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

* Yellow flowers, bright red or purple fruit that lasts into winter; upright, with a pendulous, weeping crown; fruits used in jams and jellies; scarlet autumn color; a Eurasian native.

The leaves are alternate, simple, long, lanceolate , dark green and resemble those of willow trees (thus the common name), and have fine gray hairs on their undersides. * Shiny dark-green evergreen leaves, "flowers generally stinky" (Dirr); grown mainly...

* 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). Synonyms include Ilex monticola .

* Its name means "green pole or stick" in Spanish, referring to the green trunk and branches, that perform photosynthesis. * Compared to the closely related Parkinsonia microphylla (foothill paloverde), it appears more decumbent in overall form, is taller,...

Its range extends east to the Rocky Mountains and discontinuously to the Great Lakes Region. It is the larval host and a nectar source for the yellow-banded sphinx butterfly. * Rubus parviflorus is a dense shrub up to 2.5 meters (8.2 ft) tall with canes...

It was used for canning, juice and fresh market. * This heirloom variety was created by Rutgers University in the 1930's. * Newer varieties have taken over the commercial world, as you may notice in your grocery store, that are flavorless and hardBut...

* A poultice of the boiled seeds has been used in the treatment of boils. * Lagenaria Siceraria is a ANNUAL CLIMBER growing to 9 m (29ft 6in) at a fast rate. This will force the plant to produce side branches that will produce fruit much sooner and more...

* Compound leaves with 11-31 leaflets; scarlet, orange, and purple in fall; good for dry, poor soil; tends to form colonies; greenish flowers, fuzzy red fruit; native throughout the U.S., reaching into Canada .

* It is a deciduous shrub growing to 0.5–3 m tall, with prickly shoots. While the crown is perennial, the canes are biennial, growing vegetatively one year, flowering and fruiting the second, and then dying.

* A purple to dull blue dye is obtained from the fruit. * The fruit is delicious when eaten out of hand, the fruit is also used in pies, preserves etc. * Raspberry fruit may protect the liver.

* Trifoliate Orange ( Poncirus trifoliata , syn. It differs from Citrus in having deciduous, compound leaves , and pubescent (downy) fruit. It is native to northern China and Korea , and is also known as the Chinese Bitter Orange.

* The fruit has been part of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for thousands of years, used to treat arthritis, leg edema, and cramping in the calf muscle. * A decidious Shrub growing to 3 m (9ft) by 5 m (16ft).

Branchlets reddish brown when old, terete, slender, pubescent when young, soon glabrescent, glabrous when old; buds reddish brown, ovoid; scales villous at margin. * Shrubs or small trees, to 5–7 m tall.

* Prunus tenella Batsch, Dwarf Russian Almond , is a species of deciduous shrubs in the genus Prunus , native to steppes of Eastern Europe and Western Siberia , as well as dry open sites of Caucasus , Western and Central Asia .

* This sedge is very variable in appearance. In general, it produces short, tough rhizomes and grows in dense clumps. * The woolly inflorescences remain attractive well into winter.

* The common wild black raspberry; 1/2" white flowers followed by clusters of delicious shiny black fruit; arching canes root where the tips touch ground. This has led to their being very useful as natural dyes.

) ), is a small deciduous tree 8–12 m tall, native to eastern Asia . Sweet and juicy, it is very nice in small quantities. * A stunning flowering tree or large shrub with good fall color.

* This tree responds very well to coppicing, which is still practised in Britain, and produces a good crop of tannin-rich wood every 12 to 30 years, depending on intended use and local growth rate.

The scientific name, akebia, is a Latinization of the Japanese name for species Akebia quinata: akebi (??). * The fruit has a delicate flavour and a soft juicy texture. * The dried young leaves are used as a tea substitute.

The base of the grass grows along the ground and may root at several places. It requires full sun. Some mannagrasses are considered weeds while others are endangered in their native habitats.

* Hawthorn is an extremely valuable medicinal herb. It is used mainly for treating disorders of the heart and circulation system, especially angina. * The fruit can be used for jams and preserves.

* Prosopis chilensis , carob , is a species of South American legume family which dwells mainly central Chile, south of Peru , Andean- Chaco ecotone in Argentina . It lies between 500-1850 m It is a medium low tree, no more than 3-12 m in height and 6...

The leaves are alternate, simple, long, lanceolate , dark green and resemble those of willow trees (thus the common name), and have fine gray hairs on their undersides. * Shiny dark-green evergreen leaves, "flowers generally stinky" (Dirr); grown mainly...

* This tree responds very well to coppicing, which is still practised in Britain, and produces a good crop of tannin-rich wood every 12 to 30 years, depending on intended use and local growth rate.

) ), is a small deciduous tree 8–12 m tall, native to eastern Asia . Sweet and juicy, it is very nice in small quantities. * A stunning flowering tree or large shrub with good fall color.

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

Its range extends east to the Rocky Mountains and discontinuously to the Great Lakes Region. It is the larval host and a nectar source for the yellow-banded sphinx butterfly. * Rubus parviflorus is a dense shrub up to 2.5 meters (8.2 ft) tall with canes...