Urban Tolerant Plant Plant With Winter Interest For Sale In Springfield

It was touted as a great plant for wildlife and erosion control. Therefore, it was heavily planted in the midwest and eastern US. It has since been determined to be very invasive and so is being eradicated many places.

* It is also grown for the cut Christmas tree industry. * The specific epithet pungens means "sharply pointed", referring to the leaves. * This species has a deeply penetrating root system that firmly anchors the tree against winds.

* It is an evergreen or semi-evergreen shrub growing to 3 metres (9.8 ft) tall. 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...

* Deschampsia cespitosa , commonly known as Tufted Hair-grass or Tussock grass is a wild plant from the grass family (Poaceae). It typically forms a low, dense tussock (to 16" tall) of very thin (1/5" wide), arching, flat to inrolled, dark green grass...

An oil is extracted from the seeds. * 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...

Tolerates atmospheric pollution, excessive moisture and a range of soil types if they are moderately fertile. Plants are hardy to at least -15°c. It is in flower in May, and the seeds ripen from Sep to October.

* The silk floss tree is cultivated mostly for ornamental purposes. It is resistant to drought and moderate cold. * The silk floss tree (Ceiba speciosa, formerly Chorisia speciosa), is a species of deciduous tree native to the tropical and subtropical...

* Fontanesia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae , usually treated as comprising a single species Fontanesia philliraeoides , though some authors split this into two species (see below).

* 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,...

* It is a popular ornamental tree found far beyond its native range. * The Kaibab source is our second best for blue color. * This species has a deeply penetrating root system that firmly anchors the tree against winds.

* Betula utilis tends to form forests, growing as a shrub or as a tree reaching up to 20 m (66 ft) tall. It frequently grows with scattered conifers and an undergrowth of shrubs, typically evergreen Rhododendron .

* It is native to China, from Jiangsu south to Fujian and Guangdong, and west to southeastern Gansu and Yunnan. * It is a small deciduous tree growing to 10–15 m tall with a trunk up to 40 cm diameter.

* Native to northeast Asia. * Green to greenish purple stems with white stripes; of open habit with yellow fall color.

* The seedlings grown from seed collected from cultivars may not resemble the mother tree. * It has a very delicate texture and light yellow green foliage color. * It is pendulous, mound shaped and reaching 2 meters high by 3 meters wide.

* It is a good landscape tree for large open spaces. * Phellodendron Amurense is a deciduous Tree growing to 12 m (39ft) by 15 m (49ft). * The bark is a cork substitute. * Dark green compound leaves 10-15" long; in habit, usually broader than tall when...

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

* Betula utilis tends to form forests, growing as a shrub or as a tree reaching up to 20 m (66 ft) tall. It frequently grows with scattered conifers and an undergrowth of shrubs, typically evergreen Rhododendron .

* Varies from 18 to 21 meters (60–70 feet) high with a spread of 12–15 meters (40–50 feet) and a trunk up to one meter (3 feet) in diameter. * The Kentucky Coffeetree is a relatively fast-growing tree and generally grows in parks and along city...

* 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.

* 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.

It is sometimes known as a Concolor fir. * Plants are very shade tolerant but growth is slower in dense shade. Highly recommended for zones 5 and 6. * The New Mexico sources of Abies concolor will be intermediate between the Arizona and the Colorado.

* Sometimes a tree, more often a shrub to about 15'; bright red fruits; grows on woody slopes from New York south to Georgia, west to Alabama (range of origin). * Ilex montana ( Mountain Winterberry ; also "Mountain Holly" which is more typically Ilex...

It is brilliant yellow or yellow-orange color while in Osakazuki it is crimson. * The leaves are large. It works well when planted with Osakazuki so that the leaves in the fall compliment each other.

* The leaves have very narrow lobes that are purple red in the summer turning to orange red in the fall. * Hardier than green-leaved types. * Fall color is sensational.

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

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

* It is an evergreen tree that can grow 15-27m tall, with brown main shoots bearing whorls of 7–12 cm long flexible green cladodes that look like, and perform the function of, leaves but are actually composed of stem tissues; occasionally, a cladode...