https://www.unrulyroots.com/learn daily 0.75 2025-05-07 https://www.unrulyroots.com/learn/foodscape monthly 0.5 2024-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/56c19ed2-ba8e-4739-a022-930ff30b7d4a/IMG_6223.jpg Learn - Edible plants for a beautiful foodscape! - Artichoke (Plant after last frost) Artichokes are a gorgeous ornamental plant, and they are actually a great bang for your buck, since artichokes tend to be pretty expensive at the store! You can expect around 10 artichokes per plant. They have striking purple flowers, are perennials in Zones 7-11, and can be grown as annuals elsewhere. They are deer resistant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/5e8deac6-721c-4a92-9388-6bed6e01f335/Prunus_angustifolia_2.gif Learn - Edible plants for a beautiful foodscape! - Chickasaw Plum Absolutely fantastic small native tree for Zones 5-8 providing immense value to songbirds and pollinators including many butterflies. The fruits are tart fresh but very good for preserves and jellies. Abundant white flowers from March to April make it a great alternative to invasive Bradford Pear or non-native cherry trees. They spread by suckers and can grow up to around 15ft tall. Deer, birds, squirrels, and rabbits will likely eat some of your fruit. Photo: Homer Edward Price, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/477e3426-8580-4788-ba5b-062aaa88ec5e/Purslane.jpeg Learn - Edible plants for a beautiful foodscape! - Portulaca, Marigold, Calendula, Zinnia, Borage, Sunflowers, and more! There are so many edible flowers that can add bright pops of color to your landscape and add value for pollinators. Portulaca is highly nutritious and super drought and heat resistant (great to add to a sunny container), with pretty flowers that usually open in the morning and close at dusk (some varieties actually do the opposite). Borage is a nitrogen-fixer so it can help improve your soil, and it has an almost salty cucumber taste. These are both annuals in GA that can spread, so keep harvesting to reduce reseeding. Zinnias, Marigolds, and Calendulas are all edible but mainly grown as ornamentals because they are all gorgeous! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/63b0bbb6-d250-445b-b9ac-298aaafaab5c/Punica_granatum_var._nana_%28Zwerg-Granatapfel%29-2.jpg Learn - Edible plants for a beautiful foodscape! - Pomegranate Look for a cold-hardy variety for Georgia (I have Salavatski, Zones 6-9). It is a deciduous shrub/small tree that can grow to around 10ft tall, but can be pruned much smaller, and produces beautiful orange flowers with large red fruits. Deer might show interest, and squirrels will definitely show interest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/d9dc37e7-47f1-4387-a59e-6986bc024a32/IMG_6221.JPG Learn - Edible plants for a beautiful foodscape! - Okra (Plant after last frost) Okra can grow very tall (over 6ft by Fall) so it’s a good option for the back of a mixed border with smaller flowers in front. It can even provide shade for smaller perennials who might appreciate the respite in the middle of the summer. It has beautiful, hibiscus-like flowers, and it’s deer resistant! Photo: Chunumunu/Gettyimages https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/87809214-8663-4186-971f-45ad40bb471f/IMG_6238.JPG Learn - Edible plants for a beautiful foodscape! - Pineapple Guava An evergreen tropical tree/shrub for Zones 8-11 (some varieties go down to Zone 7!). Pineapple Guava can grow up to 20 ft tall but they are usually pruned to around 6-8ft. The taste is sometimes described as a mix of pineapple, strawberry, banana, and kiwi. The flowers are absolutely stunning and also taste delicious on their own. The trees can produce more than 55 POUNDS of fruit per year when mature! They are sometimes self-fertile but will produce better with another variety planted nearby. Deer largely ignore them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/1323b492-e6b3-4db4-80d0-ef0be9c891c4/Persimmon.jpg Learn - Edible plants for a beautiful foodscape! - Persimmon American Persimmon trees (Zones 4-11) need both a male and female tree to produce fruit, which can be hard to identify unless they are flowering. The fruits have an astringent flavor until they are super ripe (almost mushy). They are beautiful deciduous ornamental trees, providing bright fall color and interesting bark texture over the winter. Asian persimmons (Zones 4-9) are more consistently sweet for fresh eating, even when