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The Persian walnut (Juglans regia) is a deciduous tree widely cultivated across Europe, but originally found in the mountain region of Central Asia…
The eastern Black Walnut (Juglans nigra) is a large, fast growing tree to 30m (100 ft) that produces sweet, oily and rich nuts as well as high-value, hardwood timber…
“A pasture tree for the beasts and a kingly fruit for man” is how the persimmon is described…
Autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata), also known as Japanese silverberry, is a nitrogen fixing shrub or small tree that carries a great abundance of juicy small fruits…
The Kousa Dogwood (Cornus kousa), also called Japanese Dogwood or Chinese Dogwood, s a deciduous tree growing up to 10 metres tall and 6 metres wide. It’s a much appreciated ornamental tree that gets heavily laden with delicious late summer fruits…
The Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) is a patch-forming understory tree that has the largest edible fruit indigenous to the United States. The Cherokee and many other tribes used the pawpaw fruit for food…
“The carob, the food of the Prodigal Son, of Mediterranean people, of the Mediterranean farm animals, and of the calves and dogs of America, also fed the cavalry of Wellington in his Peninsular campaign and that of Allenby in Palestine during the World War…
Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) is fittingly described as “a lumber yard in a single species” by whole systems designer Ben Falk. Garden historian Wesley Greene goes even further and calls it “the tree on which the US was built”…
Native to southwest Asia, mulberry trees are most well known for their fruits, which can be used as a food source in a variety of ways. They are fast growing and drought resistant, and grow wild and under cultivation in many temperate world regions…
