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

* The fruit can be eaten raw or cooked. * Golden currant is a 3-6 ft., deciduous shrub with light-green, three-lobed leaves and spicy-scented racemes of yellow flowers, turning orange with age, on long, wand-like stems.

Features drooping clusters (usually 2-5 flowers each) of bell-shaped, white flowers (1/2") which appear in April shortly before or simultaneous to the point when the leaves emerge.

It's flavor is mild and is great fresh, in salads or sandwiches. This is the variety that is most commonly seen in the supermarket, sold in bunches. They are grown and consumed throughout the world.

Requires a sunny position and a well-drained soil. * Although only 4 - 8mm long, it's fruit has been suggested as a substitute for the true olive, Olea europaea. * Succeeds in most soils.

* Chinese boxthorn is a major Chinese tonic herb with a history of almost 2,000 years of medicinal use. * The fruit is one of the most popular tonics used in Chinese herbal medicine.

The male cones are yellow, 2–3 mm long, and fall soon after shedding their pollen in March–April. * A tea is made by boiling the leaves and stems. * Juniperus communis subsp. A tea made from the berries has a spicy gin-like flavour.

* The hollow stems can be made into whistles and flutes. * Leycesteria formosa ( Himalayan Honeysuckle , Flowering Nutmeg , Himalaya Nutmeg or Pheasant Berry ) is a deciduous shrub in the family Caprifoliaceae , native to the Himalaya and southwestern...

The male cones grow at the base of shoots on the lower branches. The needles of the Gray Pine are in fascicles (bundles) of three, distinctively pale gray-green, sparse and drooping, and grow to 20-30 cm in length.

It is noted for its bright shiny green leaves and edible fruits. Frangula caroliniana ), the Carolina Buckthorn , is an upright shrub or small tree native to the Southeastern United States .

The pomegranate is native to the Iranian Plateau , and has been cultivated in the Caucasus since ancient times. Introduced into Latin America and California by Spanish settlers in 1769, pomegranate is now cultivated in parts of California and Arizona...

* They are like the peppers that you buy in the store. * This is a timeless classic. * California Wonder peppers are an open pollinated heirloom variety of sweet bell pepper. * Blocky shape, excellent for stuffing with a sweet mild flavor.

* When baked it becomes even sweeter and develops a floury texture, it makes an excellent potato or cereal substitute. * It grows best on well-drained soils in full sun or partial shade.

* The seed germinates in 2-3 weeks and should be started indoors in April/May. * This variety is very heavy yielding over a long season. * The fruits are dark green maturing to red.

* It is loaded with nutrients and antioxidants so is often recommended as a nutraceutical supplement. * It is a sprawling vine 8-10 feet long. * This wild cucumber has edible fruit which are very tasty when green and extremely bitter when yellow and fully...

* Trees are probably much hardier when grown in areas with hot summers. * Source of the commercial pecan; a tall, straight-trunked tree, fastest growing of the hickories; likes deep, rich soil; native to central midwest south to Mexico

The jay uses the seeds as a food resource. * The seeds are dispersed by the Pinyon Jay , which plucks them out of the open cones. * The seed has a slightly resinous flavour, but delicious raw or cooked.

Not all authorities accept it as distinct, with the Flora Europaea treating it as a synonym of Rosa canina . It is also a fairly good source of essential fatty acids, which is fairly unusual for a fruit.

* Pinus coulteri is a substantial coniferous evergreen tree in the genus Pinus. Coulter pines produce the largest cones of any pine tree species (people are actually advised to wear hardhats when working in Coulter pine groves), although the slender cones...

It is widely cultivated throughout Armenia , Azerbaijan , Iran , Afghanistan , Pakistan , Turkey , India , the drier parts of southeast Asia , Indonesia , peninsular Malaysia , the Mediterranean and Southern Europe and tropical Africa .

* The fruit is eaten raw or dried for later use. The woody fruit is up to 30mm in diameter. * Small greenish-yellow flowers from April to July, in profusion; conspicuous brown-yellow winged fruit from August to October; 1 1/2" leaves; spiny branches;...

* Sometimes grown as a pot plant in colder areas. * Produces fruit that look like pineapples when mature. * Starchy and delicious, it has the texture of a waxy boiled potato with the flavour of chestnuts.

The 9–12 mm long seeds have only a vestigial wing and are dispersed by Spotted Nutcrackers. They are 5–10 cm long. * Pinus sibirica is a member of the white pine group, Pinus subgenus Strobus, and like all members of that group, the leaves ('needles')...

* Traditionally huckleberries were sought after and collected by many Native American tribes along the Pacific coast in the region. * Vaccinium ovatum is grown as an ornamental plant for horticultural use by specialty wholesale, retail, and botanic garden...

* It is the national tree of Chile. * The tree is native to central and southern Chile and western Argentina. * Its conservation status was enhanced to Endangered by the IUCN in 2013 due to its declining abundance.

It is seen in meadows, vacant lots, ditches, even in dumps. * An infusion of the roots has been used as a wash to treat sore eyes. In the Canadian maritimes, it grows with at an almost invasive rhythm.

* Of crooked, wide-spreading habit; berries eaten raw and used in jam and wine; dark red, purple, or black fruit, at 1" the largest of the genus; probably native to Asia. The fruit is juicy and refreshing, though it must be used as soon as it is ripe.

* For those people with sensitive taste buds, this is a fruit that can be enjoyed when eaten in moderate quantities. * The Strawberry Tree grows to 5-10 m tall, rarely up to 15 m, with a trunk diameter of up to 80 cm.