[brendit]

Try cardoon if you want something very striking and (reputedly) edible.  Don't let it seed though.

[Ice]

Cheers Brendit

[Trillium]

Try Tuscan Kale. Large, upright, almost black leaves - very dramatic - and edible.

[king cauli]

calendula,eat the leaves and flowers,-i have a few spare cardoon seeds,chives of course,flowers  and leaves.marigold too . http://www.pfaf.org/leaflets/flowers.php s