Flowering Tree Wildlife Food For Sale In District Of Columbia

It is about the size of a pea, up to 14mm long, and is produced in fairly large bunches making it easy to harvest. * It has sometimes been placed in a separate genus of its own as Micromeles alnifolia, differing from other whitebeams in the deciduous...

Grows well in heavy clay soils. The seed must be separated from the fruit flesh since this contains germination inhibitors. * Propagation Seed - best sown as soon as it is ripe in a cold frame or in an outdoors seedbed if there is sufficient seed.

* Commonly found in parks and gardens and is one of the dominant landscape species. * It is native to Greece and Albania. * With its white flowers it is beloved of bees in May and children in fall for the mahogany nuts.

* The Pacific Dogwood , Cornus nuttallii (syn. * This species is the floral emblem of British Columbia. Cultivated examples are found as far north as Haida Gwaii . An inland population occurs in central Idaho .

* An infusion of the branches has been given to young children with bed-wetting problems. * A shrubby species with compound leaves, white flowers, and orange to scarlet 1/4" round fruit; native to the Rocky Mountains, California to British Columbia.

It grows at higher elevations (to 9500') with a slower growth rate, and has shorter cones (to 3"), blue-green needles and better winter hardiness. * The specific epithet, menziesii, is after Archibald Menzies, a Scottish physician and rival naturalist...

Bark: Light gray, smooth, surface scaly. It is also used in homeopathic remedies. * The fruit is antiscorbutic, diuretic, mildly laxative, astringent and digestive. Inner scales are very tomentose and enlarge with the growing shoot.

* An evergreen Tree growing to 10 m (32ft) by 10 m (32ft) at a slow rate. It is hardy to zone 7. * Lithocarpus densiflorus , commonly known as the Tanoak or Tanbark-oak , is an evergreen tree in the beech family Fagaceae , native to the western United...

It occurs on dry or sandy upland sites from southern New York ( Long Island ) south to central Florida and west to southern Missouri and eastern Texas . * Quercus falcata , commonly known as the Southern Red Oak or Spanish Oak , is a tree in the red oak...

* This is one of the best flowering cherry species with an upright spreading to rounded habit and deep reddish brown polished bark. * Prunus sargentii is a deciduous tree that grows 20–40 feet in height.

* Tetradium is a genus of nine species of trees in the family Rutaceae, occurring in temperate to tropical east Asia. They are attractive trees with deciduous glossy pinnate leaves.

* An evergreen Tree growing to 10 m (32ft) by 10 m (32ft) at a slow rate. It is hardy to zone 7. * Lithocarpus densiflorus , commonly known as the Tanoak or Tanbark-oak , is an evergreen tree in the beech family Fagaceae , native to the western United...

Useful for making tool handles, mallets and other small items. * Seedling trees take from 5 - 8 years before they start bearing fruit, though grafted trees will often flower heavily in their third year.

And as a flavouring for sloe gin and other liqueurs. * The fruit is usually used in jellies, syrups, conserves etc. * Prunus spinosa ( blackthorn or sloe ) is a species of Prunus native to Europe , western Asia , and locally in northwest Africa .

The acorns are hemispheric in shape and 0.35 to 0.6 inches(9 to 16.5mm) by 0.35 to 0.6 inches(9 to 16.5mm). It is often confused with and closely related to the Swamp Laurel Oak in which it differs in several key characteristics.

* The valuable wood is used particularly for furniture, paneling, professional and scientific instruments, handles, and toys. * The wood of P. * It is a moderately long-lived tree, with ages of up to 258 years known.

The dried flower stems repel insects and rodents. * A decoction of the leaves, when watered on plants, repels caterpillars. * A shrub or small tree with bright green compound leaves; yellow-white flowers in 4-6" flat-topped clusters, followed by quantities...

The twigs are smooth, reddish-green, becoming light gray in their second year, finally dark brown or brownish gray, marked with dark wart-like excrescences. The bark is gray to light brown, with narrow, well defined fissures.

* An infusion of the branches has been given to young children with bed-wetting problems. * A shrubby species with compound leaves, white flowers, and orange to scarlet 1/4" round fruit; native to the Rocky Mountains, California to British Columbia.

Branchlets reddish brown when old, terete, slender, pubescent when young, soon glabrescent, glabrous when old; buds reddish brown, ovoid; scales villous at margin. * Shrubs or small trees, to 5–7 m tall.

The new leaves are a very showy bright red as with many savanna trees. They sometimes produce so much nectar that it drips from the flowers. Its southernmost extent is southwest of East London in the Eastern Cape of South Africa at about 33°S.

* This is one of the best flowering cherry species with an upright spreading to rounded habit and deep reddish brown polished bark. * Prunus sargentii is a deciduous tree that grows 20–40 feet in height.

The fruit is a very bitter nut , 2-3 cm long with a green four-valved cover which splits off at maturity in the fall, and a hard, bony shell. * Prefers a deep moisture-retentive loam in a sunny sheltered position, requiring a good summer for best development.

* Wood - fine grained, hard, very heavy, reddish. Used for small articles. * Amelanchier ovalis , commonly known as Snowy Mespilus , is a serviceberry shrub. Its pome fruits are edible and can be eaten raw or cooked.

* Other names include Halibun, Kalivon, Kozo, and Tapacloth tree. * Grows like mad; tolerant of cities and poor soil; tends to sucker; sometimes used as a street tree; 8" leaves yellow-green in fall; red fruit.

* The resin is used internally in propriety mixtures to treat coughs. * Very popular as Christmas Trees, especially in the northeastern USA. * Needles very aromatic; symmetrical, cone-shaped habit, especially when young; prefers cool, moist conditions.

The seed is up to 3cm long. The seed ripens in late autumn and, when stored in its shell in a cool place, will keep for at least 6 months. * The seed is eaten raw or cooked. Rather thin-shelled, the seed is small and sweet.