Urban Tolerant Plant Plant With Winter Interest For Sale In San Jose

* A species of maple native to northern forests in eastern North America from southern Ontario east to Nova Scotia and south to eastern Illinois and New Jersey Conservation Plant Characteristics Acer pensylvanicum L.

* The plant can be grown as an informal windbreak hedge in all but the most exposed situations. Tolerates trimming. 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,...

Last updated: 22-Oct-2001 No species priority site assigned. Maximowiczii (Pax) A. 1977 Name verified on: 01-Apr-1999 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Also placed in: Aceraceae Nomen number: 413086 Place of publication: Kalmia 8:9.

Last updated: 22-Oct-2001 No species priority site assigned. Maximowiczii (Pax) A. 1977 Name verified on: 01-Apr-1999 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Also placed in: Aceraceae Nomen number: 413086 Place of publication: Kalmia 8:9.

* It is native to mountains forests of Japan. * A maple in the snake-bark maple group.

* 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 has since been determined to be very invasive and so is being eradicated many places. The fruits are not comsumed in the fall by birds so it does provide a nice winter food source.

* 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,...

* The leaves are used in the treatment of cancer and hepatoma. * This very symmetrical plant supports a crown of shiny, dark green leaves on a thick shaggy trunk that is typically about 20 cm (7.9 in) in diameter, sometimes wider.

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 .

* 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,...

Fortunei, but is shorter, broader, and more densely branched; small whitish flowers; native to Asia Minor. * Fontanesia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae , usually treated as comprising a single species Fontanesia philliraeoides ,...

* The Chinese make fences around their compounds with interlaced branches of this plant.These branches take root and form a very graceful hedge. * Shrub with upright stems; narrow bamboolike leaves, shiny bright green; small whitish flowers; a roughish...

* 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 are open. * The plant is extremely hardy, to USDA Zone 3.

* 'Shojo' is the name of the red-faced orangoutang. * Trueness to type can never be guaranteed when seed is grown that has been collected from cultivars. * A very deep colored palmatum - almost classed as a "black-red" * In the Fall crimson tones dominate.

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

* The flowers are creamy-whitish in the center and pink towards the tips of their five petals. * Its trunk is bottle-shaped, generally bulging in its lower third, measuring up to 2 metres (7 ft) in girth.

As with other species of hawthorn, the wood is hard and can be used to make tools . The small red berry-like fruit grow closely together in large clusters and are food for squirrels and birds .

* It has almost star shaped leaves with very rich purple-red or black-red color. * One of the better dark-toned palmatums.

It works well when planted with Osakazuki so that the leaves in the fall compliment each other. * As with all seed collected from cultivars it is uncertain if the resulting seedlings will resemble the mother or not.

* Dirr notes that this is the most widely distributed of any North American tree. Young trees (including root sprouts) have much larger—10–20 centimetres (3.9–7.9 in) long—nearly triangular leaves.

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

* The tea plant is commonly used in Chinese herbalism, where it is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental herbs. It has a strong taproot . Modern research has shown that there are many health benefits to drinking tea, including its ability to protect...

* 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.

Leaves are obovate , simple, alternating, deciduous , and grow to 2.5-7.5 cm long. * Distinguishing features of this species are crenate leaf margins and fruiting pedicels that are 2–8 mm long.

It is a rapid-growing, multi-stemmed, suckering, deciduous shrub that grows to a maximum size of 4-7' tall on erect, usually unbranched stems. * Fruit is quite attractive to birds and is generally considered to have as much if not more ornamental interest...

* The foliage is purplish-red holding into the summer then some green tones come in changing to red and scarlet in fall. * A very desirable color * Makes a delightful upright small tree, maturing at 4 meters.