Ornamental Fruit Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Iowa

The red seed pods are brilliant, opening to revel shiny black seeds. * Common in thickets and in thin secondary forests in lowlands and low mountains of central and southern Japan.

* An easily grown plant, it succeeds in any soil of good or moderate fertility, ranging from acid to shallow chalk. Native to Himalayas, east Asia, Japan. Succeeds in full sun or light shade.

* Nandina domestica (pronounced /naen?di?n? It is a monotypic genus, with this species as its only member. It is native to eastern Asia from the Himalaya east to Japan * Evergreen except in cold climates; delicate compound leaves, reddish when new, later...

The seed germinates better if it is given a period of cold stratification. Small greenish flowers appear in spring, and are borne singly in the centre of the cladodes. * Ruscus aculeatus is a low evergreen Eurasian shrub, with flat shoots known as cladodes...

It is listed as an endangered species in Japan. It has escaped from cultivation and become naturalized in New Zealand and the eastern United States ; in the forests of the latter, it has become an important invasive species .

* The name white haw refers to its distinctive pale (grey) bark, which is particularly noticeable in the winter landscape. Once established, it succeeds in excessively moist soils and also tolerates drought.

The plant prefers full sun, good drainage, and moderate weekly watering. All are perennial, with numerous leafy stems growing from the base at the beginning of summer. From summer to autumn, bears violet to purple, or white to pink flowers, to 1/2in.

The seeds are dispersed when birds eat the cones, digesting the fleshy scales and passing the hard seeds in their droppings. It is dioecious , with male and female cones on separate plants, which are wind pollinated.

Useful for making tool handles, mallets and other small items. A pleasant flavour. The orange fruit has a mealy texture with an acid taste and a slight bitterness but is fairly nice raw.

* The average yield from wild trees in the Himalayas is 83kg per year, though some trees yield up to 200kg. * The fruit contains about 4.9% sugars, 3.2% protein, 0.9% pectin. * The fruit tends to be quite large and fragrant, and when carefully wrapped...

* A pomegranate ( Punica granatum ) is a fruit -bearing deciduous shrub or small tree. The pomegranate is native to the Iranian Plateau , and has been cultivated in the Caucasus since ancient times.

* Parent plant is identical to the species except it has yellow flowers instead of red. * The Trumpet vine or Trumpet creeper ( Campsis radicans ), also known as "Cow itch vine" and (in horticulture ) as " hummingbird vine ", is a large and vigorous woody...

The nest cavity is deep, and the parents and young are entirely hidden from view. * Flowers appear in April through June. They may grow their first side arm any time from 75–100 years of age, but some never grow any arms.

* Shepherdia argentea ( Silver Buffaloberry or Bull berry , thorny buffaloberry ) is a species of Shepherdia , native to central North America from southern Canada ( Alberta , Saskatchewan , Manitoba ) south in the United States to northern California...

* Paliurus spina-christi , commonly known as Jerusalem Thorn , Garland Thorn , Christ's Thorn , or Crown of Thorns , is a species of Paliurus native to the Mediterranean region and southwest and central Asia , from Morocco and Spain east to Iran and Tajikistan...

* Alpine Honeysuckle ( Lonicera alpigena L. ) is a species of honeysuckle native to mountain forests of Central and Southern Europe , sometimes cultivated as ornamental plant outside its native range.

* Western herbalists consider it a 'food for the heart', it increases the blood flow to the heart muscles and restores normal heart beat. Oxyacantha, a name that has now been rejected as being of uncertain application.

It generally occurs at lower altitudes than other pines in the Himalaya, from 500-2000 m, occasionally up to 2,300 metres (7,500 ft). The other Himalayan pines are Blue Pine , Bhutan White Pine , Chinese White Pine , Chilgoza Pine and Sikang Pine .

This invasive species appears to have arrived in Hawaiʻi via southern Taiwan, Singapore and southern China within only two years. * Wiliwili means "repeatedly twisted" in the Hawaiian language and refers to the seedpods, which dehisce, or twist open,...

Mayhaw, Riverflat hawthorn, Western mayhaw Rosaceae (Rose Family) USDA Symbol: CROP USDA Native Status: Native to U.S. Small tree with relatively tall trunk and narrow, rounded crown; or a large shrub.

The render young seedpods can be cooked and eaten. The light shade the bright green summer foliage casts allows grass to grow next to the trunk. The juiceof the pods is antiseptic.

* The average yield from wild trees in the Himalayas is 83kg per year, though some trees yield up to 200kg. * The fruit contains about 4.9% sugars, 3.2% protein, 0.9% pectin. * The fruit tends to be quite large and fragrant, and when carefully wrapped...

It is widely cultivated throughout Armenia , Azerbaijan , Iran , Afghanistan , Pakistan , Turkey , India , the drier parts of southeast Asia , Indonesia , peninsular Malaysia , the Mediterranean and Southern Europe and tropical Africa .

In the wild, trees grow best in areas where summer temperatures average 24 - 30°c and the humidity is high. * Source of the commercial pecan; a tall, straight-trunked tree, fastest growing of the hickories; likes deep, rich soil; native to central midwest...

This invasive species appears to have arrived in Hawaiʻi via southern Taiwan, Singapore and southern China within only two years. * Wiliwili means "repeatedly twisted" in the Hawaiian language and refers to the seedpods, which dehisce, or twist open,...

After unpacking, allow the plant a few days to gradually acclimate to full exposure. Aphids and spider mites can cause plants damage; if present, control with Neem oil or Pyrethrin.

* Native Hawaiians made pou (house posts), laʻau melomelo (fishing lures), and ʻoʻo (digging sticks) from ʻaʻaliʻiwood and a red dye from the fruit. In New Zealand, where it is the heaviest of any native wood, the Maori have traditionally used it...