Honey Bee Food Edible Fruit Or Nut Plant For Sale In Detroit

* In Bulgaria, where it grows in abundance, the hips are used to make a sweet wine. * The dog rose was the stylized rose of medieval European heraldry, and is still used today. * The dried leaves are used as a tea substitute.

* This plant can be used as a rootstock for some of the less hardy members of this genus, conferring on them an additional cold tolerance. Be careful that root suckers do not take over from the grafted plant.

* When the fruit is in a state described as incipient decay,the stage when the flesh turns from white to brown it becomes very soft and is quite sweet with an absolutely delicious flavour that somewhat resembles a luscious tropical fruit.

* The fruit skins have been eaten in the treatment of stomach complaints. * Though one of the most shade-tolerant roses, this species grows best in open, sunny locations. * It is a fairly good source of essential fatty acids, which is fairly unusual for...

* Used as a rootstock for the cultivated apples. * The fruit can be eaten raw, cooked in pies, cakes etc or fermented into cider. * The leaves contain up to 2.4% of an antibacterial substance called 'phloretin'.This inhibits the growth of a number of...

* The fruit is 1–1.2 cm diameter, red to reddish-purple at first, turning dark purple to nearly black when ripe. * The fruit is used raw or cooked in pies, jams etc. A black raspberry, it is a very well flavoured fruit that can also be dried for winter...

Fruit from the typical species is about 1cm in diameter, though there are sub-species and cultivated forms with considerably larger fruits. It is often dried for winter use and also makes an excellent jelly.

Zone: 7-10The leaves are dark green and glossy, 5-10 cm long and 2-3 cm broad, with a serrated margin. * It is ripe in November/December and is about 15mm in diameter. * For those people with sensitive taste buds, this is a fruit that can be enjoyed when...

* 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.

* An excellent fibre is obtained from the leaf stalks. The best quality is from young leaf stalks still in the bud, whilst coarser material is obtained from older leaves or the bases of old leaf stalks surrounding the bud.

* 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 fruit contains about 2.8% dry weight vitamin C. * 2" pinkish-purple flowers; scarlet hips to 1/2"; red branches; spreads into dense thickets by suckering from roots.

The fruits and flowers have a hypotensive effect as well as acting as a direct and mild heart tonic. It grows well on a chalk soil and also in heavy clay soils. * Although no specific mention has been seen for this species, the fruits and flowers of many...

* A shrub at Kew was 2 metres tall and 2 metres wide inJuly 1996 with a reasonable crop of immature fruit. It has gray-brown, fissured bark, with mottled streaks. This tree is considered vulnerable due of its rarity.

* The fruits are eaten by birds (birds do not taste astringency and feed on them readily), which then disperse the seeds in their droppings. They are most commonly found in wet woods and swamps.

* It is a deciduous shrub growing to 4-metre (13 ft) tall with bright green shoots with an angular cross-section. * The fruit is an edible red to orange berry 6-millimetre (0.24 in) to 10-millimetre (0.39 in) in diameter.

* Rosa blanda grows naturally in meadows, prairies and fields occurs on dry hillsides, roadsides, fence rows, in either sandy or rocky soil. * Flowers of “Rosa blanda”, are perfect, and they vary from white to pink in color.

* In Mexican Spanish, the plant is called nopal, while the fruit is called tuna, which are names also used in American English, especially as culinary terms. * Opuntia ficus-indica is a species of cactus that has long been a domesticated crop plant important...

* Thrives in a light well-drained sandy or gravelly loam in a sunny position. Dislikes poorly drained moorland soils. Established plants tolerate drought. The Whitebark Pine is typically the highest-elevation pine tree of these mountains, marking the...

It includes cultivars of squash and pumpkin. The squash is a frost-tender annual plant that is widely cultivated, especially in warm temperate and tropical areas, for its edible fruit.

It is a rapidly growing large shrub or small tree, and rarely survives to 100 years. * Its name means "green pole or stick" in Spanish, referring to the green trunk and branches, that perform photosynthesis.

* Chokecherries are very high in antioxidant pigment compounds, such as anthocyanins. * The bark of chokecherry root was once made into an asperous-textured concoction used to ward off or treat colds, fever and stomach maladies by native Americans.

The orange fruit has a mealy texture with an acid taste and a slight bitterness but is fairly nice raw. * The wood is heavy, hard, tough, close-grained. Useful for making tool handles, mallets and other small items.

* Vaccinium arboreum ( Sparkleberry or Farkleberry ) is a species of Vaccinium native to the southeastern United States , from southern Virginia west to southeastern Missouri , and south to Florida and eastern Texas .

Protect the seed from mice etc. The seed can be rather slow, sometimes taking 18 months to germinate. * A green dye can be obtained from the leaves. The scientific name describes the flower clusters, known as umbels, that are rounded, with equal stalks...

* The fruit is 1–1.2 cm diameter, red to reddish-purple at first, turning dark purple to nearly black when ripe. * The fruit is used raw or cooked in pies, jams etc. A black raspberry, it is a very well flavoured fruit that can also be dried for winter...

* The crown is broad and widely spreading. Its roots are strong, and those of large trees may damage nearby structures. * The abundance of this tree, especially in Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, where it is prized for the shady relief it provides from...