Jicama

8 seeds per pack. A vining plant native to Mexico that can reach 10-15ft but is best known for its large roots which can weigh up to 40 pounds. The starchy roots are edible, having a sweet flavor that is usually eaten raw. Vines grow well in warm climates, but can be grown anywhere as an annual for smaller root production. #1556

Fragrant Granadilla

5 seeds per pack. A stunning passion vine for both flower and fruit. The yellow, egg-shaped fruits can grow to 6" and have a highly aromatic, sweet-flavored pulp. The fruits are prized in many markets of South America. The spectacular flowers grow to 4-6" and are a combination of red and purple, with some similarities to P. quandrangularis. Hardy to the 30's' (F). view plant information #1537

Blue Passion Flower

10-15 seeds per pack. Very hardy passion flower vine to 10F. Fast-growing, vigorous vine produces beautiful white/blue flowers with a strong fruity-minty scent much like feijoa fruits. Flowers are followed by medium sized orange fruit with edible pulp. Easy to grow. view plant information #110

Frederick Passion Fruit

10-20 seeds per pack. Seeds are from the Frederick variety, producing huge fruits with purple-red skin and growing to 3-5". Note that as with most varietal strains, seeds may not produce exactly true to the parent. Fruits have a delicious, juicy, and wonderful tasting bright orange pulp. Fruit can be eaten fresh or used to flavor drinks, ice cream, sauces, etc. Fast-growing vine, will fruit after one year. Hardy to 30F. #1518

Nancy Garrison Passion Fruit

10-20 seeds per pack. Seeds are from the Nancy Garrison variety, a cold-hardier variety producing medium-sized, roundish, purple skinned fruits. Fruits have a delicious, juicy, and wonderful tasting bright orange pulp. Fruit can be eaten fresh or used to flavor drinks, ice cream, sauces, etc. Fast-growing vine, will fruit after one year. Hardy to the upper 20's. Note that seedling varietal passion fruits do not necessarily produce true to their parent. #1519

Purple Passion Fruit

10-15 seeds per pack. The passion fruit of commerce. Produces a 2-4" purple fruit with wonderful tasting bright orange pulp. Fruit can be eaten fresh or used to flavor drinks, ice cream, sauces, etc. Fast-growing vine, will fruit after one year. Hardy to 30F. view plant information #111

Lilikoi

10 seeds per pack. Yellow variety of the passion fruit. Fruit is larger than the standard purple variety. Grown extensively in Hawaii. Fast-growing vine is less hardy than the purple passion fruit. view plant information #112

Wild Water Lemon

5 seeds per pack. A beautiful and easy to grow Passiflora with bright purple-white flowers and small red ripening fruit. Fruits are not usually eaten but do have some pulp. Flowers have a pleasant, minty scent. Hardy to 15-20F. view plant information #1568

Maypop

10-15 seeds per pack. The hardiest Passion Flower vine, the Maypop can survive temperatures to -10F. Deciduous vines grow to 10-20ft and bloom ornate, frilly, purple-white flowers with the classic passion flower look. Flowers are followed my small, egg-like edible fruit with a mild flavor resembling guava. Vines will die back during winters and regrow from roots the following year. view plant information #999

Water Lemon

5 seeds per pack. Large fruited Passiflora with flower scented, sweet, juicy pulp. Vine is very fast growing and prefers frost free conditions. Flowers are large, purple colored, with prominent filaments. view plant information #133

Sweet Granadilla

8 seeds per pack. One of the better tasting of the passion fruits, produces yellow colored fruits to 3-5" with sweet flavored pulp. Vine is subtropical and will stand mild frosts. Fast-growing. view plant information #929

Sweet Calabash

8 seeds per pack. 2-3", round, yellow skinned passion fruit with delicious, fruity-flavored orange pulp. This species is one of the best tasting of the passion fruits and is cultivated in parts of Central and South America. Fast-growing vine with ornate blue-red flowers. view plant information #975

