Plant With Winter Interest Edible Fruit Or Nut Plant For Sale In Santa Clara

* A refreshing tea can be made from the leaves - it is high in vitamin C. The fruit has high contents of anthocyanins and ellagic acid. * The fruit is 1–1.2 cm diameter, red to reddish-purple at first, turning dark purple to nearly black when ripe.

Rich in vitamin C, the fruit has a very acid flavour and is mainly used in preserves, though children and some adults seem to like it raw when it is fully ripe. * The fruit are edible raw or cooked.

* Pink buds, white flowers; with stiff, spreading branches; in Asia a tea is made from the leaves; fruits ripen from greenish yellow blushed with red, to yellow and orange, to red; young leaves may be purplish; native to China and Himalayas.

* Stiff 1 1/2 " dark needles; cones to 5"; looks like Pinus aristata with shorter needles and smaller cones; native to California. In both areas, it is often a tree line species. In the Sierra Nevada, Foxtail pines are limited to the area around Sequoia...

* It can grow in heavy clay soil, in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade, but must be moist soil. * The smallest crab; fragrant half-inch white flowers; dark red fruit "about the size of a small pea" (Wyman), borne annually; forms a dense, rounded...

'Fire Hill' is a popular cultivar with red flowers. It grows to 1.5 m (5 ft) and is a popular ornamental plant in cold temperate regions, valued for its profuse spring blossom and exceptional winter hardiness.

* It can grow in heavy clay soil, in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade, but must be moist soil. * The smallest crab; fragrant half-inch white flowers; dark red fruit "about the size of a small pea" (Wyman), borne annually; forms a dense, rounded...

It is a folk remedy for chronic liver and skin ailments (including skin cancer), rheumatism, leucorrhoea, dysentery and suppressed menses. It has a sturdy perennial vine that may have twining , woody stems that are 30 feet (9.1 m) or longer and an inch...

The seed can also be sown from May to August when the plant will normally wait until the following year to flower and thus behave as a biennial. The young shoots in spring can be cut down to the root and boiled and buttered.

* Rhus glabra ( Smooth Sumac ) is a species of sumac in the family Anacardiaceae , native to North America , from southern Quebec west to southern British Columbia in Canada , and south to northern Florida and Arizona in the United States and Tamaulipas...

* The fruit can be eaten raw or cooked. Like most dogwoods , it has opposite, simple leaves , which are 4–10 cm long. * A stunning flowering tree or large shrub with good fall color.

* Sabal minor , commonly known as the Dwarf Palmetto , is one of about 14 species of palmetto palm (Arecaceae, genus Sabal ). Leaf blades longer than the leaf stalks, fan shaped, as much as 4 feet wide, dissected, the narrow segments notched at the tip.

* 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 will however grow in full sun, even though the foliage appears to "bleach" a little. * Sarcococca confusa is a very adaptable and reliable shrub that is easily grown in many situations, including dense shade with very dry soil.

* The following report is for S. * A twining vine grown for its clusters of red fruit in fall; 4" shiny leaves; 1/2" white or pink fragrant flowers in small clusters; need both sexes to produce fruit; native to China.

* It has extremely showy white flowers that appear after the leaves form in late spring or early summer. The only real differences are the flowers, leaves and fruit are somewhat larger in chinensis, and it is slightly faster growing.

* It is a small to medium-sized evergreen tree growing up to 10–20 m (33–66 ft) high, with smooth gray bark and a uniform spherical to hemispherical crown. * Besides fresh consumption, the fruits may be dried, canned, soaked in baijiu (Chinese liquor),...

* Persimmons are consumed fresh and are used to make puddings, cakes, and beverages. * The fruit can also be dried and used in bread, cakes etc. * Molasses can be made from the fruit pulp.

* Hearts of Gold is an Heirloom Variety of cantaloupe developed by Roland Morrill in 1895. * It is recommended to be grown in full sun. * Seeds germinate in 10-15 days. * The flesh is salmon-orange colored and firm and sweet.

* The fruit can be made into jams and preserves.

* 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 in contemporary and ancient hula.

The bark, especially the root bark, and the fruits arealso very rich in tannin. * An attractive albeit rather coarse suckering small tree; compound leaves, scarlet, orange, and yellow in fall; individual trees are few-branched; will grow in any dryish...

* It is currently still one of the most popular varieties in the world! * Produces 20-25 lb. * It was an All American winner in 1964. * Crimson Sweet is a heirloom variety that has been around a long time.

They are very tolerant of trimming and have prickles which make them an effective barrier to larger creatures. * Plants can be grown as a medium-size hedge. * Berberis thunbergii ( Japanese barberry or Thunberg's Barberry , also Red Barberry ) is a species...

In cooler zones, however, the fruit does not develop so well and is best cooked or used in preserves. * n the Arabic-speaking countries it is the commonest of the hawthorn species; in the Arabic language the term "common hawthorn" means the azarole hawthorn.

Peruviana (Cape Gooseberry), easily identifiable by the larger, bright orange to red papery covering over its fruit, which resemble Chinese lanterns . * Sow the seed in March/April in a greenhouse only just covering the seed.

* Linseed has a long history of medicinal use, its main effects being as a laxative and expectorant that soothes irritated tissues, controls coughing and relieves pain. In a prehistoric cave in the Republic of Georgia dyed flax fibers have been found...