5 seeds / Musa sikkimensis

Due to its origins in the Himalayas, the frost-resistant Darkeeling banana, which sprouts every year, can be kept outdoors in sheltered locations and reaches a height of up to four meters. Its large leaves and stems are streaked with red. With a bit of luck, the Musa sikkimensis will sprout bunches of delicious bananas... (more information in the article)

6 seeds / Camelia sinensis

The black and green tea on our breakfast table comes from a species of camellia - the dried and fermented leaves of Camellia sinensis. It grows as an evergreen shrub with a height of up to one meter in a container. The bark of its young branches is initially reddish in color and covered with white hairs - later it becomes bare and bald... (more information in the article)

50 seeds / Arbutus unedo

strawberries that grow on trees? The pretty strawberry-like fruits of the evergreen Arbutus with its cherry laurel-like leaves ripen from bright yellow to orange-red to bright red and are edible. You can also boil them down to make strawberry tree jam or, like in Corsica, make them into liqueur. In Sardinia there is even one… (more information in the article)

8 seeds / Arachis hypogaea

Actually, the peanut is not a nut at all, but is botanically a legume. The English name peanut is clearer. But growing your own small peanut plantation is always fun. The plant is an annual, grows as a herb to a size between 30 and 80 centimeters and flowers self-pollinating between... (more information in the article)

6 seeds / Laurus nobilis

The evergreen shrub with its aromatic, fragrant leaves and its many small spring flowers can be easily kept as a pot plant and thus provides a constant supply of the popular seasoning for soups and stews as well as for fish and meat dishes. Fresh bay leaves have a... (more information in the article)

10 seeds / Panax ginseng

Chinese medicine counts ginseng as one of the most valuable medicinal plants, with the root, which sometimes resembles a human shape, as well as leaves and stems being used. The saponins contained in the plant are said to improve cardiac performance, breathing and immune defense and to reduce blood sugar, fat and cholesterol levels. Se… (more information in the article)

200 seeds / Lycium chinensis

Lycium chinense grows into a deciduous, only slightly branched and only slightly thorny shrub up to two meters high. After flowering, the shrub develops its red, elongated oval and vitamin-rich fruits from August onwards, which can be eaten raw or dried and made into juice and jam. The sweet goji berry is a… (more information in the article)

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/ Musa The flowers grow from the middle of the stem with a thick red bud from which swirls of white flowers unfold, while the flower stalk continues to elongate. The golden yellow fruits are seeds... (more information in the article)

100 seeds / Physalis peruviana

The orange-yellow fruits of the Cape gooseberry, wrapped in parchment-colored lanterns, are a popular accompaniment to sweet desserts, as their slightly sour aroma is similar to that of gooseberries. The fruits can be eaten fresh or made into a delicious chutney, for example. As a nightshade plant related to the tomato... (more information in the article)

8 seeds / Musa velutina

The Musa velutina is the ideal banana for keeping in the house and in the bucket. As a dwarf banana, it reaches a maximum height of two meters, has slender, waxy bracts with pink midribs, flowers from the third year at the latest and develops red, sweet bananas that are edible. The Kenya banana is even cold tolerant to a limited extent... (more information in the article)

20 seeds / Bixa orellena

The non-toxic dye obtained from the seed coat of the lipstick bush was already used in pre-Columbian times for body painting, in South America it is still used today to color rice and worldwide to color many lipsticks red. In the Caribbean, the spice obtained from the seeds is called Annato - this is where the alternative name Annatto comes from... (more information in the article)

10 seeds / Ilex paraguaensis

The evergreen mate bush belongs to the holly genus. Its oval-shaped leaves are slightly notched at the edge and when it is flowering it produces thick clusters of 30 to 40 white flowers each. The shrub produces thick, red-purple drupes. In order for the seedlings to break through the hard shell, the fruit must first be planted in its natural location... (more information in the article)

10 seeds / Moringa oleifera

The English name Horseradish Tree refers to its roots, which smell strongly of horseradish. The fast-growing and summer-green Moringa has pretty feathery leaves and creamy white flowers that smell intensely of honey and violets. It is considered a miracle tree because almost all of its parts can be used. Its finely crafted… (more information in the article)

30 seeds / Gynostemma pentaphyllum

In search of a new, natural sweetener, Chinese researchers came across what the locals call the herb of immortality in remote mountain villages in the Chinese province of Guizhou. In these villages, the proportion of people over 100 years old was well above the general population average, which is due to the consumption of G. pent... (more information in the article)

40 seeds / Passiflora edulis

The evergreen and perennial climbing plant can grow to several meters long and is therefore ideal for growing on a climbing frame or trellis. The magnificent, five to eight centimeter large flowers stand out from its shiny, light green three-lobed leaves. Above the ten white petals and sepals is the B… (more information in the article)

40 seeds / Hippophae rhamnoides

The vitamin C bomb sea buckthorn is considered the lemon of the north and even wins the comparison with more than ten times the vitamin C content. With its thorny red-brown branches, its narrow, silvery leaves and its bright orange fruits It also makes an attractive summer-green ornamental plant in any garden. He can be a wu... (more information in the article)

200 seeds / Morus nigra

The small tree with a height of up to six meters was already known to the Greeks as a cultivated plant and as a symbol of wisdom and was consecrated to the god Pan. Mulberry wine was once made from their sweet and tasty autumn fruits and the red wine was enhanced with the intensely colored fruit juice. The fruits are edible or can… (more information in the article)

4 seeds / Tamarindus indica

The tamarind tree, also known as sour date and Indian date (tamra = date and hindi = Indian), is an evergreen tree with a gray-black bark. The bark of young branches is hairy. Its elongated leaflets are folded together at night, but do not react to touch. The flower buds are red. The perianth is... (more information in the article)

12 seeds / Gossypium herbaceum

As one of the most important cultivated plants, cotton in nature reaches a height of up to 1.50 meters, while the shrub-like potted cotton is content with a fairly manageable 50 to 70 centimeters. It has beautifully lobed leaves and, in July and August, beautiful hibiscus-like flowers up to five centimeters in diameter... (more information in the article)

50 seeds / Cyphomandra betacea

The evergreen tree tomato only develops one shoot that grows woody like a tree, branches out late and produces large, softly hairy leaves. It grows quickly and can reach room height even in a pot. The tamarillo develops small, egg-shaped red or yellow fruits from the lavender-colored hermaphrodite (self-pollinating) flowers… (more information in the article)