Plant Material Needed

NOTE:  This is a constant work in progress…feel free to suggest things!

Most varieties will be chosen for our coastal Mediterranean climate.  We are constantly visiting old farvictorymsteads along the coastal inland area looking for survivors who have stood the test of time and taking cuttings/seeds/etc…  All local trees will be used, but not mentioned in the list.  We currently have many of these plants, but are always acquiring more.  We also have a HUGE heirloom seed bank with thousands of varieties.  We hope to have this published one day.  * If you would like to donate seeds, plant material or we can make cuttings of your stock please contact us.  We also have seeds, plants and cuttings to trade.

Trees

Fruit

  • White Mulberry *need trees or cuttings
  • Apples (Sweet and cider) long keepers.  *Need cider varieties. Also looking for Wagener, Baldwin, Fameuse, Rhode Island Greening, Tompkins King, Yellow Bellflower and Yellow Newton Pippin.
  • Peaches
  • Nectarines
  • Prunes
  • Apricots
  • Cherries (Sweet and Tart)
  • Citrus:  Lemon, Lime (mexican and Kaffir), Orange, Tangerine, Grapefruit, etc… (Whatever we can get away with in protected plantings.  Greenhouse grown also of course.)
  • Crab Apple *need trees or cuttings
  • Figs
  • Loquat *need seeds or trees
  • Pears *trees or cuttings
  • Plums
  • Quince *
  • Persimmon *
  • Date Palm *

Nut

  • Walnut *Need trees
  • Almond *could use some more
  • Filbert *Need trees
  • Pinon Pine *trees or seeds

Lumber

  • Replanting natives to our area of course (Fir, Redwood, etc…)
  • Dragon Tree *
  • Bamboo (not a tree obviously) *
  • Princess Tree (great bee fodder as well) *Need seeds
  • Tulip Tree (great bee fodder.  Not sure how it will do here) *seeds or cuttings
  • Paulownia Tree (great bee fodder.)  *Need clones

Fodder (Bee or Bovine)

  • White Mulberry *need seeds, trees or cuttings
  • Blue Gum Eucalyptus (Flowering in January it is a life saver for bees.  Makes great medicinal honey. Fast growing firewood source.) *Need seeds or let us dig small trees from your property please.
  • Australian Teatree (Bee fodder spring and summer.  Extremely drought tolerant.  Medicinal.)
  • Paulownia Tree (Produces over 85#s of animal fodder per tree.  Most of the honey in China is produced by these trees .)  *Need clones

    Oil (nut trees over lap this area)

    • Olive  *could use more oil types

    Shrubs/Bushes

    • Blueberries *could use more
    • Raspberries
    • Blackberries *need more thornless var.
    • Coffee (some in greenhouse and some in our mountains. Hardy to 28 deg. F)  *could use mature plants
    • Tea*
    • Currant

    Greenhouse Grown Luxuries (If resources allow or grown in homes. Still doubtful due to temp/Height/humidity to get some of these species to do well, but you never know.)

    • Vanilla Orchid (hand pollinated, temps to 42 deg F)  *need cuttings or plants
    • Banana *need babies
    • Cinnamon Tree * (temps to 32 deg F)
    • Nutmeg Tree *
    • Kava *
    • Pepper
    • Coffee *Could use seed from similar climatecoffee2
    • Avocado *
    • Cacao Tree ( temps to 30 deg F) *need seed
    • Clove Tree (temps to 40 deg F) *need seed
    • Pineapple (more doable than you think, these I’ve greenhouse grown and were yummy)
    • Ginger (easy to greenhouse grow)
    • Camphor Tree * need seeds (hardy to 10 deg F)

    Herbs (I have an exhaustive list just not sure how to list it here yet)

    • Echinacia
    • St. John’s Wort
    • Lavender
    • Rosemary
    • Oregano
    • Catnip (great bug repellent)
    • Thyme
    • Jack Ass Bitters
    • Calandula
    • Elderberry
    • Ginseng (possible in the right micro-climate)
    • GoldenSeal (possible in the right micro-climate)
    • Aloe
    • Borage

    Vines

    • Grapes *need more var.
    • Kiwi *

    Tubers

    • Garlic
    • Potatoes

    Cereal-Grain Crops

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