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Prostrate Edible Shrubs & Bamboos 0-15cm (0-6in) for Temperate Food Forests

Rated 3, 4 or 5 out of 5 for edibility

Plant

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Bearberry

Evergreen
Height H: 0.1m or 1ft
Hardiness Zones: 4 to 8
Light Sun, Semi-shade, Shade
Moisture Moist

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
3 4 4 Nitrogen Fixer
Plant

Gaultheria hispidula

Creeping Snowberry

Evergreen
Height H: 0.1m or 1ft
Hardiness Zones: 5 to 9
Light Semi-shade
Moisture Moist or wet

Gaultheria hispidula
4 1 4 Nitrogen Fixer
Plant

Mitchella repens

Partridge Berry

Evergreen
Height H: 0.1m or 1ft
Hardiness Zones: 4 to 9
Light Sun, Semi-shade
Moisture Moist

Mitchella repens
3 3 4 Nitrogen Fixer
Plant

Vaccinium crassifolium

Creeping Blueberry

Evergreen
Height H: 0.1m or 1ft
Hardiness Zones: 6 to 9
Light Sun, Semi-shade
Moisture Moist

Vaccinium crassifolium
3 0 2 Nitrogen Fixer
Plant

Vaccinium oxycoccos

Small Cranberry

Evergreen
Height H: 0.1m or 1ft
Hardiness Zones: 6 to 9
Light Sun, Semi-shade
Moisture Moist or wet

Vaccinium oxycoccos
4 1 2 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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