Flowering Shrub Edible Fruit Or Nut Plant For Sale In Rhode Island

* 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 seed is a good source of vitamin E, it can be ground and mixed with flour or...

* Chokecherry is also used to craft wine in the western United States mainly in the Dakotas and Utah as well as in Manitoba, Canada. * The bark of chokecherry root was once made into an asperous-textured concoction used to ward off or treat colds, fever...

* Rubus spectabilis ( Salmonberry ) is a species of Rubus native to the west coast of North America from west central Alaska to California . * The fruit is juicy with a very good flavour.

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

It grows up to 10 m tall, and has reddish-brown shoots. When fully ripe it can be eaten raw. The fruit is a drupe 4-7 cm in diameter with yellow-pink flesh; it can be harvested in the summer.

It is sometimes used for furniture because it takes a high polish. The thin outer bark can be peeled off the tree in the same way as birch trees. It is often found in recently disturbed areas, open woods, on nutrient-rich soil.

The leaves are a tea substitute. A very nice sweet flavour that is enjoyed by almost everyone who tries it, there is a hint of apple in the taste. The fruit ripens in mid summer (early July in southern Britain), it is soft and juicy with a few small seeds...

The roses are quite variable, the characteristics such as leaf tip number of prickles and glandular hairs usually do not always remain constant, thus it is often confused with Rosa arkansana or Rosa carolina, the two other prairie rose species.

* White flowers in May in clusters to 4"; fruits larger than those of most Sorbus species, about 1", roundish or pear-shaped, brown or green with red tints, edible when overripe or frosted, used in beer-making; orange and dark-brown bark, used in tanning;...

* A poultice of the chewed leaves has been used to alleviate the pain of bee stings. It is reported that freezing and thawing will greatly mitigate the bitterness and make the hips much more palatable.

* White flowers in May in clusters to 4"; fruits larger than those of most Sorbus species, about 1", roundish or pear-shaped, brown or green with red tints, edible when overripe or frosted, used in beer-making; orange and dark-brown bark, used in tanning;...

It has been used historically for a number of medicinal purposes. * Crataegus azarolus is a species of hawthorn known by the common names azarole , mosphilla , and Mediterranean medlar .

* The dried leaves are used as a tea substitute. The syrup is used as a nutritional supplement, especially for babies. * It can be used in making delicious jams, syrups etc. * Used as understock for hybrid tea roses.

Typically, it has a moderate to fast growth rate, being able to grow one to three feet during the first year after trimming. * 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...

It is best to keep them in pots in a cold frame for their first winter and then plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring. It is widespread in British Columbia. * Sorbus sitchensis, also known as Sitka mountain-ash, is a small shrub...

Any galls produced on the tree are strongly astringent and can be used in the treatment of haemorrhages, chronic diarrhoea, dysentery etc. * A decoction of the root bark has been used to treat internal pains.

A pleasant sub-acid taste, somewhat resembling dried apples. * The fruit is eaten raw or dried for later use. The woody fruit is up to 30mm in diameter. * Paliurus spina-christi , commonly known as Jerusalem Thorn , Garland Thorn , Christ's Thorn , or...

When large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in a cold frame for their first winter. Plant out in late spring. * Seed - best sown as soon as it is ripe in pots outdoors or in a cold frame.

* The Bird Cherry ( Prunus padus ) is a species of cherry , native to northern Europe and northern Asia , growing even north of the Arctic Circle in Norway , Sweden , Finland and Russia .

* Native to Tropical Africa. * The Mokala National Park in the Northern Cape is named after this tree.

* The fruit can be eaten raw or cooked. * Elaeagnus umbellata , also referred to as Japanese Silverberry , Umbellate Oleaster or Autumn-olive , is a species of Elaeagnus native to eastern Asia from the Himalayas east to Japan .

* Although only 4 - 8mm long, it's fruit has been suggested as a substitute for the true olive, Olea europaea. * Tolerates dry sites. * Succeeds in most soils. Requires a sunny position and a well-drained soil.

It has been used historically for a number of medicinal purposes. * Crataegus azarolus is a species of hawthorn known by the common names azarole , mosphilla , and Mediterranean medlar .

It is best to keep them in pots in a cold frame for their first winter and then plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring. It is widespread in British Columbia. * Sorbus sitchensis, also known as Sitka mountain-ash, is a small shrub...

* Research on elderberries is being conducted at the University of Missouri's South West Center in Mount Vernon and at the Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station in Mountain Grove.

* 1" fragrant single pink roses in small clusters; 1/2" orange to scarlet hips lasting well into winter; often grows on lime; with erect, arching branches; native to Europe and western Asia, where it grows in hedgerows and along forest edges; naturalized...

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 also known as the "coffee shrub of Arabia", "mountain coffee" or "arabica coffee".