Fragrant Flowering Plant Edible Fruit Or Nut Plant For Sale In Philadelphia

A sugar can be extracted from the seed. * The use as food and an ornamental tree caused it to be introduced throughout western Europe, localised populations and cultivation occur on other continents.

Global interest in chia seed as a food* is based on its high content of protein, ?-3 fatty-acids, and complex carbohydrates, as well as the gelatinous, moisture-retaining qualities of the seed which make it useful in baking and in clothing the American...

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

Peruviana (Cape Gooseberry), easily identifiable by the larger, bright orange to red papery covering over its fruit, which resemble Chinese lanterns . * Physalis alkekengi ( Bladder cherry , Chinese lantern , Japanese lantern , or Winter cherry ; Japanese:...

* The seeds are very small but easy to harvest and very nutritious. They are eaten cooked or ground into a powder and used for making cakes etc. * The mild-flavoured leaves (cooked as a spinach) are rich in vitamins and minerals.

They are sometimes used in the production of schnapps. * The fruits are 1.5 to 3 centimeters in diameter and are somewhat sweet yet sour, bitter and astringent. * The young plants have many prickles and serrated edged leaves.

* 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. * The fruit tends to be quite large and fragrant, and when carefully wrapped (it has a tendency to bruise...

* Malva moschata ( Musk-mallow ) is a species of Malva native to Europe and southwestern Asia , from Spain north to the British Isles and Poland , and east to southern Russia and Turkey .

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

Fairly large and flavourful. * Ribes aureum Pursh (syn. * The fruit can be eaten raw or cooked. * Golden currant is a 3-6 ft., deciduous shrub with light-green, three-lobed leaves and spicy-scented racemes of yellow flowers, turning orange with age, on...

It grows in well-drained, loamy or sandy soils. It is found from the Oshima Peninsula in Hokkaid? * Has light gray bark; rounded crown; often used in bonsai; an important native element of Japanese forests.

* Its high density of growth effectively reduces the wind velocity near the ground. * Development of suckers from the root system makes American plum effective in stabilizing stream banks and gullies.

It is being investigated as a food that is capable of reducing the incidence of cancer and also as a means of halting or reversing the growth of cancers. * The Rosa blanda is a perennial rose that is fairly sturdy and can tolerate dry, nutrient poor habitats...

* Elaeagnus commutata ( American Silverberry or Wolf-willow ), is a species of Elaeagnus native to western North America , from southern Alaska through British Columbia east to Manitoba , and south to Utah and across the upper Midwestern United States...

* 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. It is also a fairly good source of essential fatty acids, which is fairly unusual for...

* A very attractive tree. In cultivation, leaves up to 23 cm long may be produced. * Because of its isolation in a remote area, it escaped discovery until 1964. * The Mexican government has declared this species endangered.

The glossy green leaves are narrow and like full sun in the summer and indoors but less in the winter. * A pomegranate ( Punica granatum ) is a fruit -bearing deciduous shrub or small tree.

The flowers open a light salmon color and then deepen to salmon pink in the height of summer. Angel's Trumpet ‘Tickled Pink' (Brugmansia hybrid) This gorgeous double flower has the flower-within- a-flower form and a very full skirt at the base with...

Because of the great age of this species it is sometimes described as a living fossil. Araucaria araucana is the hardiest species in the conifer genus Araucaria. The seed is soft like a cashew nut and has a slight flavour of pine nuts.

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

A dark grey to green dye can be obtained from the fruit. * A green dye can be obtained from the leaves. Wood - close-grained, soft, brittle. The thin outer bark can be peeled off the tree in the same way as birch trees.

* Rosa rubiginosa ( Sweet briar or Eglantine Rose ; syn. Eglanteria ) is a species of rose native to Europe and western Asia . * 1" fragrant single pink roses in small clusters; 1/2" orange to scarlet hips lasting well into winter; often grows on lime;...

The seed germinates in 1 - 3 months at 15°c. Pectin is also said to protect the body against radiation. * The chokeberries ( Aronia ) are two to three species of deciduous shrubs in the family Rosaceae , native to eastern North America .

They are used like spinach. An edible oil is obtained from the seed. * Young seedpods - cooked for a few minutes. Slightly sweet, it contains 20% or more protein, which is about 12 times that of potatoes.

* Leaves opening coppery-red , turning to soft green in summer and then to shades of red, orange and yellow in autumn. Canadensis ) and therefore under the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature it would be known as Amelanchier × lamarckii .

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

White to light pink flowers (3/4" across) are solitary or in pairs. * It is a deciduous shrub , irregular in shape, 0.3–3 m (rarely 4 m) high and possibly somewhat wider. The bark is glabrous and copper-tinted black.