Ornamental edibles
This collection highlights many odd vegetables and flowers that are highly ornamental and tasty at the same time. Gardening space maybe be limited for some. Sacrificing beauty for food production is not longer a difficult choice.
Yes you can have your pretty garden and eat it too.
Adding texture and blooms to your edible garden will have the neighbours talking.
Amaranth-Callaloo Red (Organic)
$4.95
Amaranth is one of the world's super foods, chalked full of minerals. It can be used in a dry form...
Aronia -seeds
$9.95
Aronia berries have the highest concentration of antioxidants present in any fruit and protects the body’s cells from the damaging...
Aronia Berry- 2 yr. old plant
$65.00
Aronia Berry is a very cold hardy, disease resistant shrub that has edible black clusters of berries that have more antioxidants than blueberries....
Asparagus- Sweet Purple
$19.95
We have tried all kinds of asparagus and this ornamental is the sweetest with a nutty flavour. Grows just like...
Black Elderberry-seeds
$9.95
Black Elderberry "Sambucus canadensis" is our native elderberry that thrives here in ditches and swamps. It is also tolerant of...
Blackhaw-seeds
$9.95
Blackhaw "Viburnum prunifolium". Fruits are edible, and a great pollintor magnate. Small enough shrub for the back yard. Fruits can...
Blue Elderberry-seeds
$9.95
Blue Elderberry "Sambucus caerulea" is our Western Elderberry, used in the same way like our native Black Elderberry. Cooked fruit...
Chestnut-American Hybrid X-nuts
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This chestnut hybrid produces very large edible sweet nuts, improved hardiness and disease resistance. A much bigger tree the nuts...
Chicory-Red Italian Dandelion
$7.50
Red stemmed dandelion jagged shaped leaves. Classic bitter taste. Roots can be dried on used in smoothies, teas or pre-biotic....
Chinese Chestnut- sapling
$99.95
Back in stock for shipping spring 2023! Chinese chestnut trees are a medium sized tree, it may start producing nuts...
Chinese Lanterns
$9.95
This plant is very "under-valued". Our strain comes from a very old homestead over 150 years old. It produces outstanding...
Chocolate Cosmos-coming soon!
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Chocolate Cosmos or Cosmos atrosanguineus origins are found in Mexico and have tubers similar to dahlias. Flowers smell like cocoa...
Chocolate Daisy
$9.95
Chocolate Daisy, Berlandiera, also called Chocolate Drop is a perennial in zone 4. This species has edible flowers that smell...
Cornus kousa chinenis-seeds
$9.95
Cornus kousa chinenis is a very ornamental species of dogwood. One of the most beautiful trees in the landscape. A...
Cornus mass-seeds
$9.95
Cornelian Cherry (Cornus mass) is a small shrub that blooms very early late winter. Lovely in urban settings. The ripe...
Crambe-Maritima sea kale
$9.95
Crambe is normally found growing wild along sandy seashores of Europe. It is "halophytic", meaning salt tolerant. A great plant...
Dahlia-Edible Oddyssey
$9.95
YES! Flowers and roots are edible! This is definitely a fun project. Over a period of 10 years, the genetics...
Echinacea-Prairie Coneflower
$7.95
There are many varieties of echinacea cone flowers, this species can be found on the Prairie grass savannahs. A drought...
Echinacea-Purple Cone
$7.95
A super lovely large flowered perennial species that can be used as a cut flower and also medicinal applications. This...
Elephant Foot Yam-seeds
$9.95
Elephant Foot Yam is a root food in Africa. It is a very large Aroid. The flowers are humongous but...
Fiddle-head ferns ( 3 roots )
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We recently received an email request for this item. Fiddle head ferns (Ostrich Fern) grows wild through many of our...
Garland Daisy (Organic)
$4.95
Garland Daisy, Glebionis coronaria, as a leaf vegetable in Asian Cuisines. It is widely used in China and Korea as an...
Hazelnut-Purple Filbert-nuts
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This Purple Filbert/Hazelnut is originally from Northern Russia and will grow to be about 8 feet tall at maturity, with...
