Edible Plants

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Nature Hills makes it easy to grow your own food . Every plant on this page is part of the edible garden, ready to ship to your zone as a live, container-grown transplant. From fruit trees and berry bushes to vegetable plants and culinary herbs, this is the full breadth of what you can grow and eat. The "Edible" badge on each product is curated by hand. It means the plant produces fruit, vegetables, herbs, nuts, or another part traditionally grown and eaten in home and culinary gardens. If you see it here, it earns its place in a kitchen garden, raised bed, orchard, herb garden, or patio container. The Three Pillars Of An Edible Garden Vegetable Plants , live tomato, pepper, and other vegetable transplants ready to set fruit the same season you plant them. Herb Plants , culinary herbs for cooking, tea, and pollinator-friendly borders, including basil, rosemary, thyme, mint, lavender, sage, and more. Fruit Trees and Bushes , the long-term yield: peach, apple, plum, cherry, and other fruit trees, plus blueberry, blackberry, raspberry, and currant bushes, plus specialty edibles like figs and paw paws. Choosing Edible Plants For Your Space Match the plant to the space and the time you have. Container gardeners and renters do best with compact vegetables (determinate tomatoes, ornamental peppers), patio herbs in terracotta pots, and dwarf fruit trees grown in larger containers. Raised-bed and in-ground gardeners can take on staking indeterminate tomato vines, hedgerow berry plantings, and full-size fruit trees with a long-term horizon. Think about how you cook and how long you are willing to wait. Vegetables and herbs reward you in weeks. Berry bushes typically begin producing in their second year. Fruit and nut trees often take 3 to 5 years to fully bear, but they continue producing for decades afterward. Care Basics For Edible Plants Sun : Most fruiting and vegetable plants need 6 to 8 hours of direct sun. Leafy herbs and some greens tolerate 4 to 6 hours. Soil : Rich,

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