Our remodeling sale has been so successful (so far) that I’m forced to promote some of our more unusual plants.  In a remote section of our store we have a good selection of less common edibles. 

Sugar Cane You can follow Brazil’s lead and grow this plant for ethanol production or just serve it as a snack.  The main variety we carry has green leaves and red canes up to 12’ tall.  We have a few specimens of the “purple” cultivar with bronze-purple leaves and purple canes.  The purple cultivar grows about  8’ tall.  Good as accent or screen. 

Dragon fruit In Nature this tropical cactus climbs into trees and locally should be situated in part sun or filtered sun.  This Vietnamese cultivar makes artichoke-shaped fruit with brilliant crimson skin and sweet white flesh.  The spectacular, huge white flowers that precede the fruit are open just one night.

Buddha's Hand CitronThis plant is the perfect compliment to your Bodhi Tree.  This naturally small tree produces yellow “fruit” that may resemble a human hand or perhaps the starfish shaped creatures from the “Alien” movies

Eugenias The plants in this genus are related to the popular hedge plant Brush Cherry.  Although the hedge plant’s berries are edible they aren’t nearly as tasty as the following.

Grumichama This slow-growing, small tree  from Brazil eventually produces quarter-size, nearly black berries with sweet white flesh.  The flavor is very cherry-like.  Patience is required. 

Surinam Cherry This attractive small tree .  produces quarter-size, pumpkin-shaped fruit that are green, then yellow, then orange, red and finally purple when fully ripe.  Most of the fruit ripens either spring or fall.

Rose Apple s a fast growing medium size tree with lance-shaped leaves resembling Eucalyptus.  The fruits are about the size, color and texture of Apricot but are hollow around the seed.  The sweet flesh has the perfume of a rose.

Others include Cherry of the Rio Grande, Cherimoya, Ice Cream Bean, Strawberry Guava, Jujube, Mulberry, and more.