Schisandra chinensis

Five Flavor Berry, also commonly known as Chinese Magnolia Vine and Magnolia Berry, is a fast growing species that is most commonly grown for its berries. The berries have a very unusual flavor which is said to be comprised of all five major flavors: sweet, sour, salty, spicy, and bitter. Five Flavor Berry is one of the 50 fundamental herbs in traditional Chinese medicine and has been used for thousands of years to treat a large number of symptoms and diseases. The berries are used to make a traditional herbal tea called Magnolia Berry Tea (Omija-cha). The berries can be used both fresh and dried.

Five Flavor Berry trees have separate male and female plants and at least one plant of each is required to produce berries. It is recommended to plant at least four seedlings to maintain a high probability of having at least one male and female plant in the group.

A hardy vine in the magnolia family from East Asia, it has creamy white drooping flowers about 0.5 in. in diameter. Plants are male or female, so the attractive autumn fruits are set on female vines only if a male plant is nearby for flower pollination.

Magnolia Vine; a hardy climbing woody vine from China with single Magnolia-like flowers, a rarity from the Punnett garden; its a vine that should be much more widely grown, especially for the display of brilliant red fruit in autumn. We cut from several clones but did not keep them separate, two or more clones are needed for fruit.

Magnolia vine is so named because of its Magnolia-like flowers and fruit clusters. I've seen a number of websites referencing the flowers to be 4-5" across, however I've never seen flowers on it larger than 3/4". This is a moderate-growing vine, climbing up to 20' tall and is great for covering arbors and pergolas. Grow in full sun to partial shade and average well-drained soil. More than one plant is needed for cross-pollination to form fruits. These will be in their 2nd year of growth from seed, they're small but the pots have at least 2 plants. I don't recommend trying to separate them, just plant as a single specimen. Used in China for centuries as an herbal remedy to increase mental function, reduce tiredness and improve endurance.

A gorgeous Chinese Vine with enough real medical properties that it's being studied at Sloan-Kettering. But we're selling because it's also gorgeous with creamy white, lightly fragrant blooms and red berries similar to our species. Fast growing - up to 3 feet per year. Scarlet, round red berries, borne in grape-like clusters ripen in from August to September. It takes awhile to reach fruit bearing size - maybe 4-6 years and does require a male pollinator, but then wow! Particularly wonderful growing on fences, arbors or pergolas. Its Chinese name, wu-wei-zi, means “five taste fruit” - sour, sweet, salty, hot, and bitter tastes. Berries are good sun dried. Our plant is FEMALE. You do need a male for fruit but not for flowers. Hopefully, we will have a male soon but at this time, we only have plants from a fruiting female.

Very unusual and not often seen, S. chinensis is a member of the Magnolia family, but bears little resemblance. It is a twining shrub, that eventually reaches 25'. Small, fragrant pendulous flowers are pale rosy pink to hot pink. Elliptic to obovate glossy deep green leaves clothe a plant that is usually evergreen. For those who are looking for the delightful but different, this is one to have!

Fragrant blush pink to white flowers in April on this vine that would make a good companion for a Clematis to clamber on. Grows about 15'.