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Planting anredera in a temperate climate a good idea?

 
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Dear permies,
I really need your advice today.

I am about to plant an Andredera Cordifolia in my garden.
I have heard about its invasiveness in tropical areas, but I am in a temperate zone, so I hope it is not that bad. Is this a bad idea? Will I regret it?
I intend to eat the leaves (and maybe the bulbs). Are they any good? Are they worth the risk of overgrowing my garden?

Does anybody have any experience to share?
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Nynke
 
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if you get frost you should be fine, it's native to south america and won't tolerate freezing. You may have to keep pulling it up after years as it spreads by rhizome.
It apparently is very heavy and tends to break the things it climbs up, so keep an eye on it.
i have eaten it and it's like other invasive 'meaty' waxy leaf type plants like Pereskia, a green leaf that has some protein. I don't remember seeing the flowers but I know I've heard they're supposed to be fragrant.
Honestly, I'd grow something more suited to my area, but who doesn't like trying a new thing that might have a nice flower?
 
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No experience here, but here is Green Deane's article.
 
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Thank you Tereza and Joylynn,

I have freezes, so that gives me some confidence that I will be ok. I plant it to eat, so that should keep it in check as well. If I ever leave the place, I will have the obligation to remove it completely.
Green Dean's article is clear about taste and growing power as well. A gardener from Belgium (neighbouring country to the south) reacted that it behaves fine in his garden because of the frost. So that is the last confirmation I need.
I do struggle with the quote from the scientific article. Is it bad for my brain, or good?
Just to be sure, I will plant it in a pot on my city balcony, to learn what it does first. When it grows too big for the large container, I can decide again. By then I know whether I will eat enough of it to keep it in check.

Thanks Ladies!

 
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