Plant With Winter Interest Edible Fruit Or Nut Plant For Sale In Antioch

* Stiff 1 1/2 " dark needles; cones to 5"; looks like Pinus aristata with shorter needles and smaller cones; native to California. Austrina in the southern Sierra Nevada . * Foxtail Pines occur in the subalpine forest in these mountains: at an elevation...

Rich in vitamin C, the fruit has a very acid flavour and is mainly used in preserves, though children and some adults seem to like it raw when it is fully ripe. * The fruit are edible raw or cooked.

Tolerates trimming. * The plant can be grown as an informal windbreak hedge in all but the most exposed situations. * Cotoneaster franchetii ( Franchet's Cotoneaster ) is a species of Cotoneaster native to southwestern China , in the provinces of Guizhou...

* Canavalia gladiata, usually called Sword Bean, is a domesticated plant species in the legume (Fabaceae) family. * The legume is a used as a vegetable in interiors of central and south central India, though not commercially farmed.

It is one of the earliest producing crookneck squash on the market that produces all summer long. They are best harvested when 8" long. * Golden Summer Crookneck is a bush type plant that yields of buttery-yellow squash with narrow curved neck that are...

GOOD LUCK! * The world record holder weighed in at 2009 pounds! If you really want to grow a record breaker do your homework on growing techniques, fertilization, etc. * These are the seeds that can grow the largest pumpkin in the world! * They have pink/orange...

Soap is made from saponified oil, and many cosmetics contain peanut oil and its derivatives. When large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots of fairly rich soil and grow them on fast, planting them out after the last expected...

And up to 300 lbs. * Big max seeds can grow very large pumpkins. Specimens as large as 300 pounds have been grown. * The variety was hybridized for its size during the early 1960s.

Near its southern limit, it often shares canopy dominance with Southern Magnolia . * The American Beech is a shade-tolerant species, favoring shade more than other trees, commonly found in forests in the final stage of succession .

* This is one of the most beautiful small landscape trees that there is. The only real differences are the flowers, leaves and fruit are somewhat larger in chinensis, and it is slightly faster growing.

* Annual Honesty ( Lunaria annua ) is a tall (height about 1 m), hairy-stemmed biennial plant native to the Balkans and south west Asia, and naturalized throughout Europe , North America , and parts of Asia .

* An understorey shrub of broad-leaved, mainly deciduous woodlands in low-lying river terrace areas and other sites where water at the roots is readily available. Tall, occasionally reaching tree size in Texas.

Near its southern limit, it often shares canopy dominance with Southern Magnolia . * The American Beech is a shade-tolerant species, favoring shade more than other trees, commonly found in forests in the final stage of succession .

* 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 fruit can be made into jams and preserves.

Used as a cereal, it is probably best known as the breakfast cereal porridge but it can also be used in many other ways. They prefer a poor dry soil and tolerate cool moist conditions.

* Very shiny dark green leaves, spiny; ultimately forms a dense, rounded crown; attractive gray bark, berries in various shades of red, lasting long into winter; parent of many cultivars.

Prefers moist, acid, well-drained soils, in sun or partial shade. * The fruit can be eaten raw or cooked. Sweet and juicy, it is very nice in small quantities. The fruit is about 2cm in diameter.

The ripe aromatic fruit is allowed to wrinkle and develop sweetness, it is then eaten raw, juiced, made into a syrup or used in sauces, cakes etc. I ( Hawaiian ), Magrandera Shona (Zimbabwe), and L?c tien , Chanh day or Chanh leo ( Vietnamese ) .

* This tree responds very well to coppicing, which is still practised in Britain, and produces a good crop of tannin-rich wood every 12 to 30 years, depending on intended use and local growth rate.

* Fragrant white flowers on old wood followed by masses of 1 1/2" edible yellow fruit, very dramatic in the landscape; fruits used as a lemon substitute and for marmalade; dark green shiny leaves and branches; thorny, so used as a barrier hedge especially...

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

* 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), growing preferably in a sunny position on moist sandy or loamy soils.

* Juglans microcarpa , known also as the Texas Walnut or the Little Black Walnut (literally the Jupiter's acorn with small nuts) is a large shrub or small tree (10–30 ft tall) which grows wild along streams and ravines in Texas , New Mexico , Oklahoma...

* The fruit is sweet and aromatic with the flavour of apricots. * They can also be made into jellies, jams, pies, cakes etc. * It is easily identifiable with beautiful feather palm pinnate leaves that arch inwards towards a thick stout trunk.

* Rosa dumalis ( Glaucous Dog Rose ) is a species of rose native to Europe and southwest Asia . Canina, differing in having smaller prickles, shorter pedicels, and more persistant sepals; native to Europe and Western Asia.

* Effective on banks or slopes for erosion control. * Foundation plant. * The leaves turn attractive shades of purple, red and bronze in autumn. * Versatile shrub that can be used to cover large areas.