Edible Fruit Or Nut Plant Specimen Tree For Sale In Raleigh

The needles of the Gray Pine are in fascicles (bundles) of three, distinctively pale gray-green, sparse and drooping, and grow to 20-30 cm in length. The seed cones are large and heavy, 12-35 cm in length and almost as wide as they are long.

* The California Invasive Plant Council (Cal-IPC) classifies the potential impact of Phoenix canariensis on native ecosystems as limited. * It is the natural symbol of the Canary Islands.

* A Southeast U.S. native, small understory tree with a broad, rounded crown or a large shrub. 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...

* It is native to much of Asia from China to India to Japan . * Its fruit is about 3 centimeters long and has a a soft whitish sour flesh and green to yellow skin. * Choerospondias axillaris , known as Lapsi ("candy tree") in Nepal, is a tree in the family...

Leaves up to 5 inches long and 2 inches wide, ovate to narrower with serrate margins; minute glands on the petiole near the base of the blade. It has a single trunk and reaches a height of 15–38 feet (4.6–12 m).

* The California Invasive Plant Council (Cal-IPC) classifies the potential impact of Phoenix canariensis on native ecosystems as limited. * It is the natural symbol of the Canary Islands.

* It makes an excellent food and can be used as a staple food in much the same way as potatoes or cereals. 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...

* The edible seeds, pine nuts, are collected throughout its range; in many areas, the seed harvest rights are owned by Native American tribes, for whom the species is of immense cultural and economic importance.

It is native to southwestern Asia , where it has been cultivated for so long that its precise natural range is unknown. * Of crooked, wide-spreading habit; berries eaten raw and used in jam and wine; dark red, purple, or black fruit, at 1" the largest...

Isolated groves are found as far north as the San Francisco Bay Area in Mt. Diablo State Park and Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve. * The Coulter pine produces the heaviest cone of any pine tree.

A very valuable timber tree, it is used for furniture making, veneer etc. * Methyl palmitate, which has been extracted from green husks of J. Regia has insecticidal properties: at a concentration of 10 mg/ml, it killed 98% of Tetranychus cinnabarinus...

It is listed as Seriously Endangered on the California Native Plant Society Rare Plant Inventory. * The Northern California walnut is cultivated by specialty California native plant nurseries.

Like the American mountain-ash (Sorbus Americana), the showy mountain-ash has pinnately compound leaves and often large clusters of flowers and fruits. * A decoction of the peeled stems has been drunk in the treatment of backaches.

* Kahikatea was used for boat building up until the 1970s because of its long straight lengths. When 12% dry it is slightly lighter in weight than Kauri and white in colour. * The tree grows to a height of 55 metres (180 ft) with a trunk exceeding 1 metre...

* A pleasant sour taste, they can be eaten out of hand or made into jellies. * Grown mostly for its edible fruit which is very high in vitamin C. * 6' to 10' tall equally as wide * red, cherry-like fruit 0.5" in diameter ripens in July

* The kernel is sweet, though the shell is thick. The seed ripens in late autumn and, when stored in its shell in a cool place, will keep for at least 6 months. * Although it can grow to the height of 25 meters, many specimens are seen as shrubs 3–5...

* The seed can be eaten raw or cooked. Because of the great age of this species it is sometimes described as a living fossil. Araucaria araucana is the hardiest species in the conifer genus Araucaria.

* When baked it becomes even sweeter and develops a floury texture, it makes an excellent potato or cereal substitute. * Native Americans made an infusion of chinkapin leaves to relieve headaches and fevers.

* Foxtail Pines occur in the subalpine forest in these mountains: at an elevation of 1950-2750 m in the Klamath range, and 2300-3500 m in the Sierra Nevada. In the Sierra Nevada, Foxtail pines are limited to the area around Sequoia and Kings Canyon National...

* The seed can be eaten raw or cooked. Because of the great age of this species it is sometimes described as a living fossil. Araucaria araucana is the hardiest species in the conifer genus Araucaria.

* A tall, straight-trunked tree, fastest growing of the hickories; likes deep, rich soil; native to central midwest south to Mexico. Wild collected seed will produce smaller harder shelled nuts.

The species is endemic to eastern Europe: Ukraine, Croatia, Greece (including Crete, Sicily, Macedonia, Montenegro; Western Asia: Cyprus, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, Turkey; and the Caucasus region: Azerbaijan.

In cooler climates such as Britain, however, it remains hard and astringent and needs to be cooked before being eaten. The cooked fruit adds a delicious flavour to cooked apples. * When grown in warm temperate or tropical climates, the fruit can become...

It generally occurs at lower altitudes than other pines in the Himalaya, from 500-2000 m, occasionally up to 2,300 metres (7,500 ft). The range extends from northern Pakistan ( North-West Frontier Province , Azad Kashmir ), across northern India ( Jammu...

The flowers are produced in early spring, 2 cm diameter with five white petals. The fruit is a drupe 4-7 cm in diameter with yellow-pink flesh; it can be harvested in the summer. When fully ripe it can be eaten raw.

Lobatae ), native to western North America . * It is a close relative of the Black Oak ( Quercus velutina ) found in eastern and central North America . * California Black Oak ( Quercus kelloggii ), also known as simply Black Oak , or Kellogg Oak , is...

Pistacia vera often is confused with other species in the genus Pistacia that are also known as pistachio. These species can be distinguished from P. Vera by their geographic distributions (in the wild) and their nuts.