Banana Passion Fruit

10 seeds per pack. Hardy passion flower vine producing 3-5" long, soft, yellow fruits. Fruits are edible and commonly used in beverages. Beautiful pink/red flower is formed on a long stalk. Vine is hardy to 25F. view plant information #113

Giant Granadilla

6 seeds per pack. Fast-growing vine bearing huge fruits, up to a foot long, with a sweet edible, passion-fruit-like pulp. Vine is hardy to about 28-32F. Large flowers are highly ornate, colored red, blue, and purple. Pulp is eaten fresh or used in drinks. view plant information #944

Seeman's Passion Flower

6 seeds per pack. A gorgeous ornamental and edible passion flower vine. Flowers are an ornate mix of purple and white and can be followed by 1-2" edible fruits that reportedly have a very nice flavor. The vine is popular as an ornamental and is occasionally harvested for its edible fruits in some tropical regions. Not frost or freeze hardy. Fast growing vine. #3028

Otaheite Gooseberry

5 seeds per pack. Small, white colored fruit with juicy acidic pulp. Fruits are borne in large quantities directly off branches. Shrubby tree to 20-30ft, subtropical, should surivive short frosts. Fruits and flowers on and off all year. view plant information #706

Emblic

8-12 seeds per pack. A prolific tree bearing 1-2", translucent fruits with a highly acidic pulp. The fruits are esteemed in India and parts of Southeast Asia and often sold in markets, usually flavored with sugar. Trees are hardy to short freezes and can withstand temperatuers in excess of 115F. view plant information #979

Winter Cherry

30-60 seeds per pack. A beautiful ornamental and edible fruit, the Winter Cherry (often labeled as an ornamental--Chinese Lantern), bears small, ground cherry-like fruits that are both edible and medicinal. The ripe fruits have a variety of uses and the bright orange-red husk that develops around the fruits makes the plant a stand-out ornamental. Hardy to 0-10F, and can be grown as an annual. view plant information #1503

Cisineros Tomatillo

35-60 seeds per pack. An excellent large-fruited variety of tomatillo, yielding green fruits. Medium sized, green colored fruit closely related to the tomato. Fully ripe fruits are eaten raw, much like tomatoes. The unripe fruits are commonly used in chili's and salsas. Easily grown container plant, or as an annual. #2415

Purple de Milpa Tomatillo

40-60 seeds per pack. A more common purple fruited tomatillo, with 1" fruits that ripen to purple, blushed with green and yellow. The fruits store well and are popularly used in salsas. Very easy to grow. Medium sized plants yield very nice crops. 70 days. #2429

Purple Tomatillo

100-150 seeds per pack. Medium sized, purple colored fruit closely related to the tomato. Fully ripe fruits are eaten raw, much like tomatoes. The unripe fruits are commonly used in chilis and salsas. Easily grown container plant, or as an annual. #656

Tomatillo

100-150 seeds per pack. Medium sized, green colored fruit closely related to the tomato. Fully ripe fruits are eaten raw, much like tomatoes. The unripe fruits are commonly used in chili's and salsas. Easily grown container plant, or as an annual. view plant information, bulk quantities available #616

Yellow Tomatillo

Seeds are from a tasty yellow-ripening variety, with sweet fruits. Fully ripe fruits are eaten raw, much like tomatoes. The unripe fruits are commonly used in chili's and salsas. Easily grown container plant, or as an annual. #1550

Sunberry

25-50 seeds per pack. A short annual bearing cape gooseberry-like fruits with a pleasant, earthy sweet acidic flavor kind of like a ground cherry. The fruits are surrounded by papery husks and grow to the size of a cherry tomato. Fruits are high in vitamin C. Annual, growing to 1-3ft. view plant information #1558

Cape Gooseberry

25-50 seeds per pack. Tomato relative producing orange colored fruits about the size of a cherry tomato. Flesh has tomato texture and consistency with hints of tomato flavor combined with pineapple. Easy to grow as a perennial or annual. view plant information #114

Poha

15-30 seeds per pack. A popular berry of Hawaii, the Poha is more or less the same as the Cape Gooseberry, though often listed as a different variety. Seeds are from the Hawaiian strain. Fruits grow to the size of a cherry tomato and are enclosed in a husk. Flavor is quite good, with a unique sweetness. Easy to grow perennial or annual to 3-4ft. #1565

