Edible Perennials & Permaculture Plants

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

Cornus mas - From a mix of red and yellow fruiting parents. Large shrub in the dogwood family, reaching 15-20' tall. They have bright yellow flower...

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...

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...