Microsoft word - plants for alberta forest gardens.doc

Suitable Plants for
Edible Forest Gardens in Alberta

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Tall Trees
Apple, Crabapple, Pear, Plum (on standard rootstalk) Butternut (Juglans inerea), American Mountain Ash (Sorbus Americana) Mountain Ash ‘Shipova’ , Bur Oak ( Qurecus macrocarpa) Siberian Pine (Pinus cembra sibirica) Swiss Stone Pine (Pinus cembra), Korean Pine (Pinus koraiensis)*, Black Walnut (Juglans nigra)*, Butternut (Juglans cinerea), Turkish Tree Hazel (corylus colurna), Service Tree (Sorbus domestica), Shagbark Hickory (Carya ovata)* Manitoba Maple (Acer negundo), Russian Small Trees
Apple, Pear, Plum, Apricot* (on semi-dwarf or dwarf rootstalk) (Under-story layer Evans Cherry, Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana), Pin Cherry (Prunus pensylvanica), Grey Alder (Alnus incana) (N) Sea Buckthorn (N) (Hippophae rhaminoides), Saskatoon (‘Smoky’, ‘Thiessen’, ‘Pembina’, ‘Northline’), Tribizond Date (Eleagnus angustifolia, var ‘orientalis’) (N), European/Native Hazelnut hybrids Shrub Layer
Beaked Hazelnut (Corylus cornuta), American Hazelnut (Corylus americana) Black Currant, Red Currant, Alpine Currant, Gooseberry, (Actinidia polygama) Jostaberry, Nanking Cherry, Romance Cherries, Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis), Blueberry, Sweetberry Honeysuckle (Lonicera caerula edulis) Raspberry, Wild Raspberry, Aronia (Aronia melanocarpa) Prickly Rose (Rosa acicularis), Crowberry (Empetrum nigru) Buffalo Berry (Sheperdia Canadensis), Caragana (N), Wolfwil ow (Eleagnus comutata) (N), Wintergreen (Gaulterhia Herbacious
Rhubarb, Asparagus, Sweet Cicely (Myrrhis odorata) Ostrich Fern (Matteucia strutiopteris), alfalfa (medicago sativa) N Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica), daylilies (hemerocalis spp.) Good King Henry (Chenopodium bonus-henricus), Chicory, Bloody dock* (Rumex sanguineus), Lovage (Levisticum officinale) Garden Sorrel (Rumex acetosa), seakale (Crambe maritime) Salad Burnet (Poterium sanguisorba), Bel fower (Campanula carpatica) Welsh Onions (Allium fistulosum), Egyptian Onions (Allium x proliferum), Chives , Anise Hyssop, Hyssop, Beebalm, Lemon Balm, Betony, Mints, Yarrow, Echinacea, St. John’s Wort, Meadowsweet Lupines (N), Comfrey, Tussock bel flower (Campanula carpatica), Giant Solomon’s Seal (Polygonatum biflorum commutatum), Sweet Goldenrod (Solidago odora), Orach (ss), Borage (ss), Mustard Greens (ss), Arugula (ss), Cress (ss), Dil (ss) Ground Cover Domestic Strawberry, Wild Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
Woodland Strawberry (Fragaria vesca) Sweet violet (Viola odorata), Canada Violet (Viola Canadensis), Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense) Bog Cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos), Creeping Thymes, Miner’s lettuce (claytonia perfoliata) (ss), Pink purslane (Claytonia sybirica) Kinnickkinnick (Arcostaphylos uva ursi), Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum) Lingon Berry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea), Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis) Arctic Raspberry (Rubus articus) Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens) Red Clover (N), White Clover (N) Roman Chamomile Star flowered false Solomon’s Seal (Smilacina stellata), Golden Star (Chrysogonum virginianum) Root Zone
Jerusalem Artichokes, Cinnamon Yam (Dioscorea batatas) Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), Chicory (Cichorium intybus) Indian Breadroot (Psoralea esculenta) Mushrooms – morel (Morchel a angusticeps) garden giant (Stoparia rugoso annulata) oyster (Pleurotus ostreatus) shitake (Lentinual

Source: http://theurbanfarmer.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Plants-for-Cold-Climate-Forest-Gardens.pdf