Aunt Molly's Ground Cherry

50-75 seeds per pack. A famous heirloom of the ground cherry, Aunt Molly's bears golden orange fruits with a clean citrus-like ground cherry flavor. Fruits can be eaten fresh or used in desserts and salads. Small, shrubby growth habit to 1-2ft. Plant as perennial or annual. bulk quantities available #1577

Golden Rusk Ground Cherry

25-50 seeds per pack. A standard ground cherry variety with glistening golden orange fruits having a tart and fruity flavor. Similar to the other ground cherries in fruit and growth habit. Low-lying, grows to a few inches high, with a spreading habit up to a few feet. The tasty little fruits are great in salads or for fresh eating. #3029

Ground Cherry

100 seeds per pack. Tomato relative producing orange colored fruits about the size of a cherry tomato. Flesh has tomato texture and consistency with hints of tomato flavor combined with pineapple. Plant as perennial or annual. view plant information, bulk quantities available #185

Goldie Ground Cherry

40-60 seeds per pack. A prolific variety of ground cherry bearing medium sized fruits that ripen to a golden yellow. Fruits have an excellent and very sweet flavor, with a hint of strawberry and pineapple. Plants can grow to a couple of feet. Annual (or perennial in warm climates.) #2428

Yantar Ground Cherry

25-50 seeds per pack. A variety of the Cossack Pineapple type ground cherry originally from Belarus. Bears cherry tomato sized fruits that ripen to golden orange. Flavor is somewhat like a tomato crossed with a pineapple and tasty for fresh eating. Low growing, spreading, shrubby annual to only 6-18". A rare variety. #3023

Sierra Leone Ground Cherry

25-50 seeds per pack. A small ground cherry originally from Sierra Leone. Fruits are the size of a small cherry tomato, bright orange-yellow and enclosed in husks. The fruits have a tasty strawberry-ground cherry flavor and are borne in good numbers on short plants. Fruits drop when ripe. Annual. #2413

Mt. Atlas Mastic Tree

10-15 seeds per pack. A pistachio relative from northern Africa and the middle East. The tree is an important economic source of resin and oil. The fruits are said to be edible when roasted like the pistachio. A slow-growing, deciduous tree growing to 15-25 ft. Also used as a rootstock for pistachio. Highly drought and heat tolerant. #3012

African Grape Tree

3 seeds per pack. A very uncommon African tree with edible, cherry-like red fruits. Related to the mombins. A large tree, can grow up to 100 ft. The tree is also used for its timber. Little cultural information is available. Likely needs a tropical climate for best growth. #3020

Araca Pera

10 seeds per pack. An intriguing and tasty wild guava from the Brazilian Amazon. Fruits grow to 2-3", with an acidic, sour but guava-like flavor. Fresh fruits are often used to make juices, when diluted. Small tree, unknown frost hardiness, though probably to at least 35F. #1592

Red Strawberry Guava

10-20 seeds per pack. Related to the tropical guava, produces small dark red skinned fruits to 1.5". Flesh is translucent, juicy, and not mealy like the tropical guava, with a tasty acidic-strawberry flavor. Very easy to grow as a container specimen. Will fruit in areas with frost, the strawberry guava is hardy to 22F. view plant information #122

Yellow Strawberry Guava

15-25 seeds per pack. Related to the tropical guava, produces medium sized, yellow skinned fruits to 1-3". Flesh is translucent, juicy, similar to the strawberry guava, but with a slightly more acidic flavor. Is sometimes known as the lemon guava. Very easy to grow as a container specimen. Will survive areas with frost. view plant information #128

Cas Guava

10 seeds per pack. Fragrant, juicy, yellow fleshed guava with an acidic flavor. Eat fresh or use in drinks, desserts, and flavorings. Grows on a small tree, will take mild frosts, but generally prefers a subtropical or tropical climate. The Costa Rican Guava is a particularly fragrant and little grown guava which deserves further cultivation. view plant information #191

