Flowering Shrub Edible Fruit Or Nut Plant For Sale In Alexandria

* The bark of chokecherry root was once made into an asperous-textured concoction used to ward off or treat colds, fever and stomach maladies by native Americans. * In 2007, Governor John Hoeven signed a bill naming the chokecherry the official fruit...

* The fruit tends to be quite large and fragrant, and when carefully wrapped (it has a tendency to bruise because of its juiciness), it can last for several weeks or more in a cold, dry place.

* Prunus salicina ( syn. The fruit is a drupe 4-7 cm in diameter with yellow-pink flesh; it can be harvested in the summer. It grows up to 10 m tall, and has reddish-brown shoots. When fully ripe it can be eaten raw.

Dislikes dry soils. A slow-growing shrub in the wild, it can sometimes become a small tree up to 9 metres tall. A decoction of the root and branch bark has been used as an eyewash.

It is not a true fruit but a swollen receptacle. The fruit is up to 3cm long, it contains 11.4% glucose, 4.7% fructose and 12.6% sucrose. The seeds are used to relieve intoxication due to wine.

A green dye is obtained from the leaves. Because of its suckering habit, it also makes a good dense ground cover plant. Dark green, violet and dark blue-purple dyes are obtained from the fruit.

* 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).

* The fruit tends to be quite large and fragrant, and when carefully wrapped (it has a tendency to bruise because of its juiciness), it can last for several weeks or more in a cold, dry place.

* A very ornamental plant, it is very closely related to C. Mas but is more tree-like in its habit. Flowers in early spring; edible fruit. * It occurs in China, Japan and Korea where it is used as a food plant and as a medicinal plant-Shan-zhu-yu,(Chinese)...

* This is the most commonly grown plum at least in Europe, and most prunes (dried plums) are made from fruits of this species. The seed contains about 20% of an edible semi-drying oil.

* Sorbus domestica ( Service Tree , or sometimes True Service Tree to distinguish it from the Wild Service Tree ; syn. At this stage the fruit has a delicious taste, somewhat like a luscious tropical fruit.

* Akebia is a genus of five species of flowering plant, within the family Lardizabalaceae. The fruit is 7 - 13cm long. * The fruit has a delicate flavour and a soft juicy texture. * The dried young leaves are used as a tea substitute.

* A twining vine grown for its clusters of red fruit in fall; 4" shiny leaves; 1/2" white or pink fragrant flowers in small clusters; need both sexes to produce fruit; native to China.

* The hollow stems can be made into whistles and flutes. * Leycesteria formosa ( Himalayan Honeysuckle , Flowering Nutmeg , Himalaya Nutmeg or Pheasant Berry ) is a deciduous shrub in the family Caprifoliaceae , native to the Himalaya and southwestern...

* A very ornamental plant, it is very closely related to C. Mas but is more tree-like in its habit. Flowers in early spring; edible fruit. * It occurs in China, Japan and Korea where it is used as a food plant and as a medicinal plant-Shan-zhu-yu,(Chinese)...

* A twining vine grown for its clusters of red fruit in fall; 4" shiny leaves; 1/2" white or pink fragrant flowers in small clusters; need both sexes to produce fruit; native to China.

* It is a medium to large deciduous shrub or small tree growing to 5–12 m tall, with dark brown branches and greenish twigs. * The wood of C. The fruit is an oblong red drupe 2 cm long and 1.5 cm in diameter, containing a single seed.

The pomegranate is native to the Iranian Plateau , and has been cultivated in the Caucasus since ancient times. * A pomegranate ( Punica granatum ) is a fruit -bearing deciduous shrub or small tree.

It typically grows on dry to moist sandy and gravel soils in steppes, meadows or woodland edges. * Elaeagnus commutata ( American Silverberry or Wolf-willow ), is a species of Elaeagnus native to western North America , from southern Alaska through British...

Torminalis clusii , Wild Service Tree ), sometimes known as the Chequer(s) Tree or Checker(s) Tree , is a species of Sorbus native to Europe from England and Wales east to Denmark and Poland , south to northwest Africa , and southeast to southwest Asia...

It is used in jellies, preserves etc. * When grown in warm temperate or tropical climates, the fruit can become soft and juicy and is suitable for eating raw. The cooked fruit adds a delicious flavour to cooked apples.

Arabica contains less caffeine than any other commercially cultivated species of coffee. Wild plants grow to between 9 and 12 m tall, and have an open branching system; the leaves are opposite, simple elliptic-ovate to oblong, 6–12 cm long and 4–8...

* The American plum grows as a large shrub or small tree, reaching up to 15 feet (4.6 m). * Development of suckers from the root system makes American plum effective in stabilizing stream banks and gullies.

* This kiwi is a relatively fast-growing, deciduous, woody vine which typically grows 15-20' and features tiny, slightly fragrant, greenish-white flowers in early summer and attractive, heart-shaped (to 5" long), green foliage variegated with white and/or...

The woody fruit is up to 30mm in diameter. * The fruit is eaten raw or dried for later use. * Paliurus spina-christi , commonly known as Jerusalem Thorn , Garland Thorn , Christ's Thorn , or Crown of Thorns , is a species of Paliurus native to the Mediterranean...

* Rosa rubiginosa ( Sweet briar or Eglantine Rose ; syn. Eglanteria ) is a species of rose native to Europe and western Asia . * 1" fragrant single pink roses in small clusters; 1/2" orange to scarlet hips lasting well into winter; often grows on lime;...

* The seed is a good source of vitamin E, it can be ground and mixed with flour or added to other foods as a supplement. * Rosa blanda, commonly known as the meadow/wild rose, smooth rose or prairie rose, is a species of rose native to North America.