COLD HARDY

Sausage tree - curious specimen tree with large 1-2 ft long fruit hanging on long ropes, and red tulip-like flowers opening at night. Fast grower, hard-to-kill plant!
Tall trees may be topped for shipping

Sausage tree - curious specimen tree with large 1-2 ft long fruit hanging on long ropes, and red tulip-like flowers opening at night. Fast grower, hard-to-kill plant!
Tall trees may be topped for shipping

One of the garden favorites, this is a vigorous, evergreen or semi-evergreen vine bearing highly fragrant flowers adorned from spring intermittently through late summer. They are followed by blue-black berry-like fruit that attract birds. This Japanese honeysuckle has a lush foliage of purple-tinged, oval leaves throughout the growing season. Native to eastern Asia. Grows up to 10-30 ft.
A part shade lover, tolerates full sun. Adapts to a wide range of soils. Drought tolerant. An ideal choice for mass plantings on banks and slopes for controlling erosion. Pest and disease free. This is a cold hardy tropical, can take some freeze once established.

Trailing and twining woody vine with long branches. The brilliant red flowers cannot be missed and are great for attracting flying insects. The species name of the plant means "evergreen" and the leaves do hold on the plant throughout the winter.

Loquat, Japanese Plum. These plants are seedlings. Loquat is a very hardy subtropical fruit tree, easy to grow, drought tolerant, fast growing, small to medium size tree. Fruit are juicy delicious, resembling apricots. Seedlings start fruiting within 4-5 years, depending on conditions. Regular fertilizing speeds up fruiting to 2-3 years.
More about Loquat:
- Article
- Video
- PDF download. Overlooked fruit: tasty Loquat recipes. (from Tropical Treasures Magazine).

Macaranga, Bingabing Nasturtium Tree, Parasol Leaf Tree, Bingabing. This exotic small tree has huge 1-2ft rounded leaves resembling in shape nasturtium leaves. Mature leaves are tough like cardboard, very special tropical look! Can be grown in a pot (grows up to 6-7 ft in a pot). An eye stopper, a must for tropical plant collection. Medicinal plant.
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Champaka, or Joy Perfume Tree, with orange / yellow flowers, is regarded as one of the most sacred trees of India and tropical Asia. Its flowers exude a divine fragrance that is exceedingly pleasing to the Gods... and women!
The flowers from this tree are used to make the world's most expensive perfume Joy and smell like fruity bubble gum, you can't stop sticking your nose in this flower! In the ground, it grows to 15-20' in height, but it can be easily kept in a pot. It is a tropical tree, however established plants can tolerate light freeze. Yellow Champaca is much more cold tolerant than var. Alba.
This is hands down the best perfume tree for a Southern landscape.
See Article about Champaka tree.

Looking for a cold-hardy tree with stunning flowers and a heavenly scent? The Little Gem Magnolia is a compact variety of the Southern Magnolia that delivers all the beauty without the towering height. Its large white blooms emit a divine fragrance, and its fluffy, teddy bear-like leaves add extra charm. Perfect for small gardens or containers, this slow-growing beauty still reaches up to 8-10 feet wide, offering plenty of blooms even when young. Ideal for those who want elegance, fragrance, and manageable size in one gorgeous package!

Mansoa alliacea (Cydista aequinoctialis) - Garlic Vine. This is one of the most rewarding flowering vines that you can grow, unless that you are a vampire. Interestingly enough crushed leaves smell like garlic. It is one of the most wanted winter-flowering vines. When in full bloom, it looks like a cascade of blue-purple over a fence or trellis. Deep lavender flowers with white throat fading to a paler lavender within a few days, and you can see all three colors on the plant at the same time. Winter-Spring bloomer, it will also have some flowers on and off throughout the year. The vine has moderate growth rate and can stay compact in a pot as a specimen, and even can be grown as a house plant. It can tolerate some light frost.
Read Article about Garlic vine.
Watch video: Garlic vine keeps away the vampires!.

