Edible Fruit Or Nut Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Los Angeles

The Pine nuts are reported to be an aphrodisiac. * The seed is edible raw or cooked. * Pinus gerardiana , known as the Chilgoza Pine (Urdu: in Persian it means 40 nuts in one cone:), 'noosa', or 'neoza', is a pine native to the northwestern Himalaya in...

* Numerous hybrids of Quercus gambelii [Gamble Oak] with various scrub oaks have been reported, including Q. Such hybrids in general have shallowly lobed or dentate, semipersistent leaves and intermediate characteristics of pubescence and fruit between...

But it is thinly distributed over much of its native range, and is becoming rare in many areas. * Halesia tetraptera, commonly known as the common silverbell is a species in the family Styracaceae, native to the southeastern United States.

* It grows west of the Sierra Nevada from Mendocino County , California , south to northern Baja California in Mexico . * Though seed predation may be high, it also provides a means of seed dispersal.

* Source of the commercial pecan; a tall, straight-trunked tree, fastest growing of the hickories; likes deep, rich soil; native to central midwest south to Mexico * The pecan (pronounced /p??k??n/ , /p??kaen/ , or /?pi?kaen/ ), Carya illinoinensis or...

This effect is brought about by the presence of bioflavonoids in the fruit, these bioflavonoids are also strongly antioxidant, helping to prevent or reduce degeneration of the blood vessels.

* A native of the West, Golden Currant has been planted eastward in the United States and has escaped from cultivation and naturalized in many places. The fruit is about 5mm in diameter.

* The fruit contains about 4.9% sugars, 3.2% protein, 0.9% pectin. * They are commonly served raw and peeled. * The average yield from wild trees in the Himalayas is 83kg per year, though some trees yield up to 200kg.

* Wildlife benefit: Squirrels, chipmunks, deer, birds, and turkeys eat the acorns. * The drought tolerance of the Gambel oak combined with the cold tolerance of the bur oak make this hybrid one the of the hardiest oaks available.

The seed is rich in carbohydrates, it can be dried, then ground and used as a flour in breads, puddings, as a thickener in soups etc. * Sweet chestnut has been listed as one of the 38 substances used to prepare Bach flower remedies, a kind of alternative...

* Carolina buckthorn is a deciduous shrub or small tree that typically grows to 10-15' (infrequently to 30') tall. It is native from New York to Nebraska south to Mexico and Florida.

* It has started being cultivated recently and is a very attractive ornamental tree. * The Mexican government has declared this species endangered. * Because of its isolation in a remote area, it escaped discovery until 1964.

Good when added to soups they also make an excellent jelly. * Elaeagnus commutata ( American Silverberry or Wolf-willow ), is a species of Elaeagnus native to western North America , from southern Alaska through British Columbia east to Manitoba , and...

Very refreshing, they are somewhat like a watermelon in flavour. Requires warmth and plenty of sun. * Requires a sandy or very well-drained soil. The fruits are up to 10cm long and 9cm wide.

* White flowers to 3" across. * The flower buds are pickled and used as a flavouring in sauces, salads etc. * The bush is native to the Mediterranean region, growing wild on walls or in rocky coastal areas throughout.

Unripe fruits are sometimes pickled.The fruit is about 4cm in diameter. May be grown as a large, multi-stemmed shrub or trained as single trunk tree. * Few trees flower more elegantly-- white, bell-shaped, 3/4" blooms dangling like raindrops in rows along...

There are up to five fairly large seeds in the centre of the fruit, these often stick together and so the effect is of eating a cherry-like fruit with a single seed. * The fruits I have eaten have been considerably larger than this.

The other Himalayan pines are Blue Pine , Bhutan White Pine , Chinese White Pine , Chilgoza Pine and Sikang Pine . * The Chir Pine ( Pinus roxburghii ) named after William Roxburgh , is a pine native to the Himalaya .

* The fruit itself has the texture of a lush tropical fruit and has a delicate pleasant flavour. The fruit contains about 20% sugars and can be used to make delicious and nourishing jams and preserves.

Leaves on plants at higher elevation may turn gold or red as the weather cools. The bark provides a faint reddish dye for the finished basketry. Cercis orbiculata Greene) is a small tree or shrub in the legume family.

When large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots of fairly rich soil and grow them on fast, planting them out after the last expected frosts and giving them some protection (such as a cloche) until they have settled down and are...

* The bush grows to a maximum height of 13 feet (4 m ), and the prickles are sparse to scattered along the stalks.

* Rosa dumalis ( Glaucous Dog Rose ) is a species of rose native to Europe and southwest Asia . * A variation on R. Canina, differing in having smaller prickles, shorter pedicels, and more persistant sepals; native to Europe and Western Asia.

Common Juniper has needle-like leaves in whorls of three; the leaves are green, with a single white stomatal band on the inner surface. * A tea is made by boiling the leaves and stems.

* Schisandra chinensis ( pinyin : literally "five flavor berry") is a deciduous woody vine native to forests of Northern China and the Russian Far East. It is hardy in USDA Zone 4 .

* The fruit contains about 4.9% sugars, 3.2% protein, 0.9% pectin. * They are commonly served raw and peeled. * The average yield from wild trees in the Himalayas is 83kg per year, though some trees yield up to 200kg.

* A constituent of its extract has been found to be an effective and selective dopamine reuptake inhibitor. It is in flower from Feb to June, and the seeds ripen in October. * A decidious Shrub growing to 3 m (9ft) by 5 m (16ft).