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This is a collection of native plants that our nursery staff have worked closely with and recommend to you as having some component be edible and/or medicinal. Please note: the listing does not mean you can eat all parts of every plant, some plants need specific preparations to be consumed. For more research and information, please do your own research, and we recommend consulting the excellent book Saanich Ethnobotany: Culturally Important Plants of the WSánec People EDITING
Edible and Medicinal Native Plants
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SEED SOWING TIME
HABIT
- annual
- bulb
- bunchgrass
- corm
- mat-forming
- perennial
- rhizomatous
- stoloniferous
- succulent
- taproot
- trailing
- tufted
LIGHT
SOIL
BLOOMTIME
HABITAT
HEIGHT
FEATURE
- attracts pollinators
- deer-resistant
- edible
- fragrant
- evergreen
- partially evergreen
- deciduous
- dioecious
- late-blooming
- winter foliage
- winter interest
- attracts bees
- attracts hummingbirds
- butterfly-friendly
- butterfly host
- attracts birds
- drought-tolerant
- salt-tolerant
- early-blooming