Kitchen garden

Vegetables and Herbs by Site Fit

Use this collection to compare annual crops, perennial herbs, and edible garden staples before running an exact ZIP calendar.

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Kitchen-garden profiles
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Sorted by sourced planning data, site fit, and practical usefulness. Use a ZIP lookup before buying, especially near a plant's zone edge.

Perennial vegetable

Sunchoke

Zones 3a-9b / Low water / Full sun / 0-1 yrs / 2-5 lb/plant/year

Vegetables & herbsPollinators & wildlifenative sunflower tubervery vigorous
Annual vegetable

Scarlet Runner bean

Zones 3a-9a / Medium water / Full sun / 60-75 days / 0.7-1.2 lb/plant/season

Vegetables & herbsPollinators & wildlifepollinator-friendly climbing beanscarlet flowers
Annual fruit vine

Moon and Stars watermelon

Zones 4a-11a / Medium water / Full sun / 80-100 days / 3-10 lb/plant/season

FruitVegetables & herbsheirloom rind patternlarge sweet fruit
Perennial vegetable

Sea kale

Zones 4a-8b / Medium water / Full sun / 1-2 yrs / 0.5-1.5 lb/plant/season

Vegetables & herbsCurb appeal & colorcoastal perennial vegetableedible shoots
Perennial vegetable

Green Globe artichoke

Zones 7b-10b / Medium water / Full sun / 0-1 yrs / 0.9-4.2 lb/plant/year

Vegetables & herbsCurb appeal & colorarchitectural foliageedible flower buds
Annual vegetable

Roselle hibiscus

Zones 8a-11a / Medium water / Full sun / 90-120 days / 1-3 lb calyces/plant/season

Vegetables & herbsCurb appeal & colorhibiscus tea plantedible leaves
Citrus

Makrut lime

Zones 9b-11b / Medium water / Full sun / 2-4 yrs / 40-100 lb/plant/year

FruitVegetables & herbsculinary leavesexcellent patio citrus
Annual vegetable

Bloomsdale spinach

Zones 3a-9b / Medium water / Partial/Full sun / 35-70 days / 0.5-1.5 lb/plant/season

Vegetables & herbsCurb appeal & colorsavoyed leavescold-tolerant
Annual vegetable

Bright Lights Swiss chard

Zones 3a-10b / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 35-70 days / 0.5-1.5 lb/plant/season

Vegetables & herbsCurb appeal & colorcolorful stemshandles partial shade
Annual vegetable

Chioggia beet

Zones 3a-10a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 55-65 days / 0.3-0.4 lb/plant/season

Vegetables & herbsCurb appeal & colorItalian heirloom beetpink-and-white interior
Annual vegetable

Green Zebra tomato

Zones 3a-11a / Medium water / Full sun / 70-90 days / 8-20 lb/plant/season

Vegetables & herbsCurb appeal & colortart-sweet green-when-ripe tomatostriking fruit
Annual vegetable

Lacinato kale

Zones 3a-10a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 35-70 days / 0.5-1.5 lb/plant/season

Vegetables & herbsCurb appeal & colorcold-tolerant greensdark textured leaves
Annual vegetable

Miner's lettuce

Zones 3a-9a / Medium water / Partial/Full sun / 45-85 days / 0.5-1 lb/plant/season

Vegetables & herbsNative plantsshade-tolerant native greenmild flavor
Annual vegetable

Purple Haze carrot

Zones 3a-10a / Medium water / Full sun / 60-80 days / 0.1-0.2 lb/plant/season

Vegetables & herbsCurb appeal & colorimperator-type purple carrotstriking color
Annual vegetable

Purple Majesty potato

Zones 3a-8b / Medium water / Full sun / 70-120 days / 2-3 lb/plant/season

Vegetables & herbsCurb appeal & colorantioxidant-rich purple potatostriking color
Annual vegetable

Red Burgundy onion

Zones 3a-10a / Medium water / Full sun / 90-120 days / 0.3-0.5 lb/plant/season

Vegetables & herbsCurb appeal & colorred bulb onionfresh eating and storage
Annual vegetable

Red Giant mustard

Zones 3a-10a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 35-70 days / 0.5-1.5 lb/plant/season

Vegetables & herbsCurb appeal & colorspicy greensornamental leaf color
Annual vegetable

Red Russian kale

Zones 3a-10a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 35-70 days / 0.5-1.5 lb/plant/season

Vegetables & herbsCurb appeal & colorflat-leaf kalepretty purple veins
Annual vegetable

Redbor kale

Zones 3a-10a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 35-70 days / 0.5-1.5 lb/plant/season

Vegetables & herbsCurb appeal & colorornamental edible kalecold sweetened leaves
Annual vegetable

Rosso di Chioggia radicchio

Zones 3a-9b / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 45-85 days / 0.5-1 lb/plant/season

Vegetables & herbsCurb appeal & colorred-white heading chicoryexcellent fall color
Annual vegetable

Tatsoi

Zones 3a-10a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 35-70 days / 0.5-1.5 lb/plant/season

Vegetables & herbsCurb appeal & colorcold-tolerant Asian greenlow rosette habit
Perennial vegetable

Victoria rhubarb

Zones 3a-8a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 1-2 yrs / 2-5 lb/plant/year

Vegetables & herbsCurb appeal & colorclassic pie plantlong-lived perennial
Annual fruit vine

Athena cantaloupe

Zones 4a-11a / Medium water / Full sun / 80-95 days / 4-7 lb/plant/season

FruitVegetables & herbswidely grown Eastern melongood disease package
Annual vegetable

Black Krim tomato

Zones 4a-11a / Medium water / Full sun / 70-90 days / 8-20 lb/plant/season

Vegetables & herbsCurb appeal & colorrich heirloom flavordark red-brown shoulders

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