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Alexanders
Smyrnium olusatrum
BiennialRoman-era ediblePart shade
A Roman-era vegetable with edible shoots, leaves and flower buds — once common enough to be ordinary, now unusual enough to stop people scrolling.
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Angelica
Angelica archangelica
BiennialArchitecturalAromatic stems
A towering aromatic biennial once prized for candied stems, preserves and liqueurs.
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Babington’s Leek
Allium ampeloprasum var. babingtonii
PerennialMild leek-garlicSelf propagating
A perennial leek relative that returns year after year and even produces little bulbils at the top of its flower stem.
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Bistort
Persicaria bistorta
PerennialSpring greensTraditional crop
A hardy perennial once gathered for traditional spring greens and northern seasonal dishes.
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Caucasian Spinach
Hablitzia tamnoides
PerennialShade lovingClimbing edible
A rare perennial climbing spinach that actually likes shade and can produce edible shoots and leaves for decades.
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Celtuce
Lactuca sativa var. angustata
Crisp edible stemLeaves & stemUnusual lettuce
A lettuce grown for a thick, crisp edible stem as well as its leaves — crunchy, mild and completely unlike the supermarket lettuce most people know.
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Chervil
Anthriscus cerefolium
AnnualDelicate anise flavourPart shade
A delicate old kitchen-garden herb with a soft parsley-and-anise flavour.
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Chickweed
Stellaria media
Self-seedingCool-season greenMild flavour
A humble cool-season green that many people weed out before discovering it is edible.
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Chicory
Cichorium intybus
PerennialEdible leaf & rootDeep rooted
A deep-rooted perennial with bitter leaves, vivid blue flowers and roots historically roasted as a coffee substitute.
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Chinese Onion Chive
Allium tuberosum
PerennialGarlic-flavoured leavesEdible white flowers
A perennial chive with flat leaves and a gentle garlic flavour — cut it repeatedly, eat the flowers and divide the clump when you want more.
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Cinnamon Basil
Ocimum basilicum ‘Cinnamon’
AnnualCinnamon scentContainer friendly
Basil with a warm cinnamon-like fragrance — familiar enough to use immediately, unusual enough to be interesting.
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English Plantain
Plantago lanceolata
PerennialDrought tolerantTough & adaptable
A tough little perennial that survives poor soil, dry weather and foot traffic — with edible young leaves and seeds.
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Ewiger Kohl
Brassica oleracea var. ramosa
Perennial“Everlasting cabbage”Cut-and-come-again
Its name means “everlasting cabbage” — a perennial kale that can crop for years without being resown.
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Good King Henry
Chenopodium bonus-henricus
PerennialHistoric spinachEdible shoots
A once-familiar cottage-garden vegetable with spinach-like leaves and spring shoots sometimes called “poor man’s asparagus”.
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Jerusalem Artichokes
Helianthus tuberosus
PerennialHuge yieldsVery hardy
A sunflower relative hiding huge crops of crisp, nutty tubers underground — vigorous enough to need containing.
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Lamb’s Quarters
Chenopodium album
AnnualWild spinachSelf-seeding
An ancient wild spinach that has fed people for millennia and still grows with almost insulting ease.
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Lemon Balm
Melissa officinalis
PerennialLemon scentedPollinator friendly
A vigorous lemon-scented perennial herb that brings fragrance, tea leaves and pollinators to the garden.
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Lemon Sorrel
Rumex acetosa subsp. acetosa
PerennialCitrus flavourSun or part shade
A perennial leaf with a clean lemony tang that can brighten salads, sauces, soups and fish dishes.
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Lovage
Levisticum officinale
PerennialCelery flavourHuge harvest
One established plant can become a towering perennial supply of bold celery-like leaves, stems and seeds.
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Mangelwurzel ‘Ursus Poly’
Beta vulgaris
Root cropHuge rootsResilient crop
A giant old fodder beet bred for dependable bulk: part Victorian curiosity, part serious food-security crop.
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Meadowsweet
Filipendula ulmaria
PerennialFragrant flowersMoist-soil lover
Creamy white flowers with a sweet almond-like scent and a long place in old drinks, desserts and herbal gardens.
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Oca
Oxalis tuberosa
Tuber cropTangy tubersCool-climate crop
A colourful Andean tuber with a lively tang raw and a softer nutty flavour once cooked.
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Purple Orach
Atriplex hortensis
AnnualHeat tolerantSpinach alternative
A crimson spinach alternative that keeps producing when summer heat makes ordinary spinach sulk.
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Purslane
Portulaca oleracea
AnnualDrought tolerantSucculent leaves
A succulent edible “weed” with a fresh lemony bite that shrugs off heat and dry soil.
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Red Amaranthus
Amaranthus caudatus
AnnualEdible leaves & seedHeat lover
A dramatic red-leaved crop with edible leaves and seed — part ornamental show-off, part ancient staple.
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Rosemary
Salvia rosmarinus
PerennialDrought tolerantEvergreen
An evergreen Mediterranean herb that earns its space all year with fragrance, flavour and resilience.
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Salad Burnet
Sanguisorba minor
PerennialCucumber flavourDrought tolerant
A hardy perennial salad herb whose young leaves taste surprisingly like cucumber.
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Salsify
Tragopogon porrifolius
Root crop“Oyster plant”Historic vegetable
A long-rooted historic vegetable nicknamed the “oyster plant” for its mild savoury flavour.
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Scorzonera
Scorzonera hispanica
Root cropSweet nutty rootCold hardy
Black-skinned on the outside, creamy white within: an old root vegetable with a mild, sweet, nutty flavour.
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Sculpit
Silene inflata
PerennialNutty flavourItalian herb
A little-known Italian herb with tender leaves and a mild nutty flavour — the sort of plant people click because they have never heard the name.
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Sea Kale
Crambe maritima
PerennialCoastal hardyEdible shoots
A native coastal perennial once forced under pots for tender spring shoots and served as a fashionable delicacy.
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Silverweed
Argentina anserina (syn. Potentilla anserina)
Perennial root cropNative edibleSpreading groundcover
A native creeping perennial once valued for its starchy edible roots — silvery leaves above ground, a forgotten root food beneath it.
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Skirret
Sium sisarum
PerennialSweet rootsHistoric crop
A forgotten European root crop producing clusters of sweet, slender roots once prized in castle and monastery gardens.
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Strawberry Spinach
Blitum virgatum
AnnualEdible leavesCurious red fruits
A genuine curiosity: edible spinach-like leaves followed by vivid red berry-like seed clusters.
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Thyme
Thymus vulgaris
PerennialDrought tolerantEvergreen
Small, aromatic and remarkably tough: a classic herb that likes sun, drainage and being left alone.
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Tiger Nuts (Chufa)
Cyperus esculentus
Tuber cropSweet & nuttyContainer friendly
Not a nut at all, but an ancient sweet tuber crop once grown in Egypt and still made into horchata today.
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Victorian Dwarf Pea
Pisum sativum 'Tom Thumb Victorian'
AnnualCompactContainer friendly
A tiny heirloom pea bred for cramped Victorian spaces — genuinely productive in a pot or window-box-sized patch.
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Wild Garlic
Allium ursinum
PerennialShade lovingSpring harvest
One of spring’s first great flavours: a shade-loving perennial that carpets woodland with edible garlic-scented leaves.
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Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
PerennialDrought tolerantPollinator friendly
An ancient aromatic perennial with ferny foliage, useful flowers and a reputation for surviving where fussier plants fail.
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