Edible Fruit Or Nut Plant Evergreen Plant For Sale In Allentown

* Plants grow best in rich moist soils and require copious summer watering in their early stages, though established plants are very drought resistant. Cultivars may be grafted. An edible oil is obtained from the seed.

* A saguaro is able to absorb and store considerable amounts of rainwater, visibly expanding in the process, while slowly using the stored water as needed. They continue to produce nectar after sunrise.

* This shrubby pine ranges from 1–3 m in height, exceptionally up to 5 m, but may have individual branches that extend farther along the ground in length. In the mountains of northern Japan , it sometimes hybridises with the related Japanese White Pine...

Peruviana (Cape Gooseberry), easily identifiable by the larger, bright orange to red papery covering over its fruit, which resemble Chinese lanterns . It is native from southern Europe east across southern Asia to Japan .

A long-lived but slow-growing tree in the wild. * Pinus albicaulis (known commonly as Whitebark pine , Pitch pine , Scrub pine , and Creeping pine ) occurs in the mountains of the Western United States and Canada , specifically the subalpine areas of...

Root - raw or cooked like potatoes. Will trail along the ground or can be trained up a trellis. Start seeds indoors and transplant outside when danger of frost is past. The pods are harvested when about 15 - 20 cm long and 2cm wide.

Deliciosa, the kiwi fruit, the skin is smooth and can be eaten with the fruit. * The fruit can be eaten raw, cooked or dried for later use. * This is a climbing plant, supporting itself by twining around branches etc.

* The pinon pine (Pinus edulis) is the state tree of New Mexico. * The seeds are dispersed by the Pinyon Jay , which plucks them out of the open cones. Rich in oil, protein and thiamine.

* The species is widely used in folk medicine. * It is closely related to Araucaria araucana from further southwest in South America, differing most conspicuously in the narrower leaves.

* The bush grows to a maximum height of 13 feet (4 m ), and the prickles are sparse to scattered along the stalks.

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

* Significant progress has been reported on polyphenols, particularly ellagic acid, tannins and anthocyanins, antioxidant activity, anti-cancer and anti-viral properties. * Native to east Asia.

It prefers moist soil. * The tree is native in the Mediterranean region, Iran and parts of central Asia. * Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils, prefers well-drained soil and can grow in nutritionally poor soil.

It is also a fairly good source of essential fatty acids, which is fairly unusual for a fruit. Canina, differing in having smaller prickles, shorter pedicels, and more persistant sepals; native to Europe and Western Asia.

The roasted seed can be used as a coffee substitute. * The seed can be eaten raw or cooked. * This tree responds very well to coppicing, which is still practised in Britain, and produces a good crop of tannin-rich wood every 12 to 30 years, depending...

* The seed contains several medically active compounds and is analgesic, antibacterial and antiinflammatory. Cembra; of relaxed pyramidal habit; blue-green foliage, needles to 4"; slow growing and in the 30-40' range in cultivation, and accordingly good...

Fruiting in September. * Native to temperate forests, thickets; 400-2600 m. In Russia cultivated in St. Petersburg and Moscow . E Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang (Daxinganling), Henan (Funiu Shan), ?Hubei, Jilin (Changbai Shan), Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Shaanxi,...

* One of its constituent alkaloids, called 'trigonelline', has shown potential for use in cancer therapy. * Fenugreek (/?f?nj??ri?k/; Trigonella foenum-graecum) is an annual plant in the family Fabaceae with leaves consisting of three small obovate to...

The fruit is a drupe 4-7 cm in diameter with yellow-pink flesh; it can be harvested in the summer. The leaves are 6-12 cm long and 2.5-5 cm broad, with a serrated margin. Prunus triflora or Prunus thibetica ; also called Chinese plum or Japanese plum...

* The fruit has a slightly acid, sweet aromatic flavour, they can be eaten out of hand or cooked in pies, sauces, jellies etc. * It is an evergreen large shrub or small tree , with a rounded crown, short trunk and woolly new twigs.

* Very fragrant yellow flowers in early spring. * Shiny leathery leaves, coarse, evergreen, dark green or blue green. A pleasant acid flavour, it is nice when added to muesli or porridge.

The Pine nuts are reported to be an aphrodisiac. * 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...

Lupulus is the main ingredient of many beers, and as such is widely cultivated for use by the brewing industry. 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...

The seed, or the oil from the seed are normally used. * Flax was extensively cultivated in ancient Ethiopia and ancient Egypt . * Linseed has a long history of medicinal use, its main effects being as a laxative and expectorant that soothes irritated...

* The cones are stout and heavy, typically 8–15 cm (3.1–5.9 in) long and broad, and contain large, hard-shelled, but edible, pine nuts. It is an endangered species growing only in the Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve, coastal northern San Diego...

At this stage the fruit has a delicious taste, somewhat like a luscious tropical fruit. * The fruit is usually bletted if it is going to be eaten raw. Cormus domestica (L.) Spach) is a species of Sorbus native to western, central and southern Europe ,...

Plants can only be grown in oceanic and Mediterranean climates, thriving in Britain. * Requires a lime-free soil. Very sweet and much appreciated, tasting somewhat like a hazel nut.