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Compact Trees and Shrubs for Layered Yields

Discover smaller fruit trees, berries, and shrubs that thrive in partial shade under taller trees. Perfect for adding biodiversity, beauty, and multi-level productivity to your food forest.

Mulberry 'Everbearing' (Morus nigra)

Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars

two hands cupping several ripe and freshly picked Barbados Cherries above basket of cherries

Barbados Cherry (Malpighia emarginata)

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

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Elderberry, Florida Native (Sambucus canadensis)

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

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Green Tea (Camellia sinensis)

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

Jamun, Jamun Fruit Tree, Jamun Fruit, red and deep red berries, sycygium cumini

Jamun (Syzygium cumini)

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

Monstera, Swiss Cheese Plant (Monstera deliciosa)

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

Jabuticaba (Plinia cauliflora)

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

Imbe (Garcinia livingstonei)

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

Pineapple Guava (Feijoa sellowiana)

Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars

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Hoja Santa (Piper auritum)

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

$44.95 from $19.95

Peanut Butter Fruit (Bunchosia argentea)

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

Pomegranate 'Vietnamese Pink' (Punica granatum)

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

Flowering Maple (Abutilon pictum)

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

Guava, Lemon (Psidium littorale)

Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars

Guava, Wild Florida (Psidium guajava)

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

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bunch of blueish green Ice Cream Bananas with sun shining brightly

Banana 'Blue Java' (Musa acuminata × balbisiana)

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

close up of branch of Bay Leaf, Bay Laurel tree with berries of various ripeness in colors light green to almost black purple

Bay Leaf, Bay Laurel (Laurus nobilis)

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

Surinam Cherry (Eugenia uniflora)

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

Coffee (Coffea arabica)

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

Pink Wampee (Clausena excavata)

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

Tree Tomato, Red (Cyphomandra betaceae)

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

Yerba Mate (Ilex paraguariensis)

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

Grumichama (Eugenia brasiliensis)

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

nursery tray of dozens of young Thornless Natchez Blackberry plants - serrated leaves grow from thin, crooked stems in trifoliate pattern

Blackberry, Thornless 'Natchez' (Rubus)

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

close up of ripening, primarily yellow Grand Nain banana bunch

Banana 'Gran Nain' (Musa acuminata)

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

Mulberry 'Shangri La' (Morus alba x rubra)

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

several rows of 3 gallon pots holding Dwarf Cavendish Banana plants on bench in greenhouse

Banana 'Dwarf Cavendish' (Musa acuminata)

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

Pandan Leaf (Pandanus amaryllifolius)

Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars

Blackberry 'Snowbank White' (Rubus)

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

Sherbert Berry (Grewia asiatica)

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

simple ovate leaves surrounding small, dense clusters of purple spherical Beautyberry fruits

Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana)

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

round 4" coconut coir pot with dark soil and a young Calea Dream Herb plant - calea dream herb has thin serrated leaves

Calea Dream Herb (Calea Zacatechichi)

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

several green and deep purple figs with two cut in half, showing pink insides

Fig 'Violete de Bordeaux' (Ficus carica)

Rated 5.0 stars

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Chaya, aka 'Mayan Tree Spinach' or 'Mexican Tree Spinach' in nursery trays in greenhouse

Chaya, Mexican Tree Spinach (Cnidoscolus aconitifolius)

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

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Pea Eggplant (Solanum torvum)

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

Pepino Dulce (Solanum muricatum)

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

smaller branch of amla Indian gooseberry tree with fern like leaves and pale green spherical fruit

Amla, Indian Gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica)

Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars

Pomegranate 'Parfianka' (Punica granatum)

Rated 3.9 out of 5 stars

close up of open annatto achiote against background of annatto - purple egg shape with urchin like spikes - cluster of light red tiny fruits inside

Annatto Achiote (Bixa orellana)

Rated 2.0 out of 5 stars

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Longan, 'Kohala' (Dimocarpus longan)

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

Prickly Pear (Opuntia ficus-indica)

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

four achacha fruits on wood - deep yellow spherical fruit - one achacha has half of peel removed to expose white flesh

Achacha, Achachairú (Garcinia humilis)

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

Rose Apple (Syzygium jambos)

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

backyard grove of babaco trees - narrow trunks with palmately lobed leaves - bunches of blueish green babaco fruit hang from tree

Babaco, Mountain Papaya (Carica pentagona)

Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars

several reddish brown ripe figs on branch with leaves

Fig 'Olympian' (Ficus carica)

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

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Fig 'Brown Turkey' (Ficus carica)

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

$89.95 from $22.95

Dwarf Double Mahoi banana plant with two bunches of green bananas with multiple purplish banana flowers at the end

Banana Dwarf 'Double Mahoi' (Musa acuminata)

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

large cluster of Sweetcrisp Blueberries - fruits are very globular

Blueberry 'Sweetcrisp' (Vaccinium corymbosum)

Rated 3.8 out of 5 stars

June Plum (Spondias dulcis)

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

Oaxaca Lemon Verbena (Lippia Alba)

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

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