Rare and Unique Fruits for your Garden

Once the weather begins to get cold, I start to get the itch to plan next years garden. This year I wanted to look into a few new fruit plants to add to my regular garden rotation.

I won't be able to plant them all this year, but maybe someday soon I will buy that farm I always dreamed of and plant to my hearts content.

However, in the mean time, I thought I would share with you some of my favorite unique plants that I have found while researching. I hope you enjoy them and can take advantage of some of these great options to add drama to this years garden.

Have you ever wondered how the Passion Flower got it's name? The early Spanish missionaries in South America saw in the flower the instruments of Christs Passion, the central column represented the scourging post, the three stigmas the three nails, the five stamens the five wounds, the corona filaments the crown of thorns, the calyx the nimbus or halo of glory, and the ten petals the Apostles Peter and Judas being absent. They are very easy to raise from seed and very vigorous given half a chance, they will take over your greenhouse. They grow well in pots and flowers are often produced in succession throughout the summer.

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