Autumn in the Perennial Vegetable Garden 2015


Here are the autumn photographs for the plants in the spring and summer posts. (Photos here from 2013/4 and 2014/5).

Again no sign of the quamash and golden garlic above ground and the wild hyacinth seedhead has gone now too. There is a question mark beneath the plant I labelled as pignut last time because a sharp-sighted relative of mine, who has a plant from the same source, noticed that we may actually be growing corky-fruited water-dropwort (Oenanthe pimpinelloides). We're not 100% sure of the identification yet but the seeds in particular aren't quite right for Bunium bulbocastanum.

Oyster plant
?

Giant chives
Pearl onion

Variegated Daubenton
Ewiger kohl

Horseradish (and nettles!)
Bladder campion
Three-cornered leek
Grassnut

Oyster plant - Mertensia maritima
? - Oenanthe pimpinelloides?
Giant chives - Allium ledebourianum
Pearl onion - Allium ampeloprasum ssp. ampeloprasum
Variegated Daubenton - Brassica oleracea var.'Daubenton Panache'
Ewiger kohl - Brassica oleracea (translation 'ever-lasting cabbage')
Horseradish - Armoracia rusticana
Bladder campion - Silene vulgaris - known as 'carletti' in Italy
Three-cornered leek - Allium triquetrum
Grass nut - Triteleia laxa


N.B. I sell a range of perennial vegetable plants on my website.