Edibles
Type | Botanical Name | Native | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
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Edibles | ACTINIDIA arguta ‘Issai’ | Hardy Kiwi | A self-fertile clone of hardy kiwi requiring no pollinator. Fruit is smooth-skinned and 1” in size. |
10-15 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Edibles | ACTINIDIA kolomitka ‘Arctic Beauty’ | Hardy Arctic Kiwi | A fast-growing vine with new growth tipped in pink and white. This is a male cultivar and won’t produce fruit. |
10-15 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Edibles | ASIMINA triloba | Paw Paw | An eastern native with large tropical leaves and custardy, banana-flavored fruits. A beautiful and exotic tree that has been hardy for us! All Paw-Paws produce best when planted near another cultivar. |
15-30 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Edibles | ASIMINA triloba ‘Convis’ | Pawpaw Tree | Producing large fruit with yellow flesh in late fall. All Asimina need a second variety to cross pollinate in order to produce fruit. |
10-12 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Edibles | ASIMINA triloba ‘Davis’ | Pawpaw Tree | Produces an early crop of large sweet fruit. All Asimina need a second variety to cross pollinate in order to produce fruit. |
15-30 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Edibles | ASIMINA triloba ‘Ford Amend’ | Paw Paw | An earlier fruiting selection, with mid-spring flowers developing into fall fruits. Fall foliage is golden yellow. Some reports of hardiness to zone 4. All Asimina need a second variety to cross pollinate in order to produce fruit. |
15-20 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Edibles | ASIMINA triloba ‘Prolific’ | Paw Paw | Can start producing fruits within 2 years of planting. Medium-large, sweet, early-ripening fruit in fall. All Asimina need a second variety to cross pollinate in order to produce fruit. |
15-30 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Edibles | ASIMINA triloba ‘Spilt Milk’ | Pawpaw | A variegated form of Pawpaw tree showing white splashes on the green leaves. All Asimina need a second variety to cross pollinate in order to produce fruit. |
12-15 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Edibles | ASIMINA triloba ‘Sweet Alice’ | Paw Paw | More compact habit than other selections; large yellow-orange fruit in Sept/Oct. |
15 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Edibles | ASIMINA triloba ‘Tollgate’ | Paw Paw | Large yellow-fleshed fruit in Oct. Some reports of hardiness to zone 4. All Asimina need a second variety to cross pollinate in order to produce fruit. |
15-25 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Edibles | DIOSPYROS virginiana ‘Golden Delight’ | Persimmon | Prefers moist, sandy soils. Drought tolerant. Promptly remove root suckers unless naturalized effect is desired. Fragrant, white to greenish-yellow flowers in late spring, with the male flowers appearing in clusters and the female flowers appearing solitary. This should be a self-fertile cultivar. Edible persimmon 1-2″ fruits mature in fall to an orange to reddish-purple color. |
35-60 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Edibles | DYOSPIROS virginiana | American Persimmon | A spreading crown and pendulous branches bearing large oval leaves that turn bright colors in fall. In spring fragrant flowers emerge that produce large orange edible fruits. Attracts birds Dry and clay soil tolerant |
30-50' | 4 | |||
Annual | FICUS carica ‘Vern’s Brown Turkey’ | Edible Fig | Tropical-looking lobed foliage is ornamental, but this variety will also produce figs at cooler temperatures. Some reports of hardiness to zone 5 in a very sheltered spot, or keep as a potted plant and bring inside to overwinter. |
4-6 feet in a pot | Sun | 6 | ||
Annual | HERBS -assorted culinary | We’ll have a selection of culinary herbs available- standards like thyme, basil, oregano, etc. plus some more uncommon varieties! |
Sun | Varies | ||||
Edibles | MALUS ‘Honeycrisp’ | Apple | Honeycrisp is “explosively crisp” with an unbeatable sweet, juicy flavor. Color can range from brilliant red with some striping to mostly red-striped over a straw yellow background color when ready to pick. Very hardy and productive. |
10-15 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
