Edible Fruit Or Nut Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Kansas City

Prefers moist, acidic, organically rich soils in part shade. In the wild, Carolina silverbell typically does not exceed 35' in height (though specimens have been found in the 80-100' range), and is frequently shrubby in habit.

* This variety is perfect for growing in containers or restricted spaces. * It will yield normal sized cucumbers but not take up as much room in the garden.

* A quick-growing, not to say rampant vine; can be pruned as a shrub; usually grown on a trellis for commercial production of the hops used in beer making; hops are produced on female plants; native to Eurasia, has escaped in the U.S.

It is hardy to zone 5 and is not frost tender. * This plant is widely cultivated in temperate regions for its twining habit and its showy flowers which appear early in the season - occasionally even in midwinter.

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

Sweet and gelatinous. * In Mexican Spanish, the plant is called nopal, while the fruit is called tuna, which are names also used in American English, especially as culinary terms. Very refreshing, they are somewhat like a watermelon in flavour.

* Seedlings have up to 24 cotyledons on germination (the most of any plant)! * It differs from all other pinyon species in that it has very massive cones and large seeds. * The Mexican government has declared this species endangered.

* The whole plant, known as ning tiao, is used in the treatment of cancer of the breast, and the orifice to the womb, and for dysmenorrhoea and other gynaecological problems. It is a shrub growing to heights of 12 feet or more and is a perennial .

* About 450,000 kilos of the seeds are sold in American markets each year. * The seed has a slightly resinous flavour, but delicious raw or cooked. * The seed can be ground into a meal and used in stews, making bread, cakes etc and in making nut butter.

* Wildlife benefit: Squirrels, chipmunks, deer, birds, and turkeys eat the acorns. * The Bur-gambel oak is a Bur oak hybrid which is vigorous, fast growing, and produces heavy crops of acorns at a young age.

* The pecan (pronounced /p??k??n/ , /p??kaen/ , or /?pi?kaen/ ), Carya illinoinensis or illinoensis , is a species of hickory , native to south-central North America , in Mexico from Coahuila south to Jalisco and Veracruz , in the United States from southern...

* It preferes cool growing temperatures and will tolerate some shade. If you let some go to seed, the pods are edible. It is bright red skinned with a crisp white inside. * Cherry Belle is an Heirloom Variety that can be planted in the spring or fall...

There is a local disjunct population in Mexico as well. It is noted for its bright shiny green leaves and edible fruits. It is native from New York to Nebraska south to Mexico and Florida.

In Telugu it is called 'chamma kaya' also called 'Tammi kaya' * The fruits are eaten as a vegetable in Africa and Asia. * Canavalia gladiata, usually called Sword Bean, is a domesticated plant species in the legume (Fabaceae) family.

* Chickasaw plum grows 12 to 20 feet tall and 15 to 20 feet wide in an irregular shape. * Cultivated by the Chickasaw Indians and other indigenous peoples before the arrival of Europeans.

* The seed can be eaten raw or cooked. * Corylus cornuta ( Beaked Hazel ) is a deciduous shrubby hazel found in most of North America , from southern Canada south to Georgia and California .

* A small, rounded tree with dense, horizontal branches; 2" thorns; white flowers with pink anthers; shiny dark green leaves, reddish purple or brownish purple in fall; deep red fruit, 1/2"; likes full sun, tolerates city conditions; American native.

* The fruit can be made into jams and preserves.

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

* 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.

* Native to Tropical Africa. * The Mokala National Park in the Northern Cape is named after this tree.

* The chestnuts are in the beech family along with beech and oak, and are not closely related to the horse-chestnut, which is in the family Sapindaceae. * A rapidly growing deciduous hardwood tree.

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

* Its name means "green pole or stick" in Spanish, referring to the green trunk and branches, that perform photosynthesis. * The flowers are bright yellow, and pea-like, which cover the tree in late spring.

* Typical flora associates are such plants as the western sword fern (Polystichum munitum), coastal woodfern (Dryopteris arguta), California snowberry (Symphoricarpos mollis), common snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus), and thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus).

Opium is the source of many opiates , including morphine , thebaine , codeine , papaverine , and noscapine . This plant is illegal to grow in the US because it is the source for the drug opium.

* An extract from the leaves has been reportedly successful in lowering elevated blood pressure by its decreasing peripheral vascular resistance. * Annona muricata is a species of the genus Annona of the custard apple tree family, Annonaceae, known mostly...