perennial
Every article and hero in Arborpedia that touches this subject.
№ 022CropsAsparagus: Three Years of Patience, Twenty of Harvest
A perennial that takes years to establish and then crops for two decades — crown planting, the six-week rule, and why you stop cutting in June.
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№ 113CropsCulinary Herbs: The Highest Return Per Square Metre
Mediterranean herbs want poverty and drought, soft herbs want richness and water — get that split right and the rest follows.
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№ 186CropsGlobe Artichoke and Cardoon: Eating an Unopened Flower
A thistle grown for its immature flower bud, the compound that makes water taste sweet afterwards, and a perennial that crops for a decade.
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№ 238CropsJerusalem Artichokes: Unkillable, Productive, Windy
A perennial sunflower storing inulin instead of starch — enormous yields on poor ground, and a plant you must be sure you want.
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№ 393CropsRhubarb: A Vegetable Everyone Treats as Fruit
Forcing for early tender stalks, why the leaves are poisonous, and the perennial that produces for decades on almost no attention.
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№ 466CropsStrawberries: A Hybrid Accident and a Runner Problem
Every garden strawberry descends from two American species crossed in France — plus junebearers against everbearers, and why beds decline.
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