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The Bookshop: Edible Plant Books

Our Latest books on Perennial Plants For Food Forests and Permaculture Gardens in paperback or digital formats.

Food Forest Plants for Hotter Conditions: 250+ Plants For Tropical Food Forests & Permaculture Gardens.
Edible Tropical Plants

Food Forest Plants for Hotter Conditions: 250+ Plants For Tropical Food Forests & Permaculture Gardens.

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Plants for Your Food Forest: 500 Plants for Temperate Food Forests & Permaculture Gardens.
Edible Temperate Plants

Plants for Your Food Forest: 500 Plants for Temperate Food Forests & Permaculture Gardens.

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Latin NameCommon NameHabitHeightHardinessGrowthSoilShadeMoistureEdibleMedicinalOther
Taraxacum albidum Perennial0.4 4-8  LMHSNM20 
Taraxacum bessarabicum Perennial0.0 -  LMHSNM10 
Taraxacum brassicifolium Perennial0.0 -  LMHSNM10 
Taraxacum formosanum Perennial0.0 -  LMHSNM10 
Taraxacum heterolepis Perennial0.0 -  LMHSNM12 
Taraxacum hondoense Perennial0.3 -  LMHSNM10 
Taraxacum hybernum Perennial0.0 -  LMHSNM102
Taraxacum japonicum Perennial0.2 -  LMHSNM11 
Taraxacum kok-saghyzRubber DandelionPerennial0.3 -  LMHSNM103
Taraxacum laevigatumRed-Seed Dandelion, Rock dandelionPerennial0.2 0-0  LMHSNDM10 
Taraxacum magellanicum Perennial0.1 -  LMHSNM10 
Taraxacum megalorrhizon Perennial0.2 4-8  LMHSNM102
Taraxacum mongolicum Perennial0.2 -  LMHSNM13 
Taraxacum obovatumObovate Leaved DandelionPerennial0.2 4-10  LMHSNM200
Taraxacum officinaleDandelion - Kukraundha, Kanphool, Common dandelion, DandelionPerennial0.5 5-9 FLMHSNM433
Taraxacum platycarpum Perennial0.3 -  LMHSNM10 
Taraxacum pseudoalbidum Perennial0.0 -  LMHSNM10 
Taraxacum sinicum Perennial0.0 -  LMHSNM13 
Taraxacum tibetanum Perennial0.0 -  LMHSNM12 
Taraxacum variegatum Perennial0.0 -  LMHSNM10 

Growth: S = slow M = medium F = fast. Soil: L = light (sandy) M = medium H = heavy (clay). pH: A = acid N = neutral B = basic (alkaline). Shade: F = full shade S = semi-shade N = no shade. Moisture: D = dry M = Moist We = wet Wa = water.

 

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