firm, but many people still prefer the taste of a perfectly ripe American persimmon, which is said to be more complex and better for jams. Asian persimmons are usually self-fertile and produce much more fruit per tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/2cf8bd22-4aaa-4429-9517-1d10105fe543/Pawpaw.jpeg Learn - Edible plants for a beautiful foodscape! - Pawpaw Pawpaws are one of the South’s best-kept treasures (Zones 5-9). These native trees prefer part shade when they are young, but can handle full sun with moisture. The fruits are described as custardlike— with a taste between a mango and a banana. They don’t transport well and must be eaten fresh, so we are unfamiliar with seeing them at grocery stores. The trees grow up to around 20ft tall and are not self-fertile, so you need at least two different plants (get them from different nurseries to be sure) in order to produce fruit. They are zebra swallowtail butterfly host plants. Wildlife is likely to eat some of your crop. Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/864505d7-e229-44f7-9c5f-c5d9ae7481da/IMG_6235.JPG Learn - Edible plants for a beautiful foodscape! - Blueberry There are a few main types of blueberry bushes— Lowbush, Northern Highbush, Southern Highbush, and Rabbiteye. There are many pros and cons of each, but the main things you want to ask before picking a variety are 1. Is it self-pollinating? (Even if they are, you’ll likely have better yield with multiple plants). If not self-pollinating, you specifically need to plant a compatible pollinator blueberry bush. 2. What is the chill requirement? If you are up in the Blue Ridge Mountains, you’ll have many more chill hours than Savannah does, and different varieties need varying amounts of chilly winter temps to produce fruit in Spring and Summer. I like “Pink Lemonade” and “Bountiful Blue” (which are both Rabbiteye) for Atlanta. They have beautiful Spring blossoms and fiery Fall color. Deer, rabbits, squirrels, birds (and toddlers) all LOVE blueberries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/adf1a5de-3dea-4103-bfab-9cdb371812bf/Allegheny_Serviceberry_%2841909182552%29.jpg Learn - Edible plants for a beautiful foodscape! - Serviceberry A deciduous, underutilized native shrub (or small tree) for Zones 4-9 that blooms in Spring, produces berries in Summer, and has fantastic fall color. Some describe the taste as a blueberry crossed with strawberry, with a hint of almond! It can get large, up to 25ft, but usually pruned much smaller. They are self-fertile so you only need one. Birds and squirrels like the berries, but deer tend to leave it alone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/64583205-4e48-4841-a27f-573dfbddd84c/Fig-tree-.jpg Learn - Edible plants for a beautiful foodscape! - Cold-Hardy Fig “Celeste” and “Chicago” Figs are popular ones in Atlanta (Zones 7-10). They prefer to be kept well watered, but are easy to grow and self-fertile (may produce more with other fig trees planted nearby). They tend to spread. Some people say deer love fig trees, and some say they won’t touch them at all. Mine have not been bothered by deer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/93f7dbe5-ae38-4c2a-98fd-d367a53cffb5/IMG_6233.jpg Learn - Edible plants for a beautiful foodscape! - Potatoes (Plant a few weeks before last frost) Potatoes just look like a sprawling groundcover— you would never know there are root veggies hiding underneath! They produce nice flowers shortly before harvest and they are also deer resistant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/7a9c8022-f5ce-4117-9267-d8578eaeb927/IMG_6262.jpg Learn - Edible plants for a beautiful foodscape! - Strawberry (Plant in late winter) Strawberries make a cute little groundcover, and look great sprawling near a rock border. They have small white (or pink) flowers and will spread to make new plants at nodes along the ground. They are perennial in Zones 3-9. Strawberries are very, very attractive to deer, as well as squirrels, birds, and rabbits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/7330a695-3078-4184-a407-4e6ebdf9e306/IMG_6247.JPG Learn - Edible plants for a beautiful foodscape! - Blackberry & Raspberry They have nice foliage and flowers, and are pretty easy to care for. Depending on the variety, you will likely have to prune old canes away to make room for new fruiting ones. They can spread and create thickets, so could be a good choice to plant along the edge of your