Unique & Unusual Edibles

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(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 ...

Asimina triloba 'Allegheny®' Allegheny® Paw Paw boasts remarkable flavor and yields, with fruit up to 0.5 lbs in weight if thinned early. Distincti...

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...