Urban Tolerant Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Illinois

* 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 wind-dispersed fruit develops in a flat, oval membranous wing ( samara ) 1 - 1.5 cm long and notched at the outer...

This tree transplants well. * Mountain Pine or Mugo Pine ( Pinus mugo ) is a high-altitude European pine , found in the Pyrenees , Alps , Erzgebirge , Carpathians , northern Apennines and Balkan Peninsula mountains from (mostly) 1,000 m to 2,200 m, occasionally...

* Leycesteria formosa ( Himalayan Honeysuckle , Flowering Nutmeg , Himalaya Nutmeg or Pheasant Berry ) is a deciduous shrub in the family Caprifoliaceae , native to the Himalaya and southwestern China .

* An excellent windbreak for maritime areas, it grows quite quickly and establishes well even in very windy sites. * Bacteria on the roots fix atmospheric nitrogen - whilst this enables the tree to grow well in quite poor soils it also makes some of this...

* It is one of the most elementally Mexican of pines. * It is found in Mexico - from S. Sinaloa to Chiapas - and Guatemala in montane, relatively open pine or pine-oak forests at altitudes from 900 to 2500 m.

This hardy pine species is relatively disease free and tolerates poor soil conditions, making it a good choice for all levels. * Native to Japan. * Of irregular habit, roughly conical.

* Shrub with upright stems; narrow bamboolike leaves, shiny bright green; small whitish flowers; a roughish plant, but extremely tough and vigorous; useful for highways and urban sites; native to China.

Muricata has been used in plantations with resultant growth rates higher than in the wild . * 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...

The Purple D'Oro daylily is a wonderfully colored reblooming daylily. Growing only 20'' tall, you will be able to find several places for it in your garden. The Purple D'Oro daylily prefers full sun.

* The Lebanon Cedar is widely planted as an ornamental tree in parks and large gardens, often being planted in landscape avenues, and as focal point trees in large landscapes. * A majestic sturdy tree when mature, flat topped and wide spreading with a...

* A handsome species, one of the rarest in cultivation (rare even in its own Yalung R.valley) * A small, 8-30' tree/shrub.

* A drought resistant plant once established. * Tolerant of constant cutting, this plant is often grown in lawns. * This is one of the food plants for the caterpillars of several butterflies and moths, including the Gatekeeper and the Meadow Brown.

* The tree reaches its best development in the Gympie region, where some magnificent forest trees attain heights near 60 metres. * Eucalyptus cloeziana, Gympie Messmate, is a small to tall tree with rough bark on most or the whole of the trunk and larger...

* This tree is remarkable for the number and length of the spines growing on its trunk, which makes it the most formidably armed of temperate trees. * This species has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria, these bacteria form nodules on...

Muricata has been used in plantations with resultant growth rates higher than in the wild . * 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...

A pleasant sweet and somewhat spicy flavour. * White flowers, tasty black berries; substantial arching canes; can spread rapidly in good soil; may stay as low as 2' in dry soil; native from Nova Scotia to North Carolina, Missouri.

* Grown for its white flowers, borne in late summer after most other flowering trees have long finished flowering. Japonicum contains the isoflavone glycoside sophoricoside. * A very ornamental and fast growing tree, it grows best in hot summers.

* Atriplex canescens ( Chamiso , Chamiza , Four wing saltbush , Four-wing saltbush , Fourwing saltbush ) is a species of evergreen shrub in the Amaranthaceae family, which is native to the western United States .

* Leonotis nepetifolia is known in Trinidad as shandilay and the leaves are brewed as a tea for fever, coughs, womb prolapse and malaria. It can also be found growing abundantly in much of Latin America and the West Indies.

* A drought resistant plant once established. * Tolerant of constant cutting, this plant is often grown in lawns. * This is one of the food plants for the caterpillars of several butterflies and moths, including the Gatekeeper and the Meadow Brown.

Ponderosa is distinguishable in the field and certainly occurs at the type locality (Mount Rose, Nevada). Washoensis populations do not warrant distinction as a variety or even a subspecies of P.

* Shrubs evergreen, 1–3 m tall. They are very attractive to bees whilst the fruit is a good winter food source for many species of birds. Petiole 4–8 mm, initially densely yellow tomentose, subglabrous when old; stipules linear-lanceolate, 4–5 mm,...

The cultivar 'Tallhedge (syn 'Columnaris') is very suitable for this purpose. * This variety is upright growing, very columnar. * Plants can be grown as an informal (untrimmed) hedge, though they are also amenable to trimming.

* Cupressus stephensonii is a species of conifer known as the Cuyamaca cypress, and is endemic to southern California. It was previously listed as Cupressus arizonica subsp. Stephensonii and Cupressus arizonica var.

* Peruvian Torch ( Trichocereus peruvianus ) is found high in the Andean mountain deserts of Peru and Ecuador and is similar to the San Pedro cactus ( Trichocereus pachanoi ) which is found in the same region.

Its growth is quite variable under both cultivated and wild conditions. * Roots yield up to 6% gutta-percha, a non-elastic rubber used as an electrical insulator and in making plastics etc.

The seed usually germinates in 1 - 3 months at 20°c. Can be dried for future use or soaked in water to produce a flavourful beverage. Sap from the cut flowering stems is used as a syrup.