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Actaea racemosa
Syn. Cimicifuga racemosa
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ca$ 3.25 |
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| A Eastern North America native woodland perennial with multiple stems arising from a slowly creeping rhizome. Neat trifoliate leaves that are deeply lobed at the tips (kinda like Lindera obtusiloba). Somewhat inconspicuous yellow-green-brown flowers are followed by dark blue berries. Can make a... |
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Arisaema triphyllum × A. sikokianum
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ca$ 0.00 |
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| This is a deliberate cross between two species; A. triphyllum seed mothers and a silver splotched leafed A. sikokianum males. This isn't quite an experiment as these hybrids occur already but A. sikokianum is considered a short lived perennial outside of pot culture whereas A. triphyllum is... |
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Asarum delavayi
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ca$ 0.00 |
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| This dramatic evergreen groundcover is beyond the common place. In Spring a new crop of black veined glossy green pine scented leaves with a dark purple reverse emerge from the base and are held high to unfold on long purple-black stems. Along the thin rhizome, unique thick lobed chocolate-purple... |
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Basil 'Thai (Bai Horapa)' |
ca$ 0.00 |
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| An Asian basil used extensively in many Thail, Vietnamese and Laotian dishes from soups, curries, salads, and stir-fries. Imparts a strong distinct flavour that its also called 'Licorice/Anise' basil or Bai Horpapa. Lance shaped leaves are less round than the European/Western varieties along with... |
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Cyclamen coum
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ca$ 3.50 |
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| A highly variable species with shuttlecock flowers ranging from the palest pink to bold magneta. Round-heart shaped leaves can be solid dark blue green to heavily marked with silver. Each plant is individual, but all are pink lipped and bear their flowers in late winter to early spring providing... |
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Malus fusca
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ca$ 0.00 |
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| Our native crabapple. Sweet pale amber/ivory flowers festoon the fruiting spurs in early May. Small oval bronzy coloured fruits are much enjoyed by the birds after a frost (if not sooner). Fruits smell somewhat like cottoncandy. Used for pectin and jelly...if you're inclined, but its a great... |
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Pinus cembra
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ca$ 0.00 |
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| An extremely hardy 5 needle pine from Europe's mountainous regions. Starts bearing sweet, oil and protein rich edible nuts when 2-3 metres tall. Highly ornamental as well with soft blue green 12 cm long needles. Upright branching makes a narrow pyrimidal form. Undemanding tree. Prefers clay... |
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Pinus koraiensis
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ca$ 0.00 |
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| An extremely cold hardy 5 needle pine that reliably produces oil and protein rich edible nuts that have the same eating quality and taste as P. pinea. Fist sized cones produce 50-70 of 2cm sized seeds. Delicious raw or cooked. Can start producing when 2-3 metres tall. The tree itself is very... |
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Rubus ursinus
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ca$ 0.00 |
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| This rambling native blackberry produces 2cm long cylindrical dense dark purple/black intensely sweet flavourful fruits from late June to frost. Very prolific. Thin stems ramble through the understory and sometimes up vegetation. Tips root themselves in the fall. Can be trained on a fence,... |
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Toona sinensis
Syn. Cedrela sinensis
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ca$ 0.00 |
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| A little known tree for the edible landscape. New shoots taste somewhat like onions and is either used as a food or a spice. When left alone, the young pinkish hued 30 cm long pinnate leaves become a lovely green in summer. Fast growing tree that takes well to pruning if you want to keep it from... |
