Around the World in 80 Plants – Edible Ornamentals

Ornamental Edibles for the Pacific Northwest

This is an excellent book for those wanting to add edible and ornamental groundcovers and herbs to their forest garden or food forest. As the Author is in Norway, most of the plants suggested in his book will grow in Canada, especially on the Pacific Northwest. Stephen Barstow writes a wonderful blog at https://www.edimentals.com/blog/?author=1 – I recommend taking a look at his blog and buying the book, Around the World in 80 Plants.

Here are a few of my favorite plants he mentions in his book:

Native to Western and Central Europe

Sea Kale (Crambe Maritima)

Daubenton Kale

Nine Star Perennial Broccoli

Stinging Nettle (Urtica Dioica)

Babington’s Leek (Allium ampeloprasum var. babingtonii)

Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)

Skirret (Sium sisarum var. sisarum)

Ramsons Wild Garlic (Allium ursinum)

Horseradish (Armoracia Rusticana)

Native to Southern Europe and the Mediterranean

Scorzonera (Scorzonera Hispanica)

Artichoke (Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus)

Sweet Cicely (Myrrhis Odorata)

Strigoli or Bladder Campion (Silene Vulgaris)

Buckshorn Plantain (Plantago Coronopus)

French Sorrel (Rumex Scutatus)

Sand Rocket (Diplotaxis tenuifolia)

Chicory (Chicorium intybus)

Good King Henry (Chenopodium bonus-henricus)

Aspagarus (Asparagus officinalis)

Native to The Caucus to the Himalayas and Siberia

Turkish Rocket (Bunias orientalis)

Hablitzia/ Caucasian Spinach (Hablitzia Tamnoides)

Greater Sea Kale (Crambe Cordifolia)

Lovage (Levisticum officinale)

Native to The Far East and Australia

Udo (Aralia Cordata)

Korean Aster (Aster Scaber)

Hostas (Hosta Sieboldiana, h. montana, H. Sieboldii, H. Longpipes)

Mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica)

Wasabi (Wasabia japonica)

Daylilly (Hemerocallis Citrina, H. Fulva, H. altissima, H. Lilioasphodelus)

Mallow (Malva Moschata, M. Alcea, M. sylvestris, M. verticillata)

Lucerne (Medicago Sativa)

Native to The Americas

Chilean Rhubarb (Gunnera Tinctoria)

False Solomon’s Seal (Maianthemum racemosum)

Canada Wood Nettle (Laportea Canadensis)

Nodding Onion (Allium Cernuum)

Blue Jacket / Spiderwort (Tradescantia Ohiensis, T. Occidentalis, T. Virginiana)

Native to Norway and Scandanavia

Norweigan Angelica (Angelica archangelica spp. archangelica var. maiorum)

Victory Onion (Allium Victorialis)

Common Sorrel (Rumex Acetosa)

Mountain Sorrel (Oxyria Digyna)

Siberian Chives (Allium Schoenoprasum ssp. sibiricum)

Sea Aster (Aster Tripolium)

Yellow Rocket (Barbarea vulgaris)

Alpine Bistort (Polygonum viviparum)

Rhubarb (Rheum x rhabarbarum)

Allium Fistulosum (Welsh Onion)

Caraway (Carum carvi)

Egyptian Walking Onion (Alliu x proliferum) (Syn. allium cepa var. viviparum(

Snake Weed / Common Bistort (Persicaria bistorta)

Kamchatka lily (Fritillaria camschatcensis)

Dog Toothed Violet (Erythronium dens-canis)