Edible Fruit Or Nut Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Illinois

The fruits are edible and prized by local people. * Native birds such as Gila woodpeckers, purple martins, house finches, and gilded flickers live inside holes in saguaros. They are white and open well after sunset and close in mid-afternoon.

Common Juniper has needle-like leaves in whorls of three; the leaves are green, with a single white stomatal band on the inner surface. A tea made from the berries has a spicy gin-like flavour.

Silymarin is a complex mixture of polyphenolic molecules, including seven closely related flavonolignans (silybin A, silybin B, isosilybin A, isosilybin B, silychristin, isosilychristin, silydianin) and one flavonoid (taxifolin).

* The pistachio ( Pistacia vera L., Anacardiaceae ) is a small tree native to some regions of Syria , Iran , Turkey , Greece , Turkmenistan , Pakistan , and Afghanistan , that produces an important culinary nut .

Fairly large and flavourful. They make an acceptable dessert fruit and are also used in jellies, sauces and pies. Odoratum H.Wendl.; Buffalo Currant ; Clove Currant ; Golden Currant ; Missouri Currant ) is a species of small to medium-sized deciduous...

* A decoction of the root bark has been used to treat internal pains. Any galls produced on the tree are strongly astringent and can be used in the treatment of haemorrhages, chronic diarrhoea, dysentery etc.

* Produces an abundance of long yellow sweet peppers from mid summer until frost.

Scrub jays cache about 5,000 acorns each year over an average home range of about 6.2 acres (2.5 ha), effectively seedling at a rate of 800 acorns per acre (2,000 per ha). * The bark of young trees is smooth.

This fruit tree can be grown outdoors in a Mediterranean climate and indoors in a warm, sunny site with some shade in the winter. The pomegranate is native to the Iranian Plateau , and has been cultivated in the Caucasus since ancient times.

* Pinus gerardiana , known as the Chilgoza Pine (Urdu: in Persian it means 40 nuts in one cone:), 'noosa', or 'neoza', is a pine native to the northwestern Himalaya in eastern Afghanistan , Pakistan , and northwest India , growing at elevations between...

The baked seed makes very pleasant eating, it has a taste rather like a cross between potatoes and sweet chestnuts. * The seed is edible raw (in small quantities), or cooked. Often pyramidal when young, becoming wider with age; ultimately quite massive.

* The Chihuahua White Pine ( Pinus strobiformis ); family Pinaceae ) is a species of pine tree that occurs in the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains of Western Mexico , from a short distance south of the United States border south through Chihuahua and...

* Rapeseed ( Brassica napus ), also known as rape , oilseed rape , rapa , rappi , rapaseed and (in the case of one particular group of cultivars , canola ) is a bright yellow flowering member of the family Brassicaceae (mustard or cabbage family).

It is used mainly for treating disorders of the heart and circulation system, especially angina. * The fruit can be used for jams and preserves. * Hawthorn is an extremely valuable medicinal herb.

Deliciosa, the kiwi fruit, the skin is smooth and can be eaten with the fruit. * The fruit contains up to 5 times the vitamin C content of blackcurrants. * This is a climbing plant, supporting itself by twining around branches etc.

* Chickasaw plum grows 12 to 20 feet tall and 15 to 20 feet wide in an irregular shape. * Because of its attractive bark, small leaves and thin branches, Chickasaw plum is also sometimes used for bonsai.

* A small, rounded tree with dense, horizontal branches; 2" thorns; white flowers with pink anthers; shiny dark green leaves, reddish purple or brownish purple in fall; deep red fruit, 1/2"; likes full sun, tolerates city conditions; American native.

It is found across the American Southwest, from California to Utah. The bark provides a faint reddish dye for the finished basketry. Cercis orbiculata Greene) is a small tree or shrub in the legume family.

Rich in oil, protein and thiamine. * The seeds are dispersed by the Pinyon Jay , which plucks them out of the open cones. * The Pinon Pine ( Pinus edulis ) is a small to medium size tree , reaching 10-20 m tall and with a trunk diameter of up to 80 cm,...

Deliciosa, the kiwi fruit, the skin is smooth and can be eaten with the fruit. * The fruit contains up to 5 times the vitamin C content of blackcurrants. * This is a climbing plant, supporting itself by twining around branches etc.

* Wildlife benefit: Squirrels, chipmunks, deer, birds, and turkeys eat the acorns. * The drought tolerance of the Gambel oak combined with the cold tolerance of the bur oak make this hybrid one the of the hardiest oaks available.

* It grows best on well-drained soils in full sun or partial shade. * Native Americans made an infusion of chinkapin leaves to relieve headaches and fevers. * It is very acceptable raw and has a superior flavour to sweet chestnuts (C.

* Black skinned Peanuts are very similar to other large peanuts except that the skins are black, the meat is slightly darker and they have a somewhat sweeter flavor. * Seed - pre-soak for 12 hours in warm water and sow the seed in mid spring in a warm...

* Trees are probably much hardier when grown in areas with hot summers. * The pecan (pronounced /p??k??n/ , /p??kaen/ , or /?pi?kaen/ ), Carya illinoinensis or illinoensis , is a species of hickory , native to south-central North America , in Mexico from...

* The seed can be eaten raw or cooked. An edible oil is obtained from the seed. It grows in dry woodlands and forest edges and can reach 4 – 8 m tall with stems 10 – 25 cm thick with smooth gray bark.

* The pistachio ( Pistacia vera L., Anacardiaceae ) is a small tree native to some regions of Syria , Iran , Turkey , Greece , Turkmenistan , Pakistan , and Afghanistan , that produces an important culinary nut .

* An extract of the root is used as a cosmetic and is particularly useful in treating rose-coloured rashes and capillary weaknesses. * The flower buds are pickled and used as a flavouring in sauces, salads etc.