Shade Tree Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Georgia

* Jacaranda mimosifolia is a sub-tropical tree native to South America that has been widely planted elsewhere because of its beautiful and long-lasting blue flowers. * Pretoria, the administrative capital of South Africa is popularly and poetically known...

* The Siberian Elm is usually a small to medium-sized, often bushy, tree growing to 10 - 20 m tall, with a trunk up to 80 cm d.b.h . The leaves are deciduous in cold areas, but semi-evergreen in warmer climates, < 7 cm long and < 3 cm broad, with an oblique...

* Horticulturally, it is a popular choice for street trees in urban settings because it is very drought tolerant and can survive harsh environments. * Doesn't mind heat and drought; grows quickly.

The species is often smaller, stunted and twisted in coastal exposures. * The Bishop Pine ( Pinus muricata ) is a pine with a very restricted range: mostly California , USA , including some offshore islands, and a few locations in Baja California , Mexico...

* American Beautyberry ( Callicarpa americana ) is an open-habit, native shrub of the Southern United States which is often grown as an ornamental in gardens and yards . * Native to southeastern U.S.; lavender-pink or bluish flowers from mid- to late...

* Pinus palustris , commonly known as the Longleaf Pine , is a pine native to the southeastern United States , found along the coastal plain from eastern Texas to southeast Virginia extending into northern and central Florida .

* The American elm occurs naturally in an assortment of habitats, most notably rich bottomlands, floodplains, stream banks, and swampy ground, * The American Elm is the state tree of both Massachusetts and North Dakota

* The "blue" refers to a substance secreted by the inner bark when exposed to air, not to the leaves, which are dark green, pale yellow in fall, or to the bark, which is gray, platelike, and sometimes shaggy; tolerant of drought and lime, perhaps a good...

* In recent years, this species has been extensively used in Bonsai. * Carpinus orientalis (Oriental Hornbeam) is a hornbeam native from southeastern Europe to northern Iran and occurs usually on hot dry sites at lower altitudes in comparison to the European...

* Trees are probably much hardier when grown in areas with hot summers. * Source of the commercial pecan; a tall, straight-trunked tree, fastest growing of the hickories; likes deep, rich soil; native to central midwest south to Mexico

The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout southern and eastern Ontario; in northern Ontario it occurs farther north than the alternateleaf dogwood, but does not extend past 50°N (Soper and Heimburger...

* The sap sometimes stains yellow on fingers and clothes. The open flowers are cup-shaped and hold rain and dew, making them attractive to many species of birds. These buds are often used by children who play with its ability to squirt the water.

* 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.

* The bark is smooth and pale grey on young trees, becoming square-cracked and knobbly on old trees. * It is a medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 20–30 m tall with a trunk up to 1.5 m diameter.

Pendant star-shaped white flowers (to 1" wide) in 3 to 5-flowered cymes cover the plant with bloom in spring (April-May). Flowers give way to woody drupes that ripen in July-September.

The seed can be slow to germinate. Stored seed can be sown in late winter in a cold frame. * The blue flowers and on occasion white flowers are bonnet shaped. * In traditional herbalism columbine was considered sacred to Venus; carrying a posy of it was...

* A small tree with a sturdy upright trunk which divides into stout branches that usually spread to form a broad flat head. * Succeeds in most soils and pH types, but dislikes growing in wet soils, especially when these are of clay.

* A fairly wind resistant tree, it can be grown as part of a shelterbelt planting. * Native to the U.S. Southwest, where it is sometimes used as a street or shade tree; 3-5 leaflets per leaf; dark gray scaly ridged bark; velvety young shoots, downy leaves.

* Often has drooping branchlets; foliage green; half-inch cones; native to Mexico and Central America. It has also been introduced to Belize , Costa Rica and Nicaragua , growing at 1200–3000 m altitude.

* Ridjica and Sombor in Serbia (where it is called kustelic or galagunja) and Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, is known for the extensive use of hackberry as a street tree. It is a moderately long-lived hardwood with a light-colored wood, yellowish...

* A tropical tree with compound leaves and clustered yellow-green flowers. * A species of Albizia , native to tropical southern Asia , and widely cultivated and naturalised in other tropical and subtropical regions.

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

* Compound leaves, stems green or purple with a glaucous "bloom"; grows most often along streams and ditches but does well elsewhere; female trees retain seed in winter, which some find attractive; wood rather brittle.

* Current research is examining the leaves as a potential source of anticancer compounds. * The seeds have been roasted and used as a coffee substitute. The pods have been seen as a good antidote for children's complaints.

* Cedro is always found naturally on well-drained soils, often but not exclusively on limestone; it tolerates a long dry season but does not flourish in areas of rainfall greater than about 3,000 millimetres (120 in) or on sites with heavy or waterlogged...

Quercus * It is endemic to California and is found in foothills surrounding the Central Valley of California and certain locations in the California Coast Ranges , USA . * It is also sometimes known as the Mountain Oak, and occasionally the Iron Oak.

* 'Silky Camellia' has been cultivated in the US since 1752. * It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. * Silky camellia is a large, open-branched shrub growing up to 10 feet tall.