Plant With Winter Interest Edible Fruit Or Nut Plant For Sale In Boston

* Gaultheria shallon is a leathery-leaved shrub in the heather family ( Ericaceae ), native to western North America . In English it is known as salal , shallon , or in Britain simply Gaultheria .

* An extremely hardy apple with very fragrant white flowers, dark red or yellow fruits, 3/8" (but variable), persisting into winter; of full rounded habit; formerly much used in hybridizing to improve hardiness; native to northeast Asia.

* The woolly inflorescences remain attractive well into winter. The fertile stems grow upright. * Scirpus cyperinus, commonly called woolgrass, is a grass-like, rhizomatous, emergent aquatic perennial of the sedge family that grows in dense slowly-spreading...

* Sometimes a tree, more often a shrub to about 15'; bright red fruits; grows on woody slopes from New York south to Georgia, west to Alabama (range of origin). * Ilex montana ( Mountain Winterberry ; also "Mountain Holly" which is more typically Ilex...

* Peanuts can be used like other legumes and grains to make a lactose-free milk-like beverage, peanut milk. * Peanuts have a variety of industrial end uses. Soap is made from saponified oil, and many cosmetics contain peanut oil and its derivatives.

* A species of maple in the snakebark maple group. * It is native to China , from Jiangsu south to Fujian and Guangdong , and west to southeastern Gansu and Yunnan.

* An extremely hardy apple with very fragrant white flowers, dark red or yellow fruits, 3/8" (but variable), persisting into winter; of full rounded habit; formerly much used in hybridizing to improve hardiness; native to northeast Asia.

The shrub is mid winter flowering with a delightful sweet scent. * Sarcococca confusa is a very adaptable and reliable shrub that is easily grown in many situations, including dense shade with very dry soil.

* This heirloom variety was created by Rutgers University in the 1930's. It was the main commercial tomato grown in New Jersey for many years. * Newer varieties have taken over the commercial world, as you may notice in your grocery store, that are flavorless...

Grows well in heavy clay soils. Tolerates atmospheric pollution, excessive moisture and a range of soil types if they are moderately fertile. Height: 5 - 10 m Crown: round to broad oval Bark and branches: bark dark greyish brown, twigs have woolly hair...

* 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 .

It is called ce bai in Chinese. * Wood - durable in the soil, moderately hard, close grained, rather coarse grained, light, soft, brittle. Used for construction, cabinet making, cooperage.

In both areas, it is often a tree line species. Austrina in the southern Sierra Nevada . * Stiff 1 1/2 " dark needles; cones to 5"; looks like Pinus aristata with shorter needles and smaller cones; native to California.

It can quickly establish itself in open sunny locations and so can be used as a pioneer species for establishing woodlands. The fruit is rather small and with very little flesh, but it is produced on fairly large panicles and so is easily harvested.When...

* Golden Summer Crookneck is a bush type plant that yields of buttery-yellow squash with narrow curved neck that are very easy to grow. It is one of the earliest producing crookneck squash on the market that produces all summer long.

* A poultice of the boiled seeds has been used in the treatment of boils. * The shoots, tendrils, and leaves of the plant may also be eaten as greens. The fresh fruit has a light green smooth skin and a white flesh.

The size ranges from 10–24 m (33–79 ft) tall, and a trunk diameter up to 1 m (3.3 ft). The trunk is vertical and branches horizontal to upcurved. * The Coulter pine or big-cone pine, Pinus coulteri, is a native of the coastal mountains of Southern...

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. Canina, differing in having smaller prickles, shorter pedicels, and more persistant sepals; native...

* An extract from the leaves has been reportedly successful in lowering elevated blood pressure by its decreasing peripheral vascular resistance. * Annona muricata is tolerant of poor soil and prefers lowland areas between the altitudes of 0 metres (0...

Branchlets reddish brown when old, terete, slender, pubescent when young, soon glabrescent, glabrous when old; buds reddish brown, ovoid; scales villous at margin. * Malus honanensis is a wild species in the genus Malus (mostly referred for the crabapple...

It lies between 500-1850 m It is a medium low tree, no more than 3-12 m in height and 6 dm in diameter, although rarely as grown trees was found ( by fire and logging ), short trunk , long branches decumbent ; taproot , with vertical growth first, then...

Due to their mucilaginous property they are often sprouted on clay or other porous materials. 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...

* The Virginia strawberry, wild strawberry, or common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) is one of two species of strawberry that were hybridized to create the modern domesticated garden strawberry.

* Blossoms in May. * In culture, since 1882. * The nuts are edible. Fruiting in September. E Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang (Daxinganling), Henan (Funiu Shan), ?Hubei, Jilin (Changbai Shan), Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Shaanxi, Sichuan [Japan, Korea, Russia (Far...

* This ia a very early maturing, hot Jalapeno Pepper. * This variety is very heavy yielding over a long season. * he fruit will mature in about 70 days from transplanting. * The seed germinates in 2-3 weeks and should be started indoors in April/May.

* 2 1/2" deep purple flowers on a plant that resembles a small hollyhock; likes full sun; biennial or perennial; native to Europe, north Africa, and northwest China. A pleasant mild flavour, with a similar texture to the leaves, they make a pleasant and...

* Choerospondias axillaris , known as Lapsi ("candy tree") in Nepal, is a tree in the family Anacardiaceae . * Native to the lowland, hill, and mountain forests; 300-2000 m. * The tree has long been cultivated in rural Nepal for its fruit.