Urban Tolerant Plant Plant With Winter Interest For Sale In Houston

* It is still relatively obscure in the horticultural industry but is slowly gaining popularity due to its fast growth rate, ease of transplanting, good fall colors and ability to grow in wet soils.

* It is still relatively obscure in the horticultural industry but is slowly gaining popularity due to its fast growth rate, ease of transplanting, good fall colors and ability to grow in wet soils.

* It is native to China , from Jiangsu south to Fujian and Guangdong , and west to southeastern Gansu and Yunnan. * A species of maple in the snakebark maple group.

* It is marginal in zone 8, going dormant and deciduous in cold winters, but usually evergreen to semi-evergreen. * The only known species is Anemanthele lessoniana, often called gossamer grass or New Zealand wind grass or pheasant's tail grass.

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 . * Substances extracted from theseeds are used to inhibit the growth of malignant tumours.

* Rich green leaf turns gorgeous in fall--yellow, orange, red; much used as street tree in Japan, Korea, and the Pacific Northwestern USA Trident Maple is a popular bonsai for its splendid multitude of green leaves and fall color of red, orange and yellow.

* The whole plant is used in the treatment of arthritis, recurring fever in pulmonary tuberculosis, tubercular lymph nodes, joint pained and lumbago. * Very shiny dark green leaves, spiny; ultimately forms a dense, rounded crown; attractive gray bark,...

It is native to the southwestern United States (western Texas , southern Arizona ), Mexico , the Caribbean , South America south to northern Argentina , and the Galapagos Islands .

* Known for its intense fall colors of red and yellow. * Beautiful snakebark maple.

* White, gray, or brownish bark; wood used for pulp and plywood; native from Europe to Siberia. It is most easily removed in late spring to early summer. * Betula pubescens ( Downy Birch ; also known as White Birch , European White Birch or Hairy Birch...

* Dirr notes that several forms occur, but the one most of us recall fondly divided into several major trunks topped by spreading, arching, pendulous branches. * The American elm occurs naturally in an assortment of habitats, most notably rich bottomlands,...

* Rich green leaf turns gorgeous in fall--yellow, orange, red; much used as street tree in Japan, Korea, and the Pacific Northwestern USA Trident Maple is a popular bonsai for its splendid multitude of green leaves and fall color of red, orange and yellow.

It is also known as Old-man's Beard and Yerba de Chiva, and Virgin's bower, (though Old-man's Beard may also refer to C. * A shampoo made from the roots can be used as a hair shampoo.

* Small landscape tree * Somewhat reminiscent of Betua nigra bark, but the sections that break off are smaller and more block like. * Grown mostly for it's beautiful exfoliating bark.

* The red (cranberry-like) berries mature in late summer and persist into winter. * Low informal hedge. * Versatile shrub that can be used to cover large areas. * Foundation plant.

* Mostly grown for its intense glowing crimson fall color. * Perhaps the brightest leaf color of all maples. * It has very large leaves and is a fast grower.

The wind-dispersed fruit develops in a flat, oval membranous wing ( samara ) 1 - 1.5 cm long and notched at the outer end . * Of open, wide-spreading habit, with several main branches ramifying into small branchlets; grows quickly, but wood may be brittle...

* Fall color is sensational. * Hardier than green-leaved types.

As a popular ornamental used in landscaping its notable features include the red stems in fall (autumn) through late winter, the brightest winter bark of any cornus. * The plant is extremely hardy, to USDA Zone 3.

* The bark is smooth and light grey, often becoming somewhat rougher with light tan fissures as the tree ages. * Due to the tree of heaven's weedy habit, landowners and other organisations often resort to various methods of control in order to keep its...

* It is a cascading type but not as fully drooping as some cultivars * In sun the leaves are a very interesting shade of red.

* Plants are very shade tolerant but growth is slower in dense shade. Therefore a little bluer in color than the Colorado and a little more cold hardy than the Arizona. * It is popular as an ornamental landscaping tree and as a Christmas Tree.

* Fall color is sensational. * The mother trees are mound forming red cut leaved types. * Hardier than green-leaved types.

* Established plants tolerate drought, succeeding in hot dry sites. * Recommended for buffer strips around parking lots or for median strip plantings in the highway. * A very ornamental tree with beautiful bark.

* A lovely, useful plant with white or gray bark, shiny dark green leaves, translucent quarter-inch scarlet fruit in large quantities; takes well to pruning, adaptable regarding soil; "very picturesquefruit is truly beautiful" (Dirr); native from...

* The deep red color of this dissected leaf variety also holds well into the summer. * Reaching 4-5 meters high. * New spring growth that is covered in very fine silvery hairs making it look almost grey.

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.