Table 1. Recommended Edible Plants for Year-Round Flowering and Fruiting
Plant Name Winter Spring Summer Fall Common Name Scientific Name Wildlife Edible Color Wildlife Edible Color Wildlife Edible Color Wildlife Edible Color Trees American persimmon fall bird fruit bees flower bird fruit Diospyros virginiana color Apple yes flower yes fruit Malus domestica Asian pear yes flower yes fruit Pyrus pyrifolia Asian persimmon fall bird fruit yes flower yes fruit Diospyros kaki color
Black walnut fall yes flower yes nut Juglans nigra color
Chinese chestnut fall yes flower yes yes nut Castanea mollissima color
Chickasaw plum yes flower yes fruit Prunus angustifolia
Common pear fall yes flower yes yes fruit Pyrus communis color
Fig minute green to fruit Ficus carica flower bronze fruit
Japanese plum purple to yes flower yes fruit Prunus salicina red skin
Nectarine yellow or Prunus persica var. yes flower yes fruit white flesh nucipersica Pawpaw flower fruit Asimina triloba Table 1. Recommended Edible Plants for Year-Round Flowering and Fruiting
Plant Name Winter Spring Summer Fall Common Name Scientific Name Wildlife Edible Color Wildlife Edible Color Wildlife Edible Color Wildlife Edible Color white or Peach yes flower yes fruit yellow Prunus persica flesh Red mulberry red to yes flower yes fruit Morus rubra black fruit Pecan brown yes flower yes yes nut Carya illinoinensis nut Shrubs Blueberry Vaccinium yes flower yes fruit yes corymbosum Chinquapin brown yes flower yes yes nut Castanea pumila nut
Raspberry yes flower yes fruit yes Rubus idaeus Ground Covers Strawberry yes flower yes fruit Fragaria x ananassa
Watermelon yes flower fruit Citrullus lanatus Vines green to Grape yes flower yes fruit purple Vitis rotundifolia fruit Kiwi green to Actinidia chinensis yes flower yes fruit brown var. deliciosa skin
See NC State Extension publication AG-883, Growing Edibles in the Landscape, for additional information.