{"id":31661,"date":"2023-11-14T17:45:10","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T16:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=31661"},"modified":"2023-11-14T17:45:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T16:45:11","slug":"rare-perennial-veg-seed-on-offer-in-chandlers-ford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=31661","title":{"rendered":"Rare perennial veg seed on offer in Chandlers Ford"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Below is a list of seeds of (mostly) perennial vegetables that will be offered at my talk at the Hilt in my home town of Chandlers Ford on Sunday 19th November 2023 (see more at https:\/\/www.tickettailor.com\/events\/hiltingburycommunityassociation\/1043494<\/a>). Income will go to Wild Hive who are organising the event!
<\/em>Angelica archangelica ssp archangelica v. Majorum<\/em> “Vossakvann Markusteigen”; garden Angelica: an old cultivated variety of mountain Angelica rescued from old farms in the Voss area of western Norway (self-seeds and dies after flowering); popular with many pollinators (see Around the World in 80 plants)
Allium victorialis<\/em> \u201cEks-R\u00f8st\u201d; victory onion: seed collected from plants in the Onion Garden Chicago in Trondheim, originally collected from a naturalized population on the island of R\u00f8st in the picturesque Lofoten Islands (could have crossed with other Allium victorialis<\/em> plants in the garden. Popular with many pollinators (see Around the World in 80 plants)

\"\"Naturalised Allium victorialis \u2013 Granvin, Norway\u00a0<\/sup><\/em>

Phyteuma spicata<\/em>; spiked rampion: edible roots, leaves and flower buds and very popular with pollinators. My article on these great plants can be downloaded here: https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=21018<\/a>
Lilium martagon<\/em>; Martagon lily: edible yellow bulbs and flowers. Great source of carbohydrates for the ground layer of a forest garden.\u00a0 See https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=8614<\/a>
Allium hookeri var muliense<\/em>; Yellow Hooker\u2019s onion: Allium hookeri<\/em> is grown on a food scale in China for the market. This is an edimental yellow flowered variety.
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Allium hookeri var muliense<\/sup>
<\/em>Hablitzia tamnoides; <\/em>Caucasian spinach: this could well be my favourite perennial vegetable, long-lived, hardy, productive, shade loving and nutritious. Introduced by me through an article \u201cCaucasian Spinach\u201d in Permaculture Magazine in 2007! See Around the World in 80 plants and https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?page_id=1984.
\"\"Hablitzia tamnoides<\/sup><\/em>
Allium stipitatum<\/em>; Persian shallot is cultivated in a big way particularly in Iran and sold dried in Iranian supermarkets around the world. It is also one of the commonest ornamental onions sold each autumn (but, Alliums are often wrongly identified): a beautifully useful edimental! See https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?page_id=893<\/em><\/a> and other blog posts.
<\/em>\"\"<\/em> Allium stipitatum, Persian shallots\u00a0
<\/sup><\/em>Allium validum<\/em>; Pacific onion. A traditional edimental from Western North America, important native American food plant (see Around the World in 80 plants)
Taraxacum tortilobum<\/em>; the legendary moss-leaved dandelion: described in The Vegetable Garden (1920); see more about this great dandelion in Around the World in 80 plants.
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Moss-leaved dandelion<\/sup><\/em>
Allium nutans<\/em> Eks-Lena; a great Siberian onion with wide leaves, originally collected from a Siberian vegetable garden. Could have crossed with other Alliums in the Onion Garden Chicago in Trondheim. See more in Around the World in 80 plants.
Cryptotaenia japonica \u201c<\/em>Atropurpurea\u201d; purple mitsuba is a popular Japanese herb\/vegetable and interesting shade loving ground cover for a forest garden. See more in Around the World in 80 plants.
Allium fistulosum<\/em>; Japanese welsh onion cultivar that has proved hardy. Originally purchased as a Japanese salad onion.
Agastache anisata<\/em> \u201cAurea\u201d; yellow anise hyssop
Brassica oleracea<\/em> \u201cDaubenton perennial kale x Late Purple Flowering Broccoli\u201d; perennial kale hybrid (needs selecting for a dreamed of perennial purple flowering broccoli)
Dystaenia takesimana; <\/em>giant Ulleung celery: A great new perennial vegetable, please read my article on this plant at https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=24998<\/a>
Allium wallichii<\/em>; Nepal or Sherpa onion: a spectacular edimental onion from the Himalaya \u2013 the dried leaves are an important vegetable (dried for market at high elevations)
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Allium wallichii<\/sup><\/em>
Oenothera biennis;<\/em> evening primrose: A great biannual edimental which self-sows \u2013 all parts are edible. Try the seeds as a topping on bread and baked dishes.
Malva moschata<\/em>; musk mallow: the leaves are great in salads, stir-fries and soups and are provided in smaller amounts throughout the season. Flowers are used to decorate salads!
Allium macranthum<\/em>; chiugok or small bird\u2019s garlic is another great edimental from the Himalaya. See my article on this plant\u2019s ethnobotany at https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=29255<\/a>
Rumex acetosa<\/em>, garden sorrel: seed from a mix of 6 cultivated sorrel varieties from Russia.
Rumex patientia<\/em>, patience dock is a larger less sour plant than sorrel that should be in any perennial garden!
Allium tuberosum<\/em>; Chinese chives: see more in Around the World in 80 plants.
Cirsium setidens<\/em> is an important perennial thistle from Korea that pollinators love!
Tigridia pavonia<\/em>; cacomitl: see my article Edimental cacomitls at https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=5470<\/a>
Hydrophyllum <\/em>spp., Indian salad: North American forest garden ground cover; see Around the World in 80 plants.
Claytonia virginica<\/em>; spring beauty; a beautiful spring flowering ground cover for the forest garden that can produce large tubers.
Allium hymenorrhizum<\/em> is one of my favourite spring harvested onions which is tall and slender.
Allium splendens<\/em>
Cirsium tuberosum<\/em>, tuberous thistle (edible tubers and a wonderful pollinator friendly and thornless thistle)








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