Perennial Vegetables to try in Phoenix Part 2

Continued from part 1...

Hot and Humid: The Southeast: this warm band extends from eastern Teas though the coastal Carolinas.  This region corresponds with USCA Zones 8-9 and Sunset Zones 26-28 and 31


Perennial in all of the hot and humid zone:

*Allium ampeloprasum, perennial sweet leek

*Allium cepa aggregatum, shallot

*Allium cepa aggregatum, potato onion

*Allium cepa proliferum, walking onion

*Allium fistulosum, Welsh onion

*Allium tuberosum, garlic chives

*Apios americana, groundnut

*Aralia cordata, udo

*Arundinaria gigantea, canebrake bamboo

*Asparagus officinalis, asparagus

*Asphodeline lutea, yellow asphodel

*Atriplex halimas, saltbush

*Bambusa spp., clumping bamboos

*Brassica oleracea acephala, tropical tree kale

*Bunias orientalis, Turkish rocket

Camassia scillioides, wild hyacinth

*Canna edulis, achira

*Cnidoscolus spp., bull nettles

*Colocasia esculenta, 'Celery Stem' taro

*Colocasia esculenta, taro, cocoyam, eddo, dasheen

Cynara cardunculus, cardoon

*Cynara scolymus,'Purple Sicilian' globe artichoke

*Cyperus esculentus var. sativa, chufa

*Dioscorea bulbifera, air potato (caution – can be invasive!)

Dioscorea japonica, jinenjo

Dioscorea opposita, Chinese yam

Diplotaxis spp., sylvetta arugula

*Helianthus tuberosus, sunchoke

*Hemerocallis spp., daylily

*Lycium spp., wolfberry

*Malva moschata, musk mallow

*Nasturtium officinale, watercress (caution, can be invasive to waterways!)

*Nelumbo nucifera, water lotus

*Oenanthe javanica, water celery

*Opuntia spp., spineless nopale cactus

Petasites japonicus, fuki

*Phyllostachys spp., running bamboos

*Phytolacca americana, pokeweed

*Polygonatun biflorum var. commutatum, giant Solomon's seal

*Qiongzhuea tumidissinoda, running bamboo

*Rumex acetosa, French sorrel

*Rumcx acetosa, 'Profusion' sorrel

*Rumex acetosella,sheep sorrel

*Rumex scutatus, silver shield sorrel

*Sagittaria latifolia, arrowhead

*Sagittariagraminea, Chinese arrowhead

*Sasa kurilensis, chishima-zasa bamboo

*Scorzonera hispanica, scorzonera

*Semiarundinaria fastuosa, temple bamboo

*Stachys affinis, Chinese artichoke

*Taraxacum officinale, dandelion

Tilia spp., linden

*Toona sinensis, fragrant spring tree

Perennial in colder parts of the hot and humid zone:

Allium tricoccum, ramps

*Chenopodium bonus-henricus, good king Henry

*Cicorium intybus, chicory

*Crambe maritima, sea kale

Laportaea canadensis, wood nettle

Levisticum officinale, lovage

Matteuccia struthiopteris, ostrich fern

*Urtica dioica, nettles

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