Crop Plant Wildlife Food For Sale In Seattle

* Myrtus communis, the Common Myrtle, is used in the islands of Sardinia and Corsica to produce an aromatic liqueur called Mirto . Prick out the seedlings into individual pots as soon as they are large enough to handle and grow them on in the greenhouse...

It is F2 generation. * Paradox has more resistance to soil borne diseases than either of its parents. * Our seed is collected from hybrid parent trees. * Luther Burbank was the first to describe Paradox Black Walnut, "As compared with seedlings of either...

* Succeeds in any moderately fertile well-drained soil in a sunny position. * It was originally native to the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico, but it is now used in many places in agriculture as a cover crop, a bee plant, an attractant...

The unripe green fruit can be eaten cooked, usually in curries, salads, and stews. * Papaya skin, pulp and seeds contain a variety of phytochemicals, including carotenoids and polyphenols, as well as benzyl isothiocyanates and benzyl glucosinates, with...

Only the bark is extracted, and a new layer of cork regrows, making it a renewable resource. The European cork industry produces 300,000 tonnes of cork a year, with a value of €1.5 billion and employing 30,000 people.

The European Pear is one of the most important fruits of temperate regions, being the species from which most orchard pear cultivars grown in Europe, North America and Australia are developed.

* The leaves contain up to 2.4% of an antibacterial substance called 'phloretin'.This inhibits the growth of a number of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria in as low a concentration as 30 ppm.

* The latex in the stems is a suitable replacement for chicle and can be made into a chewing gum. * The unopened flower buds are eaten cooked. It is in the genus Asclepias , making it a type of milkweed .

* The nuts also provide a significant food source for wildlife. The skin (or pellicle) of the seed is easily peeled. * Chinese chestnuts have evolved over a long period of time in coexistence with the bark fungal disease chestnut blight and have evolved...

The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout southern and eastern Ontario; in northern Ontario it occurs farther north than the alternateleaf dogwood, but does not extend past 50°N (Soper and Heimburger...

* Cupressus forbesii has proven to be a successful specimen tree, tolerant of the California Coastal climate and its cool temperatures and humidity, where other inland-growing cypress species such as Cupressus macnabiana have done poorly in these conditions.

In the wild, trees grow best in areas where summer temperatures average 24 - 30°c and the humidity is high. Wild collected seed will produce smaller harder shelled nuts. * Trees are probably much hardier when grown in areas with hot summers.

* Blossoms in May. * In culture, since 1882. E Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang (Daxinganling), Henan (Funiu Shan), ?Hubei, Jilin (Changbai Shan), Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Shaanxi, Sichuan [Japan, Korea, Russia (Far East)].

Eucalyptus manna,which exudes from punctures in summer months, is sometimes consumed. * Quick growing, extremely tall, grows well in poor soil; grayish-white bark, creamy-white branches; bark produces a "manna" eaten by natives; wood used for shingles...

Shade tolerant and sod forming. It is a nutritious and palatable forage grass for domestic and wild animals. * A herbaceous, perennial grass, very winter hardy, provides wildlife habitat, erosion control and ground cover.

Little bluestem is a perennial bunchgrass , and is prominent in tallgrass prairie , along with big bluestem ( Andropogon gerardii ), indiangrass ( Sorghastrum nutans ) and switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum ).

The fruit is rich in pectin and can be added to fruits that are low in this substance when making jams etc. When large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in a cold frame for their first winter.

* The plant is extremely hardy, to USDA Zone 3. As a popular ornamental used in landscaping its notable features include the red stems in fall (autumn) through late winter, the brightest winter bark of any cornus.

* Blossoms in May. * In culture, since 1882. E Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang (Daxinganling), Henan (Funiu Shan), ?Hubei, Jilin (Changbai Shan), Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Shaanxi, Sichuan [Japan, Korea, Russia (Far East)].

The foliage is bright-green and glossy. American snowbell's showy, white, bell-shaped flowers are borne in pairs from leaf axils. When in bloom, they cover the plant creating a fragrant, white cloud.

Berries were also dried for later use. * Indigenous peoples of North America found the plant and its fruit very useful. * The fruit is an edible red to orange berry 6-millimetre (0.24 in) to 10-millimetre (0.39 in) in diameter.

It is grown as a horticultural annual in zones 3-5. * Trifolium pratense is the national flower of Denmark and the state flower of Vermont. * Trifolium pratense (red clover) is a species of clover native to Europe, Western Asia and northwest Africa, but...

It generally occurs in foothills , being most abundant in the lower altitudes of the Sierra Nevada , but also widespread in the Pacific Coast Ranges and the San Gabriel Mountains .

An infusion has been taken by women when their periods are unusually long. Its range extends east to the Rocky Mountains and discontinuously to the Great Lakes Region. * Rubus parviflorus is a dense shrub up to 2.5 meters (8.2 ft) tall with canes no more...

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. * An evergreen Tree growing to 10 m (32ft) by 10 m (32ft) at a slow rate.

It usually grows to only 3-5' tall and features 5-petaled, showy, white flowers in drooping clusters which appear before the leaves emerge in early spring. * The fruit is sweet and juicy with a good flavour that has a hint of apple.

The foliage is bright-green and glossy. American snowbell's showy, white, bell-shaped flowers are borne in pairs from leaf axils. When in bloom, they cover the plant creating a fragrant, white cloud.