Plant With Winter Interest Wildlife Food For Sale In Indiana

* Malus honanensis is a wild species in the genus Malus (mostly referred for the crabapple or wild apple), in the family Rosaceae, with no established common name, and used as rootstock for the domesticated apple.

In this capacity it differs from many alpine conifers in its tolerance of relatively warm, damp environments, and in such settings remains healthy while growing slowly; ideal characteristics for an ornamental conifer.

A homeopathic remedy is made from the flowering plant. * The root is diaphoretic, diuretic and stomachic. * The plant has a folk history of use in the treatment of cancer, an ointment made from the roots is used to treat warts, wens and whitlows.

* This species is occasionally cultivated for timber in S.E. Europe. * 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.

Prefers a deep rich moist soil in sun or light shade. * Succeeds in fresh or salt water marshes and in ordinary garden soil. It is native to central North America. * Spartina pectinata is a species of cordgrass known by the common name prairie cordgrass...

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

* The bark is antiseptic, astringent, cathartic and tonic. * Ilex verticillata ( American Winterberry ) is a species of holly native to eastern North America in the United States and southeast Canada , from Newfoundland west to Ontario and Minnesota ,...

It is covered in red flowers in the winter and spring. * Templetonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. * Templetonia is a dryland shrub that grows 3-7 feet tall.

Plants can only be grown in oceanic and Mediterranean climates, thriving in Britain. * The seed is eaten raw or cooked. * A very ornamental shrub. Prefers a sheltered semi-shaded position and a light deep moist soil.

* Its previous scientific name was Quercus nuttallii , but it is now known as Quercus texana ; this has created much confusion with Texas Red Oak which was known as Quercus texana but is now known as Quercus buckleyi .

Berberine, universally present in rhizomes of Mahonia species, has marked antibacterial effects and is used as a bitter tonic. * It is an evergreen shrub with short vertical stems, mostly under 30 cm, while the leaves reach higher, rarely up to 2 m tall.

* 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. * It can grow in heavy clay soil, in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade,...

Glauca is hardy to Zone 4). It is also a popular Christmas tree. * 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.

* A maple in the snake-bark maple group. * It is native to mountains forests of Japan.

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.

The fruits are not comsumed in the fall by birds so it does provide a nice winter food source. It has since been determined to be very invasive and so is being eradicated many places.

* The cooked seed can be used as a rice substitute. * Scirpus cyperinus, commonly called woolgrass, is a grass-like, rhizomatous, emergent aquatic perennial of the sedge family that grows in dense slowly-spreading tussocks of arching basal green leaves...

As with other species of hawthorn, the wood is hard and can be used to make tools . * Crataegus phaenopyrum is a species of hawthorn commonly known as Washington Hawthorn or Washington Thorn .

Extremely hardy and fond of wet areas and sites with poor drainage; native to central and northeastern U.S. * Logs of wood can be beaten with mauls to separate the growth layers, these layers can then be cut into strips and woven into baskets.

* The plant is extremely hardy, to USDA Zone 3. * For the brightest winter bark, young shoots are encouraged by cutting to the ground some older stems at the end of the winter, before leaves are open.

Plants can only be grown in oceanic and Mediterranean climates, thriving in Britain. * The seed is eaten raw or cooked. * A very ornamental shrub. Prefers a sheltered semi-shaded position and a light deep moist soil.

A good choice for a woodland garden. Spreads by runners to form impenetrable thickets in the wild. Berries persist through most of the winter providing excellent color and interest to the winter landscape.

* It is a large evergreen coniferous tree growing to 30–45 m (exceptionally 72 m) tall. * A "beautiful graceful specimenwith drooping branches" * The pitch or resin is said to be one of the best curatives for a sore throat.

It grows fast in spurts when water is abundant, and sometimes reaches more than 25 metres (82 ft) in height. * The cotton inside the capsules, although not of as good quality as that of the kapok tree, has been used as stuffing f(density = 0.27 g/cm³),...

It is hardy to zone 7. * An evergreen Tree growing to 10 m (32ft) by 10 m (32ft) at a slow rate. It can reach 40 m tall (though 15–25 m is more usual) in the California Coast Ranges , and can have a trunk diameter of 60–190 cm.

* Bright green leaves, very dense, with a horizontal habit; orange, scarlet, and reddish purple in fall; yellow flowers followed by bright red fruit, very attractive in winter; generally a good, tough plant; good deciduous hedge plant.

It can be indoors with much care but grows best outside. It is fast growing and relatively drought resistant making it a good bonsai.The flowers bloom in the spring followed by mini orange fruits.