Urban Tolerant Plant Plant With Winter Interest For Sale In Joliet

* 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 glorious elm that used to line American streets.

* Resembles Celtis but has winged fruits to 3/4"; dark green foliage; "gray-brown bark exfoliates in patches and is quite handsome...for the plant collector this is a treasure to be unearthed" (Dirr); native to northern and central China.

* It is a popular ornamental tree found far beyond its native range. * It is also grown for the cut Christmas tree industry. * The specific epithet pungens means "sharply pointed", referring to the leaves.

Suitable for parks and gardens. This is an ornamental pear with a vertical manner of growth and a round to broad oval crown. It is hardy to zone 6. Tolerates paving. Flowers grow in umbels and appear in April/May.

* It is a popular ornamental tree found far beyond its native range. * It is also grown for the cut Christmas tree industry. * The specific epithet pungens means "sharply pointed", referring to the leaves.

The leaves are harvested for use as required and can be used fresh or dried. * The leaves also contain rhodoxanthin, amentoflavone, quercetin, myricetin, carotene, xanthophyll and ascorbic acid.

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

* It is an evergreen climbing plant, growing to 20–30 m high where suitable surfaces ( trees , cliffs , walls ) are available, and also growing as ground cover where there are no vertical surfaces.

Tolerates trimming. * The plant can be grown as an informal windbreak hedge in all but the most exposed situations. * Cotoneaster franchetii ( Franchet's Cotoneaster ) is a species of Cotoneaster native to southwestern China , in the provinces of Guizhou...

* Parkinsonia florida grows to heights of 10–12 metres (33–39 ft). * Parkinsonia florida, the blue palo verde (syn. It is a rapidly growing large shrub or small tree, and rarely survives to 100 years.

* 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.

* Berberis thunbergii ( Japanese barberry or Thunberg's Barberry , also Red Barberry ) is a species of Berberis , native to Japan and eastern Asia . * Plants can be grown as a medium-size hedge.

Tolerates trimming. * The plant can be grown as an informal windbreak hedge in all but the most exposed situations. * Cotoneaster franchetii ( Franchet's Cotoneaster ) is a species of Cotoneaster native to southwestern China , in the provinces of Guizhou...

* The flowers are deep to bright red, rarely yellow, with four ribbon-shaped petals 7-10 mm long and four short stamens, and grow in clusters; flowering begins in mid winter and continues until early spring.

* Baccharis halimifolia ( Eastern Baccharis) , commonly called groundsel bush, consumption weed, cotton-seed tree, groundsel tree or silverling) is a fall flowering evergreen perennial plant of the genus Baccharis which is commonly found in the southeastern...

* This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. * Substances extracted from theseeds are used to inhibit the growth of malignant tumours. * The leaves are used in the treatment of cancer and hepatoma.

* It is an evergreen climbing plant, growing to 20–30 m high where suitable surfaces ( trees , cliffs , walls ) are available, and also growing as ground cover where there are no vertical surfaces.

* Berberis thunbergii ( Japanese barberry or Thunberg's Barberry , also Red Barberry ) is a species of Berberis , native to Japan and eastern Asia . * Plants can be grown as a medium-size hedge.

* The flowers are small, yellow, with five sepals and petals. * The bark is smooth, olive-green with regular narrow pale vertical stripes on young trees. * Species of maple in the snakebark maple group.

* Leaves similar to that of Japanese Maple. * Unique bark appearance, corky and rough with many cracks in it.

The 5 historical accession(s) associated with this name. Also placed in: Aceraceae Nomen number: 413086 Place of publication: Kalmia 8:9. * Unique snake-bark maple * Upright vase shape and leaves that are 3 pointed and elongated.

* This plant is cultivated in gardens, producing valued flower colour in the dormant season. The wood, after soaking in water, polishes to a brilliant black finish. * The flowers are very fragrant, they are used in pot-pourri and to make perfumes.

During the colder months, they turn maroonish in color. The leaves are alternate, simple, long, lanceolate , dark green and resemble those of willow trees (thus the common name), and have fine gray hairs on their undersides.

Prefers a deep rich moist soil in sun or light shade. * Succeeds in fresh or salt water marshes and in ordinary garden soil. * Spartina pectinata is a species of cordgrass known by the common name prairie cordgrass .

* Fall color is various shades of yellow. * It is densely branched and has bright green bark.

Has greenish white to creamy tan bark. Young trees (including root sprouts) have much larger—10–20 centimetres (3.9–7.9 in) long—nearly triangular leaves. It grows in any soil, often very quickly and is short-lived and subject to diseases.

* Dark green leaves in summer; bright red quarter-inch fruit in fall and winter, very vivid and striking, especially against snow; likes wet situations along lakes, acid soil, but tolerates lower moisture levels; needs male and female for fruit set; native...