Unique & Unusual Edibles
Have you ever wanted to grow mushrooms, or Incan tuber crops? Dry your own tea? Make traditional foods? You've come to the right place! We've got everything from Russian tea plants to fruiting dogwoods and Chinese hawthorn berries. No matter if you're looking for ginger, wasabi, or even rhubarb you'll find it in here!
Allegheny® Paw Paw
Asimina triloba 'Allegheny®' Allegheny® pawpaw boasts remarkable flavor and yields, with fruit up to 0.5 lbs in weight if thinned early. Distinctiv...
View full detailsArp Rosemary
Rosmarinus officinalis 'Arp' Hardy and easy to grow, this beautiful plant grows to 6' tall and 3' wide when happy. It has grey-green foliage and pa...
View full detailsBlushing Maiden Tea
Camellia sinensis var. rubra 'Blushing Maiden' The tea camellia is a plant native to China and Southeast Asia; the black and green teas made fr...
View full detailsCoral Blaze™ Cornus Mas
Cornus mas 'Coral Blaze' Prohibited to FL Originally known as Koralovyi Marka, Coral Blaze ™ Cornelian cherry is a product of the Ukranian Cornus m...
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Dioscorea batatas Cinnamon-scented flowers and heart-shaped leaves adorn this vigorous deciduous vine. In the mountains of northern China it produ...
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Eleagnus multiflora 'Sweet Scarlet' Be ready to enjoy loads of nutritious, tasty scarlet berries from this hardy bush! This Ukrainian variety was s...
View full detailsIvan's Beauty Mountain Ash
Sorbus aucuparia x Aronia melanocarpa 'Ivan's Beauty' An import from the Ukraine bred by famed Russian plant breeder Ivan Michurin. The attractive,...
View full detailsIvan's Belle Mountain Ash
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...
View full detailsMaria's Joy Paw Paw
Asimina triloba 'Maria's Joy' Bred by Jerry Lehman of Terre Haute, Indiana, Maria's Joy Pawpaw is a award-winning variety with delectable, banana-l...
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(Zingiber mioga) A hardy ginger that grows to 4 feet tall. The new shoots are blanched and eaten and the young leaves are edible. The white flower ...
View full detailsPassiflora PinkPop™
Passiflora incarnata 'PinkPop' A rare pink variety of hardy Maypop, this passion flower blooms with large vivid lavender-pink blossoms! Flowers, le...
View full detailsRebecca’s Gold Paw Paw
Asimina triloba 'Rebecca's Gold' An excellent variety, selected from U.C. Davis seed in 1974 by J. M. Riley, Rebecca's Gold produces large, very sw...
View full detailsRussian Sochi Tea
Camellia sinensis 'Sochi' Tea plants, originally native to China and Southeast Asia, are very important plants for humans worldwide. The green and ...
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Zanthoxylum simulans The highly fragrant seeds and leaves are used in Chinese cooking. This shrub (which sports large, fat thorns) grows to up 10' ...
View full detailsShipova European Pear
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...
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Capparis spinosa var. inermis This shrub with arching stems grows to three feet tall. It produces an abundance of small flower buds on first-year b...
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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...
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Wonderful for cooking, plants of this variety are particularly beautiful all year in the landscape. Plants grow to 4 foot tall and overwinter well ...
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Eutrema japonica Wasabi is a semi-aquatic perennial with a thick rhizome and rounded, kidney-shaped green leaves. It produces elegant 4-petaled whi...
View full detailsWoolly Thyme
Woolly Thyme (Thymus praecox Languinousus) is a fragrant, beautiful, evergreen ground cover. Throughout the year it looks like Ireland seen from an...
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Smallanthus sonchifolius Yacon is a perennial plant grown in the mid-elevation Andes for its crisp, sweet-tasting tuberous root; delicious eaten fr...
View full detailsYellow Fruited Cornus Mas
Cornus mas 'Yellow' Prohibited to FL Originally known as Yantarnyi (meaning "amber"), this unusual color of fruit is the result of expert breeder S...
View full detailsArbequina Olive
Olea europaea 'Arbequina' A heritage Spanish variety of fruiting olive, originally identified in the 1700' from the village of Arbequa, this attrac...
View full detailsBig Golden Star Hawthorn
Crataegus pinnatifida var. major 'Big Golden Star' Unlike the common hawthorn, this tree has few or no thorns, which makes gathering the fruit much...