Edibles | MALUS Apple Espalier | Apple | We will offer Fuji, Gala apples trained as espaliers as well as plants that have 6 varieties grafted on to one plant! |
as trained | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Edibles | MALUS ‘Chestnut’ | Crabapple | Large crabapple fruits and good texture for fresh eating with a nut-like flavor. |
12-15' | Full sun | 2 | ||
Edibles | MALUS ‘Crispin’ | Apple | Large, juicy and pleasantly tart. Good for eating fresh or in baked goods and sauce. A heavy bearer of golden yellow fruit with an orange blush later in the season. Developed in Japan; also called ‘Mutsu’. |
8-10 feet | Full sun | 4 | ||
Edibles | MALUS ‘Royal Gala’ | Apple | Medium-sized fruit with deep red skin tinged with yellow streaks. Flesh has a spicy-sweet flavor. Ripens early September. |
15-30 feet | Sun | 5 | ||
Edibles | MALUS ‘Granny Smith’ | Apple | Dark-green skin. Ripens late October. Tart, sweet, crisp and juicy. Keeps well. Good for eating, cooking, and sauce. |
12-15 feet | Sun | 5 | ||
Edibles | MALUS ‘Honeygold’ | Apple | ‘Honeygold’ apple is noted for its honey-sweet flavor. Pretty white blossoms are followed by golden apples with a red blush that ripen in early October For ‘Honeygold’, Jonathans, Goldens or Courtland are recommended as cross-pollinators. |
12-15 feet | Full sun | 4 | ||
Edibles | MORUS alba ‘Contorta’ | Contorted Mulberry | This Japanese tree features a gnarled trunk and branches. It offers a scattering of small, tasty, purple fruit under the shiny, medium-green leaves, which turn an attractive yellow during fall. Once the leaves drop, the curled and wavy growth pattern of the trunk and branches is revealed. |
9-15 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Edibles | PRUNUS cerasifera ‘Pendula’ | Weeping Cherry Plum | Purple foliage and pink flowers in spring on weeping branches followed by red and yellow fruit. |
8-15' | Full sun | 5 | ||
Edibles | PRUNUS ‘North Star’ | Sour Cherry | A genetic dwarf selected at the University of MN. Very productive sour pie cherry. Self-fertile. |
8-10 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
Edibles | PRUNUS ‘La Crescent’ | Plum Tree | A high quality yellow plum, the fruit is small to medium sized and has a sweet, juicy flavor. Good pollinator for ‘Black Ice’ |
10-15' | Full sun | 4 | ||
Edibles | PRUNUS maritima | Beach Plum | Quick growing attractive native shrub. Pretty white spring flowers that appear before the foliage and small purple edible plums are good for fresh eating, and jams/jellies. Tolerant of salt and poor soils. |
3-6 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
Edibles | PRUNUS ‘Mount Royal’ | European Plum | Very hardy, bluish-black freestone plum. It is meaty, tender, sweet and juicy. Good for all uses, including drying as prunes. Ripens mid-season. One of the best and hardiest plums. Self-fertile. |
10-15 feet | 4 | |||
Edibles | PRUNUS ‘Contender’ | Peach | A vigorous and productive new peach for the north! Buds are hardier and blooms later, so more suitable for our climate. Flesh is bright yellow, sweet and juicy and ripens mid to late August. Good disease resistance. Self-fertile. |
12-15 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
Edibles | PRUNUS ‘Reliance’ | Peach | One of the hardiest peaches available. Medium sized fruit, flesh is bright yellow, soft & juicy, ripening late July to early August. Self-fertile. |
15-20 feet | Sun | 5 | ||
Edibles | PRUNUS ‘Alderman’ | Plum | Blanketed in stunning clusters of fragrant white flowers in early spring before the leaves. A popular and hardy fruit tree with tasty red fruit in late summer, great for eating fresh, for preserves and sauces. Good habit for a fruit tree. Needs well-drained soil and a pollinator. |
15 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Edibles | PRUNUS ‘Sweet Cherry Pie’ | Cherry Tree | The sweetest tasting cherries almost sweet enough for fresh eating that are fantastic for jams, jellies and pies. |
13-15' | Full sun | 4 | ||
Edibles | PRUNUS ‘Waneta’ | Plum | A large and extremely hardy plum packed with flavor. A precocious bearer, often fruiting within the first couple of years after planting and producing consistently large yields. Waneta plum is a large plum with tart red skin and sweet, juicy yellow flesh. It has a small pit and ripens in early September. Needs pollinator. |
