Edible Fruit Or Nut Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In South Carolina

* The seed cones are berry -like, green ripening in 18 months to purple-black with a blue waxy coating; they are spherical, 4–12 mm diameter, and usually have three (occasionally six) fused scales, each scale with a single seed .

* Golden currant is a 3-6 ft., deciduous shrub with light-green, three-lobed leaves and spicy-scented racemes of yellow flowers, turning orange with age, on long, wand-like stems. The fruit can also be dried for winter use.

* The wood is heavy, hard, tough, close-grained. * The fruit is antibacterial, anticholesterolemic, cardiotonic, hypotensive, stomachic, vasodilator. It has been shown to lower blood cholesterol levels and to improve blood circulation.

* Macadamia integrifolia is a tree in the Proteaceae family, native to Queensland in Australia. The flowers are white or pinkish followed by woody, rounded fruits which are 2 to 3.5 cm in diameter.

The fragrant flower cones impart bitterness and flavor, and also have preservative qualities. They are also medicinal. * Humulus lupulus (common hop or hop) is a species of flowering plant in the Cannabaceae family, native to Europe, western Asia and...

* The fruit is one of the most popular tonics used in Chinese herbal medicine. * Wolfberry species are deciduous woody perennial plants , growing 1–3 m high. * Chinese boxthorn is a major Chinese tonic herb with a history of almost 2,000 years of medicinal...

In more favourable conditions, trees may grow to 20 m in height, although some can reach up to 27 m. The Whitebark Pine is typically the highest-elevation pine tree of these mountains, marking the tree line .

It needs to be heated before being eaten in order to destroy a mildly acrimonious principle. * "With time becomes one of the most spectacular of all trees" (Dirr). A soft and oily texture, the seed has a sweet flavour and tastes somewhat like a large...

* Milk thistle has also been known to be used as food. * Traditional milk thistle extract is made from the seeds, which contain approximately 4–6% silymarin. * Silybum marianum has other common names include cardus marianus, milk thistle, blessed milk...

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

He obtained specimens near Hermosillo, in Sonora, Mexico, in 1830. * The Irish botanist Thomas Coulter was the first to categorize Parkinsonia florida. * The plant's trunk, branches, and leaves are blue-green in color, hence the common name.

This is the variety that is most commonly seen in the supermarket, sold in bunches. The young plants can also be eaten as a slightly spicy tasting micro-green. * A very versatile and easy to grow vegetable.

5 - 10 cm big and have a finely serrated edge. Pyrus serrulata is a deciduous Tree growing to 10 m (32ft 10in). Established plants are drought tolerant. Young leaves have velvety grey hair but later become bare and turn dark green.

* An easily grown plant, it succeeds in most soils, but is in general more productive of seeds when grown on soils of moderate fertility. Avellana, the common hazel nut. The seed ripens in mid to late autumn and will probably need to be protected from...

Older writers usually distinguished the turnip and rape by the adjectives round and long (- rooted ) respectively. Added to salads or used as a potherb. * The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked.

Although it is mainly found in the southern states, it is one of the only palms that can stand somewhat cooler temperatures, and can be found as north as southcentral Pennsylvania .

* An easily grown plant, it succeeds in most soils, but is in general more productive of seeds when grown on soils of moderate fertility. Avellana, the common hazel nut. The seed ripens in mid to late autumn and will probably need to be protected from...

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

* White flowers to 3" across. * The flower buds are pickled and used as a flavouring in sauces, salads etc. * An extract of the root is used as a cosmetic and is particularly useful in treating rose-coloured rashes and capillary weaknesses.

* A herb tea is made from the dried leaves. * The plant from which cultivated red raspberries were derived. * Raspberry fruit may protect the liver. * A purple to dull blue dye is obtained from the fruit.

* The seed can be eaten raw or cooked. The seed is soft like a cashew nut and has a slight flavour of pine nuts. It is a food that can easily be eaten in quantity and can be used as a staple food in the diet.

* The fruit is a very dark purple pome up to about a centimeter across. * The fruit can also be used for making pies, preserves etc, and can be dried for later use. The fruit is about 8mm in diameter and is borne in small clusters.

* Pinus coulteri is cultivated as an ornamental tree, planted in parks and large gardens, and drought tolerant landscaping. The large size of the cones has earned them the nickname "widowmakers" among locals.

* Common in mixed and coniferous forests as undergrowth , sometimes, especially in the burned areas and clearings , forms thickets. E Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang (Daxinganling), Henan (Funiu Shan), ?Hubei, Jilin (Changbai Shan), Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Shaanxi,...

They are 5–10 cm long. It differs in having slightly larger cones, and needles with three resin canals instead of two in Swiss Pine. * This is another pine, like the pinon and P.

* The fruit attracts many birds. The fully ripe fruit is quite pleasant but slightly astringent. * The fruit of this species is about 1 - 1.5cm long:- It is eaten raw or cooked. * It is a tree of the redwood understory in its native range.

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