WHY I want them? All of it is edible, quite healthy and I think with more research they'll find it to be very healthy. Tuber calories. Edible in spring and summer which is the worst time for me for calorie production as of now. Apparently edible in fall also but they aren't as crisp. Eat the weeds says "No one does nutritional research on the Florida Betony. However, nutrition for the S. affinis per 100 grams is: Calories 75" and potatoes are about 77. Some say they are only hardy to 8A but I know some grow them in 7B (Tyrant Farms) so I imagine they'll grow fine in 7A also. They also have beautiful flowers.
Cultivariable has them but they're not in stock yet. My questions: how aggressive is it? Let's say I have 10 sq ft of space that is empty (average everything such as soil quality, rainfall, etc); does anyone have a clue how long it'd take for one plant to take that over? I heard from many that sunchokes were very aggressive so I planted too few the first year fearing that they might overrun everything so I was disappointed a bit. I plan on growing the two together since some say they can. Others say the sunchokes killed them so the plan is to grow Florida Betony around the outside and the sunchokes might keep them in check; if it grows in the patch then I'll just have extra food growing in the sunchoke's shade so that's a big win to me. I'm also thinking about a freedom lawn since
https://www.flawildflowers.org/flower-friday-stachys-floridana/ said they can be "mowed without impact." Is that true? And it says full shade but another site says partial shade and I don't want to kill these plants that I'm buying. Has anybody tried them in clay? I have good soil so I'll find some place for them if not. This plant is another one that sounds too good to be true. I'm just wondering if I'm missing something.