13-15 feet | 3 | |||
Edibles | PRUNUS ‘Damson’ | Plum | This tree bears consistently heavy crops of heirloom plums. Fruit is juicy and delightfully tangy. |
18-20 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Edibles | PYRUS communis ‘Anjou’ (Espalier) | Pear | Beautiful, three-tiered French espaliered pear trees. Medium to large fruit. Smooth, thin, yellow-green skin. White, sweet flesh that stores well. Used for fresh eating. |
8-10 feet | Sun | 5 | ||
Edibles | PYRUS ‘Moonglow’ | Dwarf European Pear | A heavy-bearing variety featuring fragrant white flowers in early-mid spring. Clay soil tolerant. Resistant to fireblight. Requires a pollinator such as Bartlett. |
10-15 feet | Full sun | 5 | ||
Edibles | PYRUS commmunis ‘Bartlett’ (Espalier) | Pear | Beautiful, three-tiered French espaliered pear trees. Greenish-yellow skin. Ripens late August to early September. Flesh is sweet, juicy, firm, aromatic and fine textured. |
as trained | Sun | 5 | ||
Edibles | PYRUS ‘Summercrisp’ | Pear | Medium size fruit with green skin blushed red and crisp, sweet juicy flesh. Developed at the University of Minnesota. Ripens August. Requires a pollinator. |
15-20 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
Annual | ROSMARINUS ‘Tuscan Blue’ | Tuscan Blue Rosemary | Upright hedge of aromatic, needle-like evergreen foliage excellent in culinary and medicinal applications. Profuse clear blue flowers. Can be kept as a houseplant. |
6 feet | Sun | 8 | ||
Edibles | RUBUS idaeus ‘Boyne’ | Red Raspberry | An extremely hardy early-season red raspberry from Canada that is vigorous, disease resistant and productive. |
4-6 feet | Sun | 3 | ||
Edibles | SAMBUCUS nigra ‘Black Lace’ | Black Elderberry | A form with delicate, lacy black foliage, similar in feel to Japanese maples. Large umbels of light pink flowers in June, followed in fall by edible blackish-red berries if a suitable pollinator is planted nearby. Does well in moist sites. Prune hard for best foliage effect. |
6-8 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Edibles | SAMBUCUS nigra ‘Instant Karma’ | Variegated Elderberry | Crisp green and white variegated foliage with large, lacy white flowers in early summer. Berries will follow if a pollinator like S. ‘Black Lace’ is present. A Proven Winners intro. Deer/rabbit resistant. |
6-8 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Edibles | SAMBUCUS racemosa ‘Lemony Lace’ | Golden Elderberry | A Proven Winners intro with very dissected gold foliage tinted red in the spring. Mounded habit. White spring flowers produce red fruit in fall, if the same species of plant is nearby for pollination. |
3-5 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Edibles | VACCINIUM angustifolium ‘Burgundy’ | Blueberry | Small, deep blue, tasty fruit in July. Deep green foliage in the summer followed by a red foliage display in fall with red stems through winter. Attracts songbirds |
8-10" | Full sun | 2 | ||
Edibles | VACCINIUM corymbosum ‘Blue Jay’ | Highbush Blueberry | Sizable, deep blue berries in August. Tolerates dry acidic, poor soils and partial shade while yielding an impressive crop. |
6-7 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
Edibles | VACCINIUM corymbosum ‘Blue Ray’ | Highbush Blueberry | Early to midseason fruit with excellent flavor. |
6-8 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
Edibles | VACCINIUM corymbosum ‘Bluecrop’ | Highbush Blueberry | Midseason, hardier and more drought-tolerant than most. Good producer. |
6-8 feet | Full sun | 4 | ||
Edibles | VACCINIUM corymbosum ‘Earliblue’ | Highbush Blueberry | One of the first highbush blueberries to bloom and fruit. Berries are medium-large and light blue. |
6-8 feet | Sun | 5 | ||
Edibles | VACCINIUM corymbosum ‘Northcounry’ | Blueberry | Sky blue fruit with a sweet, wild blueberry flavor on a more compact shrub. Deep green foliage turns bright red in fall. Attracts bees & songbirds |
24-36" | Full sun | 3 | ||
Edibles | VACCINIUM corymbosum ‘Patriot’ | Highbush Blueberry | Massive yields on dense, rounded shrubs with fiery orange-red fall color. |
6-8 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
Edibles | VACCINIUM corymbosum ‘Northblue’ | Half High Blueberry | A high bush, low bush cross. Dark blue flavorful fruit. Self-fertile. |
28-30 inches |