Urban Tolerant Plant Edible Fruit Or Nut Plant For Sale In Simi Valley

* Crataegus pinnatifida , also known as Chinese hawthorn ( The Chinese name literally means "mountain hawthorn"), refers to a small to a medium-sized tree as well as the fruit of the tree.

Each fruit contains around 2,000 seeds plus sweet fleshy connective tissue. The fruits are edible and prized by local people. They are white and open well after sunset and close in mid-afternoon.

The leaves are oval-acute, 2–3.5 centimetres (0.79–1.4 in) long and 1–1.5 centimetres (0.39–0.59 in) broad, shiny green above, pubescent below with dense whitish to yellowish hairs.

* For therapeutic purposes drink 1 cup of tea/day. Let stand 30 minutes before drinking. * Silybum marianum has other common names include cardus marianus, milk thistle, blessed milk thistle, Marian Thistle, Mary Thistle, Saint Mary's Thistle, Mediterranean...

* Chinese boxthorn is a major Chinese tonic herb with a history of almost 2,000 years of medicinal use. * The fruit is one of the most popular tonics used in Chinese herbal medicine.

* For therapeutic purposes drink 1 cup of tea/day. Let stand 30 minutes before drinking. * Silybum marianum has other common names include cardus marianus, milk thistle, blessed milk thistle, Marian Thistle, Mary Thistle, Saint Mary's Thistle, Mediterranean...

* Newer varieties have taken over the commercial world, as you may notice in your grocery store, that are flavorless and hardBut great for shipping!! This old standby will not disappoint.

* A decoction of the root bark has been used to treat internal pains. * Numerous hybrids of Quercus gambelii [Gamble Oak] with various scrub oaks have been reported, including Q. Any galls produced on the tree are strongly astringent and can be used in...

* In Bulgaria, where it grows in abundance, the hips are used to make a sweet wine. The syrup is used as a nutritional supplement, especially for babies. * The dog rose was the stylized rose of medieval European heraldry, and is still used today.

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

The leaves are also fermented for later use. Immature flowering stems - cooked in much the same way as broccoli. Added to salads or used as a potherb. * Rapeseed ( Brassica napus ), also known as rape , oilseed rape , rapa , rappi , rapaseed and (in the...

When kept in a cool place, and not shelled, the seed should store for at least 12 months. The seed ripens in mid to late autumn and will probably need to be protected from squirrels.

With age, it develops deep furrows, ridges, and a thickness of about 8 to 9% of bole or branch diameter . Though 95% of cached acorns are found and eaten, remaining acorns have high germination and survival rates because they are typically cached about...

The leaves are used to impart a green colouring to oils and fats. * Sambucus nigra is a species complex of elder native to most of Europe , northwest Africa southwest Asia, and western North America.

It typically grows on dry to moist sandy and gravel soils in steppes, meadows or woodland edges. Good when added to soups they also make an excellent jelly. * The fruit can be eaten raw or cooked.

A dark grey to green dye can be obtained from the fruit. Wood - heavy, hard, close grained. * A green dye can be obtained from the leaves. * Seed - requires 2 - 3 months cold stratification and is best sown in a cold frame as soon as it is ripe.

Immature flowering stems - cooked in much the same way as broccoli. The name derives from the Latin for turnip , r?pum or r?pa , and is first recorded in English at the end of the 14th century.

It is a member of the Ericaceae (heath family). * The fruit is not at all insipid, it has a very strong spicy taste of germolene, just like being in a hospital waiting room. * An evergreen groundcover, a source of wintergreen oil; 1/4" very light pink...

* 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 bark is thick, greyish-brown, and scaly plated at the base of the trunk, and orange-red, thin, and flaking higher on the trunk. * An important timber tree in Asia, the timber is used for construction, railway sleepers, mine timber, furniture, wood...

Readily accepts a wide variety of stains and finishes. At one time used for butter boxes, fruit boxes. * Araucaria cunninghamii is a species of Araucaria known as hoop pine. The bark is rough, splits naturally, and peels easily.

It typically grows on dry to moist sandy and gravel soils in steppes, meadows or woodland edges. Good when added to soups they also make an excellent jelly. * The fruit can be eaten raw or cooked.

* Resembles Cornus mas, but its exfoliating bark is more colorful, in rich grays, browns, and oranges, and the flower display more impressive. * It occurs in China, Japan and Korea where it is used as a food plant and as a medicinal plant-Shan-zhu-yu,(Chinese)...

It is also a fairly good source of essential fatty acids, which is fairly unusual for a fruit. * A variation on R. * Rosa dumalis ( Glaucous Dog Rose ) is a species of rose native to Europe and southwest Asia .

Wild collected seed will produce smaller harder shelled nuts. * Trees are probably much hardier when grown in areas with hot summers. * A tall, straight-trunked tree, fastest growing of the hickories; likes deep, rich soil; native to central midwest south...

Low doses of the fruit are said to stimulate the central nervous system whilst large doses depress it. This species is used for similar purposes in southern China. It is an excellent tonic and restorative, helping in stressful times and increasing zest...

* The plant is successful in natural landscape and native plant palette style, and habitat gardens and public sustainable landscape and restoration projects that are similar to its habitat conditions.