Hazenut-sapling
$99.95
This variety has dark purple leaves and nut husks, very ornamental. Grows to 6 feet tall-zone 4 The nuts are...
Kale- Pink Ornamental
$9.95
This kale is hardy, nutritious and ornamental. What more can you ask of a healthy vegetable? Shave off a few...
Kale-Dark Purple Siberian
$9.95
Dark Purple Winter Kale is very hardy and vibrant. The onset of cool fall weather deepens the dark purple colour....
Kale-Purple Sawtooth
$5.95
An absolutely beautiful and versatile kale that can be used in salads, smoothies, stir fry or simply as a garnish....
Kiwi-Artic Beauty and Red Beauty-2 year old vines (2 plants)
$99.95
2 plants in this package: The Artic Beauty (male) & Red Beauty (female) Very hardy and ornamental. This particular species...
Kiwi-Hardy Northern Strain seeds
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This hardy perennial vine can be found naturally growing in northern Korea, Russia and Japan. This variety has been commercially...
Kiwi-Isaac (2 yr. old vining plant)
$49.95
This hardy perennial vine can be found naturally growing in northern Korea, Russia and Japan. This variety has been commercially...
Lotus lily-Sacred-seeds
$9.95
This is the "Nelumbo nucifera", also known in Asian cooking as "Sacred Lotus". It is used as a vegetable, a...
Mazzard Cherry -seeds (stones)
$9.95
Mazzard Cherry, Prunus avium is one of the oldest cherry trees which have been used for rootstock to modern varieties,...
Mirabilis-4 O'clocks (Organic)
$9.95
As we age, shifting the weight can be a little more challenging than mere exercise, caloric intake and motivation. The...
Mulberry tree- sapling
$125.00
We have a Korean mulberry cultivar this year for the first time, "Kokuso". Hardy with very large berries. Tastes similar...
Nasturtium-Mixed colors (organic)
$4.95
This selection is a trailing or climbing variety. All colors have been hand picked to provide you with a wide...
Northern Olive-seeds
$9.95
Family: Oleaceae This is "Chionanthus virginicus". This is an olive substitute because the Italian variety is not hardy here in...
Orach-Scarlet (Organic)
$4.95
Orach is part of the Chenopodiaceae "Saltbush" family. It is an ornamental annual that reaches 3 feet high. Young leaves...
Passion Flower Vine- Northern Maypop
$12.95
There are approx. 550 species that exist in the Neotropics. There is only 1 species that can be grown in...
Persimmon-American- sapling
$99.95
Wild Persimmons, Fruit of the Gods. Diospyros Virginiana is a hardy American Persimmon. Like the PawPaw, given the right conditions,...
Persimmon-Wild Virginia- seeds
$14.95
Wild Persimmons, Fruit of the Gods. Diospyros Virginiana is a hardy American Persimmon. Like the PawPaw, given the right conditions,...
Platycodon-Doranji Balloon Flower Root
$9.95
Exciting beautiful perennial edible. The bell flowers are blue and can be used as a cut flower, the roots are...
Popcorn-Variegated (Organic)
$9.95
This was indeed a challenge, to improve the original genetic integrity to withstand drought and to produce in a short...
Pumpkin- Bee Little Pumpkin (Organic)
$5.95
Open pollinated C. pepo type (pumpkins will cross pollinate) Very small pumpkin for individual servings as a stuffed baked vegetable...
Pumpkin-Hulless seeds
$9.95
This variety of pumpkin has "hulless" seeds. Great for tasty healthy snack. Raw or slightly roasted and salted. The pumpkin...
Rhubarb-German Wine-root
$14.95
German Wine rhubarb is a hardy perennial and one of the best cultivars available. Rhubarb can be used in combination...
Saffron bulbs
$14.95
More expensive than gold! Saffron is a spice which comes from the stigma and styles called threads. within the flower. It...
Sorrel-Red veined
$7.95
Red veined sorrel, Rumex sanquineus, is also called "Bloody Dock Plant". It is a perennial plant hardy to zone 4,...
Spider flower-seeds
$9.95
A rare edible native plant, more information here: Cleome gynandra - Wikipedia Leaves are edible in salads and dried...