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