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Permaculture Plants: Good King Henry Written by John K    Monday, 20 February 2012 13:58 Tweet Good King Henry was once a well known plant with many edible parts. Common Name: Good King Henry Other Names: Lincolnshire Asparagus, Lincolnshire Spinach, Poor-Man's Asparagus Scientific Name: Chenopodium bonus-henricus Family: Amaranthaceae (the Amaranth Family) It produces well in shade making it a great groundcover plant. Description:  This is a small perennial... Read more...   Permaculture Plants: Ramps Written by John K    Saturday, 18 February 2012 15:17 Tweet Ramps are pretty, wild onions with a strong flavor.http://www.applepiepatispate.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/ramps-wild-leeks.jpg Common Name: Ramps Other Names: Spring Onion, Wood Leek, Wild Leek, Ramson (although the true Ramson is another, very closely related European/Asian species, Allium ursinum) Scientific Name: Allium tricoccum Family: Amarylidaceae, Subfamily... Read more...   Permaculture Plants: Plums Written by John K    Saturday, 11 February 2012 17:45 Tweet Beautiful purple plums! Common Name: PlumScientific Name: Prunus Prunus species (see below for more details)Family: Rosaceae Most plums have yellow flesh, but there are some notable exceptions. The Greengage Plum can be green inside and out! The Oriental or "Japanese" Plums can have red or yellow flesh.Description:I can't imagine any Edible Forest Garden without plum trees... Read more...   Permaculture Plants: Roses, an Introduction to Rose Types Written by John K    Saturday, 11 February 2012 17:43 Tweet Large-Flowered Climbing Rose: Graham Thomas Rose I recently received this email from a reader:Hi John, this isn't actually a temperate climate question, but I'd love to hear your thoughts anyways. I've just moved into a new home in Southern Turkey where the climate is similar to that of southern California. I'm hoping to experiment with some permaculture projects in my... Read more...   Permaculture Plants: Skirret Written by John K    Saturday, 11 February 2012 17:40 Tweet Skirret is a great tasting root crop with many useful attributes. Common Name: Skirret Other Names: Suikerwortel (Netherlands), Crummock (Scotland), Zuckewurzel (Germany) Scientific Name: Sium sisarum Family: Apiaceae/Umbelliferae (Carrot Family) Above ground, Skirret is a small to medium-sized herbaceous plant. Description: Skirret was once a very well known small to... Read more...   Permaculture Plants: Quince Tree Written by John K    Friday, 10 February 2012 18:34 Tweet The quince - an almost forgotten fruit. Common Name: Quince Scientific Name: Cydonia oblongaFamily: Rosaceae Cutting a quince can be tough - use a sharp knife and be careful.Description:This ancient relative to the apple resembles yellowed, large, lumpy, more pear-shaped, and slightly fuzzy apples.  The fragrance of a few ripe quinces can fill a room with an intoxicatingly... Read more...   Permaculture Plants: Pawpaw Written by John K    Friday, 10 February 2012 18:32 Tweet Pawpaws in Fruit Common Name(s): Pawpaw, Paw Paw, Paw-paw, Prairie BananaScientific Name: Asimina trilobaFamily: AnnonaceaeWhite to yellow tropical tasting pulp.Description:Cold hardy deciduous small tree or large shrub with large tropical looking leaves and tropical tasting fruit.  The fruit can be described as resembling small thin mangoes.  You do not eat the skin or the... Read more...   Permaculture Plants: Mulberry Written by John K    Friday, 10 February 2012 18:29 Tweet Red Mulberry (Morus rubra)Great photo from Missouri Permaculture Note how the "red" mulberry fruit really turns dark purple when ripe. Common Name: Mulberry (Black, Red, and White) Scientific Name: Morus species (M. nigra, M. rubra, M. alba) Family: Moraceae Black Mulberry (Morus nigra)The "typical" Black Mulberry fruit will mature from green to whitish-pink to red to deep... Read more...   Permaculture Plants: The Medlar Tree Written by John K    Friday, 10 February 2012 18:27 Tweet The Common Medlar Common Name: Medlar Scientific Name: Mespilus germanica Family: Rosaceae Ripe or "bletted" Medlars ready to eat Description: The Medlar is a small tree or a large shrub native to southwest Asia (Turkey and Iran) and southeast Europe that was one of the most common fruits in Western Civilization, yet is almost unknown today.  The name of the tree is also the... Read more...

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