woods. Make sure you get a native variety! You can choose thornless, bush versions to make picking easier. I have Navaho Blackberry and Caroline Raspberry. Deer, squirrels, rabbits, and birds also love blackberry and raspberry bushes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/170bcbf8-1a49-4575-b42a-ddb63998615f/IMG_6240.JPG Learn - Edible plants for a beautiful foodscape! - Trailing Rosemary (and other herbs) Lots of herbs are great candidates for front yard foodscaping, but trailing rosemary might be the most beautiful of all. It is great for dry, sunny spots, and it is covered in purple-blue blooms in late winter / early spring. Other good ones might be oregano (watch out for spreading), lavender, regular upright rosemary, and lemon balm (cut back blooms to reduce reseeding). Pineapple sage is another fantastic one— it quickly grows into a small bush and has plumes of bright red flowers that attract hummingbirds. https://www.unrulyroots.com/learn/native-plants-for-shade monthly 0.5 2024-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/1710778880888-OY83TK0M5P1493J5G4LG/Illicium_floridanum.jpeg Learn - Native plants for shade - Florida Anise peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/1710779017391-TMM7VPN29AVHGTNM87SE/Agarista_populifolia_at_Coker_Arboretum.jpg Learn - Native plants for shade - Florida Leucothoe Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/1710779098143-1B8Y79G7AZTC26A0PTK6/Aesculus_parviflora_%28Bottlebrush_Buckeye%29_%2827756225433%29.jpg Learn - Native plants for shade - Bottlebrush Buckeye Plant Image Library, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/1710779234105-I2M71U31CIJKVYEW275G/Virginia+Sweetspire.jpeg Learn - Native plants for shade - Virginia Sweetspire jimsohn1 from Alexandria, Virginia, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/1710779423196-9JXHDOW2V8DS29TIF9DF/Pink+Summersweet.jpg Learn - Native plants for shade - Pink Summersweet Plant Image Library from Boston, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/1710855522100-NE2AP7ODGL6YWQ77XD4M/image-asset.jpeg Learn - Native plants for shade - Redbud https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/1710779582577-KCV8FMDG8KTACOFU3R4F/Iris_cristata_%27Eco_Bluebird%27_%283455977784%29.jpg Learn - Native plants for shade - Dwarf Crested Iris Drew Avery, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/1710806856966-MC67WGCH8GRQLU5R5K7P/IMG_5619.jpg Learn - Native plants for shade - Foamflower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/1710779716336-EU3JDZ9X3G2Z90P5M6J7/Greenandgold.jpeg Learn - Native plants for shade - Green and Gold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/1710779923168-CE13LYFUXOG6RLVNYCO7/Astible_biternata_fl_j79BQkHuex85.jpeg Learn - Native plants for shade - False Goatsbeard Flowers, Greg Maher, CC BY-NC 4.0 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/1710780049735-TCWV3TCR41AB75ES8FPF/Heu%CC%81chera_%27Marmalade%27%2C_Visby_Botanical_Gardens%2C_2022%2C_2.jpg Learn - Native plants for shade - Coralbells Lokal_Profil, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/1710780138242-HYVKX3U1C26U3W5PO2BQ/Christmas_Fern_Polystichum_acrostichoides_Plant_2000px.jpeg Learn - Native plants for shade - Christmas Fern Photo (c)2006 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man), CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/1710780989810-0LMB7H7Z3ETCBLKN8C8E/Hydrophyllum_virginianum_-_Virginia_Waterleaf.jpg Learn - Native plants for shade - Virginia Waterleaf Photo by David J. 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Andre CC BY 2.0 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/1710780609973-NVKW0640OVB4A92I2OXC/Eurybia_divaricata_in_CT.jpeg Learn - Native plants for shade - White Wood Aster Mets501, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/1710780854690-DFU6HCUG47EH45TJXNZF/Aquilegia_canadensis_3_%285097836238%29.jpg Learn - Native plants for shade - Wild Columbine Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/1710780692002-KRRFYQIVXZLC6C4JMMDK/Golden_alexander_-_48900554003.jpg Learn - Native plants for shade - Golden Alexander cricketsblog, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/1710691062435-KTZ16SKJS2K3W70LQMM1/image-asset.jpeg Learn - Native plants for shade - Make it stand out When a deciduous tree loses its leaves in winter, the understory plants beneath it that were previously in shade might suddenly find themselves in sunshine. But since the days are shorter and the light is weaker due to the angle of the sun, most shade plants will do just fine until the tree canopy fills back in. https://www.unrulyroots.com/learn/best-perennials-for-sun monthly 0.5 2024-03-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/1709778777087-WD6PQ37362O2KJ442ZN4/image-asset.jpeg Learn - Best native perennials for sun - Purple Coneflower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/1709778915392-1774ETY1M04SJZ09J0ZU/Anise+Hyssop.jpeg Learn - Best native perennials for sun - Anise Hyssop R. A. 