Mespilus germanica - Medlar

Diospyros digyna - Black Sapote, Chocolate Pudding Fruit, Black Persimmon

Cyperus papyrus - Papyrus, Umbrella Sedge, Galingale

Asimina triloba 'Sunflower' - Pawpaw, American Custard Apple, West Virginia Banana, Indiana Banana

For centuries, American Indians appreciate the ca. 300g weight, 10 cm long fruits of the Pawpaw...

Actinidia deliciosa 'Hayward' - Chinese gooseberry, Kiwi fruit

Kiwifruits with their hairy-brown skin always look very exotic. Even in this country it is easily...

Hibiscus schizopetalus - Coral Hibiscus, Skeleton Hibiscus, Chinese Latern

The flowers of this Hibisdus variety are so amazingly bizarre that at first sight it is hardly...

Camellia sinensis - Tea plant

Did you know that the black and also green tea are the dried and fermented leaves of a Camellia...

Cistus ladanifer - Rockrose

General information to Cistus: Cistus are subshrubs with leaves that in the summer’s sun are...

Jacaranda mimosifolia - Jacaranda

Mangifera indica Fruchtsorten - Mango

Mango fruits increasingly establish in our kitchens as dessert, chutney or essential ingredient...

Punica granatum - Pomegranate

Pomegranates really are granates concerning the size of fruits and flowers. The intensly orange,...