Honey Bee Food Ornamental Fruit For Sale In Iowa

* It is best known as the source of the natural pigment annatto , produced from the fruit . * Not only was the dye used anciently to color food, but also to dye cloth and paint the skin (which is still done today).

All are perennial, with numerous leafy stems growing from the base at the beginning of summer. The many inflorescences have closely spaced whorls of small flowers with brightly colored calyces.

* Berberis thunbergii ( Japanese barberry or Thunberg's Barberry , also Red Barberry ) is a species of Berberis , native to Japan and eastern Asia . * Our seed produces a very high percentage of Red seedlings.

* At least 55 million tonnes of apples were grown worldwide in 2005, with a value of about $10 billion. * It is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits, and the most widely known of the many members of genus Malus that are used by humans.

It occurs in both pine and spruce dominated forests and in open meadow ecosystems. The amount of fruit produced by these shrubs is legendary, with stories being told of mountain sides turned purple by all of the fruit, or shrubs being weighed to the ground...

The leaf turns purple in autumn, eventually becoming an intense bright scarlet. Pleasantly acidulous. It is the longest living non-clonal flowering plant in Eastern North America, capable of obtaining ages of over 650 years.

The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Bees, flies. The flowers are white, borne in fall. * Clematis terniflora is a PERENNIAL CLIMBER growing to 5 m (16ft 5in).

* The leaves contain up to 2.4% of an antibacterial substance called 'phloretin'.This inhibits the growth of a number of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria in as low a concentration as 30 ppm.

* It is best known as the source of the natural pigment annatto , produced from the fruit . * Not only was the dye used anciently to color food, but also to dye cloth and paint the skin (which is still done today).

* 2" fragrant rosy-purple flowers, even in full shade, throughout the summer; red fruit, edible but not tasty; thornless; spreads via suckers; used in Europe as an ornamental; native from southeast Canada to Georgia and Tennessee, in moist woods especially...

* The Bird Cherry ( Prunus padus ) is a species of cherry , native to northern Europe and northern Asia , growing even north of the Arctic Circle in Norway , Sweden , Finland and Russia .

The seed is mainly distributed by water. * Water Tupelo often occurs in pure stands. A good mature tree will produce commercial timber used for furniture and crates. * They are long-lived trees, commencing to bear seeds when about 30 years old and usually...

* A shrub with 1/4" white flowers followed by 1/4" round scarlet fruit; resembles S. Cascadensis; compound leaves; native to California * The individual leaflets are toothed almost from base to apex.

It weighs 46lb per cubic foot. * Ilex vomitoria ( Yaupon Holly , Yaupon , or Cassina ; the latter shared with Ilex cassine ), is a species of holly native to southeastern North America , occurring in United States from Maryland south to Florida and west...

* The leaves are used in the treatment of fevers. The fruit of many members of this genus is a very rich source of vitamins and minerals, especially in vitamins A, C and E, flavanoids and other bio-active compounds.

The leaves are alternate, palmately five-lobed like a spread hand (sometimes three or seven lobes), 10–18 cm long and wide. * A vine with 3-4" flowers, blue to white, of remarkable complex form, incorporating sepals, rings of filaments, and elaborate...

Juicy and snappy, with a beautiful balance of sweet and tart. Freeze them in summer and toss them in drinks! This is the grape that all others are compared to. Rinse and eat them right off the vine for a healthy, refreshing snack any time of day.

Heat brings out bananas' creamy sweetness. The banana is an anytime, year-round snack. We like them fully yellow with just a dusting of brown freckles. Slice them onto cereal or pancakes, fold into fruit salad, blend into smoothies, and bake into muffins.

If you have an office, classroom, soccer team or book club to feed, then this is the pick for you. Golden, juicy flesh with sweet-and-tangy flavor — the nectarine is the perfect summer fruit.

The tiny, juicy clementine (actually a variety of mandarin orange) is a bright jewel with deep, seedless flesh and lots of satiny, sweet-tart flavor. The citrus family's champion for easy peeling.

* It is a fairly good source of essential fatty acids, which is fairly unusual for a fruit. * The fruit skins have been eaten in the treatment of stomach complaints. * White or pink flowers to 2 1/2"; pear-shaped 1/3-2/3" hips, shiny red or red-orange;...

* A shrubby species with compound leaves, white flowers, and orange to scarlet 1/4" round fruit; native to the Rocky Mountains, California to British Columbia. * Sorbus scopulina is a species of Rowan that is native to western North America , primarily...

The family resemblance is obvious from the first bite. The smooth, plumlike skin is one of the nectarine's biggest assets.Plan ahead! Our nectarines arrive firm. They'll soften in 3-5 days at room temperature, or you can speed up the process to 2-3 days...

* Shrubs or small trees, 1–6 m tall. Bark purplish red. * This is a shrubby species with reddish twigs and blue/white fruits. Young branches reddish, terete, sparsely pubescent with grayish white trichomes; old branches light yellow, glabrous, with...

* It is a relative of Phoenix dactylifera, the true date palm. * The Canary Island date palm is very widely planted as an ornamental plant in warm temperate regions of the world, particularly in areas with Mediterranean climates.

If you've only experienced standard fresh berries, these bright red strawberries directly from local berry patches, will be a sensory revelation. There's nothing quite like the aromatic perfume and tangy flavors of a local berry.

* Maypops is a valuable sedative and tranquillising herb with a long history of use in North America. * Passiflora incarnata , commonly known as Maypop , Purple passionflower , True passionflower , Wild apricot , and Wild passion vine , is a fast growing...