Flowering Shrub Edible Fruit Or Nut Plant For Sale In Des Moines

The fruits ( hips ) of Nootka rose are somewhat bitter but edible. It has light green paired leaflets with toothed edges and sharp spines on the bottom. The 2-3 inch pink (5-8cm) flowers usually occur singly, but may appear in groups of 2 or 3.

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

* The fruit has a delicate flavour and a soft juicy texture. The flavour can be enhanced by the addition of a little lemon juice. The scientific name, akebia, is a Latinization of the Japanese name for species Akebia quinata: akebi (??).

* White flowers in May in loose clusters to 4", followed by 1/2" brown fruits, edible when overripe, formerly used in medicine; leaves resemble maple leaves; round, sometimes irregular crown; native to Europe, North Africa, Asia Minor.

* Rosa blanda grows naturally in meadows, prairies and fields occurs on dry hillsides, roadsides, fence rows, in either sandy or rocky soil. The range of natural growth is from Quebec to Ontario, south to Kansas, and east to Missouri and Ohio.

It is widely cultivated throughout Armenia , Azerbaijan , Iran , Afghanistan , Pakistan , Turkey , India , the drier parts of southeast Asia , Indonesia , peninsular Malaysia , the Mediterranean and Southern Europe and tropical Africa .

* The fruit is often sold in local markets and the plant is of potential commercial importance. * Tolerates maritime exposure. * Plum Island, Massachusetts and Plum Island, New York are named after the Beach Plum; as are Plum Cove Beach in Lanesville,...

The dried flower stems repel insects and rodents. * A shrub or small tree with bright green compound leaves; yellow-white flowers in 4-6" flat-topped clusters, followed by quantities of dark blue-black berries used in jelly, pie, and wine; native to Pacific...

* The fruit is sweet and juicy with a good flavour that has a hint of apple. * Running serviceberry is a deciduous, early-flowering, stoloniferous shrub which typically suckers and spreads to form thickets.

The fruit is about 5mm in diameter. * 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.

Typically, it has a moderate to fast growth rate, being able to grow one to three feet during the first year after trimming. The plant is native to Siberia and parts of China and neighboring Mongolia and Kazakhstan .

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 cm broad, glossy dark green.

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

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

A pleasant sub-acid taste, somewhat resembling dried apples. * Small greenish-yellow flowers from April to July, in profusion; conspicuous brown-yellow winged fruit from August to October; 1 1/2" leaves; spiny branches; dry soil, full sun; native to southern...

* The fruit has a delicate flavour and a soft juicy texture. The flavour can be enhanced by the addition of a little lemon juice. The scientific name, akebia, is a Latinization of the Japanese name for species Akebia quinata: akebi (??).

* Prunus mahaleb is a deciduous Tree growing to 9 m (29ft) by 9 m (29ft). It prefers moist soil. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. The seed has a strong bitter taste that, in parts of the Mediterranean, is dried, ground and used...

* Wood - fine grained, hard, very heavy, reddish. * Amelanchier ovalis , commonly known as Snowy Mespilus , is a serviceberry shrub. Used for small articles. Its pome fruits are edible and can be eaten raw or cooked.

The fruit is up to 3cm long, it contains 11.4% glucose, 4.7% fructose and 12.6% sucrose. * The Japanese Raisin Tree ( Hovenia dulcis ) is a hardy tree that occurs from Japan , over Eastern China and Korea to the Himalayas (up to altitudes of 2,000 m),...

It is best to keep them in pots in a cold frame for their first winter and then plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring. * A multistemmed shrub, it is endemic to northwestern North America, from the Pacific coast of Alaska, to the...

* During World War II in the United States Rosa canina was planted in victory gardens. * It can be used in making delicious jams, syrups etc. * In Bulgaria, where it grows in abundance, the hips are used to make a sweet wine.

* The fragrant flowers emerge in early summer and are light pink in color. * It is a fairly good source of essential fatty acids, which is fairly unusual for a fruit. * Though one of the most shade-tolerant roses, this species grows best in open, sunny...

The stems may be smooth or fuzzy, and are often glandular. * Arctostaphylos viscida is a species of manzanita known by the common names whiteleaf manzanita and sticky manzanita . This is a treelike shrub reaching up to five meters in height.

* 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 China .

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

* Wood - fine grained, hard, very heavy, reddish. * Amelanchier ovalis , commonly known as Snowy Mespilus , is a serviceberry shrub. Used for small articles. Its pome fruits are edible and can be eaten raw or cooked.

It grows up to 10 m tall, and has reddish-brown shoots. The leaves are 6-12 cm long and 2.5-5 cm broad, with a serrated margin. Prunus triflora or Prunus thibetica ; also called Chinese plum or Japanese plum ) is a small deciduous tree native to China...