Pitaya otherwise known as dragon fruit (resemblance of dragon?) is a striking, South American,  nighttime flowering,  fruit bearing plant (cactus) with extremely ornamental skin & flesh fruit, containing many tiny black seeds. To eat the scrumptious fresh fruit cut in half, scoop up the flesh and seeds a lot like a kiwi fruit.

Dragon fruit is [...]

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Akebia, a delightful climbing vine is a member of the family Lardizabalaceae. Native to eastern Asia, the genus Akebia consists of five species. Akebia Trifoliata is a deciduous, woody vine that it has both edible fruit and ornamental sweet-scented flowers! The flowers are appearing from April to May and they are purple or reddish purple [...]

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Trazel,Corylus colurna, is short for tree Hazel. This is a member of the Betulaceae family and native to Turkey. It has deep green heavy textured leaves and a coarse, exfoliating bark. Naturally occurs through the temperate forests of north Turkey, Iran and the Balkans. Trazel is a large attractive nut bearing tree and the only [...]

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The Canistel, Pouteria campechiana, is the most attractive fruit tree of the family Sapotaceae. An evergreen tree that usually reaches no more than 10 meters in height, but it may, in exceptionally favorable situations, reach a height of 25-30 meters and its trunk may attain a diameter of up to 1meter. The evergreen leaves are [...]

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