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| − | Rocoto Chilli ('' | + | === Canopy trees === |
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| + | Primary functions: wind shelter, leaf litter. | ||
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| + | Black Alder (''Alnus glutinosa''). Fast growing, wind tolerant, deciduous. Nitrogen fixing. | ||
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| + | Walnut (''Juglans regia'' cultivars). Vulnerable to strong winds, deciduous. Pairing with a nitrogen-fixing tree (e.g. Alder) provides shelter and increased growth. Wind-pollinated, usually dioecious; nut production requires several trees of compatible cultivars. | ||
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| + | Willow (''Salix spp.''). fast-growing, wind-tolerant, deciduous. Prefers proximity to waterways. Can be invasive if left unattended; on the other hand canes can be planted in winter and grown into hedges, fences, and archways. Crop: canes, spring. | ||
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| + | === Sub-canopy small trees === | ||
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| + | Hazelnut (''Corylus spp.''). Prefers waterways. Wind-tolerant, deciduous. Wind-pollinated, usually dioecious. Crop: hazelnuts, late summer; production requires several trees of compatible cultivars. | ||
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| + | Feijoa (''Acca sellowiana''). Wind-tolerant, evergreen. Bees: flowers mid-late summer. Crop: feijoas, late autumn; optimum fruiting requires 2-3 varieties. | ||
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| + | === Small woody shrub layer === | ||
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| + | Rocoto Chilli (''Capsicum pubescens''). 10-15 years, mildly frost tolerant. Chillies, mid-late autumn, black seeds. Very hot, thick fleshy skins.<ref>DeWitt, D., Bosland, P.W. [https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=90M5Tw0530gC&lpg=PA19&dq=rocoto%20pepper%20cultivars&pg=PA17#v=onepage&q=rocoto%20pepper%20cultivars&f=false The Complete Chile Pepper Book]. 2009, Timber Press.</ref> | ||
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| + | Lemon Verbena (''Aloysia citrodora''). 15+ years, mildly frost tolerant. Leaves and shoots for tea, flowering bee plant. | ||
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| + | === Climbers === | ||
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| + | Scarlet Runner Beans (''Phaseolus coccineus''). Perennial, 10+ years. Dies off each winter and re-sprouts from root tuber. Fixes nitrogen. Bees: all summer. Crop: runner beans. | ||
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| + | Passionfruit. | ||
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| + | Rose - thornless old-fashioned rambler varieties. wind-tolerant, deciduous. Bees: flowers late spring - early summer. Crop: rose-hips high in vitamin C. Flowers. | ||
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| + | === Ground Cover === | ||
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| + | Peppermint. Less vigorous, slower-growing, less invasive than common mint. Bees: all summer and autumn. Crop: peppermint leaves. Somewhat trample-tolerant. | ||
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| + | Nasturtium. Dominant but easily controlled. It's about the only thing that can out-compete bindweed (''Convolvulus spp.''). Fixes nitrogen. Bees: flowers spring through autumn. Crop: peppery leaves, flowers. | ||
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| + | Thyme. | ||
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| + | Strawberries. Not trample-tolerant but can provide cover on litter and dampen out other weeds. Will spread by vegetative propagation in autumn, but easily shifted. | ||
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| + | Nepalese raspberry. Slow-growing, non-invasive bramble species. Thornless. Crop: small raspberries. Moderately trample-tolerant. | ||
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Revision as of 22:16, 16 April 2015
Canopy trees
Primary functions: wind shelter, leaf litter.
Black Alder (Alnus glutinosa). Fast growing, wind tolerant, deciduous. Nitrogen fixing.
Walnut (Juglans regia cultivars). Vulnerable to strong winds, deciduous. Pairing with a nitrogen-fixing tree (e.g. Alder) provides shelter and increased growth. Wind-pollinated, usually dioecious; nut production requires several trees of compatible cultivars.
Willow (Salix spp.). fast-growing, wind-tolerant, deciduous. Prefers proximity to waterways. Can be invasive if left unattended; on the other hand canes can be planted in winter and grown into hedges, fences, and archways. Crop: canes, spring.
Sub-canopy small trees
Hazelnut (Corylus spp.). Prefers waterways. Wind-tolerant, deciduous. Wind-pollinated, usually dioecious. Crop: hazelnuts, late summer; production requires several trees of compatible cultivars.
Feijoa (Acca sellowiana). Wind-tolerant, evergreen. Bees: flowers mid-late summer. Crop: feijoas, late autumn; optimum fruiting requires 2-3 varieties.
Small woody shrub layer
Rocoto Chilli (Capsicum pubescens). 10-15 years, mildly frost tolerant. Chillies, mid-late autumn, black seeds. Very hot, thick fleshy skins.[1]
Lemon Verbena (Aloysia citrodora). 15+ years, mildly frost tolerant. Leaves and shoots for tea, flowering bee plant.
Climbers
Scarlet Runner Beans (Phaseolus coccineus). Perennial, 10+ years. Dies off each winter and re-sprouts from root tuber. Fixes nitrogen. Bees: all summer. Crop: runner beans.
Passionfruit.
Rose - thornless old-fashioned rambler varieties. wind-tolerant, deciduous. Bees: flowers late spring - early summer. Crop: rose-hips high in vitamin C. Flowers.
Ground Cover
Peppermint. Less vigorous, slower-growing, less invasive than common mint. Bees: all summer and autumn. Crop: peppermint leaves. Somewhat trample-tolerant.
Nasturtium. Dominant but easily controlled. It's about the only thing that can out-compete bindweed (Convolvulus spp.). Fixes nitrogen. Bees: flowers spring through autumn. Crop: peppery leaves, flowers.
Thyme.
Strawberries. Not trample-tolerant but can provide cover on litter and dampen out other weeds. Will spread by vegetative propagation in autumn, but easily shifted.
Nepalese raspberry. Slow-growing, non-invasive bramble species. Thornless. Crop: small raspberries. Moderately trample-tolerant.
References
- ↑ DeWitt, D., Bosland, P.W. The Complete Chile Pepper Book. 2009, Timber Press.