Edible Perennials & Permaculture Plants

Urtica dioica - One of my favourite wild edibles! Few things are as good as feasting on steamed nettles in spring, after a long winter with scarce ...

Hippophae rhamnoides - Sea Buckthorn is an extremely hardy and drought tolerant thorny shrub, native to the coasts and steppe lands of Eurasia. Lau...

Sium sisarum - Traditional root crop, well-loved in ancient and medieval Europe (it was a favourite of emperor Tiberius) but fallen out of favour i...

Chenopodium bonus-henricus – Perennial vegetable, popular for centuries in Europe. Now finding a home in permaculture gardens and food forests. Amo...

Inula helenium - Elecampane is a powerful medicinal herb as well as a very useful permaculture plant. The huge flat leaves are green on top and vel...

Sambucus canadensis - Black Elder is a beautiful bushy shrub valued for it's delicious and medicinal fruit. The large large white umbel flowers blo...

Allium tricoccum - aka Ramps - Iconic spring ephemeral of rich deciduous woods. Their smooth  green leaves carpet the forest floor in swaths and pa...

Symphytum x uplandicum A multi-purpose super-plant, or arguably a very useful weed. Comfrey is possibly the easiest plant in the world to grow. Alt...

Sanguisorba minor - Beautiful edible perennial. Clumping plants with small serrated compound leaves, on stems around 1' tall. They develop into 4' ...

New for 2026 - Crambe maritima - Sea kale is a hardy perennial vegetable. They can be found growing wild along beaches of northern Europe, where th...

Diplotaxis tenufolia - The super hardy, extra flavourful wild ancestor of arugula. Finely lobed leaves. Tolerant of both heat and cold. They last ...

Stachys affinis - Perennial member of the mint family, closely related to betony. Grown for their crispy, crunchy rhizomes. They can be eaten raw, ...

Juglans nigra - Valued for their nuts as well as their dark lustrous wood. Native across the deciduous woodlands of the eastern US, and the Carolin...

New for 2026 - Bunias orientalis - Perennial vegetable that deserves to be better known. Very hardy, they thrive even in poor soil and their deep t...

New for 2026 - Bunium bulbocastanum - aka Great Pignut. Edible perennial. This carrot family member grows to 3' with slender stems topped with whit...

Ancient and truly unique tree. Ginkgo will grow into a large and stately tree, given time and space. When grown from seed, you'll get a 50-50 mix o...