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...

Cornus mas 'Pioneer'™ Prohibited to FL Also known as Lukyanovskii, this Ukranian variety of Cornelian cherry was released in 1975 and located at th...

Cornus mas 'Elegant'™ Prohibited to FL Also known as Elehantnyi, this newer variety of Cornus mas was released in 1980 from Ukraine, A very heavy p...

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

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...

Chaenomeles speciosa 'Contorta' Gorgeous pink flowers cover this unusually contorted 2-3' tall shrub in the very early spring. Cut branches can be ...

Acca sellowiana 'Unique' This classic New Zealand variety is prized for its abundant crops of smaller, sweet, very flavorful fruit. Self-fertile an...

Ficus carica 'Little Ruby' Little Ruby is tiny but mighty! So small it's grown by some as a bonsai specimen, it both ripens a fall crop regularly i...

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...

Eleagnus multiflora 'Sweet Scarlet' Be ready to enjoy loads of nutritious, tasty scarlet berries from this hardy bush! This Ukrainian variety was s...

Chaenomeles x superba 'Fusion' An unusually dwarfing variety with an arching 1'-2' tall and 8'-10' wide, spreading habit - newly developed in Germ...

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...

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

Mespilus germanica 'Marron'™ This new cultivar is highly productive and produces large fruit with flavorful pulp. Although little known in the ...

Physalis peruviana 'Giant Goldenberry' Giant Goldenberry is also known by the names Cape Gooseberry, or Peruvian Groundcherry. This beauty is a nig...

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