Plant With Winter Interest Wildlife Food For Sale In Idaho

* Douglas fir seeds are an extremely important food for small mammals. * The Douglas fir's useful wood and its quick growth make it the crop of choice for many timber companies, which typically replant a clear-cut area with Douglas fir.

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

* The plant is extremely hardy, to USDA Zone 3. It is a large suckering shrub that can be grown as a small tree. As a popular ornamental used in landscaping its notable features include the red stems in fall (autumn) through late winter, the brightest...

Young trees (including root sprouts) have much larger—10–20 centimetres (3.9–7.9 in) long—nearly triangular leaves. * A tall, fast growing tree, usually 20–25 metres (66–82 ft) at maturity, with a trunk 20–80 centimetres (7.9–31 in) in...

It can be used medicinally, as a food flavouring, as an ingredient in cosmetic shampoos and also to make a wholesome tea. * An essential oil is obtained from the bark and twigs, it is distilled in quantity and is an item of commerce.

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

Aromatica, differing in its smaller leaves and its tolerance for high pH; makes a rambling dense mound; leaves smell bad, hence the common name; dark green leaves may turn red and yellow in fall; native from Illinois and Texas to the West Coast.

* The flowers are bright yellow, and pea-like, which cover the tree in late spring. * The Irish botanist Thomas Coulter was the first to categorize Parkinsonia florida. Cercidium floridum), is a species of palo verde native to the Sonoran Deserts in the...

* Berberis thunbergii ( Japanese barberry or Thunberg's Barberry , also Red Barberry ) is a species of Berberis , native to Japan and eastern Asia . They are very tolerant of trimming and have prickles which make them an effective barrier to larger creatures.

It is often dried for winter use and also makes an excellent jelly. * The fruit can be eaten raw or cooked. Fruit from the typical species is about 1cm in diameter, though there are sub-species and cultivated forms with considerably larger fruits.

* Crataegus viridis is a species of hawthorn that is native to the southeastern US . The cultivar 'Winter King' is a well-known selection. * This cultivar has a rounded, vase-shaped habit, shiny green leaves sometimes turning purple and red in fall; white...

It grows 15 to 20 feet tall and has beautiful exfoliating bark, many long-lasting flowers, good fall color, and attractive fruit. * The USDA Forest Service states in their Fact Sheet ST-192 November 1993 Cornus kousa ‘Milky Way' This cultivar of Kousa...

* This late-blooming dogwood is a wide, open, spreading shrub that grows 8-10 ft. Twigs are grayish-green, becoming purplish-red. Clusters of small, creamy-white flowers are followed by clusters of blue berries.

* Quercus texana , commonly known as Nuttall's Oak , is a fast growing large deciduous Oak tree native to North America from the lower Mississippi river valley from SE Missouri to Southern Louisiana and SE Texas and East through Mississippi to Central...

Very sweet and much appreciated, tasting somewhat like a hazel nut. * The seed is eaten raw or cooked. * A very ornamental shrub. Plants can only be grown in oceanic and Mediterranean climates, thriving in Britain.

* Similar to Cornus alba but with coral red stems and bluish fruits. It is a rapid-growing, multi-stemmed, suckering, deciduous shrub that grows to a maximum size of 4-7' tall on erect, usually unbranched stems.

* Native to eastern Asia; northern China, Manchuria, Korea, Ussuri, Amur, and Japan. * Phellodendron Amurense is a deciduous Tree growing to 12 m (39ft) by 15 m (49ft). * It is a good landscape tree for large open spaces.

Bell-shaped, white flowers with a pink tinge appear in summer along the stems in axillary clusters and in spikes at the stem ends. Spreads by runners to form impenetrable thickets in the wild.

Sweet and juicy, it is very nice in small quantities. The skin is rather tough and unpleasant, but the pulp is delicious with a custard-like texture, it is one of our favourite late summer fruits.

The fruits are not comsumed in the fall by birds so it does provide a nice winter food source. It was touted as a great plant for wildlife and erosion control. Therefore, it was heavily planted in the midwest and eastern US.

* The fruit is a good wildlife food source, especially for birds. * 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 shrub; native to Japan.

The cherries are made into jelly and are also consumed by wildlife. Fall foliage is colorful. * The Pin cherry or Fire cherry ( Prunus pensylvanica ) is a species in the genus Prunus .

* It is popular as an ornamental landscaping tree and as a Christmas Tree. * The crushed leaves have a strong lemony scent. * The wood lacks a distinctive odor and so does not impart a flavor to items stored in it.

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...

The stems may be smooth or fuzzy, and are often glandular. * Arctostaphylos viscida is a species of manzanita known by the common names whiteleaf manzanita and sticky manzanita . This is a treelike shrub reaching up to five meters in height.

Leaves are obovate , simple, alternating, deciduous , and grow to 2.5-7.5 cm long. Slender twigs are glabrous and silvery gray, with "numerous spur shoots", pointed lateral buds, and acuminate scales.

* The tree is capable of being grown in most temperate latitudes, though it benefits greatly from warm summers. * The oriental plane is found naturally in riverine settings, together with such trees as alder , willow and poplar .