Edible Fruit Or Nut Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Houston

Due to their mucilaginous property they are often sprouted on clay or other porous materials. The sprouted seeds are eaten in salads, sandwiches, soups, stews etc. The seed is a good source of protein and easily digested fats.

It produces an abundance of medium sized round bright crimson tomatoes. * This heirloom variety was created by Rutgers University in the 1930's. The flavor is good. * Newer varieties have taken over the commercial world, as you may notice in your grocery...

* This variety is very heavy yielding over a long season. * The fruits are dark green maturing to red. * he fruit will mature in about 70 days from transplanting. * This ia a very early maturing, hot Jalapeno Pepper.

Perfect for eating fresh, freezing and canning. Good for any climate. It provides continuous pods throughout the season. * Golden Wax bean produces excellent yields of golden yellow wax beans.

This tea is given to mothers in Egypt when they are nursing. * In the Middle East, water is boiled with about a tablespoon of aniseed per teacup to make a special hot tea called yansoon.

* Besides the use for ornamental purposes, Job's tears grains are useful as a source of food (cereals) and folk medicine. Lacryma-jobi is not closely related to barley (Hordeum vulgare).

There is a local disjunct population in Mexico as well. Frangula caroliniana ), the Carolina Buckthorn , is an upright shrub or small tree native to the Southeastern United States .

Fruits are sometimes used to make tasty jams and jellies. * 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...

The trunk is vertical and branches horizontal to upcurved. Coulter pines produce the largest cones of any pine tree species (people are actually advised to wear hardhats when working in Coulter pine groves), although the slender cones of the sugar pine...

* It is also known as the "coffee shrub of Arabia", "mountain coffee" or "arabica coffee". * The flowers are white, 10–15 mm in diameter and grow in axillary clusters. Wild plants grow to between 9 and 12 m tall, and have an open branching system; the...

Arizona and northern Mexico and is sold in the local markets there. It typically grows in dry hills at moderate altitudes. A sweet taste, it is an important item of food for the Indians in S.

* Easily grown in a moisture retentive but well-drained loamy soil of at least moderate quality. * It is native to western North America, including British Columbia and much of the western United States.

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

* The most important of the edible blueberries, but also a good ornamental; dark green or blue-green leaves, turning yellow, orange, red, and bronzy in fall; masses of white or pinkish flowers with the new leaves; blue-black berries to 1/2" starting in...

* Naturalist John Muir considered sugar pine to be the "king of the conifers". Conservation Plant Characteristics Pinus lambertiana Douglas sugar pine PILA Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Tree Native Status L48 (N) Federal T/E Status National...

* The woolly inflorescences remain attractive well into winter. * The cooked seed can be used as a rice substitute. * This sedge is very variable in appearance. The fertile stems grow upright.

* 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. * 2" white or pale pink flowers in small clusters in summer.

The fruit is juicy and refreshing, though it must be used as soon as it is ripe. It is native to southwestern Asia , where it has been cultivated for so long that its precise natural range is unknown.

'Fire Hill' is a popular cultivar with red flowers. It grows to 1.5 m (5 ft) and is a popular ornamental plant in cold temperate regions, valued for its profuse spring blossom and exceptional winter hardiness.

* The fruit is sweet and aromatic with the flavour of apricots. * Butia capitata , also known as Pindo Palm or Jelly Palm , is a palm native to Brazil and Uruguay . * They can also be made into jellies, jams, pies, cakes etc.

It grows well in sandy soils and is drought tolerant once established. It is a hardy, perennial herb with yellow flowers and feathery leaves. * Many cultures in India, Afghanistan, Iran, and the Middle East use fennel seed in cooking.

The leaves are also fermented for later use. It produces edible quality canola oil and exhibits improve winter survival in Great Plains conditions. Added to salads or used as a potherb.

Plants often colonise exposed mountain slopes in the wild, their root system anchoring them firmly. The Whitebark Pine is typically the highest-elevation pine tree of these mountains, marking the tree line .

Mature bushes in the wild yield about 650g of fruit over 2 - 3 pickings. * The fruit can be eaten raw or cooked. Because airborne nitrogen can be fixed in its roots, it has the capability to grow in infertile habitats.

* It is a member of the white pine group, Pinus subgenus Strobus, and like all members of that group, the leaves ('needles') are in fascicles (bundles) of five[citation needed], with a deciduous sheath.

* A good bee and butterfly plant. In Denmark it is known as Judaspenge and in The Netherlands as Judaspenning (coins of Judas) because of its resemblance to silver coins, a reference to Judas Iscariot .

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