Unique & Unusual Edibles

Chaenomeles speciosa 'Old Homestead' A Raintree selection! Propagated from cuttings taken from a long-abandoned homestead, this reliable far...

Eleagnus multiflora 'Raintree Select' Be ready to enjoy loads of nutritious, tasty scarlet berries from this hardy bush! This seedling stood out at...

Cornus mas 'Red Star' Prohibited to FL Originally known as Vydubetskyi, this Ukrainian cultivar - the breeding work of Svitlana Klymenko - was rele...

Cornus mas 'Yellow' Prohibited to Florida Originally known as Yantarnyi (meaning "amber"), this unusual color of fruit is the result of expert bree...

Olea europaea 'Arbequina' A heritage Spanish variety of fruiting olive, originally identified in the 1700' from the village of Arbequa, this attrac...

Chaenomeles x superba 'Crimson and Gold' Cut the arching, flowering stems of this dynamite dwarfing quince, loaded with masses of crimson flowers s...

Pseduocydonia cathayensis Also known as Chaenomeles sinensis. Commonly called Chinese Quince (to distinguish it from both the culinary European tre...

Cornus mas 'Coral Blaze' Originally known as Koralovyi Marka, Coral Blaze ™ Cornelian cherry is a product of the Ukranian Cornus mas breeding progr...

Oleo europa 'Maurino' Exceptionally graceful with its pendant, draping form, Maurino is also one of the most cold-tolerant varieties of olive culti...

Smallanthus sonchifolius  The showier cousin of the humble brown yacon, this variety has rich purple skin on the storage tubers. Yacon is a perenni...

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...

Laurus nobilis Also called Grecian or true Bay. When you make a pot of soup, wouldn't you like to reach out your window and pick a bay leaf from th...

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...

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...

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

(Amoracia rusticana) Plant this vigorous root 3 inches deep in a rich soil with full sun, spacing two feet from other plants. Harvest roots after f...

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...

(Dioscorea batatas) Cinnamon scented flowers and heart shaped leaves adorn this vigorous deciduous vine. In the mountains of northern China it pro...

Crataegus pinnatifida var. major 'Big Golden Star' Unlike the common hawthorn, this tree has few or no thorns, which makes gathering the fruit much...

Asimina triloba 'Rebecca's Gold' An excellent variety, selected from Davis seed in 1974 by J. M. Riley, Rebecca's Gold produces large, very sweet a...

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 ...

Passiflora incarnata 'PinkPop' A rare pink variety of hardy Maypop, this passion flower blooms with large vivid lavender-pink blossoms! Flowers, le...