Very cold hardy! Transform your garden with the Chinaberry Tree - a fast-growing, fragrant beauty that doubles in size in just one season! Its lilac flowers and sweet vanilla-like scent will fill your garden with elegance, while its hardy nature ensures it thrives even in colder climates. Enjoy lush, green foliage and a lovely shade canopy, all with minimal care. Plus, it's low-maintenance, pest-resistant, and has medicinal benefits.
Very cold hardy tropical, survived 3 nights of 25F in our garden without protection.
See article about Melia azedarach.

Evergreen Wisteria, Summer Wisteria. Evergreen wisteria is not only a beautiful and fragrant perennial vine. It is a gorgeous, reliable, fragrant flowering vine that will climb to a height of 30 feet in favorable growing conditions. Plant it with support to provide lush shade over a walkway or patio, or use it to create a thick living wall on a trellis or cables.
Unlike the lavender-blooming Chinese and Japanese wisteria (Wisteria sinensis and W. floribunda), evergreen wisteria is not an invasive plant. Evergreen wisteria can reach heights of 30 feet, however it can be pruned smaller.
This vine can adapt to most soil pH's and can grow in any soil type. This vine does require well draining soil and can grow in full sun to partial shade. Plant it in autumn to establish the roots through the winter. It will quickly cover a pergola, provide a perfumed scent and attract pollinators throughout the spring and summer.

PKM1 variety for earlier and increased fruit-bearing, increased leaf yield and better taste! A hybrid variety, PKM1 was derived from Moringa oleifera and it is grown for its heavy biomass and tender leaves.
PKM1 (Periyakulam 1) is a popular, high-yielding variety of Moringa oleifera, the drumstick tree, known for its rapid growth, abundant, nutrient-rich leaves, and fast production of long, fleshy pods, making it ideal for both home gardens and commercial farming, especially in India where it originated, thriving in warm, sunny spots with well-drained soil. It offers superior nutritional content, pest resistance (like to hairy caterpillars), and quicker harvests compared to traditional types, often producing fruit within months.
Horseradish tree, one of the most useful trees in the world, produces long green pods that have been compared to a cross between peanuts and asparagus. The roots are used as a substitute for horseradish and the edible leaves make a highly nutritious vegetable. The roots have also been used in many folk remedies.

Bridal veil, Horseradish tree, Ben Oil Tree. Beautiful flowering tree, and one of the most useful trees in the world, it produces long green pods that have been compared to a cross between peanuts and asparagus. The roots are used as a substitute for horseradish and the edible leaves make a highly nutritious vegetable. The roots have also been used in many folk remedies.
Learn more about Moringa tree: How to grow a happy Moringa Tree

Dwarf Everbearing mulberry. A beautiful ornamental bearing sweet, juicy fruit. Tree is of a dwarf habit can be maintained 6-10 ft tall, extremely hardy and productive. Great for container culture. Disease and drought resistant. Beginning the very first year, you can enjoy its fruit almost year round.

Illinois Everbearing is one of the best mulberry varieties you can grow. A cross between the white and red mulberry, it combines the hardiness of one with the rich flavor of the other.
This tree is hardy in USDA Zones 5 to 10, surviving temperatures down to -20F while also thriving in summer heat and poor soils. It grows quickly, adding 3 to 5 feet a year and maturing into a 20 to 30 ft shade tree. Its foliage is also attractive, with deeply carved, oak-like leaves that add ornamental value to the tree. Some trees even fruit in their first year.
The long, everbearing season is one of its biggest strengths. Berries about an inch and a half long ripen steadily from July into September, instead of all at once. They are sweet, juicy, and slightly tangy, often considered the best-tasting mulberries. Each tree can yield 15 to 25 pounds of fruit by its second or third year.
Illinois Everbearing is low-maintenance, generally free of pests and diseases, and easy to establish. Plant it for the fruit, the quick shade, or the wildlife it attracts. With good care, this tree can be a long-lived part of your garden.

