Excellent edible and ornamental canna lily that is natice to the coast and valleys of the Andes. The tubers, seeds and leaves are all edible and widely used and cultivated in South Ameriica. The tubers can be steamed and/or baked like a potato and also is
Another classic edible ornamental that is easy to grow and productive of food and flower. Known as the Tawny daylily it has beautiful flowes that are striped with salmon, gold and orange hues. The tubers, leaves, flowers and flower pods of this plant are
Known as He-shou-wu in China where it has been much revered for centuries as a restorative tonic and prescribed for many conditions. Has been called the elixer of life. A vigorous, vining, perennial, herbacious plant it dies back to its base in cold clima
Attractive herbacious perrinial is easy to grow in climates that do not freeze hard. Leaves are very sentisive to frost, but can resprout from the base if the rizomes are mulched to protect from freezing. Can be grown in a greenhouse as a groundcover aro
This special is for those of us who love fresh horseradish with our meals on a regular basis and need a good size planting to keep us happy. Six stocky plants will get you off to a good start and with time can be divided for further self sufficiency.
Strikingly beautiful scarlet-red blooms in late-summer through the fall and winter are a great late season food for hummingbirds and butterflys, hence its other name of Hummingbird sage. We love to watch hummingbirds feed on it in the cold days of winter
Excellent high yielding all male variety from the breeding work at Rutgers University in New Jersey. Sweet and delicious spears come up year after year. Asparagus is a highly ornamental plant that can be fit into many edible landscapes or better yet put i
Also Known as Wild Yam and Cinnamon Vine it has been grown for centuries by the Chinese who savor it both as a tonic food and for its many medicinal uses. A perennial vine growing up to 12 feet tall in a season it dies down to the ground after frost and t
