Tasteful plants

Very prolific blue honeysuckle, Lonicera kamtschatica Kiev will be very appreciated for its tasty fruits. This little shrub with a deciduous foliage becomes covered of pale yellow flowers at the beginning of spring, then of edible little blue fruits. It should be planted in the sun in pot, in planting bed or in informal hedges. Native from Siberia, it is very hardy and it tolerates frosts and cold winters.

Rustic and creeping, Mentha requienii is a lovely ground-cover in any season. Its small rounded leaves grow while forming a close to the ground carpet. Its flowering is composed of very little light purple flowers, in June and July. Under a tree or a shrub layer, around a stepping stones path, this plant looks good.

Punica granatum Fina Tendral is a superb pomegranate tree producing big sweet fruits in autumn. Its deciduous long green leaves take yellow tints at the end of the season. This variety produces beautiful double orange flowers becoming pomegranates. It is rustic and tolerates cold winters. It also resists quite well to droughts.

Self-fertile and quite early blackcurrant, Ribes nigrum Geant de Boskoop settles in shady areas of gardens, in pot or in open ground. Mild or temperate climates suit for this hardy and resistant fruit tree. Its foliage is aromatic and its spring flowering is discreet. At the beginning of summer, this variety is covered of big black fruits with a tangy taste.

Self-fertile and quite early blackcurrant, Ribes nigrum Geant de Boskoop settles in shady areas of gardens, in pot or in open ground. Mild or temperate climates suit for this hardy and resistant fruit tree. Its foliage is aromatic and its spring flowering is discreet. At the beginning of summer, this variety is covered of big black fruits with a tangy taste.