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Small Edible Climbers 0-4m (0-12ft) for Temperate Food Forests

Rated 3, 4 or 5 out of 5 for edibility

Amphicarpaea bracteata

Hog Peanut, American hogpeanut
Height H: 1.5m or 5ft
Hardiness Zones: 4 to 9
Light Shade, Semi-shade
Moisture Moist

 

Amphicarpaea bracteata
5 1 0 Nitrogen Fixer Nitrogen Fixer

Dioscorea japonica

Glutinous Yam, Japanese yam
Height H: 3m or 10ft
Hardiness Zones: 7 to 12
Light Sun
Moisture Moist

 

Dioscorea japonica
4 2 0

Ipomoea pandurata

Wild Potato Vine, Man of the earth
Height H: 3.5m or 12ft
Hardiness Zones: 6 to 9
Light Sun
Moisture Moist

 

Ipomoea pandurata
3 2 2

Smilax herbacea

Carrion Flower, Smooth carrionflower
Height H: 2.5m or 9ft
Hardiness Zones: 4 to 8
Light Sun, Semi-shade
Moisture Moist

 

Smilax herbacea
4 1 2

Tropaeolum majus

Nasturtium, Indian Cress
Height H: 3.5m or 12ft
Hardiness Zones: 8 to 11
Light Sun
Moisture Moist

 

Tropaeolum majus
4 3 3

Tropaeolum tuberosum

Anu
Height H: 2m or 7ft
Hardiness Zones: 7 to 10
Light Sun
Moisture Moist

 

Tropaeolum tuberosum
4 2 2

Vicia sativa

Winter Tares, Garden vetch, Subterranean vetch
Height H: 1.2m or 4ft
Hardiness Zones: 4 to 8
Light Sun, Semi-shade
Moisture Moist

 

Vicia sativa
3 0 3 Nitrogen Fixer Nitrogen Fixer

Now available: PLANTS FOR YOUR FOOD FOREST: 500 Plants for Temperate Food Forests and Permaculture Gardens.

An important new book from PFAF. It focuses on the attributes of plants suitable for food forests, what each can contribute to a food forest ecosystem, including carbon sequestration, and the kinds of foods they yield. The book suggests that community and small-scale food forests can provide a real alternative to intensive industrialised agriculture, and help to combat the many inter-related environmental crises that threaten the very future of life on Earth.

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