Edible Fruit Or Nut Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Sterling Heights

* The bush is native to the Mediterranean region, growing wild on walls or in rocky coastal areas throughout. * The flower buds are pickled and used as a flavouring in sauces, salads etc.

The seed is an important local food source, and is considered to be a great delicacy. Used like pistachio nuts. Rich in oil, they have a pleasant flavour with a hint of resin and can be used as a staple food.

* Blocky shape, excellent for stuffing with a sweet mild flavor. * California Wonder peppers are an open pollinated heirloom variety of sweet bell pepper. * This is a timeless classic.

* The fruits are the sweetest when soft and orange. * It is an evergreen large shrub or small tree , with a rounded crown, short trunk and woolly new twigs. * The fruit has a slightly acid, sweet aromatic flavour, they can be eaten out of hand or cooked...

* A tall, straight-trunked tree, fastest growing of the hickories; likes deep, rich soil; native to central midwest south to Mexico. Wild collected seed will produce smaller harder shelled nuts.

Young leaves have velvety grey hair but later become bare and turn dark green. Flowers grow in umbels and appear in April/May. Tolerates atmospheric pollution, excessive moisture and a range of soil types if they are moderately fertile.

* Wildlife benefit: Squirrels, chipmunks, deer, birds, and turkeys eat the acorns. * The Bur-gambel oak is a Bur oak hybrid which is vigorous, fast growing, and produces heavy crops of acorns at a young age.

Seed-caching animals such as the scrub jay and California ground squirrel are important to species survival, as acorns buried by these animals are more likely to develop into seedlings than acorns that have not been cached.

Numerous cultivars with flowers in shades of white, pink and red have been selected. * This plant is widely cultivated in temperate regions for its twining habit and its showy flowers which appear early in the season - occasionally even in midwinter.

It is primarily found in Southeastern Canada, the Northeastern and Midwestern United States, Southern Ontario , and the Appalachian Mountains . An orange dye can be obtained from the inner barkand central pith of the stem, mixed with bloodroot (Sanguinaria...

* Corylus cornuta ( Beaked Hazel ) is a deciduous shrubby hazel found in most of North America , from southern Canada south to Georgia and California . When kept in a cool place, and not shelled, the seed should store for at least 12 months.

* Celtis tournefortii, commonly known as the 'oriental hackberry' is a deciduous tree in the Celtis genus. Established plants are very drought resistant. Succeeds on dry gravels and on sandy soils.

* In Chile, it is a very common species in the natural grasslands of the northern metropolitan region. * Prosopis chilensis , carob , is a species of South American legume family which dwells mainly central Chile, south of Peru , Andean- Chaco ecotone...

The flowers are also used in the treatment of an enlarged prostate gland. * Requires a sandy or very well-drained soil. Sweet and gelatinous. * Fig opuntia is grown primarily as a fruit crop, but also for the vegetable nopales and other uses.

However according to Cancer Research UK, "there is no scientific evidence to prove that flower remedies can control, cure or prevent any type of disease, including cancer". * This tree responds very well to coppicing, which is still practised in Britain,...

* The average yield from wild trees in the Himalayas is 83kg per year, though some trees yield up to 200kg. * They are commonly served raw and peeled. * The fruit contains about 4.9% sugars, 3.2% protein, 0.9% pectin.

Seed-caching animals such as the scrub jay and California ground squirrel are important to species survival, as acorns buried by these animals are more likely to develop into seedlings than acorns that have not been cached.

Lupulus contains myrcene, humulene, xanthohumol, myrcenol, linalool, tannins, and resin. * The dried flowering heads of female plants are used as a flavouring and preservative in beer.

* Synonymous with Halesia tetraptera (tetraptera meaning four-winged). 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.

It is primarily found in Southeastern Canada, the Northeastern and Midwestern United States, Southern Ontario , and the Appalachian Mountains . An orange dye can be obtained from the inner barkand central pith of the stem, mixed with bloodroot (Sanguinaria...

When large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots of fairly rich soil and grow them on fast, planting them out after the last expected frosts and giving them some protection (such as a cloche) until they have settled down and are...

* 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; dry soil, full sun; native to southern Europe, western Asia.

* 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 China .

Its uses include forage , wood and environmental management. * Prosopis juliflora ( Spanish : bayahonda blanca ) is a shrub or small tree native to Mexico , South America and the Caribbean .

* It is recommended to be grown in full sun. * Seeds germinate in 10-15 days. Well rounded, heavily netted medium ribbed fruit. * The flesh is salmon-orange colored and firm and sweet.

* The whole plant, known as ning tiao, is used in the treatment of cancer of the breast, and the orifice to the womb, and for dysmenorrhoea and other gynaecological problems. * Extremely hardy--a plant lifted from a pot in December spent the winter in...

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