Urban Tolerant Plant Plant With Winter Interest For Sale In Montgomery

* Spiny, shiny, dark green leaves, fragrant white flowers in May; quarter-inch red fruit, very attractive; parent of many cultivars. * An excellent hedge plant, tolerating hard clipping and maritime exposure and forming a dense stock-proof shelter.

* Tufted hair grass is clump-forming, cool season grass which is often grown as an ornamental. * Numerous flower stems rise in summer from the foliage mound to a height of 3' bearing wide, airy panicles (to 20" long) of tiny, variably-colored flowers...

Check AABGA/NAPCC contact person for genus for possible non-NPGS germplasm. Nicholson subsp. Last updated: 22-Oct-2001 No species priority site assigned. Taxon: Acer pectinatum Wall.

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

* In cultivation, it rarely tops 40' in height and often grows in a shrubby form. Diversifolia is an evergreen tree that attains heights of 25 m (80 feet). Young shoots are short, palely pubescent and bright orange to red-brown in colour.

* 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,...

* The leaves are alternate, 50–100 mm long, with a 15–20 mm petiole ; they are of two types, with palmately five-lobed juvenile leaves on creeping and climbing stems, and unlobed cordate adult leaves on fertile flowering stems exposed to full sun,...

* Templetonia is a dryland shrub that grows 3-7 feet tall. * It will also tolerate more moist conditions if it is given well drained soil. They are native to Australia. * Templetonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae.

Generally, it grows in regions with a more continental climate than the other two Keteleeria species. Larger trees will check badly and hardly put on any growth for several years. * Trees should be planted into their permanent positions when they are...

It is especially suitable for making levers and is also a good fuel. It also grows in Canada (southwest Quebec and southeast Ontario), Mexico (central and southern), Guatemala, and western Honduras.

An oil is extracted from the seeds. * A fibre obtained from the bark is used in the manufacturing of Xuan Paper. The tree has a good quality timber. * Resembles Celtis but has winged fruits to 3/4"; dark green foliage; "gray-brown bark exfoliates in patches...

Check AABGA/NAPCC contact person for genus for possible non-NPGS germplasm. Nicholson subsp. Last updated: 22-Oct-2001 No species priority site assigned. Taxon: Acer pectinatum Wall.

* 50 to 100 year old trees being 4 meters tall. * It is hardy and strongly cascading. * The dark purple-red color holds up better than most cultivars.

* The fall color is golden to red. * It has gracefully arching branches and grows somewhat faster than other cultivars.

* Yellow fall colors * Hardy in sun or shade.

* The fruit is eaten raw, cooked or dried for later use. The fruit can also be made into preserves, pies, drinks etc or be dried and used like raisins. In English it is known as salal , shallon , or in Britain simply Gaultheria .

* 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.

* The spring color is bright purple-red, black red or maroon in summer, changing to green red or brown red in late summer and then crimson in the fall. * Fall color is sensational.

* 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.

* The plant is extremely hardy, to USDA Zone 3. It is a large suckering shrub that can be grown as a small tree. * For the brightest winter bark, young shoots are encouraged by cutting to the ground some older stems at the end of the winter, before leaves...

* A shrub with evergreen 2" x 1" shiny leaves; fragrant white flowers in April; round red fruit to 1/4"; grows well in dry shade; easy to grow; native to central and Western China, where it grows in forests and on cliffs, especially on limestone.

* Stiff 1 1/2 " dark needles; cones to 5"; looks like Pinus aristata with shorter needles and smaller cones; native to California. * Foxtail Pines occur in the subalpine forest in these mountains: at an elevation of 1950-2750 m in the Klamath range, and...

* Templetonia is a dryland shrub that grows 3-7 feet tall. * It will also tolerate more moist conditions if it is given well drained soil. They are native to Australia. * Templetonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae.

* Native to southern Italy (including Sardinia ) and Corsica. * This is an excellent pioneer species for re-establishing woodlands on disused farmland, difficult sites etc. * Shiny green leaves.

* It is a very attractive tree and is popular in gardens, despite its slow growth rate. It is the sole member of the family Sciadopityaceae and genus Sciadopitys , a living fossil with no close relatives, and known in the fossil record for about 230 million...

It weighs 36lb per cubic foot. It is rare in the north of its range in southern Connecticut, southeastern New York, and isolated areas of Cape Cod, and always small there. * American holly is the state tree of Delaware.

* The fall color is crimson red. * It has very dark red, almost black-red leaves, is upright growing and holds its color well into the summer.