Edible Fruit Or Nut Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In California

* It may be used as forage for livestock, a micronutrient liquid, a natural anthelmintic and possible adjuvant. * It is an exceptionally nutritious vegetable tree with a variety of potential uses.

* Loquats are unusual among fruit trees in that the flowers appear in the autumn or early winter, and the fruits are ripe in late winter or early spring. * The fruits are the sweetest when soft and orange.

The nest cavity is deep, and the parents and young are entirely hidden from view. The saguaro creates callus tissue on the wound. * Flowers appear in April through June. When the saguaro dies and its soft flesh rots, the callus remains as a so-called...

Common Juniper has needle-like leaves in whorls of three; the leaves are green, with a single white stomatal band on the inner surface. Alpina , Vitosha , Bulgaria . * The seed cones are berry -like, green ripening in 18 months to purple-black with a...

It is widely cultivated throughout Armenia , Azerbaijan , Iran , Afghanistan , Pakistan , Turkey , India , the drier parts of southeast Asia , Indonesia , peninsular Malaysia , the Mediterranean and Southern Europe and tropical Africa .

The woody fruit is up to 30mm in diameter. * The fruit is eaten raw or dried for later use. A pleasant sub-acid taste, somewhat resembling dried apples. * Small greenish-yellow flowers from April to July, in profusion; conspicuous brown-yellow winged...

In cultivation, leaves up to 23 cm long may be produced. * The Mexican government has declared this species endangered. * It has started being cultivated recently and is a very attractive ornamental tree.

* The ripe fruit is chewed for its acidity. * Synonymous with Halesia tetraptera (tetraptera meaning four-winged). Features drooping clusters (usually 2-5 flowers each) of bell-shaped, white flowers (1/2") which appear in April shortly before or simultaneous...

* A decoction of the root bark has been used to treat internal pains. * Numerous hybrids of Quercus gambelii [Gamble Oak] with various scrub oaks have been reported, including Q. Any galls produced on the tree are strongly astringent and can be used in...

It is widely cultivated throughout Armenia , Azerbaijan , Iran , Afghanistan , Pakistan , Turkey , India , the drier parts of southeast Asia , Indonesia , peninsular Malaysia , the Mediterranean and Southern Europe and tropical Africa .

In cooler zones, however, the fruit does not develop so well and is best cooked or used in preserves. It can be eaten out of hand. * In warm temperate areas the fruit develops more fruit sugars and has a fragrant sugary pulp with a slightly acid flavour.

It lies between 500-1850 m It is a medium low tree, no more than 3-12 m in height and 6 dm in diameter, although rarely as grown trees was found ( by fire and logging ), short trunk , long branches decumbent ; taproot , with vertical growth first, then...

* Yields an essential oil called 'Abietine'. It is also known as Foothill Pine , Ghost Pine , California Foothill Pine , Bull Pine and Nut Pine . The male cones grow at the base of shoots on the lower branches.

* Yields an essential oil called 'Abietine'. It is also known as Foothill Pine , Ghost Pine , California Foothill Pine , Bull Pine and Nut Pine . The male cones grow at the base of shoots on the lower branches.

The fruits were a good food source for Native American peoples such as the Cheyenne and Nlaka'pamux . * This is a compact erect bushy shrub covered in fan-shaped green leaves with teeth along the distal margin.

* Chickasaw plum grows 12 to 20 feet tall and 15 to 20 feet wide in an irregular shape. * This plum is eaten fresh and made into jellies and preserves. * Chickasaw plums tend to bloom early in the spring.

* Produces an abundance of long yellow sweet peppers from mid summer until frost.

It typically grows on dry to moist sandy and gravel soils in steppes, meadows or woodland edges. * The fruit can be eaten raw or cooked. * Elaeagnus commutata ( American Silverberry or Wolf-willow ), is a species of Elaeagnus native to western North America...

Gardeners should beware that seedlings of "Eastern Prince" are sometimes sold under the same name but are typically single-sex plants. * A twining vine grown for its clusters of red fruit in fall; 4" shiny leaves; 1/2" white or pink fragrant flowers in...

* It is grown for its decorative pink flowers, and is popular in bonsai culture. * The species is native to an area from southern China, Japan, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam.

A pleasant sweet and somewhat spicy flavour. * White flowers, tasty black berries; substantial arching canes; can spread rapidly in good soil; may stay as low as 2' in dry soil; native from Nova Scotia to North Carolina, Missouri.

* This variety is very heavy yielding over a long season. * The seed germinates in 2-3 weeks and should be started indoors in April/May. * he fruit will mature in about 70 days from transplanting.

Rich in starch. Araucaria araucana is the hardiest species in the conifer genus Araucaria. The seed is soft like a cashew nut and has a slight flavour of pine nuts. * The seed can be eaten raw or cooked.

It was the main commercial tomato grown in New Jersey for many years. It produces an abundance of medium sized round bright crimson tomatoes. The flavor is good. It was used for canning, juice and fresh market.

* A herb tea is made from the dried leaves. * The plant from which cultivated red raspberries were derived. * Polyphenolic compounds from raspberry seeds are efficient antioxidants.

The range extends from northern Pakistan ( North-West Frontier Province , Azad Kashmir ), across northern India ( Jammu and Kashmir , Punjab , Himachal Pradesh , Uttarakhand , Sikkim ) and Nepal to Bhutan .

Requires a sunny position and a well-drained soil. * Tolerates dry sites. * Succeeds in most soils. * Although only 4 - 8mm long, it's fruit has been suggested as a substitute for the true olive, Olea europaea.