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

* White flowers to 3" across. * The flower buds are pickled and used as a flavouring in sauces, salads etc. * An extract of the root is used as a cosmetic and is particularly useful in treating rose-coloured rashes and capillary weaknesses.

* Recent research has found several unlogged stands of Blue Oak woodlands, suggesting that the state may harbor over 500,000 acres (2,000 km2) of such old growth forests. * It is also sometimes known as the Mountain Oak, and occasionally the Iron Oak.

It is dioecious , with male and female cones on separate plants, which are wind pollinated. A tea made from the berries has a spicy gin-like flavour. Alpina , Vitosha , Bulgaria . It is a shrub or small tree , very variable and often a low spreading shrub,...

* The fruit contains about 4.9% sugars, 3.2% protein, 0.9% pectin. * They are commonly served raw and peeled. * The fruit tends to be quite large and fragrant, and when carefully wrapped (it has a tendency to bruise because of its juiciness), it can last...

* California Black Oak ( Quercus kelloggii ), also known as simply Black Oak , or Kellogg Oak , is an oak in the red oak section ( Quercus sect. * The cooked seed was used as a staple food by several native North American Indian tribes * Oaks may be the...

This thorny shrub is native to northern and western North America, where it grows in varied habitats from forest to scrubland. The fruit is about 8mm in diameter and is borne in small clusters.

It is commonly grown throughout the northern hemisphere as a landscaping plant and ornamental . Typically, it has a moderate to fast growth rate, being able to grow one to three feet during the first year after trimming.

* 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. * The Bur-gambel oak is a Bur oak hybrid which is vigorous, fast growing, and produces heavy crops of acorns...

The jay uses the seeds as a food resource. * The seed has a slightly resinous flavour, but delicious raw or cooked. * The seed is up to 25mm long. * The seed can be ground into a meal and used in stews, making bread, cakes etc and in making nut butter.

Plants often colonise exposed mountain slopes in the wild, their root system anchoring them firmly. * Thrives in a light well-drained sandy or gravelly loam in a sunny position. In more favourable conditions, trees may grow to 20 m in height, although...

* Blossoms in May. * In culture, since 1882. * Common in mixed and coniferous forests as undergrowth , sometimes, especially in the burned areas and clearings , forms thickets. But little is known as an ornamental.

Introduced into Latin America and California by Spanish settlers in 1769, pomegranate is now cultivated in parts of California and Arizona for juice production. * A pomegranate ( Punica granatum ) is a fruit -bearing deciduous shrub or small tree.

* Appealing silvery-green leaves; small but fragrant flowers; likes sun; a tough plant, doesn't mind drought, or poor soil, very salt-tolerant; native over a wide swathe of southern Europe east to the Himalayas.

It was used for canning, juice and fresh market. * This heirloom variety was created by Rutgers University in the 1930's. * Newer varieties have taken over the commercial world, as you may notice in your grocery store, that are flavorless and hardBut...

* Silybum marianum has other common names include cardus marianus, milk thistle, blessed milk thistle, Marian Thistle, Mary Thistle, Saint Mary's Thistle, Mediterranean milk thistle, variegated thistle and Scotch thistle.

* It is easily identifiable with beautiful feather palm pinnate leaves that arch inwards towards a thick stout trunk. * Butia capitata , also known as Pindo Palm or Jelly Palm , is a palm native to Brazil and Uruguay .

* Native to Tropical Africa. * The Mokala National Park in the Northern Cape is named after this tree.

* Starchy and delicious, it has the texture of a waxy boiled potato with the flavour of chestnuts. * The germinating seed produces an underground 'earth nut' which has a coconut-like flavour.

* A decoction of the leaves, when watered on plants, repels caterpillars. * A shrub or small tree with bright green compound leaves; yellow-white flowers in 4-6" flat-topped clusters, followed by quantities of dark blue-black berries used in jelly, pie,...

A very ornamental tree. This is an ornamental pear with a vertical manner of growth and a round to broad oval crown. Grows well in heavy clay soils. These have lighter lenticels and remain on the tree until January.

* As a xerophytic (drought-resistant) species, carob is well adapted to the ecological conditions of the Mediterranean region. * A tree of rounded habit with evergreen compound leaves; small red flowers in racemes in spring.

* The ripe fruit is chewed for its acidity. In the wild, Carolina silverbell typically does not exceed 35' in height (though specimens have been found in the 80-100' range), and is frequently shrubby in habit.

A very ornamental tree. This is an ornamental pear with a vertical manner of growth and a round to broad oval crown. Grows well in heavy clay soils. These have lighter lenticels and remain on the tree until January.

* 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. * The Bur-gambel oak is a Bur oak hybrid which is vigorous, fast growing, and produces heavy crops of acorns...

* Native to Tropical Africa. * The Mokala National Park in the Northern Cape is named after this tree.

* The fruit contains about 4.9% sugars, 3.2% protein, 0.9% pectin. * They are commonly served raw and peeled. * The fruit tends to be quite large and fragrant, and when carefully wrapped (it has a tendency to bruise because of its juiciness), it can last...

* Seed - best sown as soon as it is ripe in a warm greenhouse. The dehusked seed germinates quickly at 25°c. * Seed - raw or cooked. The shell is very hard, making it difficult to extract the seed.