Ive only just recently had my first aya analogue experience & have always been very weary of ordering any sources online. Especially with the legal problems arising with importing mhrb over the last few years.
Id like to get a nice garden of herbs & teacher plants going for future aya brewing without risking my neck importing things. This is becoming increasingly harder anyways, id rather not import anything due to customs, & u.s. Suppliers are often questionable when it comes to quality & reliability.
So, my question is, being in a place where it gets pretty cold in the winter & snows alot, what would be my best bet (easiest to grow, decent yeilds, hardy growth) for plant sources & would indoor growing be smarter tha. Just trying to start outdoors?
Im thinking id like to plant some caapi, syrian rue, & possibly some chaliponga or chacruna but havnt looked much into the amount of care, time, & maintenence in growing them.
Ive done a small patch of outdoor phalaris but around here theres wild grass that looks almost identical to it except for it has a smaller ligule & a hairy stem base, so in short it got mistaken as weeds & pulled by a family member.
ideally what im looking for is something low maintenence that would be able to survive harsh winters or would be fairly easy to grow indoors without any special precautions.
Once i get alittle more brewing experience id also like to find some other herbs to add to my admixtures to make the brews more unique & personalized but until i figure that out id rather not put work into growing them.

a clean strain of phalaris would be worth investing into.

there are some cold-hardy acacias as well...

as far as growing malpighiaceae or other tropical plants in the cold, i would consult jamie... i just said eff it and moved to maui

ololiuqui can be grown indoors in cold climate.
i think morning glories can be grown as an outdoor annual (probably best to start them indoors before the warmth of spring comes, so you can put them outside after the last frost).

salvia can be grown indoors just about anywhere, afaik (i believe anywhere you can get coleus to survive will be a proper environment for salvia)

peganum harmala will probably tricky (if possible) to keep alive.


you could probably cultivate fungus teachers fairly easily

Salvia Divinorum is an excellent house plant. If you can get cuttings established, it is a remarkably hearty plant and grows indoors fine. One of the benefits of growing a healthy Salvia is that you can take and root cuttings and then give those cuttings away and spread the love, or sell them to earn your initial investment back.

Psychotria Viridis won't grow quickly, but it can be grown inside as well, so long as you can keep a room warm and bright enough for it.

My father lives in a part of the world that gets pretty cold in the winter, but he has a fantastic collection of tropic plants, largely because he spends all his free time pampering them and has sunk not inconsiderable resources into keeping them alive.

You can grow anything, anywhere. It just depends on how much effort you want to put into it.

Blessings
~ND