Texas.

* It is grown as ornamental plant in East Asian classical gardens where it symbolizes longevity. * A small to medium sized conifer tree or a large shrub, typically branching from near the base.

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

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

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

* 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). Synonyms include Ilex monticola .

* The leaves turn attractive shades of purple, red and bronze in autumn. * Effective on banks or slopes for erosion control. * Foundation plant. * Versatile shrub that can be used to cover large areas.

* The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Hedera helix for cough, bronchitis. * The leaves are alternate, 50–100 mm long, with a 15–20 mm petiole ; they are of two types, with palmately five-lobed juvenile...

Balfouriana in the Klamath Mountains , and subsp. Austrina in the southern Sierra Nevada . * The Foxtail Pine ( Pinus balfouriana ) is a rare pine that is endemic to California , United States , where it is found in two areas with a separate subspecies...

The wood can also be stained to imitate ebony. It is rare in the north of its range in southern Connecticut, southeastern New York, and isolated areas of Cape Cod, and always small there.

The wood can also be stained to imitate ebony. It is rare in the north of its range in southern Connecticut, southeastern New York, and isolated areas of Cape Cod, and always small there.

The crown is narrow, dense and conical. Young shoots are short, palely pubescent and bright orange to red-brown in colour. Diversifolia is an evergreen tree that attains heights of 25 m (80 feet).

* Shiny dark-green evergreen leaves, "flowers generally stinky" (Dirr); grown mainly for its bright red fruit, to 1/4 inch wide, which may last through winter; native to western China.

It has a strong taproot . * The source of tea; white flowers in fall; tolerates shade or sun well; an attractive small shrub for its ornamental value as well. * The tea plant is commonly used in Chinese herbalism, where it is considered to be one of the...

* The fall color is a "beautiful gold with overtones of crimson for which it is famous." * Makes an excellent larger bonsai specimen. * The leaf color is a combination of green and red on the same leaf.

* The silk floss tree is cultivated mostly for ornamental purposes. * The natural habitat of the silk floss tree is the north-east of Argentina, east of Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and southern Brazil.

* The leaves also contain rhodoxanthin, amentoflavone, quercetin, myricetin, carotene, xanthophyll and ascorbic acid. * Tolerant of regular trimming, though not into old wood, it can be grown as a dense hedge.

* It has relatively large leaves and a cascading mound shape. * Rich red-orange leaf color.

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

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

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

It also grows in Canada (southwest Quebec and southeast Ontario), Mexico (central and southern), Guatemala, and western Honduras. * It is a shade-loving tree, which prefers moderate soil fertility and moisture.