A pint of blood in America sells to hospitals for $180 to $300, depending on the market, and expired blood often is sold to research laboratories, said Ben Bowman, chief executive of General Blood, the blood broker engaged in a legal tussle with Oklahoma City-based OBI.
This evergreen plant grows 2 to 3 feet tall producing stemless foliage and purple flowers that appear near the soil. Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) is a hardy fern growing in USDA zones 3 through 9. This 1- to 3-foot-tall evergreen thrives in full or partial shade and is deer- and rabbit-resistant.
In places where winter shade is fine, the loquat is easy to grow, has tasty fruit and gives dense shade. Read the full article in Sanctuary 27 for a list of edible shade plants including kiwi fruit, scarlet runner beans, hops, mulberry, apricot and loquat. Share.