5 Perennials That Pay You Back In ONE Season — Key Takeaways
Choose perennials by grocery-store price per ounce — rosemary, Egyptian walking onions, chives, sorrel, and artichokes all pay back their planting cost within their first season of growth, unlike asparagus or blueberries.
Key takeaways
Grow pricier store herbs like rosemary to get year-one payback
Grow pricier store herbs like rosemary to get year-one payback
- A $5 rosemary plant yields cutting for years vs $4 for 3 sprigs at market
- Harvest top green tips to prune and propagate the same plant
Choose primocane raspberries for first-year fruit
Choose primocane raspberries for first-year fruit
- Floricane types fruit on second-year wood only; primocane fruit on first-year canes
- Pick Heritage or Caroline (raspberry) or Prime Ark Freedom (blackberry)
Harvest artichokes before scales peel back
Harvest artichokes before scales peel back
- Once scales separate, you get far less edible meat per scale
- A fully bloomed artichoke is beautiful but inedible
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“It's truly a buy once and harvest forever type of perennial.”
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