Cold hardy

Michelia Figo, Banana Magnolia. Spring-blooming, heavily scented, cream flowers streaked with purple. The banana shrub is so called because of the distinctive, sweet banana scent of its flowers. The plant is cold hardy, prefers filtered light, also a good choice for container culture.

The flowers carry a very strong vanilla scent that can sometimes be noticed several hundred yards away! You will be rewarded by the attractive white delicately fragrant flowers. Fresh off the tree, the flavor of leaves is unique and fun to use. If you have a Florida Sweet Bay, your cooking will have flavors folks outside Florida can never hope to duplicate. Florida Bay Laurel likes moist, acid soils. If you use Bay Laurel in your landscape, be sure plenty of water is available. If you have a moist spot on your land, plant this tree! No bugs or other pests.
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Tree Jasmine, Indian Cork Tree, Maramalli, Tamil, Akash Neem - because of the perfume of the flowers they are very much sought after. This fast growing tree flowers at night and sheds flowers early in the morning. The tree is a favorite garden tree. It is also called the Cork Tree, as an inferior cork is processed from its corky bark. In the cooler months tree blooms in the night and early in the morning; fragrant flowers falling and carpeting the ground around. The tree has a straight trunk and only a few branches. Leaves are very ornamental, even when not in bloom this plant is an eye stopper. Flowers are white, waxy, trumpet-shaped and somewhat two lipped with five subequal lobes. The tree flowers from October till the end of December. The flowers are used in rituals. The waxy characteristic of the flowers ensure their freshness for a long time.

Mulberry variety Tise. 2" 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.

Jerusalem thorn. Jerusalem thorn is a hardy species and is valued as an ornamental or shade tree. Its unique shaped leaves, pretty yellow flowers, shrubby weeping like habit, drought tolerance, and ability to grow in a wide range of soils makes it an appealing tree to grow.

Passiflora coccinea, or Red Passion Flower, is a tropical, evergreen vine from South America known for its stunning scarlet-red flowers and edible passion fruits. It thrives in full sun or part shade with fertile, well-drained soils and can grow up to 10-12 feet long. This easy-to-grow plant is perfect for trellises, walls, and containers, attracting butterflies and hummingbirds. Minimal pruning is needed, and it blooms primarily in summer and fall.

Very sweet, virtually seedless fruit... Even immature fruit are sweet! Red skin, clear, non- staining juice. 8-10 ft. arching shrub, or train as tree or espalier. This tree produces an abundance of beautiful large orange-red flowers over an extended period of time during the spring. The fruit is abundant, almost seedless, clear and non-staining with red skin. Immature fruit is also sweet making this variety a great choice for cool or coastal climates. Both the flowers and the fruit are produced at a very young age. Eversweet prefers full sun for best fruit production but will tolerate some light shade. Very drought tolerant once established. It is adaptable to any type of well drained soil. The tree is self-fruitful but production is increased with a second tree planted nearby. Harvest late summer through fall.
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Native to western Asia, this Pomegranate has it all: naturally dwarfing, beautiful red fruit, small edible seeds, and is consistently rated the most flavorful pomegranate in tasting trials. Great for juicing or fresh eating, producing heavy crops at a young age. Can grow up to 10 feet, but can easily be kept at six to seven feet with pruning. It has extremely showy red/orange flowers followed by large fruit. The fruit is quite large and highly colored in beautiful bright red. The arils are large and bright red with a very small, soft, edible seed. Vigorous upright plant sets a heavy crop dependably. Requires 100 to 200 chill hours. Self-fruitful.
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