Unique & Unusual Edibles

Tropaeolum tuberosum Mashua (pronounced Mah-shwuh) is an Andean tuber. A relative of the garden nasturtium, Mashua is one of the highest-yielding, ...

Grow your own edible ginger root indoors! Harvested while young, the rhizomes will be more tender and juicier than grocery store ginger, with a sli...

Vasconcellea x heilbornii An ideal edible and ornamental houseplant, hardy to 28° F. Pronounced buh-BAH-co, it has a beautiful trunk and tropical l...

Cymbopogon citratus An easily grown perennial herb, essential to Thai and Southeast Asian cuisine. It is also used to add lemon flavor to herbal te...

Smallanthus sonchifolius Yacon is a perennial plant grown in the mid-elevation Andes for its crisp, sweet-tasting tuberous root; delicious eaten fr...

Wonderful for cooking, plants of this variety are particularly beautiful all year in the landscape. Plants grow to 4 foot tall and overwinter well ...

Woolly Thyme (Thymus praecox Languinousus) is a fragrant, beautiful, evergreen ground cover. Throughout the year it looks like Ireland seen from an...

 Camellia Sinensis is a plant native to China and Southeast Asia, is globally a very important plant for humans. The black and green teas made from...

Sorbus aucuparia x Aronia melanocarpa 'Ivan's Beauty' An import from the Ukraine bred by famed Russian plant breeder Ivan Michurin. The attractive,...

Sorbus aucuparia x Craetagus 'Ivan's Belle' An attractive tree from the Ukraine, this unusual cross of mountain ash and hawthorn was bred by famed...

x Sorbopyrus auricularis A unique and exciting European pear and mountain ash cross from Yugoslavia, Shipova will grow to be a 15'+ tree and produc...

Pleurotus ostreatus Among the easiest of mushrooms to grow and an excellent introduction to home mushroom cultivation. The mushrooms are usually wh...

Hericium erinaceus A beautiful, large, and showy mushroom. This tasty treat is found in the late summer and fall on hardwood stumps and logs throu...

Stropharia rugoso-annulata Also know as the 'Wine Cap'. As the name implies this mushroom can get large (up to 5lbs), but these beautiful, wine-red...

Now you enjoy this gourmet wild mushroom in any season. Place the kit anywhere where the temperature is above 60 degrees and within a couple wee...

Laetiporus sulphureus Easy to recognize;, the combination of bright orange and sulfur yellow make it a real show stopper! As tasty as it is colorfu...

Lentinus edodes Shiitake mushrooms are delicious, with a rich flavor and firm texture. They are also very nutritious, containing lots of B vitamins...

This item is fulfilled and shipped separately by NorthSpore.  Our chestnut (Pholiota adiposa) fruiting blocks feature a popular strain widely culti...

This item is fulfilled and shipped separately by NorthSpore.  Our golden oyster (Pleurotus citrinopileatus) fruiting blocks feature a tropical stra...

This item is fulfilled and shipped separately by NorthSpore.  Our Italian oyster (Pleurotus pulmonarius) fruiting blocks feature a strain that prod...

This item is fulfilled and shipped separately by NorthSpore.  Our blue oyster (Pleurotus ostreatus) fruiting blocks feature a strain that produces ...

This item is fulfilled and shipped separately by NorthSpore.  Our lion’s mane (Hericium erinaceus) fruiting block features a strain that produces p...

This item is fulfilled and shipped separately by NorthSpore.  Our pink oyster (Pleurotus djamor) fruiting blocks feature a tropical strain that pro...

Eutrema japonica Wasabi is a semi-aquatic perennial with a thick rhizome and rounded, kidney-shaped green leaves. It produces elegant 4-petaled whi...

Psidium cattleianum var. littorale 'Lemon' Lemon "strawberry" guava can help you bring the taste of the tropics indoors! This native Brazillian bus...

Zanthoxylum simulans The highly fragrant seeds and leaves are used in Chinese cooking. This shrub (which sports large, fat thorns) grows to up 10' ...

Asparagus officinalis 'Purple Passion' Purple Passion asparagus is a unique variety that is ideal for both home gardeners and commercial growers. W...

Asparagus officinalis 'Atlas F1' Atlas F1 asparagus is a high-performing, robust variety that yields abundantly. It produces medium to large green ...

Arbutus x ‘Marina’ Arbutus 'Marina' impresses with its ever-changing look over the seasons. Flaking reddish-brown bark reveals cinnamon-colored lay...

Oleo europa 'Leccino' Now you can grow the olives they grow in Italy! Leccino is one of the primary cultivars used in Italian olive oil production;...