There’s nothing more relaxing in summer and fall than venturing into the garden to harvest edible greens, herbs and flowers.

In mild climates, artichokes are perennial, sending up new shoots each year and producing large, edible flower buds. 5. ... Sea kale produces edible leaves, shoots, and flowers.

Older, bigger leaves have an unpleasantly tough texture, but can still be used to flavor soups, sauces and stews using what I call “the bay leaf method”: take a dozen or so large field garlic ...

Large, deep-pink flowers turn to tart berries that are one of the earliest to ripen in spring. The yellow to red mushy berries are similar to the color of salmon eggs and look like raspberries.

The garden-worthy ones won’t produce edible fruit, but their leaves make good wrappers for steaming fish, chicken or maybe tamales. The hardiest, 6-plus-foot Musa basjoo, overwinters like a ...

Large plants bear hundreds of lush edible flowers attractive to bees and butterflies. Plants can reach a height of 18 to 30 inches, spacing every 12 inches. Zones: 3 to 10.

Ms Campbell, says bay trees are also suited to a big pot and you can pick the leaves as needed. She recommends not planting them in the ground, as bay trees can produce new shoots from their roots ...