Mixed Guild

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  • Strongly scented lemon leaves used in India and Southern Asian cuisine; overwinter as a container plant but do not let it dry out. The plant oils are used for perfumes and herbal medicines.

  • Daffodils are fast-growing, perennial, deciduous bulbs in the Amaryllidaceae family. After the flowers have bloomed, the top portion of each flower stem may be removed as practicable to prevent seed formation, but foliage should not be cut back until it begins to yellow.

Food

  • The common apple is a deciduous tree with edible fruit in the rose family. It’s crisp, crunchy fruit that can be eaten raw or cooked in a variety of dishes.

  • The Bartlett pear is a unique pear in that its skin color brightens as it ripens, unlike other varieties of pears that show little color change as they ripen. Bartletts are traditionally known as the canning pear. Consider them in preserves, syrups, chutneys, and more. They also make excellent dried pears.

  • The Asian pear is a fruit tree in the rose family. They were bought to the eastern United States around 1820 by William Prince of Flushing, NY from China. There are at least 3000 varieties.

  • 'Stanley' European Plum is a prune-type plum tree or shrub in the rose family. It has showy white flowers in Spring and edible fruit with purple skin and sweet yellow flesh.

  • American persimmon is a woody, deciduous tree in the ebony family (Ebenaceae). It is native to the central and eastern United States and can reach 30 to 80 feet high and 20 to 35 feet wide.

  • Low bush blueberry is a low-growing small native deciduous shrub. Lowbush blueberries are smaller and sweeter, and are therefore used often in jams and jellies.

  • A large, deciduous, upright shrub or small tree native to the southeastern United States. It is relatively rare in natural settings, although it is generally available commercially, and has a range that reaches its northern limit in southeastern North Carolina.

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  • Perennial herb; leaves in basal clumps, large, with thick, reddish petiole, and large, heart-shaped, blades; flowers small, in a dense, elongated, terminal cluster; fruit 3-winged, reddish. Can be used in pies, and jams etc

  • Carrots are a commonly cultivated, cool-season vegetable in the carrot family. Carrots are most commonly orange, although cultivars in many colors and shapes are available. Their orange color is due to a high beta-carotene content, providing a significant source of vitamin A. In nature, carrots are biennials (flowering in their second year and then dying), but they are grown as annuals when harvested as a vegetable.

  • The Garden Beet Group is what most people would associate with the word "beet"– the round, swollen, root vegetable commonly found in stores. Native to Europe and the Mediterranean, the earthy-tasting vegetable is in the Amaranthaceae family. Plant beets in the edible garden, in small spaces, or in containers.

Attractor

  • Flowers are edible and have a slightly bitter, tangy, peppery flavor They add color to salads and other dishes. Marigolds attract butterflies and are useful as cut flowers. The flowers make a beautiful yellow dye.

  • Yarrow is an herbaceous perennial in the daisy family. The Genus name is derived from the mythical Greek character Achilles, who reportedly carried it with his army to treat battle wounds.

  • There are 150 species of sunflower, most of which are native to North America. The giant sunflower H. annuus is the plant that provides the seed we snack on and sunflower oil.

  • A genus of herbaceous perennial plants in the mint family. The flowers are pollinator magnets and generally bloom during the spring or summer in a variety of colors.

  • It has daisy-like blossoms on a single tall stalk in early summer. It bears copper-orange central cones surrounded by short, arching, ray petals in pink or purple-pink, and occasionally white. his plant is a great addition to a pollinator, native, or meadow garden and will attract a variety of wildlife including birds, butterflies and bees.

Accumulators

  • Dandelion is an edible, herbaceous perennial wildflower or weed in the daisy family. Young leaves are best for raw eating and older leaves are better cooked. Roots are roasted and were used as a coffee alternative during World War II.

  • Referring to the belief that comfrey helped to heal injuries, the scientific name Symphytum comes from the Greek words symphyo or grow together and phyton for plant. Together translating to a plant that heals injuries.  It has a long history of use as a medicinal herb for topical and internal injuries, though it is no longer deemed as safe for consumption.  It is said that the leaves and roots can be used to treat rashes, swelling, cuts and bruises.

  • Yarrow is an herbaceous perennial in the daisy family. The Genus name is derived from the mythical Greek character Achilles, who reportedly carried it with his army to treat battle wounds.

Mulchers

  • Perennial herb; leaves in basal clumps, large, with thick, reddish petiole, and large, heart-shaped, blades; flowers small, in a dense, elongated, terminal cluster; fruit 3-winged, reddish. Can be used in pies, and jams etc

  • Referring to the belief that comfrey helped to heal injuries, the scientific name Symphytum comes from the Greek words symphyo or grow together and phyton for plant. Together translating to a plant that heals injuries.  It has a long history of use as a medicinal herb for topical and internal injuries, though it is no longer deemed as safe for consumption.  It is said that the leaves and roots can be used to treat rashes, swelling, cuts and bruises.

  • Oregano, is a genus of subshrubs and herbaceous perennials in the Lamiaceae or mint family that are grown primarily as ornamentals or culinary herbs. Culinary uses of oregano include flavoring tomato sauces, egg dishes, soups, stews, dips, vinegar, vegetable dishes, and pizza. Medicinally, oregano has been used as an antiseptic and expectorant. As aromatherapy, it has been used to relieve respiratory congestion.

  • Thymus, is a member of the Lamiaceae or Mint family and has about 350 different species. Often used in cooking to flavor soups, stews, sauces, and meats. Different species have a variety of flavors and fragrances that include caraway, lemon, nutmeg, orange, and oregano.

Fixer

  • Peas are annual, cool-season vegetables in the bean family. Garden peas grow round, starchy seeds and fibrous pods. Snow pea pods are harvested with barely-grown seeds, and sugar snap peas have juicy green-bean like pods and almost-full seeds.

  • Siberian pea-shrub is a hardy, sun-loving, large shrub which is tolerant of drought, wind, deer, and varying soil conditions. Prized for its light green, fern-like foliage and bright yellow spring flowers.