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One look at the stalky clumping habit and jagged pinnate leaves of this species and you’d say it was a dead ringer for a Rhus or Aralia. One look at the wafer-like fruits and you’d say dead ringer for an Elm or if you were a real botanical nut Ptelea. Yet like the mighty platypus is neither duck nor otter this is something altogether, a rare member of the maple family improbably enough! In addition to its alluring oddity the winged red fruits held in large clusters of pairs, red blushed petioles, and extremely quick growth make it a not-half-bad ornamental species as well. Virtually unknown in the US but doing well in the UK so at least Zone 8 hardy if not more (there is record of it in Ohio, so Zone 7 is probably a safe bet as well) large shrub to small tree.

Maqui, a chance to live like the locals do, this rare and reportedly tasty (somewhat like a tangy blueberry) fruit with the equally tasty common name of wineberry grows only in Argentina and Chile. Luckily we received wild seeds from FRBC board member Cody Hinchliff! The glossy evergreen leaves are not the  commercial selling point here but are nonetheless pleasant enough. Unfortunately these are frost-sensitive so unless we can somehow coax them into fruiting in the greenhouses we will remain jealously unawares of the flavor of both wine and fruit, but we make this sacrifice for you our adventurous customer base. (We expect a refrigerated truck bearing the bountiful results of your cultivation!)

Potentially the first offering of this plant in the US we brought this back from Far Reaches sister city Pan-Global Plants, the stellar nursery of plantsman Nick Macer who wild collected these in Guizhou. Very unique look with dark green rosettes of leaves centered by a cluster of yellow flowers, will slowly spread to form a truly special groundcover Broader and fewer leaflets than the more often seen var. stenophylla. 

Attractive cousin to blueberries growing in the trees of Thailand's northern mountains. Sometimes seen offered as a hybrid clone 'Red Elf', this is typical hosseana which is a small evergreen shrub with dark red flowers that can take light frost. The fruit is edible and would be nice sprinkled on Thai Beef Salad, Phla Nuea.

Let's be honest if you're growing Podophyllums for the flowers you're probably a misses the forest for the trees type, and don't be fooled the huge multi-pointed star leaves of these are still just as flashy as ever. That being said, we here at Far Reaches tend to be of the more is more, por que no los dos persuasion and the large paler-than-usual flowers of this selection are quite the added bonus. Thanks to Jacques Thompson for sharing this beauty with us!

There is some debate over the hybridity of this cultivar (or cultivar group potentially) and we are pulled in differing directions by the prevalence of hybrid suspicions normally winning out and the relative rarity of true hybridization in most ferns. Regardless of whether it is a mutt or a purebred it is a fine variation on an already classic theme. Finely cut fronds with such regularity in shape that one could easily be forgiven for assuming it to be an unfamiliar species. Cultivar ferns can be a bit marmite but I think even the purists would find this acceptable if not outright agreeable. (It is entirely possible if not likely that the correct name for this plant is 'Cornubiense Foliosum', see Martin Rickard's book on Polypodium for a full idea of the complexities)