A Food Forest

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One of the garden’s edible harvests. Flowering Chenopodium bonus-henricus (good-king Henry, Zones 3 - 9), with a flower of salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius) and leaves of the perennial leek ‘Oepri Perizweib.'

True comfrey (Symphytum officinale, Zones 4 – 8) blooming in front of golden alexanders (Zizia aurea, Zones 3 – 8).

The garden is a mix of wild plantings and edible fruits such as thisLonicera caerulea(honeyberry, Zones 2 – 7), creating a “food forest.”

I believe this cultivar of comfrey is ‘Bocking 16.’ and the purple behind is self-seededVicia villosa(Hairy vetch, Zones 4 – 8). There is actually a path somewhere in there!