Fragrant Flowering Plant Edible Fruit Or Nut Plant For Sale In Connecticut

* Actinidia kolomikta is cultivated in cold temperate regions as an ornamental plant, largely for the striking random variegation in pink and white of some its leaves but also because of the relatively small (2-5 g or 0.07- 0.18 ounces) kiwifruit-like...

* Rubus odoratus ( Purple-flowering Raspberry , Flowering Raspberry , or Virginia raspberry ) is a species of Rubus , native to eastern North America , from Nova Scotia west to Ontario , and south to Georgia and Alabama .

* It is a shrub sometimes forming a thicket, and growing up to 2.5 meters tall. * The fruit is used to make jams and jellies, it is also used to make a pleasant tasting fruity-flavoured tea.

* 2 1/2" deep purple flowers on a plant that resembles a small hollyhock; likes full sun; biennial or perennial; native to Europe, north Africa, and northwest China. * The flowers can be added to salads or used as a garnish.

* A good bee and butterfly plant. In Denmark it is known as Judaspenge and in The Netherlands as Judaspenning (coins of Judas) because of its resemblance to silver coins, a reference to Judas Iscariot .

* A herb tea is made from the dried leaves. * A purple to dull blue dye is obtained from the fruit. * The fruit is delicious when eaten out of hand, the fruit is also used in pies, preserves etc.

Its native range stretches from South Dakota and Ohio in the north to as far south as Alabama and Coahuila . * The common wild plum of the forest-prairie border from Missouri and eastern Kansas to Texas.

* The dried young leaves are used as a tea substitute. The fruit is 7 - 13cm long. The scientific name, akebia, is a Latinization of the Japanese name for species Akebia quinata: akebi (??).

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

* The fruit is juicy with a very good flavour. * Rubus spectabilis ( Salmonberry ) is a species of Rubus native to the west coast of North America from west central Alaska to California .

* 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 region and southwest and central Asia , from Morocco and Spain east to Iran and Tajikistan...

* The fruit can be dried when they have the sweet flavour and texture of raisins and can be used similarly. The fruit is up to 3cm long, it contains 11.4% glucose, 4.7% fructose and 12.6% sucrose.

* Many birds and animals eat the fruit, and both white-tailed deer and mule deer feed on twigs and leaves. * Development of suckers from the root system makes American plum effective in stabilizing stream banks and gullies.

It occurs throughout the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Mixedwood forest region, the New England-Acadian forest region, and the eastern Canadian boreal forests. Showy mountain-ash is very similar to the closely related American mountain-ash.

* A very poular tree for bonsai due to its dwarf size and small 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.

The large size of the cones has earned them the nickname "widowmakers" among locals. The leaves are needle-like, in bundles of three, glaucous gray-green, 15–30 cm (5.9–11.8 in) long and stout, 2 mm (0.079 in) thick.

* A low shrub found on dry slopes and prairies. * The fruit is being investigated as a food that is capable of reducing the incidence of cancer and also as a means of halting or reversing the growth of cancers.

* An extract from the leaves has been reportedly successful in lowering elevated blood pressure by its decreasing peripheral vascular resistance. Flesh is juicy, acid, whitish and aromatic.

The leaves are a tea substitute. * The fruit can be eaten raw or cooked. * It is a deciduous shrub or small tree that can grow to 1–8 m (3–26 ft) (rarely to 10 m, 33 ft) in height.

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 trunk is typically gnarled and twisted. * Grown commercially in California for olives. * An evergreen Tree growing to 10 m (32ft) by 8 m (26ft) at a slow rate. * Extremely drought resistant.

* 2 1/2" deep purple flowers on a plant that resembles a small hollyhock; likes full sun; biennial or perennial; native to Europe, north Africa, and northwest China. * The flowers can be added to salads or used as a garnish.

It has an agreeable almond smell and flavour. The seed contains about 20% of an edible semi-drying oil. * Plums are grown commercially in orchards, but modern rootstocks, together with self-fertile strains, training and pruning methods, allow single plums...

* It is a shrub sometimes forming a thicket, and growing up to 2.5 meters tall. * The fruit is used to make jams and jellies, it is also used to make a pleasant tasting fruity-flavoured tea.

It is still used in Mexico and Guatemala, with the seeds sometimes ground, while whole seed is used for nutritious drinks and as a food source. The seed can be ground into a meal and made into bread, biscuits, cakes etc, usually in a mix with cereal flours.

* Meaty beefsteak fruits have few seeds and little cracking. * Potato leaf plants. * Fruits ripen throughout the season. * The heirloom tomato that started a movement! * Pink fruits grow to 1-2 lbs.