View full detailsC. cathayensis/Cathay Flowering Quince
Pseduocydonia cathayensis Also known as Chaenomeles sinensis. Commonly called Chinese Quince (to distinguish it from both the culinary European tre...
View full detailsChilean Guava
Myrtus ugni molinae The attractive and hard-to-find Chilean Guava, aka Strawberry Myrtle, bears red, 1 cm (or just under 1/2 inch) oval fruit with ...
View full detailsContorted Flowering Quince
Chaenomeles speciosa 'Contorta' Gorgeous pink flowers cover this unusually contorted 2-3' tall shrub in the very early spring. Cut branches can be ...
View full detailsCrimson and Gold Flowering Quince
Chaenomeles x superba 'Crimson and Gold' Cut the arching, flowering stems of this dynamite dwarfing quince, loaded with masses of crimson flowers s...
View full detailsCrimson Cherry Rhubarb
Rhubarb is easy to grow in most soils. Eat the stalks, not the leaves! Crimson Cherry is an extremely heavy and reliable producer. This is the red...
View full detailsFragrant Spring Tree
Toona or Cedrela sinensis This remarkable tree from China would grow to 30' or more with attractive compound leaves. However, keep it cut back and...
View full detailsLarge Leaf Tea
Camellia sinensis 'Large Leaf' Known as the Tetraploid tea plant or Camellia sinensis var. assamica, ‘Large Leaf’ is a distinguished evergreen ...
View full detailsLeccino Olive
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;...
View full detailsMashua Tubers
Tropaeolum tuberosum Mashua (pronounced Mah-shwuh) is an Andean tuber. A relative of the garden nasturtium, Mashua is one of the highest-yielding, ...
View full detailsMaurino Olive
Oleo europa 'Maurino' Exceptionally graceful with its pendant, draping form, Maurino is also one of the most cold-tolerant varieties of olive culti...
View full detailsMazuma Wasabi
Wasabia japonica 'Mazuma' Mazuma Wasabi is native to Japan and is grown for its unique, enlarged stem or rhizome. Wasabi prefers shade and cool tem...
View full detailsNanking Cherry
Prunus tomentosa Hardy to -40F! Harvest an abundance of flavorful, tart cherry-like fruit in early summer, from beautiful dwarf trees. These seedli...
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Oxalis tuberosa Oca is another tasty tuber from the Andies! One of the lost crops of the Incas, oca is the second most popular tuber, after potatoe...
View full detailsOld Homestead Flowering Quince
Chaenomeles speciosa 'Old Homestead' A Raintree selection! Propagated from cuttings taken from a long-abandoned homestead, this reliable far...
View full detailsPurple Passion Asparagus
Asparagus officinalis 'Purple Passion' Please note this product is sold in bundles of 10 crowns only. Purple Passion asparagus is a unique variety ...
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Smallanthus sonchifolius The showier cousin of the humble brown yacon, this variety has rich purple skin on the storage tubers. Yacon is a perenni...
View full detailsRaintree Select Goumi
Eleagnus multiflora 'Raintree Select' Be ready to enjoy loads of nutritious, tasty scarlet berries from this hardy bush! This seedling stood out at...
View full detailsRed Azarole Hawthorn
Crataegus azarollus This small, ornamental hawthorn can be grown for beauty and for its many clusters of small, red fruit that taste like a tart ap...
View full detailsRed Star Cornus Mas
Cornus mas 'Red Star' Prohibited to FL Originally known as Vydubetskyi, this Ukrainian cultivar - the breeding work of Svitlana Klymenko - was rele...
View full detailsRed Sun Chinese Hawthorn
Crataegus pinnatifida 'Red Sun' Red Sun is prized for its unique oak-leaf like foliage and large, tasty fruit. Know in China as Shan Zha, this attr...
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Chaenomeles x superba 'Fusion' An unusually dwarfing variety with an arching 1'-2' tall and 8'-10' wide, spreading habit - newly developed in Germ...
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Acca sellowiana 'Unique' This classic New Zealand variety is prized for its abundant crops of smaller, sweet, very flavorful fruit. Self-fertile an...
View full detailsVictory Flowering Quince
Chaenomeles speciosa 'Victory' Flowering quinces are a group of very winter hardy, disease resistant, deciduous shrubs covered with an abundance ...
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