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The real thing has a reddish stem, and its pointed leaves come in sets of 3. Kbh3rd, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/6fddb225-32c5-4110-b928-41bd7e2d7f85/Ragweed.jpg Learn - Native plants I don’t like in my garden - Make it stand out Goldenrod often gets blamed for the late summer and fall seasonal allergies caused by Ragweed (pictured above). Ragweed can be too aggressive and more trouble than it’s worth. Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://www.unrulyroots.com/learn/a-few-fabulous-groundcovers monthly 0.5 2024-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/1709042487651-W3XVCKPVPQO4Z7NFN1A6/image-asset.jpeg Learn - A few fabulous groundcovers - Make it stand out Bare soil doesn’t retain moisture or nutrients well, it’s prone to erosion, and it’s basically like rolling out the welcome mat for weeds to show up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/1708976109816-P19ZIHFL8MLTE3HO7Y4C/Fragaria_virginiana.jpeg Learn - A few fabulous groundcovers - Wild Strawberry Laval University , CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/1708976258754-ZNDKFT8XMCTJD89ZHS3V/Green_and_Gold_Chrysogonum_virginianum.jpeg Learn - A few fabulous groundcovers - Green and Gold Photo by and (c)2007 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man), GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/1710271074095-LBWMTLYRVZ4L0WPPJB78/IMG_5202.jpeg Learn - A few fabulous groundcovers - Creeping Mazus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/1708976640634-N1BLPEIDWJCD9FAAHDL1/Partridgeberry_-_Mitchella_repens%2C_Zoar_State_Forest%2C_Aylett%2C_Virginia%2C_October_1%2C_2023_%2853461338017%29+%281%29.jpg Learn - A few fabulous groundcovers - Partridgeberry Judy Gallagher, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/1708976958249-00ELKVXCO0WSND819XLK/Virginia+Creeper.jpeg Learn - A few fabulous groundcovers - Virginia Creeper Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/1708976850146-QWXPEWUN6K6WGCXM0B3P/Juniperus_horizontalis_%27Wiltonii%27_Ja%C5%82owiec_p%C5%82oz%CC%87a%CC%A8cy_2023-10-01_01.jpg Learn - A few fabulous groundcovers - Blue Rug Juniper Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/1708977954699-R7FQ3BF9KG0XRC0XAJK6/Tiarella_cordifolia_eraskin_NC_2018-04-21.jpg Learn - A few fabulous groundcovers - Foamflower Evan M. Raskin, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/1709741617042-LOB0H6DMD0ZGZA1CKVQJ/image-asset.jpeg Learn - A few fabulous groundcovers - Common Yarrow https://www.unrulyroots.com/learn/which-plants-to-avoid-like-the-plague monthly 0.5 2024-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/1708628416592-TIDHJFM21KC7WGFXQM2P/image-asset.jpeg Learn - Which plants to avoid like the plague - Make it stand out Many gardeners are familiar with the frustration of english ivy. It was often planted to prevent erosion, but its roots are quite shallow so it’s not very good at it. If you go on a hike near Atlanta, you are sure to see both English Ivy and Privet spreading happily through our native forests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/1708628532364-GKFPZVK10MVSARI0SVXN/image-asset.jpeg Learn - Which plants to avoid like the plague - Make it stand out Chinese Wisteria is beautiful, but not worth the nightmare of keeping it in check. A nice American Wisteria (Wisteria flutescens) like ‘Amethyst Falls’ is much easier to manage and you can enjoy its abundant repeat blooms guilt-free! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65c23ff3efd41a5d57950116/e6e29ed9-5849-4592-a3ba-8b4e662d7613/Privet.jpeg Learn - Which plants to avoid like the plague - Make it stand out Touted as an easy evergreen hedge, when Privet (Ligustrum) blooms it can be pure torture for allergy sufferers! Here is a list of better alternatives. 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