Bangkok Giant Guava

15-25 seeds per pack. Seeds are from the Bangkok Giant, a huge, white fleshed guava that is one of the worlds largest. Fruits can sometimes grow to the size of a softball! Excellent flavor. Great for beverages, flavorings, and eating fresh. Small tree, hardy to 29F, prefers warm climates for flowering and fruiting. Easily grown container plant for the house or greenhouse. Note that seedling grown guava's can take on differing characteristics than the parent plant. #1548

Guava

20-30 seeds per pack. Seeds are from mixed or generic varieties. Medium to large green to yellow fruits with white or pink flesh having an aromatic, fruits smell. Great for beverages, flavorings, and eating fresh. Small tree, hardy to 29F, prefers warm climates for flowering and fruiting. Easily grown container plant for the house or greenhouse. view plant information #2427

Guava 'Asian'

25 seeds per pack. Seeds are from a large fruited asian variety, 3-4". Large green fruits with white or pink flesh having the classic guava taste and smell. Great for beverages, flavorings, and eating fresh. Small tree, hardy to 29F, prefers warm climates for flowering and fruiting. Note that seedling grown guava's can take on differing characteristics than the parent plant. #115

Guava (Orange Fleshed)

15-25 seeds per pack. Unknown variety, but fruits are slightly pear shaped, 2-4" long, yellow skinned with red spots, and bright orange flesh. Flavor is excellent, aromatic, not as acidic as many guava. Small tree, hardy to 29F, prefers warm climates for flowering and fruiting. Easily grown container plant for the house or greenhouse. #605

Mexican Cream Guava

25-35 seeds per pack. Seeds are from a 1-2", soft guava popular in parts of Mexico. Fruits ripen to yellow, occasionally with touches of red. Flesh is creamy yellow, highly fragrant, soft and juicy, with a classic tropical guava flavor. #1584

White Indian Guava

20-40 seeds per pack. Medium sized guava to 3", with white flesh having a slight pear-guava flavor. Small tree, hardy to 29F, prefers warm climates for flowering and fruiting. Note that seedling grown guava's can take on differing characteristics than the parent plant. #609

Pear Guava

15-25 seeds per pack. Formerly Psidium pyriferum. Seeds are from a pear shaped guava, about the size of a small pear. Has white flesh, and small seeds with a nice, smooth guava flavor. Small tree, hardy to 29F, prefers warm climates for flowering and fruiting. Easily grown container plant for the house or greenhouse. #608

Brazilian Guava

10 seeds per pack. Small guava, with a tart but distinctive flavor sometimes likened to strawberries. It can be eaten out of hand, but is often made into jellies and preserves. It is fairly hardy and does well in both tropical and subtropical climates. view plant information #161

Dwarf Pomegranate

10-15 seeds per pack. Seeds are from a dwarf variety, growing to 4-6ft. Fruits are red-skinned, pulp is pink-red, good flavored. Can be eaten fresh, but is sometimes juiced or used in making preserves. The juice can also act as a dye. Trees withstand intense heat, drought, and cold temperatures as low as 15F. This variety is particularly great for container culture. #905

Pomegranate

30-40 seeds per pack. Ornamental red fruit with slightly tart, but sweet pulp. Can be eaten fresh, but is sometimes juiced or used in making preserves. The juice can also act as a dye. Trees withstand intense heat, drought, and cold temperatures as low as 15F. view plant information #172

Lemonade Berry

10-20 seeds per pack. Small shrubby bush native to coastal scrublands of Southern California and Baja. Produces a small, oblong, red berry that can be made into a sour, refreshing drink. Tolerates some frost but may defoliate. Grows in most soils or in a container. view plant information #657

Sugar Bush

10 seeds per pack. A shrub native to the southwestern United States and Northern Mexico. Similar to the lemonade berry, it bears small, flattened fruits with sticky skin encasing a single seed. The fruits can be used to make a lemonade-like beverage. Shrub, usually growing to 6-10 feet though sometimes taller. Quite tough and drought tolerant once established. Hardy to mild freezes. #2478