Salt Tolerant Plant Evergreen Plant For Sale In San Jose

Established plants are drought tolerant. * Requires a well-drained sandy soil and a sunny position. * The leaves are used for flavouring rice dumplings.

The best quality is from young leaf stalks still in the bud, whilst coarser material is obtained from older leaves or the bases of old leaf stalks surrounding the bud. Spikes 1.2–1.8 m (3.9–5.9 ft) in length yield small bisexual flowers .

Succeeds in dense shade. * Insubstantial purplish or yellow flowers in early to mid summer; more impressive are the large pods that split open to reveal clusters of scarlet or orange-red seeds that remain until midwinter; likes lime; native to western...

* An attractive shrub or small tree with a short trunk; 2" needles; contorted branches reaching nearly to the ground; of broadly conical form; dark green, much planted in Europe; "an excellent garden tree" (Wyman); native to coastal North America from...

* Banksia ericifolia responds to fire by seeding, the parent plant being killed. With time and the production of more cones with seed-containing follicles, however, plants can store up to 16,500 seeds at eight years of age.

* An upright bush with evergreen leaves; five-petaled very fragrant flowers at the tips of branches, throughout the year in hot areas; parents of this strain have pink flowers; doesn't mind wind, salt, poor soil; all parts of the plant are highly toxic;...

* Of symmetrical conical habit; needles stiff, often twisted, dark green, to 7"; cones 2-4 1/2"; native to California, where it is used ornamentally. It is drought-tolerant and grows on dry, rocky soil.

The leaves are oval-acute, 2–3.5 centimetres (0.79–1.4 in) long and 1–1.5 centimetres (0.39–0.59 in) broad, shiny green above, pubescent below with dense whitish to yellowish hairs.

* Pinus pinaster is widely planted for timber in its native area, being one of the most important trees in forestry in France, Spain and Portugal. It has become naturalised in parts of southern England, South Africa and Australia.

* Pinus washoensis may be synonymous with P. However, its cones are fairly distinctive and I am not fully persuaded that the described P. Ponderosa, as detailed on that page. Ponderosa subsp.

They drop their leaves, and grow new ones, within a few weeks in spring. They can grow at severe angles, and Native Americans used to bend saplings over so that they would grow at extreme angles, to serve as trail markers.

* Cephalotaxus fortunei, commonly called the Chinese Plum Yew, simply Plum Yew, Chinese Cowtail Pine or in Chinese as San Jian Shan (Chinese: ???; pinyin: s?nji?nsh?n), is a coniferous shrub or small tree in the plum yew family.

They were first collected by the Japanese for Tokugawa shogunate palaces, then popularity spread to Europe, and later to America where its low light and humidity requirements make it a common feature in malls and offices.

* Remove dead flowers to extend the flowering period. It is probably native to the Mediterranean region but its exact range is unknown due to extensive cultivation for the last 2,000 years.

* Small, delicate plant forms a rounded mound, often loose and open; evergreen; 3" flowers in May, parents of this strain have flowers in variations of pink and purple; acid soil, good drainage; in the U.S. needs light shade in the North, more shade in...

* Thrives in a light well-drained sandy or gravelly loam. * In Israel , the tree has been very successful in Yatir Forest in the northern Negev , where foresters had not expected it to survive.

* 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 .

* The bark of young trees is smooth. * Though seed predation may be high, it also provides a means of seed dispersal. Scrub jays prefer burned sites for acorn caching. Though 95% of cached acorns are found and eaten, remaining acorns have high germination...

Many birds and small mammals use it for food and cover. * Grown mainly for its 1/2" white fruits in fall; small pink flowers in terminal clusters; blue-green leaves to 2"; will grow anywhere and sometimes spreads rapidly; of rounded, bushy habit.

* 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...

* The leaves are bipinnate, 20-40 cm long, bearing 3-10 pairs of pinnae, each with 6-10 pairs of leaflets 15-25 mm long and 10-15 mm broad. * Common names for this species include Poinciana , Peacock Flower , Red Bird of Paradise , Mexican Bird of Paradise...

* The bark of young trees is smooth. * Though seed predation may be high, it also provides a means of seed dispersal. Scrub jays prefer burned sites for acorn caching. Though 95% of cached acorns are found and eaten, remaining acorns have high germination...

* The tree is native to central and southern Chile and western Argentina. * Araucaria araucana is a popular garden tree, planted for its unusual effect of the thick, 'reptilian' branches with a very symmetrical appearance.

* One member of this species, known as Methuselah , is thought to be the oldest living non-clonal organism on Earth . * This is one of our most popular bonsai seeds. The species is one of three closely related trees known as bristlecone pines and is sometimes...

* A strong fibre is obtained from the stems, it is used for making string, bags, paper etc. * Tolerates maritime exposure. * A very easily grown plant, succeeding in any ordinary garden soil in sun or partial shade.

The surviving trees from this forest are as old as 2000 years. It can be trimmed so long as it is not cut back into old wood. These two small populations represent what was once a very large forest on the west coast.

Protect the tree in freezing tempreatures . * The stems are used in the treatment of parasitic skin problems and rheumatism. Junipers are a very popular tree for bonsai because they are easy to train and care for , and develop into an attractive bonsai.