Ribes rubrum - Black, white and red currant

Latin plant name Ribes (nigra, glandulosum and rubrum) Common plant name Black, white and red currant Plant type Fruiting deciduos woody shrub Size (meters) < 1,5 m Distinguishing features Thornless stems. The flowers are inconspicuous yellow-green, in pendulous 4–8 cm racemes, maturing into bright red translucent edible berries about 8–12 mm diameter, with 3-10 berries on each raceme. With maturity, the tart flavour of redcurrant fruit is slightly greater than its blackcurrant relative, but with the same approximate sweetness. The albino variant of redcurrant, often referred to as white currant, has the same tart flavour but with greater sweetness. Although frequently cultivated for jams and cooked preparations, much like the white currant, it is often served raw or as a simple accompaniment in salads, garnishes, or drinks when in season. Deciduous plant.

Dahlia

Latin plant name Dahlia Common plant name Plant type Semievergreen bulbous herbaceous flowering plant  Size (meters) < 1 m Distinguishing features The flowers can have different colours and shapes. They do not have scent. Like most plants that do not attract pollinating insects through scent, they are brightly colored, displaying most hues, with the exception of blue. They are the official flower of Mexico. In the first trips of Hernán Cortés to Mexico, he reported they were used for a food source by the indigenous peoples, and were both gathered in the wild and cultivated. The Aztecs used them to treat epilepsy and employed the long hollow stem of the (Dahlia imperalis) for water pipes.

Potentilla fruticosa

Latin plant name Potentilla (dasiphora) fruticosa Common plant name Plant type Woody semievergreen shrub Size (meters) < 2,5 m Distinguishing features Yellow flowers and small leaves. The flowers are always small, flat, and round, but there are many dozens on each bush. It is very often used by cities and businesses for landscaping because of its hardiness and low maintenance. It gets leggy when it is old.

Viburnum davidii

Latin plant name Viburnum davidii Common plant name Viburnum Plant type Woody evergreen shrub Size (meters) < 2 m Distinguishing features The flowers are produced in corymbs 5–15 cm across, each flower white to cream or pink, small, 3–5 mm across, with five petals, strongly fragrant in some species. The fruit is a spherical, oval or somewhat flattened drupe, red to purple, blue, or black, and containing a single seed; some are mildly poisonous to people.

Ribes uva-crispa - Gooseberry invicta

Latin plant name Ribes uva-crispa Common plant name Gooseberry invicta Plant type Fruiting woody shrub Size (meters) < 1,5 m Distinguishing features Thorny stems. Delicious edible green berries. Gooseberries are often used as an ingredient in desserts, such as pies, fools and crumbles. They are also used to flavour beverages such as sodas, flavoured waters, or milk, and can be made into fruit wines and teas. Gooseberries can be preserved in the form of jams, dried fruit, or as the primary or a secondary ingredient in pickling, or stored in sugar syrup. Deciduous plant.

Crocosmia - Montbretia

Latin plant name Crocosmia Common plant name Montbretia Plant type Perennial herbaceous bulbous Size (meters) < 0,5 m Distinguishing features Orange flowers, long green leaves. These flower from early summer well into fall. The fertile flowers are hermaphroditic. They are pollinated by insects, birds (hummingbirds) or by the wind. When the plant does not give flowers, it means that the bulbs have gotten to tight and need to be split.

Lonicera - Honeysuckle

Latin plant name Lonicera periclymenum Common plant name Honeysuckle (madreselva) Plant type Climbing shrub Size (meters) Up to several meters Distinguishing features Green leaves with corrugated cream tips. Blue winter flowers which nectar is edible. The flowers attract hummingbirds. The berries are mildly poisonous.