I'm in my first growing season, so it remains to be seen about the perennialness of the plants.
Best:
Chicory. I broadcast seeded a mulched area in winter (did nothing else) and I have about 5,000 12 inch long 4 inch wide leaves. I'll probably have to thin it.
Rose of Sharon. Was pre established, but my kids love eating the leaves and buds off the salad tree.
Black currant (Consort from Burpee). Has about 100 berries per plant.
Pondberry. I'm surprised how well this plant is doing based on the flooding we got this winter and where it's planted. Leaves like sassafras (no flowers or berries yet).
Good:
Musk mallow. Growing very well, not taste testing until next year.
Blue giant hyssop. Pretty sure it's growing well, could also be volunteers of perilla. Leaf shape very similar.
Appalachian bee balm. Kind of fragile and I sampled early to see how it smelled. It's basically a flowering large leaved oregano.
Muscadine. A
volunteer from one part of my
yard transplanted to another. Growing well.
Asparagus. About a 50% growth rate from the huge box of crowns I got from Burpee planted in subpar soil.
Yarrow. Pre established. Doing fine.
Bad:
Sea orache. Planted lots of seeds in different growing conditions (potting soil mix next to Musk mallows, a wetter area with partial sun on clay, sandy area in shade) only 1 verified plant so far out of hundreds of seeds.
Schisandra. (Eastern Prince from Burpee). Very slow growth from a potted plant, hopefully that means it's putting down good
roots, but I'm not hopeful.
Udo. Attempted from seed, and a seedling. Both seem to have failed.
Black raspberry. This was transplanted from the wild. It put out berries and new growth then yellowed and died. We'll see if it comes back next year.
Walking onion. Planted several bulbs in an area, only two have survived and only one is looking like it may survive to year two.
Scootberry. First planting failed, attempting again.
Chilean guava. First planting failed, attempting again.
Yampah. First planting failed, hopefully will attempt again.
TBD:
Persimmons. The Hachiya was from Home Depot and needs some training away from its significant lean. The Prok is doing the best. The Saijo's leaves are looking awfully wilty on day three of the transplant.
Red raspberry. Biennial growth pattern, primocanes this year are doing fine, very bushy.
Clementines. These went in the ground last winter, we'll see if they survive this winter (Alabama).
Stingless
nettle. Looks to have failed, but too early to decide.
Highest priority items I don't have: Various-colored Bellflower, Banana yucca, Yampah, Price's potatobean, French scorzonera.
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