Beneath the Bough

Rebuild our home, one tree at a time

Tag: plants

  • Dwarf Blue Spruce (Picea pungens ‘Glauca Globosa’)

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    Physical Description The Dwarf Blue Spruce is a compact conifer with a slow growth rate, reaching about 3 to 4 feet (1 to 1.2 meters) in height. It has short, dense needles that are a distinctive blue-gray color, giving it a unique and attractive appearance. The tree’s shape is rounded and dense, making it a…

  • Platanus occidentalis

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    Common Names: Phonetic Spelling: PLAT-an-us ok-si-den-TAL-is Description: Distribution/Location: Environmental Benefits: Fun Fact: Did you know?: The American Sycamore was highly valued by Native American tribes for its wood, which was used to make dugout canoes due to its strength and buoyancy.

  • Southern Hemisphere’s Silver Tree (Leucadendron argenteum)

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    Physical Description The Silver Tree is admired for its distinctive silvery foliage, which gives it a striking, metallic appearance. It typically grows between 10 to 20 feet (3 to 6 meters) tall. The leaves are lance-shaped and covered with fine, silvery hairs, and the tree produces small, tubular flowers that range in color from yellow…

  • Yucca glauca

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    Common Names: Soapweed Yucca, Great Plains Yucca, Small Soapweed Phonetic Spelling: YUH-kuh GLAW-kuh Description: The Yucca glauca is a perennial, evergreen shrub that typically grows 30 to 90 centimeters (1 to 3 feet) tall, with a similar spread. It has a rosette of narrow, sword-shaped leaves and may produce a tall flower stalk up to…

  • Dendrophylax lindenii

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    Common Names: Phonetic Spelling: den-droh-FY-laks LIN-den-ee-eye Description: Distribution/Location: Environmental Concerns: Fun Fact: The Ghost Orchid is one of the most famous orchids in the world, partly due to its appearance in the book and movie Adaptation. It is notoriously difficult to find in the wild because it blends in with its surroundings and only blooms…