PERMACULTURE FROM SEED

Farmacie Isolde resides in USDA Zone 5. Click any name on the list to learn more and to purchase seed.

        Plants that Nourish Plants

        Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
        Comfrey (Symphytum officinale)
        Chamomile (Matricaria & Chamaemelum)
        Nettles (Urtica dioica)
        Magic Catchfly (Lychnis viscaria)

        Perennial Edibles

        Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis)
        Rhubarb (Rheum rhabarbarum)
        Sorrel (Rumex patientia, R. acetosa, R. scutatus)
        Lovage (Levisticum officinale)
        Skirret (Sium sisarum)
        Salad Burnet (Sanguisorba minor)
        Strawberry (Fragaria vesca, F. moschata)
        Salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis)
        Elderberry (Sambucus nigra)
        Golden Currant (Ribes aureum)
        Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum)
        Welsh Onions (Allium fistulosum)
        Chives (A. schoenoprasum)
        Garlic Chives (A. tuberosum)
        Nodding Onions (A. cernuum)
        Sea Kale (Crambe maritima)
        Mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica)
        Arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia)
        Camassia (C. quamash, C. leichtlinii)

        Self-Sowing Annual and Biennial Edibles

        Salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius)**
        Scorzonera (Scorzonera hispanica)**
        Erbette (Beta vulgaris ssp. cicla  var. flavescens)**
        Parsley Root (Petroselinum crispum var. tuberosum)**
        Shallot Cress (Lepidium campestre var. mahantongo)
        Mâche (Valerianella locusta)*
        Dutch Broadleaf Cress (Lepidium sativum)*
        Currant Tomato (Solanum pimpinellifolium)*
        Tomatillo (Physalis philadelphica)*
        Ground Cherries (Physalis pruinosa)*

*Be sure to grow only a single variety of these species. Multiple varieties may cross and produce unexpected offspring! 

**Start new seedlings in the second year to maintain a perpetual supply of first and second year crops of these self-sowing biennials. Parsley Root seedlings should be thinned to at least 8" encourage production of large roots.