Pre-order Plants for Spring 2024 Shipping
Welcome to the Food Forest Farm plant shop! Here you’ll find many of the plants we’ve been growing in the nursery since 2010. These plants will come to you healthy and ready for their new home.
All of our plants are multi-functional, that is, some perennial vegetables can be eaten by a human, or livestock (leaf hay), or be grown as mulch for biomass, and more! You can look at “All” of the plants, or filter with the navigation bar.
Perennial Vegetables: edible roots, leaves, shoots, buds, seeds that come from perennial herbs, shrubs, and trees
Fruit: edible sweet goodness
Leaf Hay: plants to grow and feed to livestock like cattle, sheep, goats and rabbits
Biomass: herbs, grasses, shrubs and trees that grow fast and can be cut and used as mulch, grow soil, fuel stoves and compost piles
Perennial Leek
Perennial Leek
Sold as a bundle
A large, mild, garlic-flavored bulb. An heirloom cultivated by my Welsh heritage grandfather in south Georgia. First year leek, unharvested bulbs become a mild elephant garlic year two.
Perennial leek, Elephant garlic
Scientific Name: Allium ampeloprasum var. ampeloprasum
Plant Hardiness Zone: 5
Fruit Size: Large bulbs
Harvest: Fall garlic, spring leek
Light: Sun and partial shade
Taste: Leek, garlic
Years to bear: 1