Rare and hard-to-find, this dwarf mulberry performs admirably as a container plant. The fruit is larger than dwarf mulberry and the plant flowers and fruits most of the year in repeating cycles. When grown as a container plant, its plump sweet fruit is easily picked and is also easily protected from birds with lightweight netting. It is hardy as a garden plant in zones 5-9. When grown outdoors, it is deciduous. When grown inside, it will hold its leaves and continue to flower and fruit as long as the light level is high enough.

Giant fruit Mulberry - makes 2-3" long fruit! A beautiful ornamental bearing sweet, juicy fruit. Tastes like extra-sweet blackberries. Disease and drought resistant. Beginning the very first year, you can enjoy its fruit all spring.

Pitcher plant does well in both cooler or warmer conditions. Tubby pitchers may be constricted at the waist, pale green to red-infused, while the stems are compact. Passive pitfall traps produced at the tips of the leaves trap and digest small insects. Color of the pitchers light-green, often with light or dark-red or violet spots.
Nepenthes are extremely versatile and adaptable to many different growing conditions. The number one choice to try on a windowsill or tank, very easy, vigorous and attractive.
Do not fertilize these plants with dry fertilizer! They get all their food from "eating" insects! If you are growing the plant where it cannot catch insects for long periods, you can add an occasional small insect such as a fly, a cockroach or a few very small insects to mature pitchers. Many types benefit from very mild, diluted liquid orchid fertilizer such as SUNSHINE Orchidasm, and solution should be added only to the pitchers when they are 3/4 filled with water.
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Showy bright lavender flowers, butterfly attractor. Takes sun or shade.

Firespike. Showy bright red flowers, butterfly attractor. Will take sun or shade.
Plants are beautiful in bloom.

Mexican Bush Mallow, Malva Aparasolada, Cranberry Cocktail Hibiscus.
Rare plant with awesome cranberry-colored flowers, native to Mexico. Three inch red mallow-like flowers on a spreading evergreen shrub or small tree to 15 feet with deeply lobed grayish green velvety leaves. Hummingbirds love it. Plant in good well-drained soil in sun or partial shade. Hardy outdoors in mild climates. Can take a light frost.
See VIDEO of the opening Aparasolada flower

Feijoa, Pineapple Guava, Guavasteen. The fruit emits a strong long-lasting perfume, even before it is fully ripe. The fruit have the best taste when pulp mixed with sugar - it tastes and smells somewhat like forest strawberries. Cold-hardy, tolerates freze, nice wind-protection shield for other tropical plants.
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Pomegranate - var. Angel Red, extra-large fruit! Angel Red is one of the finest modern pomegranate varieties for fresh eating and juicing. Discovered as a chance seedling in California, it became popular for its exceptionally juicy fruit, soft edible seeds, and early harvest, typically ripening several weeks before Wonderful.
The fruit is large and round with deep crimson-red skin and brilliant ruby-red arils. It produces more juice than most varieties, while the tender seeds are easy to chew. The sweet flavor with a pleasant touch of acidity makes it excellent for fresh eating, juicing, desserts, salads, and homemade syrups.
The tree is vigorous yet naturally compact, reaching about 8-10 ft if left unpruned and easily kept smaller. Glossy green foliage and bright orange-red flowers make it an attractive ornamental as well as a productive fruit tree. It is self-fertile, highly productive, begins fruiting at a young age, and thrives in full sun. Heat, drought, and container friendly, Angel Red is an excellent choice for home gardens.
According to Asian legend, the pomegranate was the "Tree of Life" in the Garden of Eden. The jewel-like arils, brilliant as drops of blood or rubies, have been treasured since ancient times. An old Hindi saying goes: "One pomegranate can serve one hundred sick people." Rich in antioxidants, pomegranates have long been valued for supporting heart health, circulation, and healthy red blood cells. The beautiful flowers bloom for several months. Cold hardy to 15F, and tolerant of drought, salt, and poor soils, pomegranates make excellent landscape plants, container specimens, and even bonsai.
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