Shade Tolerant Plant Seeds For Sale In Arvada

* This Mexican native is drought tolerant and grows very quickly in tropical areas as a timber tree.

The tree is short-lived in temperate climates, rarely reaching more than 60 years of age, but in its native environment may live to between 100 and 150 year. * Of open, wide-spreading habit, with several main branches ramifying into small branchlets;...

* Unique for its weeping habit.

* Succeeds in most soils and pH types, but dislikes growing in wet soils, especially when these are of clay. Prefers a deep sandy loam and a very sunny position. * A small tree with a sturdy upright trunk which divides into stout branches that usually...

* The bark is cathartic, febrifuge and tonic. A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of kidney complaints and TB. * Habitat and Range: sandy, gravelly, or rocky slopes, often growing in areas underlain by limestone bedrock.

* Modern research has shown that it contains the substance 'taxol' in its shoots and bark. Taxol has shown exciting potential as an anti-cancer drug, particularly in the treatment of ovarian cancers.

* Fall color orange, scarlet, yellow; extremely hardy Conservation Plant Characteristics Acer spicatum Lam. Mountain maple ACSP2 Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Tree, Shrub Native Status L48 (N), CAN (N), SPM (N) Federal T/E Status National Wetland...

A very ornamental plant. Mountain-laurel is the state flower of Connecticut and Pennsylvania . Its range stretches from southern Maine south to northern Florida , and west to Indiana and Louisiana .

* The white inner bark is used in making string shoes. * Profuse scarlet fruit in early fall; leaves pale yellow in fall; sun or part shade; native to northeastern Asia.

* Succeeds in most soils and pH types, but dislikes growing in wet soils, especially when these are of clay. Prefers a deep sandy loam and a very sunny position. * A small tree with a sturdy upright trunk which divides into stout branches that usually...

* This is an amazing endangered maple from South China and Vietnam. Well worth growing in zone 8 gardens. The tree features slender leaves, unlike the multilobed leaves found on most maple species.

* 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...

* This beautiful large flowering shrub deserves much wider use in the landscape. It is somewhat slow to establish, but if given space to fully develop becomes a magnificent specimen.

Prefers a moist soil but succeeds in dry soils and, once established, is drought tolerant. Thrives in a bog garden. * Iris foetidissima ( Stinking Iris , Gladdon , Gladwin Iris , Roast-beef Plant , Stinking Gladwin ), is a species of Iris found in open...

The flowers are bright yellow 3.5-5 cm across, starting out bowl-shaped, then flattening out with age. * Its typical habitat is moist shaded woodland, growing in accumulated humus.

White flowers in upright clusters to 12" in early summer it has nice brown exfoliating bark and spreads by stolons to form mound like colonies. It likes moist acid organic laden well-drained soils in full sun or partial shade, the edge of woodlands is...

Cold-hardy.The USDA hardiness zones offer a guide to varieties that will grow well in certain climates. Grows 1-5' per year once established. Does not set fruit. Each zone corresponds to the minimum winter temperatures experienced in a given area.

* Although floriferous and attractive in early spring, it basically plods though the rest of the growing season as a somewhat nondescript shrub. * Medium green leaves, of loose upright habit; "spectacular in flower...does extremely well in Southeast"...

Requires a semi-shaded site and moist but well-drained soil during the vegetative period. Meadows, valleys, forest margins, along streams in the alpine zone. Plant to 20-30 cm. * Rhizome thick, branched.

* Fine plant for naturalizing in moist soils and where there is some shade. * When grouped or massed in light shade provided by pines the effect can be spectacular. * It is in flower in June, and the seeds ripen in September.

* Succeeds in most soils and pH types, but dislikes growing in wet soils, especially when these are of clay. Prefers a deep sandy loam and a very sunny position. * A small tree with a sturdy upright trunk which divides into stout branches that usually...

Acer barbatum Michx. Southern sugar maple ACBA3 Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Tree Native Status L48 (N) Federal T/E Status National Wetland Indicator Morphology/Physiology Active Growth Period Spring and Summer After Harvest Regrowth Rate Bloat...

Shrub, (usually closer to 6 ft.) with picturesque, horizontal branching above. Smooth, medium-green, deciduous foliage turns dull yellow in fall. Funnel-shaped, pink or white flowers with protruding stamens occur in large clusters, appearing before or...

Leaves are finely divided and yellow-green to gray-green, often remaining over winter. It grows wild in cracks in old walls where drainage is excellent. Corydalis lutea; Yellow Corydalis) is a short-lived perennial plant native to the southern foothills...

The leaves are oval with an acute apex, 7-13 cm long and 3-6 cm broad, and turn orange, red, or gold when the tree becomes dormant in the fall. The flowers are camellia-like, 6-12 cm diameter, with five white petals and numerous white, yellow or purple...

* Sun- and drought-tolerant. * This species grows up to 50 feet, and has yellow flowers. Mediterranean and Asia Minor.

Subalpine fir ABLA Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Tree Native Status L48 (N), AK (N), CAN (N) Federal T/E Status National Wetland Indicator UPL, FAC Morphology/Physiology Active Growth Period Spring and Summer After Harvest Regrowth Rate Bloat...