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

* The seed can be eaten raw or cooked. The roasted seed can be used as a coffee substitute. * Roman soldiers were given chestnut porridge before entering battle. A somewhat astringent taste raw, it improves considerably when cooked and is delicious baked...

It ripens fairly late, specimens seen at the end of October 1998 were not quite fully ripe. A pleasant flavour. * Crataegus pinnatifida , also known as Chinese hawthorn ( The Chinese name literally means "mountain hawthorn"), refers to a small to a medium-sized...

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.

* It has started being cultivated recently and is a very attractive ornamental tree. * It differs from all other pinyon species in that it has very massive cones and large seeds. * The Mexican government has declared this species endangered.

The seed is up to 3cm long. * Although it can grow to the height of 25 meters, many specimens are seen as shrubs 3–5 m tall with many small trunks. The seed ripens in late autumn and, when stored in its shell in a cool place, will keep for at least...

* Quercus kelloggii is cultivated in the specialty horticulture trade as an ornamental tree for native plant, drought tolerant water conserving, and habitat gardens, and various types of municipal, commercial, and agency sustainable landscape and restoration...

Sotolon is the chemical responsible for fenugreek's distinctive sweet smell. * Fenugreek is used as an herb (dried or fresh leaves), spice (seeds), and vegetable (fresh leaves, sprouts, and microgreens).

* The saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) is an arborescent (tree-like) cactus species in the monotypic genus Carnegiea, which can grow to be over 70 feet (21 m) tall. * Native birds such as Gila woodpeckers, purple martins, house finches, and gilded flickers...

They are used in the treatment of stones in the urinary tract, rheumatoid arthralgia, cancers of the liver and oesophagus. * The fruits, the size of a walnut, are edible. * This species is the parent of the cultivated Kiwi fruits, these cultivars are...

But it is thinly distributed over much of its native range, and is becoming rare in many areas. * Halesia tetraptera, commonly known as the common silverbell is a species in the family Styracaceae, native to the southeastern United States.

It has a highly developed root system so it is very time consuming when you want to remove from land for cultivation . * Prosopis chilensis , carob , is a species of South American legume family which dwells mainly central Chile, south of Peru , Andean-...

* The pulp in the seedpods of carob is very nutritious and, due to its high sugar content, sweet-tasting and mildly laxative. * As a xerophytic (drought-resistant) species, carob is well adapted to the ecological conditions of the Mediterranean region.

* Crataegus crus-galli is a species of hawthorn known by the common names cockspur hawthorn and cockspur thorn . The leaves are 5 to 6 centimeters long, glossy dark green in color and turning gold to red in the fall.

The flavor is good. It was used for canning, juice and fresh market. * Newer varieties have taken over the commercial world, as you may notice in your grocery store, that are flavorless and hardBut great for shipping!! This old standby will not disappoint.

An edible oil is obtained from the seed. When kept in a cool place, and not shelled, the seed should store for at least 12 months. The seed can be dried and ground into a powder which is added to cereals and used in making bread, pies etc.

Oval to round fruit with red sweet flesh and small seeds, maturing in 85 days. * Crimson Sweet is a heirloom variety that has been around a long time. * It was an All American winner in 1964.

It is a dioecious, perennial, herbaceous climbing plant which sends up new shoots in early spring and dies back to a cold-hardy rhizome in autumn. Lupulus is the main ingredient of many beers, and as such is widely cultivated for use by the brewing industry.

* Once an important hardwood timber tree, the American chestnut is highly susceptible to chestnut blight, caused by an Asian bark fungus. * A rapidly growing deciduous hardwood tree.

Older writers usually distinguished the turnip and rape by the adjectives round and long (- rooted ) respectively. The name derives from the Latin for turnip , r?pum or r?pa , and is first recorded in English at the end of the 14th century.

* Polyphenolic compounds from raspberry seeds are efficient antioxidants. * A purple to dull blue dye is obtained from the fruit. * Raspberry fruit may protect the liver. * The plant from which cultivated red raspberries were derived.

The pomegranate is native to the Iranian Plateau , and has been cultivated in the Caucasus since ancient times. Punica granatum is a wonderful Bonsai due to the eye-catching bark, robust tree trunks, bright red flowers, and ability to bear fruit.

* Grown commercially in California for olives. * Extremely drought resistant. Its deadwood is full of character and can sometimes flower and fruit. * An evergreen Tree growing to 10 m (32ft) by 8 m (26ft) at a slow rate.

It's known to hold the record for depth of penetration by roots. Its uses include forage , wood and environmental management. Prosopis juliflora roots were found growing at a depth of 53.3 meters (nearly 175 feet) at an open-pit mine near Tucson , Arizona...

'Fire Hill' is a popular cultivar with red flowers. * Prunus tenella Batsch, Dwarf Russian Almond , is a species of deciduous shrubs in the genus Prunus , native to steppes of Eastern Europe and Western Siberia , as well as dry open sites of Caucasus...

* A tea is made by boiling the leaves and stems. Alpina , Vitosha , Bulgaria . * The seed cones are berry -like, green ripening in 18 months to purple-black with a blue waxy coating; they are spherical, 4–12 mm diameter, and usually have three (occasionally...

In Telugu it is called 'chamma kaya' also called 'Tammi kaya' * The fruits are eaten as a vegetable in Africa and Asia. * Canavalia gladiata, usually called Sword Bean, is a domesticated plant species in the legume (Fabaceae) family.

Pistacia vera often is confused with other species in the genus Pistacia that are also known as pistachio. Their nuts are much smaller, have a strong flavor of turpentine , and have a shell that is not hard.