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Edible parts: Our cited source documents this plant's hardiness zone and planting calendar, not which parts are edible or how to prepare them. Confirm the edible part and its preparation against a source that states it before eating any of it.
Edible parts: Our cited source documents this plant's hardiness zone and planting calendar, not which parts are edible or how to prepare them. Confirm the edible part and its preparation against a source that states it before eating any of it.
Edible parts: Our cited source documents this plant's hardiness zone and planting calendar, not which parts are edible or how to prepare them. Confirm the edible part and its preparation against a source that states it before eating any of it.
Edible parts: Our cited source documents this plant's hardiness zone and planting calendar, not which parts are edible or how to prepare them. Confirm the edible part and its preparation against a source that states it before eating any of it.
A dry slope drains fast; organic matter worked into each planting hole holds what water does arrive.
Before you plant. Fit scores are a guide, not a guarantee -- they come from each plant's sourced sun, water and hardiness-zone needs matched to the spot you picked, and cannot know your exact soil, microclimate or a late frost. Confirm your USDA zone at planthardiness.ars.usda.gov.
This is not plant-identification or foraging guidance. Never eat a plant you have not positively identified -- misidentification can be fatal. An "edible" tag means a food crop you can choose to grow, never a foraging or preparation instruction. We flag toxicity to pets or children only where an ASPCA-grade source is cited; where none is shown, treat nothing here as evidence a plant is safe around them, and check the ASPCA toxic-plant list. We give no veterinary or medical advice.
Plant data sourced from USDA / cooperative-extension pages (per-plant citations in the dataset). Hardiness zones are the 2023 USDA map (PRISM Climate Group data), which measures average winter cold ONLY -- it says nothing about summer heat, humidity, rainfall or soil, so pair it with your local frost dates. A single ZIP can span more than one half-zone, and elevation, water and urban heat shift a site; confirm at the USDA map.
