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Edible Shrubs provides detailed information, attractively presented, on over 70 shrub species. They have been selected to provide a mix of different plant sizes and growing conditions. Most provide delicious and nutritious fruit, but many also have edible leaves, seeds, flowers, stems or roots, or they yield edible or useful oil.

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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Aconitum napellusAconite, Venus' chariot, Wolfsbane Garden, Monk's Hood Garden12
Acorus calamusSweet Flag - Calamus34
Agrostemma githagoCorncockle, Common corncockle11
Ajuga reptansBugle, Common Bugelweed, Bugleweed, Carpet Bugleweed, Carpetweed, Carpet Bugle23
Allium cepaOnion, Garden onion53
Anagallis arvensisScarlet Pimpernel22
Anchusa officinalisAlkanet, Common bugloss21
Anemone nemorosaWood Anemone, European thimbleweed01
Aquilegia vulgarisColumbine, European columbine, Granny's Bonnet, European Crowfoot21
Aralia nudicaulisWild Sarsaparilla43
Artemisia cinaCina, Santonica03
Arum maculatumCuckoo Pint21
Asclepias syriacaCommon Milkweed, Silkweed, Milkweed32
Atropa bella-donnaDeadly Nightshade, Belladonna03
Baptisia tinctoriaWild Indigo, Horseflyweed13
Berberis vulgarisEuropean Barberry, Common barberry33
Bryonia albaWhite Bryony12
Buxus sempervirensBox, Common box, American Boxwood12
Calendula arvensisField Marigold23
Calendula officinalisPot Marigold, Common Marigold, Scotch Marigold, Ruddles, Pot Marigold35
Capsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's Purse32
Centaurium erythraeaCentaury - Feverwort, European centaury13
Clematis rectaGround virginsbower11
Clematis vitalbaTraveller's Joy, Evergreen clematis12
Cnicus benedictusBlessed Thistle23
Colchicum autumnaleAutumn Crocus, Meadow Saffron,03
Conium maculatumHemlock, Poison hemlock12
Conyza canadensisCanada Fleabane, Canadian horseweed13
Cyclamen hederifoliumCyclamen, Alpine Violet, Persian Violet01
Daphne mezereumMezereon, Paradise plant, February Daphne02
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