Edible Fruit Or Nut Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Charlotte

* The fruit can be made into jams and preserves.

* Requires a rich loam. * Nelumbo nucifera , known by numerous common names including Indian lotus, sacred lotus, bean of India, or simply lotus, is one of two species of aquatic plant in the family Nelumbonaceae.

* Fruits ripen throughout the season. * The heirloom tomato that started a movement! * Pink fruits grow to 1-2 lbs. * Potato leaf plants. * Meaty beefsteak fruits have few seeds and little cracking.

They make a very good perennial substitute for lettuce in a salad, producing fresh leaves from spring until the middle of summer, or until the autumn from spring germinating plants.

* It is cultivated for a spice obtained from the seeds inside the cherry stones. * Flowers bloom in mid spring and are pollinated mainly by bees and insects. * The species is grown as an ornamental tree for its strongly fragrant flowers.

It has been naturalized in the southern United States and the New World tropics. * Other common names include coixseed, tear grass and Yi Yi. Job's tears are also commonly sold as Chinese pearl barley in Asian supermarkets, although C.

* There is an art to growing the giants so don't be discouraged if you don't get pumpkins weighing hundreds of pounds on your first try. If you really want to grow a record breaker do your homework on growing techniques, fertilization, etc.

* The fruit is a drupe similar to a small peach , 1.5–2.5 cm diameter, from yellow to orange, often tinged red on the side most exposed to the sun; its surface is usually pubescent .

Well rounded, heavily netted medium ribbed fruit. * It is very productive and a vigorous grower. * Seeds germinate in 10-15 days. * The flesh is salmon-orange colored and firm and sweet.

* This palm grows up to 6m (exceptionally 8m) in a slow but steady manner. * Butia capitata , also known as Pindo Palm or Jelly Palm , is a palm native to Brazil and Uruguay . * The seed contains up to 45% of an edible oil, it is used mainly for margarines.

The seed is rich in carbohydrates, it can be dried, then ground and used as a flour in breads, puddings, as a thickener in soups etc. However according to Cancer Research UK, "there is no scientific evidence to prove that flower remedies can control,...

* Fagus crenata , known as the Japanese beech , Siebold's beech , or buna , is a deciduous tree of the beech family Fagaceae . It is native to Japan where it is widespread and often one of the dominant trees of Japan's deciduous forests.

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 is currently still one of the most popular varieties in the world! * Produces 20-25 lb.

The common name "Honesty" arose in the 16th century, and it may be due to the translucent seed-pods which are like flattened pea-pods and borne on the plant through winter. In the United States it may also be known as "Silver Dollars," also because of...

The fruits are edible and prized by local people. * In 1994, Saguaro National Park, near Tucson, Arizona, was designated to help protect this species and its habitat. * The saguaro blossom is the state wildflower of Arizona.

* The fruit is a drupe similar to a small peach , 1.5–2.5 cm diameter, from yellow to orange, often tinged red on the side most exposed to the sun; its surface is usually pubescent .

Rudolf Diesel ran some of the first engines that bear his name on peanut oil and it is still seen as a potentially useful fuel. Germination should take place within 2 weeks. * Peanuts have a variety of industrial end uses.

* A very hardy plant, tolerating temperatures down to -30°c or more, but the young spring growth is susceptible to frost damage. Sweeter than A. Deliciosa, the kiwi fruit, the skin is smooth and can be eaten with the fruit.

* The variety Brilliantissima tends to be more compact than the species. It is a very worthy landscape shrub! * Common name is in reference to the tart and bitter berries which are technically edible but so astringent as to cause choking in those who...

* It is an often multi-stemmed shrub with long, outward growing branches that form a dense, spreading or spherical shape. * Fall color is quite variable, ranging from attractive combinations of orange, rose, purplish red, yellow and green to undistinguished,...

* Chokecherries are very high in antioxidant pigment compounds, such as anthocyanins. * Chokecherry is a suckering shrub or small tree growing to 5 m tall. * The chokecherry fruit can be used to make a tasty jam, jelly, or syrup.

* Macadamia integrifolia is a tree in the Proteaceae family, native to Queensland in Australia. Growth is optimal between temperatures of 20 - 25°c, ceasing when they fall below 10°c or rise above 30°c.

* The edible seeds, pine nuts, are collected throughout its range; in many areas, the seed harvest rights are owned by Native American tribes, for whom the species is of immense cultural and economic importance.

* When growing in the wild the azerole bears plentiful crops of haw fruits, which are similar to the haws of the European common hawthorn, but plumper. * Crataegus azarolus is a species of hawthorn known by the common names azarole , mosphilla , and Mediterranean...

Coffea arabica is believed to be the first species of coffee to be cultivated, being grown in southwest Arabia for well over 1,000 years. * It is considered to produce better coffee than the other major commercially grown coffee species, Coffea canephora...

* A variation on R. * The fruit of many members of this genus is a very rich source of vitamins and minerals, especially in vitamins A, C and E, flavanoids and other bio-active compounds.

The pods are harvested when about 15 - 20 cm long and 2cm wide. They tastes like French beans (Phaseolus vulgaris). Immature seeds are used in soups etc. The light blue flowers are also used as a colouring in foods.