Plant Search » List of Botanically Intriguing Plants
The Himalayan blue poppy is a horticultural holy grail. Meconopsis 'Lingholm' is one of the best blue poppies for the garden.
Medeola virginiana is an oddball eastern North American native that will be loved by anyone who appreciates Paris and Trillium.
Medinilla 'Gregori Hambali' is an intriguing tropical plant from southeast Asia with large pleated leaves with beautiful reddish pink undersides.
Melianthus major has cool blue foliage that smells like peanut butter! You know you want it now!
Melittis 'Royal Velvet Distinction' has curious, orchid-like, white flowers with fuchsia lips held over fuzzy foliage. None of your garden friends will have it!
Medlar (Mespilus germanica) 'Breda Giant' offers abundant crops of large, sweet, flavourful fruit with a pleasing texture.
Medlar (Mespilus germanica) 'OSU 9-20' offers prolific crops of sweet, chocolate-brown fruit with a hint of tartness.
Michelia (Magnolia) doltsopa 'Fairy White' is a compact evergreen magnolia with fragrant white flowers from early to late spring.
Mitraria coccinea has firey orange flowers and evergreen foliage on red stems perfect for the shadier parts of the garden.
Monarda fistulosa has pink to lavender flowers popular with bees, hummingbirds, and butterflies and aromatic foliage.
Monarda punctata is a rare and unusual beebalm with pink-flushed bracts and red speckled yellow flowers.
Monardella macrantha 'Marian Sampson' is a unique ground cover with clusters of long, tubular, flaming red flowers popular with hummingbirds.
Murraya koenigii is the curry leaf tree and the source of fresh curry leaves, an integral spice in Indian cooking.
Musa acuminata 'Dwarf Cavendish' is a fruit-bearing banana with red cone-shaped flowers and broad foliage. Highly ornamental.
Musa acuminata 'Ice Cream'/'Blue Java' is a fruit bearing banana tree producing bananas that melt in your mouth like ice cream!
Musa acuminata Kokopo' is a cool short-season banana that is quick to produce its orange fleshed fruit. Great for cool climates.
Musa 'Lacatan' is an edible banana that is a cold tolerant with red flowers and medium-small sized delicious fruit.
Musa acuminata ssp. zebrina ''Vampire' is a stunning ornamental banana with blue-green leaves splashed with red.
Musa acuminata 'Truly Tiny' is a miniature fruit bearing banana tree with red cone-shaped flowers and broad foliage. Highly ornamental.
Musa balbisiana is a tender and edible, ornamental plantain banana with red bracts and yellow skinned seedy fruit.
Musa basjoo, the hardy japanese fibre banana, is reportedly ground hardy to zone 5 (but don’t tell anyone in Ontario!).
Musa sikkimensis 'Bengal Tiger' is a dramatic hardy banana with great burgundy stripes and a burgundy flush below.
Musa thomsonii is an edible and ornamental banana tree that is cold-tolerant. It has sweet yellow seedy fruit.
Musa laterita is a unique banana variety with hot pink, fuzzy flowers and pink bananas. Fruit is edible and contains seeds.