Plant With Winter Interest Shade Tolerant Plant For Sale In Irving

Last updated: 22-Oct-2001 No species priority site assigned. Murray Genus: Acer section: Macrantha Family: Sapindaceae subfamily: Hippocastanoideae tribe: Acereae. The 5 historical accession(s) associated with this name.

* 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.

An old English recipe for the beer is as follows:- "To every Gallon of Birch-water put a quart of Honey, well stirr'd together; then boil it almost an hour with a few Cloves, and a little Limon-peel, keeping it well scumm'd.

* This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Though often known by the common name of king sago palm , or just sago palm , it is not a palm at all, but a cycad .

* 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.

This maple needs full sun but should be given partial shade in the summer. * It is a small to medium-sized deciduous tree reaching a height of 5-20 m with a trunk up to 50 cm diameter.

* The source of tea; white flowers in fall; tolerates shade or sun well; an attractive small shrub for its ornamental value as well. It is an evergreen shrub or small tree that is usually trimmed to below two metres (six feet) when cultivated for its...

* The bark is smooth, olive-green with regular narrow pale vertical stripes on young trees. * 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.

* Trees should be planted into their permanent positions when they are quite small, between 30 and 90cm in height. * It is a coniferous evergreen tree native to Taiwan and southeast China, in the provinces of Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi,...

It is native to the southwestern United States (western Texas , southern Arizona ), Mexico , the Caribbean , South America south to northern Argentina , and the Galapagos Islands .

* Tufted hair grass is clump-forming, cool season grass which is often grown as an ornamental. Distribution of this grass species is widespread including the eastern and western extremes of North America, parts of South America and Eurasia.

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

* For the brightest winter bark, young shoots are encouraged by cutting to the ground some older stems at the end of the winter, before leaves are open. * Cornus alba (red-barked or Siberian dogwood) is a species of flowering plant in the family Cornaceae,...

The leaves are alternate, simple, long, lanceolate , dark green and resemble those of willow trees (thus the common name), and have fine gray hairs on their undersides. * Shiny dark-green evergreen leaves, "flowers generally stinky" (Dirr); grown mainly...

* Native to northeast Asia. * Green to greenish purple stems with white stripes; of open habit with yellow fall color.

It is a rapidly growing large shrub or small tree, and rarely survives to 100 years. * Compared to the closely related Parkinsonia microphylla (foothill paloverde), it appears more decumbent in overall form, is taller, and matures more quickly.

* 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.

Last updated: 22-Oct-2001 No species priority site assigned. Murray Genus: Acer section: Macrantha Family: Sapindaceae subfamily: Hippocastanoideae tribe: Acereae. The 5 historical accession(s) associated with this name.

American hornbeam is also known as blue-beech, ironwood, and musclewood. * It is a shade-loving tree, which prefers moderate soil fertility and moisture. * Carpinus caroliniana (American hornbeam) is a small hardwood tree in the genus Carpinus.

Grows well in heavy clay soils. Plants are hardy to at least -15°c. Young leaves have velvety grey hair but later become bare and turn dark green. Flowers grow in umbels and appear in April/May.

* The bark is smooth, olive-green with regular narrow pale vertical stripes on young trees. * 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.

* The leaves are alternate, 50–100 mm long, with a 15–20 mm petiole ; they are of two types, with palmately five-lobed juvenile leaves on creeping and climbing stems, and unlobed cordate adult leaves on fertile flowering stems exposed to full sun,...

* Fall color is sensational. * Hardier than green-leaved types. * The leaves have very narrow lobes that are purple red in the summer turning to orange red in the fall.

* Leaves start off red in the spring fade to greenish red in the summer and then turn crimson in the fall.

* It grows as a mound and holds its red color well in the summer. * A great deal of variation can be expected when growing this plant.

Branches stout, pithy, and blunt; roots fibrous. A 10-year-old sapling will stand about 4 meters (13 feet) tall. The tree is typically long-lived. * The Kentucky Coffeetree is a relatively fast-growing tree and generally grows in parks and along city...

* It has gracefully arching branches and grows somewhat faster than other cultivars. * The fall color is golden to red.