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

Sweet and juicy, it is very nice in small quantities. ) ), is a small deciduous tree 8–12 m tall, native to eastern Asia . Florida, in conspicuous layers above the horizontal foliage; attractive fruits resembling raspberries in late summer.

A black raspberry, it is a very well flavoured fruit that can also be dried for winter use. * The fruit develops a very nice flavour in British gardens and the plant can also yield well here, especially on the eastern side of the country.

Tolerates trimming. * Cotoneaster franchetii ( Franchet's Cotoneaster ) is a species of Cotoneaster native to southwestern China , in the provinces of Guizhou , Sichuan , Xizang , and Yunnan , and also in adjacent northern Myanmar and northern Thailand...

* Ilex montana ( Mountain Winterberry ; also "Mountain Holly" which is more typically Ilex mucronata ) is a species of holly native to the United States , ranging along the Appalachian Mountains from southeast Massachusetts to northeast Alabama and northern...

Up to 1 cm in diameter, it has a sour taste. * A vigorous branching tree, it makes a good windbreak. * The fruit can be eaten raw or cooked. This species is used as stock to graft apple trees in Hubei and Sichuan.

* The fruit is an excellent safe and gentle laxative. The leaves are compound , with 9-19 leaflets; each leaflet is strongly toothed, reminiscent of holly , and somewhat shiny, but less so than Tall Oregon-grape .

* Fragrant white flowers on old wood followed by masses of 1 1/2" edible yellow fruit, very dramatic in the landscape; fruits used as a lemon substitute and for marmalade; dark green shiny leaves and branches; thorny, so used as a barrier hedge especially...

* The nuts also provide a significant food source for wildlife. * Plants can fruit in 5 - 7 years from seed and yields from mature trees are around 25 - 60 kilos per tree. * It makes an excellent food and can be used as a staple food in much the same...

The root is diaphoretic, diuretic and emetic. * Climbing bittersweet was employed medicinally by a number of native North American Indian tribes, though it is scarcely used in modern herbalism.

Taken with Achyranthes spp the seed is used to treat aching teeth and gums, boils etc. * A poultice of the boiled seeds has been used in the treatment of boils. * This gourd is often dried when ripe and used as a percussion instrument called an ipu heke...

* Umbellularia californica is a large tree native to coastal forests of California and slightly extended into Oregon .

* An extract from fruit called myricerone blocks a receptor for the peptide, endothelin, an important mediator of blood vessel constriction, indicating potential for drug development.

Vaccinium membranceum is fire adapted. The amount of fruit produced by these shrubs is legendary, with stories being told of mountain sides turned purple by all of the fruit, or shrubs being weighed to the ground by large, and abundant berries * The plant...

* An edible gum is obtained from points of damage on the trunk. * Plums are grown commercially in orchards, but modern rootstocks, together with self-fertile strains, training and pruning methods, allow single plums to be grown in relatively small spaces.

* A shrub or small tree, thick-shelled round nuts, 3/4"; native to south central U.S. and northern Mexico. It produces nuts with a width of 1/2—3/4 in. It is found at elevations ranging from 700 ft to 6700 ft.

* Beautiful snakebark maple. * Known for its intense fall colors of red and yellow.

This species can be grown as a low hedge and does not need trimming. Its leathery leaves resemble holly and the stems and twigs have a thickened, corky appearance. It is green according to another report.

Rudolf Diesel ran some of the first engines that bear his name on peanut oil and it is still seen as a potentially useful fuel. Peanut milk is promoted in Africa as a way to reduce malnutrition among children.

The inner bark and the wood are used in the treatment of malaria, debility and menorrhagia. It is also known by common names including cudrang , mandarin melon berry , silkworm thorn , zhe or che ( pinyin : zhe ), and Chinese mulberry (but not to be confused...

* A vine with 2" white flowers with purple and white filaments, edible 3" purple fruit; cultivated for its fruit in the subtropics; native to Brazil and naturalized in many warm areas.

* It can be used in making delicious jams, syrups etc. * The plant is high in certain antioxidants. The syrup is used as a nutritional supplement, especially for babies. * The dried leaves are used as a tea substitute.

* The species is grown as an ornamental tree for its strongly fragrant flowers. * The tree is native in the Mediterranean region, Iran and parts of central Asia. * It is cultivated for a spice obtained from the seeds inside the cherry stones.

GOOD LUCK! * The world record holder weighed in at 2009 pounds! * These are the seeds that can grow the largest pumpkin in the world! * They have pink/orange ribbed skin and given the proper conditions can grow to be HUGE! 800 to 1500 pounds can be achieved.

* 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. * Chokecherry is also used to craft wine in the western United States mainly in the Dakotas...

It can be dried and ground into a powder, then used with cereal flours in making bread, cakes etc. The raw seed should not be eaten in large quantities since it is believed to cause enteritis.

The Pine nuts are reported to be an aphrodisiac. * Flaky bark, 4" blue-green needles, 9" cones; edible seed; native to Himalayas. Rich in oil, they have a pleasant flavour with a hint of resin and can be used as a staple food.

* The edible seeds, pine nuts, are collected throughout its range; in many areas, the seed harvest rights are owned by Native American tribes, for whom the species is of immense cultural and economic importance.