Monday, February 21, 2011

My plant lists; dynamic accumulators, nitrogen fixing & nectary plants.

Most of my plants serve many purposes. ALL of the plants I list are plants that I have seed for and am starting or like the skirret I have purchased a cloned plant because plants started from seed are oft inferior from the mother plant. I do not list plants already in the ground. That I will have to do later. Also I have a list of annuals that I am mixing in, edible like tomatoes that are not listed. I will list them in plant guilds later. Enjoy.
  1. Dynamic accumulators. These mine for minerals deep within the soil, and enrich the soil with which they have mined as they decompose. DA
  2. Nitrogen Fixing. Basically they enrich the soil and those plants surrounding them with nitrogen. N
  3. Nectary, generalist and specialist. Both Generalist and specalist plants muct be continnually in bloom spring through fall. Generalist is flower that all beneficial insects like bees, will come foraging for. Specialist is smaller flowers that parasitic wasps and their ilk will feed on. GN SN
  4. Confusers. These are usually highly aromatic plants, that confuse the bad insects. They can't small the peaches when chives, onions and or mints are planted below. C
  5. Use. Edible, tea, herb, fruit, nut and poultry forage.
Dynamic accumulators: 
German Chamomile - self seeding annual, tea, GN, DA
French sorrel - perennial, edible leaves, poultry forage, GN, DA
Sorrel Profusion - perennial, edible leaves, poultry forage, DA
Dwarf Comfrey, perennial, green manure, poultry forage, GN, DA
Comfrey Bocking 14, perennial, green manure, poultry forage, GN, DA
Nasturtium Black Velvet & Milkmaid, annual, edible seeds leaves and flowers, GN, DA

Nitrogen fixing: 
Lupine prairie & mix, perennial, not edible, GN, N
Goumi - perennial, edible fruit, GN, N
Siberian pea shrub - perennial, edible peas, poultry forage, GN, N
Clover - perennial, living mulch, SN

Nectary generalist and specialist: 
Sweet cicely - edible seed, herb, self seeding annual, SN
Yarrow - self seeding annual, not edible, SN
Hyssop -  perennial herb, native, bee, butterfly and hummingbird attractor, C, GN
Bee balm - perennial herb, tea, bee and butterfly attractor, GN
Borage - self seeding annual, edible flower, medicinal, GN
Echinacea prarie & other - perennial, native, tea, medicinal, GN
Foxglove - self seeding annual, family heirloom, not edible, GN
Miners Lettuce Greens - self seeding annual, living mulch, edible leaf, GN
Lovage - perennial vegetable, SN
Skirret - perennial root vegetable, SN
Good King Henry - perennial vegetable leaf & seeds, GN (minimal)
Lily White Seakale - perennial vegetable, GN (minimal)

Pest confuser: 
Garlic Chives - perennial, family heirloom, edible leaves & flowers, GN, C
Garlic - annual, family heirloom, edible, GN, C
Ramps - perennial, edible, C
Lemon Balm, perennial, herb, GN, C
Lemon Mint, perennial, herb, GN, C
Welsh Onion - self seeding annual, C

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