Coronilla varia - Crown Vetch Plants / Perennials Crown Vetch (Coronnilla varia) Great for bare slopes and banks! Covers Ground Quickly and Beautifully! Crown-shaped clusters of tiny pink blooms bloom for months, and the rapidly-spreading foliage prevents soil erosion and smothers weeds! Crownvetch is one of the easiest, fastest, and most beautiful … Contributed by amazon 09.07. 2007 10:37:28 (15970 readers) Match on Title and Article's text | |
Morus platanifolia - mulberry Plants / Deciduous Trees This mulberry is very special. Deeply cut, dark green, glossy leaves draw your attention as they bear strong resemblance to leaves of plane trees. Many of the largest leaves at the ends of the branches keep their green colour until late in the autumn when they fall down green. The crown is wide spreading … Contributed by havlis 04.02. 2010 10:36:26 (47741 readers) Match on Article's text | |
Abies concolor - White Fir Plants / Conifers Grows to 40. Excellent for ornamental use and as a Christmas tree. Withstands heat and drought better than other firs. Large pyramidal tree with soft blue-green to silvery needles, 2-3 inches long. Easily cultivated. A citrus smell is present when the needle is broken. Older trees develop a dome-like … Contributed by amazon 19.05. 2007 08:26:34 (30393 readers) Match on Article's text | |
Acer palmatum 'Bloodgood' - japanese maple Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Bloodgood is an extremely commercially successful variety with deep burgundy leaves. They have 7 lobes and hold the colour reliably. The leaves turn bright scarlet red in the autumn. The bark is blackish-red. … Contributed by havlis 28.08. 2012 11:58:25 (38050 readers) Match on Article's text | |
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Lilium 'First Crown' - lily Plants / Bulbs Lilies are not just beautiful cut flowers. In perennial beds same as carefully planted among shrubs or trees they will dazzle with bright colours, shapes, and sizes of their blooms. And be sure we select the grandest of the great ones only! … Contributed by havlis 04.02. 2009 14:44:45 (41898 readers) Match on Title and Article's text | |
Carnegia gigantea - Saguaro Plants / Sukulents, Cactuses Scientific Name: Carnegia gigantea (Cereus giganteus) Common Name: Saguaro, Sahuaro The 3 inch (7.6 cm) wide flowers open in the evening and crown the main stem and arms. The edible fruits split open into red, flower-like star shapes. The columnar main stem has prominent, spiny ribs, and with age it … Contributed by amazon 06.08. 2007 10:10:14 (19429 readers) Match on Article's text | |
Liriodendron tulipifera - Tulip Tree Plants / Deciduous Trees Native to eatern United States. Fast growth to 60 to 80 feet with eventual spread to 30 feet. Forms large pyramidal crown. Good large shade, lawn, or roadside tree. Gives spectacular show of yellow fall color. In warm season, displays handsome tulip-shaped greenish-yellow and orange flowers. Deciduous. … Contributed by amazon 30.05. 2007 09:42:27 (18430 readers) Match on Article's text | |
Prunus 'Accolade' - flowering cherry Plants / Deciduous Trees This flowering cherry is a cross between prunus sargentii and prunus subhirtella. It has profusion of pale pink, semi-double flowers which open from deep pink buds in mid spring. Leaves are dark green, to 10 cm long. It forms an irregular, wide crown, ideal as a specimen. It does not need much maintenance, … Contributed by havlis 20.04. 2008 20:50:08 (70209 readers) Match on Article's text | |
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Campsis radicans 'Flava' - trumpet creeper Plants / Deciduous Trees Tree form This trumpet creeper is really trained into a small tree. 1 or 2 meter tall trunk with a blooming crown gives this exotic looking plant a new glamour. Beautiful, golden-yellow flowers grow at the ends of new branches. They come out in July and don’t stop till the first frosts. … Contributed by havlis 28.08. 2012 12:14:06 (36625 readers) Match on Article's text | |
Ficus pumila 'Quercifolia' - Creeping Fig Plants / Climber Plants Tiny deep green leaves are deeply lobed. Not only is the individual leaf considerably smaller than the normal Creeping Fig, but each dimpled leaf is deeply lobed as if was a tiny oak leaf. More clumping than vining in habit, this is the choice for the sophisticated terrarium or living topiary. It is … Contributed by amazon 12.12. 2007 09:41:43 (36835 readers) Match on Article's text | |
Quercus cerris - Turkey oak Plants / Deciduous Trees Oaks are common trees of our natural woodlands. They border our ponds, occur naturally in our mixed forests, and make magnificent specimen trees in our parks and arboretums where less common species or rare varieties can be seen. … Contributed by havlis 19.10. 2017 18:36:21 (13644 readers) Match on Article's text | |
Fraxinus ornus 'Meczek' - manna ash, flowering ash Plants / Deciduous Trees Meczek is a special variety of flowering ash with a compact, mop-shaped, round crown that does not have to be trimmed to maintain its shape. It was selected in Hungary in 1980´s. … Contributed by havlis 08.02. 2008 10:14:27 (32610 readers) Match on Article's text | |
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Echinocactus grusonii - Golden Barrel Cactus Plants / Sukulents, Cactuses Originating in Mexico, this popular cactus reaches up to 6 ft (1.8 m) in height and spread. It has a single, globe-shaped, pale green body that stretches upwards in maturity, becoming barrel-shaped. This stem is heavily ribbed with numerous areoles sprouting radial, yellow spines. In summer, larger cacti … Contributed by amazon 31.08. 2007 10:10:11 (29856 readers) Match on Article's text | |
Malus 'Royal Beauty' - crab apple Plants / Deciduous Trees Some crab apples can easily compete with Japanese ornamental cherries as far as the beauty and colours of their flowers. This is the case of ´Royal Beauty´. It is a small tree growing about 2.5m tall, with weeping, somewhat narrow crown. In the spring it brings a profusion of deep pink to light purple … Contributed by havlis 02.05. 2008 09:04:50 (44299 readers) Match on Article's text | |
Brahea armata - Hesper Palm Plants / Tropical and Subtropical Plants Distinctive, unique and attractive, the blue Mexican or Hesper palm has a crown of rigid leaves which radiate from the trunk top. Blue palms are considered by many to have the bluest leaves of any palm in the world. Blue palm may grow 50 tall and 16 in width. The blue palm trunk is slightly swollen at … Contributed by amazon 28.11. 2007 10:08:30 (25898 readers) Match on Article's text | |
Acer pseudoplatanus 'Brilliantissimum' - sycamore Plants / Deciduous Trees Men usually get mad when women describe colours with expressions like salmon pink, peachy red etc. Well, men, get ready for another hit below the belt: we have a tree whose leaves are SHRIMP pink. Not familiar with that colour? Go to the nearest restaurant and have a prawn-cocktail to see what the fuss … Contributed by havlis 25.01. 2008 10:34:14 (43949 readers) Match on Article's text | |
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