[Madame Cholet]

I'm growing j artichokes, oca, sorrel red and green,  chives, campanulas and alchemilla for salads any other successful perennials people can recommend please.

[LilacSandy]

Fuschia are good for jams, and look good too. 

[mumofstig]

globe artichokes 

[BabbyAnn]

chinese artichokes and asparagus 

[mumofstig]

Also, if you like rocket then grow it and let one plant set seed - then you'll have a permanent patch of it

[DD.]

Have a look here:

http://www.perennialveg.org.uk/

[Madame Cholet]

Fuschia are good for jams, and look good too. 

my favourite flower i'll have to have a go with cuttings on the hardy ones and plant some on the lotty

[Madame Cholet]

chinese artichokes  

tell me more like the sound of these

[Madame Cholet]

Have a look here:

http://www.perennialveg.org.uk/

thanks DD

[devonbarmygardener]

Fuschia are good for jams, and look good too. 

I never knew Fuschia were edible 

[Mrs Bee]

Fuschia are good for jams, and look good too. 

I never knew Fuschia were edible 

Luckily I did after another teacher I was working with was absolutely distraught because some of our charges were caught squeezing and sucking the berries.

[New shoot]

Some fuchsias are quite good - almost cherry flavoured. I sneakily sample them at work when we miss a deadhead 

The Good King Henry that is mentioned in DD's link is a good one.  I grew it for the chickens, but they only really like the seeds   The flowering stems can be picked just before they come out, as a veg.  Bit like Aztec Brocolli but larger scale. You can also use the leaves, but they are a bit coarser than spinich.  Steamed and chopped they are fine 

[allotmentann]

Gaultheria is a nice shrub with edible berries of various colours and Leycesteria (Himalayan honeysuckle) produces edible fruits and is very beautiful, especially the golden/lime leaved varieties.

[pdblake]

The victorians used to eat dandelions I hear they grow pretty well.

There's even a bit about growing them (possibly forcing them) in boxes in one of the Dr Hessyon books, IIRC.

[BabbyAnn]

chinese artichokes  

tell me more like the sound of these

I grow mine in a bath tub on the plot part filled with compost as like the JA, once established you will get rogue tubers sprouting in a bed.  The foliage and flower look similar to mint but not as invasive.  It can take a year or two for the first tubers to get going so not a huge harvest but once established, you should get a steady supply.  The tubers are fairly small about an inch or so long and rather ugly but taste lovely raw in salads.  http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/Chinese_Artichoke_Tuber_Crosnes/ or http://www.mr-fothergills.co.uk/seeds-plants-gardening/40229/artichoke-chinese-x20-tubers