Tropical Plant Edible Fruit Or Nut Plant For Sale In Topeka

* The fruit has been part of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for thousands of years, used to treat arthritis, leg edema, and cramping in the calf muscle. It is frequently used as an informal low hedge.

* The tree is native in the Mediterranean region, Iran and parts of central Asia. * Flowers bloom in mid spring and are pollinated mainly by bees and insects. * The species is grown as an ornamental tree for its strongly fragrant flowers.

* A purple to dull blue dye is obtained from the fruit. * The plant from which cultivated red raspberries were derived. * The fruit is delicious when eaten out of hand, the fruit is also used in pies, preserves etc.

An edible oil is obtained from the seed. The shell is very hard, making it difficult to extract the seed. Cultivars may be grafted. Trees require a sheltered position and are easily damaged by strong winds.

* 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 .

* 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. * 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...

Dry and sub-acid. 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 vine with 2" white flowers with purple and white filaments, edible 3" purple fruit; cultivated for its fruit in the subtropics; native to Brazil and naturalized in many warm areas.

Star Fruit ‘Dwarf Hawaiian' (Averrhoa carambola) Rare and hard-to-find, ‘Dwarf Hawaiian' is a wonderful star fruit for containers since it produces an abundance of sweet, pale yellow fruit once it reaches 2' in height.

It is usually not found among other hackberries, although when other hackberry species occur in proximity to dwarf hackberry, intermediate forms may occur. In Canada, dwarf hackberry is designated as threatened and protected under Canada's Species at...

* Produces an abundance of long yellow sweet peppers from mid summer until frost.

It was used for canning, juice and fresh market. It produces an abundance of medium sized round bright crimson tomatoes. * This heirloom variety was created by Rutgers University in the 1930's.

Oval to round fruit with red sweet flesh and small seeds, maturing in 85 days. * Crimson Sweet is a heirloom variety that has been around a long time. * It is currently still one of the most popular varieties in the world! * Produces 20-25 lb.

At this stage the fruit has a delicious taste, somewhat like a luscious tropical fruit. * White flowers in May in clusters to 4"; fruits larger than those of most Sorbus species, about 1", roundish or pear-shaped, brown or green with red tints, edible...

* Plants are very vigorous and can be grown as a tall ground cover for large areas. * 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;...

The plant likes some shade with moist, well-drained soil. Gardeners should beware that seedlings of "Eastern Prince" are sometimes sold under the same name but are typically single-sex plants.

Broad-oval leaves (2-4” long) are sharply-serrulate. The flower, long a beloved subject in the traditional painting of East Asia and Vietnam, is usually translated as plum blossom .

Deliciosa, the kiwi fruit, the skin is smooth and can be eaten with the fruit. * A very hardy plant, tolerating temperatures down to -30°c or more, but the young spring growth is susceptible to frost damage.

Very popular in America, the seed is sweet and well-flavoured with a thin shell. The seed can be dried and ground into a powder which is added to cereals and used in making bread, pies etc.

Plants often colonise exposed mountain slopes in the wild, their root system anchoring them firmly. Dislikes poorly drained moorland soils. * Thrives in a light well-drained sandy or gravelly loam in a sunny position.

* 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...

Conservation Plant Characteristics Pinus lambertiana Douglas sugar pine PILA Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Tree Native Status L48 (N) Federal T/E Status National Wetland Indicator Morphology/Physiology Active Growth Period Spring, Summer, Fall...

Flesh is juicy, acid, whitish and aromatic. The fruit is usually called soursop due to its slightly acidic taste when ripe. * Annona muricata is tolerant of poor soil and prefers lowland areas between the altitudes of 0 metres (0 ft) to 1,200 metres (3,900...

They are also medicinal. * A quick-growing, not to say rampant vine; can be pruned as a shrub; usually grown on a trellis for commercial production of the hops used in beer making; hops are produced on female plants; native to Eurasia, has escaped in...

* The cones open on ripening or up to a year later, invariably shedding all the infertile basal scales to allow the fertile scales to open more widely; the large seeds are dispersed by birds, mainly Cyanopica cyanus (azure-winged magpie), and in the last...

It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 40–60 cm tall, with spirally arranged leaves 6–12 cm long and 4–9 cm broad. The flowers are white, with a five-lobed corolla 10–15 mm across, with an inflated basal calyx which matures into the papery...

* Starchy and delicious, it has the texture of a waxy boiled potato with the flavour of chestnuts. * Sometimes grown as a pot plant in colder areas. * The germinating seed produces an underground 'earth nut' which has a coconut-like flavour.