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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: PurpleHeather on April 12, 2008, 06:15:34

Title: perennial vegetables
Post by: PurpleHeather on April 12, 2008, 06:15:34
There was a quiz question which asked for the only two perennial vegetables. 

The answer was asparagus and rhubarb.

I have a globe artichoke, which comes up every year. May be it is technically a fruit.

Does any one else have a true vegetable they consider perennial?
Title: Re: perennial vegetables
Post by: allaboutliverpool on April 12, 2008, 06:28:59
I have on my plot Jerusulum artichoke, Welsh onions, and horseradish.
In mild winters, runner beans come again from the roots.

http://www.allaboutliverpool.com/allaboutallotments_Vegetables_asparagus.html
Title: Re: perennial vegetables
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on April 12, 2008, 09:35:12
Cardoons, though they're only perennial since I treat them as an ornamental. I've recently acquired Babbington leeks, and I regard garlic as a perennial as it's propagated via bulbs. You could say much the same for potatoes as well.
Title: Re: perennial vegetables
Post by: Rhubarb Thrasher on April 12, 2008, 09:48:08
if you want to be picky, any veg that isn't grown from seed each year is perennial, like potatoes. You could keep them going for years from a saved tuber, and it's still the same plant