Maclura to Myrica

Mimosa pudica

Mimosa Sensitive Plant

Attractive pinnacle foliage. Fern-like leaves fold up quickly when touched and re-open after 10-15 minutes. The flowers are dainty dots of light purple.

Plant in a sunny location in well drained soil.

Maclura pomifera

Osage Orange

Tough adaptible native tree usually with a short trunk, wide spreading branches occasionally pendulous. Bright green summer leaf with yellow fall colour. Bears a non-edible fruit resembling a woody orange. Grows to 50 feet.

Magnolia kobus

Magnolia, Northern Japanese Magnolia

Excellent multi-trunked white flowering small hardy magnolia. 'Star' type blooms open to 3-5 inches before leaf break. Native to Japan. Grows to 30 feet.

Mahonia aquifolium

Oregon Grape

Oregon Grape is an attractive evergreen shrub growing to a height of approximately 1 m (3 ft). The bark and flowers are yellow, and the berries grow in blue terminal clusters. Oregon Grape grows on dry to fairly moist sites, in shade to...

Malus baccata

Crab apple, Siberian Crab

An extremely hardy flowering crab with white flowers and small red to yellow fruits. Bonsai tree candidate. Grows to 50 feet.

Moringa oleifera

Horseradish Tree

Remarkably versatile small tree with mustard flavoured leaves and horseradish like roots.Young leaves, twigs and flowers can be used raw in salads, or cooked as a pot herb as well as adding flavour to soups and curries. Seeds can be roasted or...

Morus nigra

Mulberry, Black

Crooked wide spread habit. Bears dark red to black fruits used in jams or wine. Good wildlife attractor. Grows to 30 feet.

Myrica gale

Bog Myrtle; Sweet Gale

A deciduous native shrub with reddish branches and long narrow grey-green aromatic leaves. Flowers yellow-green catkins from late spring. Once used medicinally. A powerful insecticide. Leaves once used to flavour Gale beer and dried leaves...