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

* The plant is high in certain antioxidants. * During World War II in the United States Rosa canina was planted in victory gardens. * Used as understock for hybrid tea roses. The syrup is used as a nutritional supplement, especially for babies.

* It is a fairly good source of essential fatty acids, which is fairly unusual for a fruit. * White or pink flowers to 2 1/2"; pear-shaped 1/3-2/3" hips, shiny red or red-orange; suckers to form thickets; native to woods, dunes, and prairies from Nova...

Many kinds of wildlife eat the fruits and it is a favored honey tree. The seed is mainly distributed by water. * The fruit is occasionally eaten raw but more often used in preserves.

* Rubus odoratus ( Purple-flowering Raspberry , Flowering Raspberry , or Virginia raspberry ) is a species of Rubus , native to eastern North America , from Nova Scotia west to Ontario , and south to Georgia and Alabama .

* 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 gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria in as low...

It is possible to produce apples from these trees in places like California, Hawaii and Florida. * This is one of the apple varieties thta does bext under low chill conditions. * The leaves contain up to 2.4% of an antibacterial substance called 'phloretin'.This...

* 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.

In tropical climates, it will flower all year round. * A vine with 3-4" flowers, blue to white, of remarkable complex form, incorporating sepals, rings of filaments, and elaborate stamens; fruit about the size and shape of an egg, yellow to orange, often...

* Native to temperate forests, thickets; 400-2600 m. E Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang (Daxinganling), Henan (Funiu Shan), ?Hubei, Jilin (Changbai Shan), Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Shaanxi, Sichuan [Japan, Korea, Russia (Far East)].

It is a rapidly growing large shrub or small tree, and rarely survives to 100 years. * The plant's trunk, branches, and leaves are blue-green in color, hence the common name. * The flowers are bright yellow, and pea-like, which cover the tree in late...

The poor taste is probably due, at least in part, to the presence of tannins. These can be removed by soaking the seed in water for a few days, changing the soak water regularly. Not of a good taste.

* 1" flowers in large or small clusters. * A low shrub found on dry slopes and prairies. * The name Rosa arkansana comes from the Arkansas River in Colorado. * The fruit is being investigated as a food that is capable of reducing the incidence of cancer...

Known for its 1/2-3/4 in. Large with an agreeably acid flavour, theymake good preserves and a refreshing lemonade-like drink. One to several trunks are crooked and the 4-6 in. Diameter, red fruits that are pleasantly flavored and used as a substitute...

* Sabal palmetto , also known as Cabbage Palm , Palmetto , Cabbage Palmetto , Palmetto Palm , and Sabal Palm , is one of 15 species of palmetto palm (Arecaceae, genus Sabal ). It is native to the southeastern United States , Cuba , and the Bahamas .

The fruit contains about 20% sugars and can be used to make delicious and nourishing jams and preserves. * For those people with sensitive taste buds, this is a fruit that can be enjoyed when eaten in moderate quantities.

The squash is a frost-tender annual plant that is widely cultivated, especially in warm temperate and tropical areas, for its edible fruit. Prefers a pH of 5.5 to 5.9, but tolerates up to 6.8. Moderate rainfall favours growth, but the roots of most cultivars...

* The seed can be eaten raw or cooked. * Corylus heterophylla , the Asian Hazel , is a species of hazel native to eastern Asia , from northern China , eastern Mongolia , Korea , Japan , and southeastern Siberia .

* Succeeds in any reasonably good soil, preferring a good fertile well-drained loamy soil. Succeeds on dry gravels and on sandy soils. * Forestfarm states on their website: "Polished green leaves and red & yellow fruits" (Hillier) distinguish this small...

The Cahuilla ate the blossoms and pods, which were ground into meal for cake. * Mesquite flour contains abundant protein and carbohydrates, and can be used in recipes as a substitute for wheat flour.

It is native from New York to Nebraska south to Mexico and Florida. It is noted for its bright shiny green leaves and edible fruits. Frangula caroliniana ), the Carolina Buckthorn , is an upright shrub or small tree native to the Southeastern United States...

It is resistant to common bean mosaic virus and New York 15 virus. They are great fresh, frozen or canned. This will ensure the continued production of more pods by the plant. * Tenderette produces 5 inch pods over the whole summer, and not just all at...

The Cahuilla ate the blossoms and pods, which were ground into meal for cake. * Mesquite flour contains abundant protein and carbohydrates, and can be used in recipes as a substitute for wheat flour.

* A dense, low-growing, sometimes prostrate species; varies from seed; "of great beauty" (Dirr); 3" needles; native to alpine zone of Japan, also Korea, Manchuria, Sakhalin. * The seed is eaten raw or cooked.

Known for its 1/2-3/4 in. Large with an agreeably acid flavour, theymake good preserves and a refreshing lemonade-like drink. One to several trunks are crooked and the 4-6 in. Diameter, red fruits that are pleasantly flavored and used as a substitute...

* Running serviceberry is a deciduous, early-flowering, stoloniferous shrub which typically suckers and spreads to form thickets. It usually grows to only 3-5' tall and features 5-petaled, showy, white flowers in drooping clusters which appear before...

* The fruit is a nut , produced in bunches of 4-10 together; the nut is spherical, 3-5 cm long and broad, surrounded by a green husk before maturity in mid autumn. * The very bold, decorative leaves and the attractive catkins produced in spring make it...

It can be used as a staple food crop in either savoury or sweet dishes. * The seed ripens in the latter half of summer and, when harvested and dried, can store for several years. Conservation Plant Characteristics Avena sativa L.