Dewberry's Plant List: Fruits and other edible plants

A note from Dewberry
I just use this as a shopping list.
To buy online:
Eryngium “Big Blue” (sea holly), 2 or 3 plants
Dietes iridiodes (fortnight Lily) at least 2 plants
Desert Marigold, 3 or 4 plants
Possibly a Blue Flame agave
Possibly a Blue Glow agave
Possibly a red-spine cactus
Fuchsia "Dark Eyes"
Abutilon megapotamicum
Blue Hibiscus (Alyogyne huegelli)
Cistus
Gunnera manicata
Possibly Peruvian Lilies
Possibly a black cohosh live plant

Seeds to buy: cape everlasting, convolvulus tricolor, helianthus debilis, helianthus anuus, hollyhock, portulaca single mix (bulk)

Bulbs/rhizomes to buy online: Dianthus “Tartan," Edible ginger, ornamental ginger, edible turmeric, ornamental curcuma

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Watercress (Nasturtium officinale)
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Needs wet soil OR to grow in water. It is perennial, edible, and zero oxalate. Peppery taste diminishes when cooked.

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Olive (Olea europaea 'Arbequina')
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Pandan wangi (Pandanus amaryllifolius)
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Juice from the leaves is used to flavor southeast asian foods. *Might* be cold hardy down to zone 8, but it's doubtful. I need to do more research into its cold hardiness.

looking lovely at this time of year

Runner Bean (Phaseolus 'Golden Sunshine')
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This one died when the weather got hot, before fruiting.

Maybe I should try a perennial phaseolus native to Mexico.

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Spotted Bean (Phaseolus maculatus)
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Perennial bean native to dryland Texas and Mexico.

photo credit: Fritzflohrreynolds

Thicket Bean (Phaseolus polystachios)
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Perennial bean for temperate climate (hardy) that is edible.


Phaseolus ritensis
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Edible perennial bean native to Mexico and Arizona. Historically eaten both ripe and unripe. Called Santa Rita Mountain Bean and cocolmeca. Grows in mountain forests.

Swollen seed.

Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera 'Medjool')
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Tomatillo (Physalis philadelphica subsp. ixocarpa)
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In full, hot Georgia sun this plant requires occasional supplemen

Root Beer Plant (Piper auritum)
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Mexican culinary herb. Perennial.

Chickasaw plum # 552; RAB page 566, 97-22-2;  LHB page 542, 95-44

Chickasaw Plum (Prunus angustifolia)
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A sweet plum native to Texas.

UK National Fruit Collection photo

European Plum (Prunus domestica 'Reine Claude')
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Peaches (Prunus persica)
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Japanese Plum (Prunus salicina 'Late Santa Rosa')
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Escarpment Black Cherry in bloom

Escarpment Black Cherry (Prunus serotina var. eximia)
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Native to the Blackland Prairie of Texas. Edible fruits taste like cultivated black cherries, though they are smaller. The rest of the plant, including the seeds, is poisonous (cyanide).


Pomegranate (Punica granatum 'A.C. Sweet')
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More cold hardy than other soft-seeded pomegranates. Sweet flavor.

First time growing this pomegranate.  Very sweet arials, hardly a

Pomegranate (Punica granatum 'Eversweet')
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Very early-season pomegranate with soft seeds, nice sweet taste. But will it thrive and bear fruit in zone 8b? I need to research it's cold hardiness.

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Pomegranate (Punica granatum 'Sumbar')
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Cold-hardy, soft-seeded, early-ripening, sweet pomegranate.

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Pomegranate (Punica granatum 'Wonderful')
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Lovely shrub with interesting seeds

Evergreen Sumac (Rhus virens)
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Edible? Texas native?

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