Tropical Plant Specimen Tree For Sale In Boston

* In the wild, it may grow to as much as 200' tall. * A distinctive conifer , a member of the ancient and now disjointly distributed family Araucariaceae. * The tree is endemic to Norfolk Island , a small island in the Pacific Ocean between Australia...

* It is one of the largest tree species in Asia, reported to heights of 80 m tall and with a trunk up to 4 m diameter above buttressed base. Giant trees with diameters up to 3 meters are rather common in the mixed coniferous and hardwood forests" * Best...

* Native to India and China. * A decidious Tree growing to 12m. * Purple or lavender terminal flowers. * Common names include Orchid tree and Mountain-ebony.

The relatively short, mostly horizontal branches are in whorls around the slender, upright to slightly leaning trunk. * The Cook pine, called Christmas Tree in India, can reach 60m in natural habit, but is more commonly grown as a house-plant in pots.

* Native to India and China. * A decidious Tree growing to 12m. * Purple or lavender terminal flowers. * Common names include Orchid tree and Mountain-ebony.

Used for bearings, turnery, cabinet work, ornamental uses etc. * Sophora is one of the four genera of native legumes in New Zealand; the other three are Carmichaelia , Clianthus , and Montigena .Flowering of Kowhai is staggered, from July through to November,...

N and W Guangdong, NE and SE Guangxi, Guizhou, S and W Hunan, S Jiangxi, SE Yunnan [N Vietnam]. * This species is grown as an ornamental and used for timber. * Native to evergreen broad-leaved forests; 500-1700 m.

It has been cultivated in several suptropical parts of the world for paper industry. Tecunumanii Eguiluz & Perry) is a timber tree native to Mexico and Central America. * The specific epithet honors Tecun Uman, a Mayan chief who defended his homeland...

Growth increases somewhat with age and can average 30cm a year in older trees. * Picea breweriana ( Brewer Spruce or Weeping Spruce ) is a species of spruce native to western North America , where it is one of the rarest in the continent, endemic to the...

Kusamaki and Inumaki are Japanese names for this tree, and Kusamaki is increasingly being used as the English name as well, replacing the old, botanically inaccurate names Buddhist Pine and Fern Pine (it is not a pine ).

Mixed with boiling water they are used in the treatment of haemopytsis, nose bleeds, haematemesis, blood in stools, metrorrhagia, gonorrhoea and other venereal diseases. * Trachycarpus fortunei is cultivated as an ornamental plant for use in gardens and...

* The flowers are large, 15-25 cm diameter, with six to nine creamy-white petals and a large red style, which later develops into a red fruit 10 cm long, containing several red seeds .

* In the wild, it may grow to as much as 200' tall. * A distinctive conifer , a member of the ancient and now disjointly distributed family Araucariaceae. * The tree is endemic to Norfolk Island , a small island in the Pacific Ocean between Australia...

It has also proved to be more heat tolerant than the species. * A symmetrically pyramidal tree with lustrous dark green needles that are very aromatic. * The original Cook strain of Balsam Fir was selected due to the blue tinge of the needles.

* Cedrus atlantica(Atlas Cedar) is common in cultivation as an ornamental tree in temperate climates. * Grows quickly when young and can be a splendid specimen tree when properly sited; develops a horizontal habit with age; blue-green leaves; native to...

Heptapeta and M. * Magnolia × soulangeana has alternate, simple, shiny, dark green oval-shaped leaves on stout stems. * A cross between M. * Its flowers emerge dramatically on a bare tree in early spring, with the deciduous leaves expanding shortly thereafter,...

Ayacahuite (Fernando Tobar email 2008.11.12). While you're there, from 1500-2500 m the forest is mixed with Pinus tecunumanii and Pinus pseudostrobus var. Apulcensis, and above 2000 m it is easy to find pure and mixed forests of Pinus ayacahuite var.

* Of broadly conical form, often bushy; cones to 1", dark purple when young; needles resemble T. The outer bark is about 6 mm thick with alternating tiered layers of pale yellowish brown corky bark, and brown lignified fibrous bark.

It has a good figure, is valued for its durability, and is used in furniture and construction. Material with provenance from different places in its natural environment was tested in cultivation in Scotland.

* Can tolerate dry and warm sites, can grow on various types of soil. * The cones are cylindrical, 9-18 cm long, greenish-pink to purple before maturity. * Growing up to 25-30m high and up to 1m in diameter.

* Vladimir Dinets (e-mail 2004.11.14) reports trees in Ayubia National Park, Pakistan, growing up to 60 m tall. * Fir native to the western Himalaya and adjacent mountains, from northeast Afghanistan east through northern Pakistan and India to central...

* One of the smaller firs, preferring cooler climates.

* It occurs within a rainfalls regime mostly in summer. It has been introduced in New Zealand near sea level and has done well. It grows between 1300-3250 m. * Smooth-bark Mexican Pine ( Pinus pseudostrobus ), ( Chamite and Pacingo ) distinctive names...

It is valued for its use in the pulp industry to make paper. * Picea omorika ( Serbian Spruce ) is a rare, local spruce , endemic to the Drina River valley in western Serbia and eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina near Visegrad , with a total range of only...

Succeeds in most sites, including limestone. * Picea smithiana, the Morinda Spruce or West Himalayan Spruce, is a spruce native to the western Himalaya and adjacent mountains, from northeast Afghanistan east to central Nepal.

It is a native of eastern coastal Australia , in riverine, subtropical and dry rainforest environments receiving more than 1,000 mm per year of average rainfall. * A very ornamental plant, it is often grown as a street tree in suitable climates.

* The wood lacks a distinctive odor and so does not impart a flavor to items stored in it. * Plants are very shade tolerant but growth is slower in dense shade. * The Kaibab Arizona source exhibits a nice blue color.