A pint of blood in America sells to hospitals for $180 to $300, depending on the market, and expired blood often is sold to research laboratories, said Ben Bowman, chief executive of General Blood, the blood broker engaged in a legal tussle with Oklahoma City-based OBI.
This evergreen plant grows 2 to 3 feet tall producing stemless foliage and purple flowers that appear near the soil. Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) is a hardy fern growing in USDA zones 3 through 9. This 1- to 3-foot-tall evergreen thrives in full or partial shade and is deer- and rabbit-resistant.
The list might include evergreen trees of hollies, cherry laurel, tree ligustrum, loquat, myrtle oak, sand live oak, and sweet acacia plus deciduous selections of Chinese elm, red bud, river birch and winged elm. Most of these grow less than 40 feet tall and not as wide.