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Now available: Food Forest Plants for Mediterranean Conditions 350+ Perennial Plants For Mediterranean and Drier Food Forests and Permaculture Gardens. [Paperback and eBook]

This is the third in Plants For A Future's series of plant guides for food forests tailored to specific climate zones. Following volumes on temperate and tropical ecosystems, this book focuses on species suited to Mediterranean conditions—regions with hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters, often facing the added challenge of climate change.

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Mediterranean Food Forest Book
Latin NameCommon NameHabitHeightHardinessGrowthSoilShadeMoistureEdibleMedicinalOther
Artemisia abrotanumSouthernwoodShrub1.2 4-8 MLMHSNDM133
Artemisia absinthiumWormwood, Absinthium.Perennial1.0 4-9 MLMSNDM133
Artemisia annuaQing Hao, Sweet sagewortAnnual3.0 6-9 FLMSNDM142
Artemisia anomalaAnomalous WormwoodPerennial1.0 8-10 MLMHSNM020
Artemisia arborescensTree WormwoodShrub1.0 8-10 FLMNDM023
Artemisia argyiChinese MugwortPerennial1.5 4-9 FLMSNDM020
Artemisia biennisBiennial WormwoodAnnual/Biennial1.0 3-8 FLMSNDM111
Artemisia californicaCalifornia SagebrushShrub2.0 7-10 FLMNDM023
Artemisia campestrisField SouthernwoodPerennial1.5 3-8 MLMSNDM121
Artemisia campestris glutinosaSticky Field WormwoodPerennial1.5 5-9 MLMSNDM001
Artemisia capillarisYin Chen HaoShrub0.5 6-9 MLMSNDM130
Artemisia carruthiiCarruth WormwoodPerennial0.4 4-9 MLMNDM100
Artemisia caruifoliaCarrot-leaved WormwoodAnnual1.0 0-0  LMSNDM131
Artemisia cinaCina, SantonicaShrub1.0 6-9 MLMSDM030
Artemisia dracunculoidesRussian Tarragon, Tarragon, French TarragonPerennial1.0 5-8 MLMSNDM213
Artemisia dracunculusTarragon, French TarragonPerennial0.6 5-9 MLMSNDM423
Artemisia filifoliaSand Sage, Sand sagebrushShrub1.2 3-7 MLMSNDM023
Artemisia frigidaFringed Wormwood, Prairie sagewortPerennial0.3 3-8 MLMNDM223
Artemisia glacialisGlacier WormwoodPerennial0.2 4-8 SLMHNDM120
Artemisia gmeliniiRussian Wormwood, Gmelin's wormwoodPerennial1.5 3-7 MLMHNDM112
Artemisia herba-albaWhite WormwoodShrub0.3 7-10 FLMNDM033
Artemisia indicaIndian Wormwood; Indian MugwortAnnual/Perennial1.2 6-9 FLMSNDM332
Artemisia japonicaJapanese WormwoodPerennial1.0 7-10 FLMHSNDM121
Artemisia keiskeanaKeiske’s WormwoodPerennial0.6 5-8 FLMHSNDM212
Artemisia laciniataSiberian wormwoodPerennial1.0 3-7 SLMHSNDM100
Artemisia lactifloraWhite MugwortPerennial1.5 4-8 SLMHSNM02 
Artemisia lanceaLance-leaved WormwoodPerennial1.2 4-9 FLMHSNDM110
Artemisia ludovicianaWhite Sage, Louisiana Sage, Prairie Sage, Western MugwortPerennial1.0 3-9 MLMSNDM222
Artemisia ludoviciana gnaphalodesWhite SagePerennial1.0 4-8 MLMSNDM021
Artemisia maritimaSea WormwoodShrub0.6 6-9 MLMNDM121
Artemisia mexicanaMexican White SagebrushPerennial1.0 8-10 MLMNDM010
Artemisia michauxianaMountain Sagewort, Michaux's wormwoodPerennial0.5 3-9 MLMSNDM211
Artemisia monophyllaOne-leaved MugwortPerennial1.0 4-8 FLMHSNDM100
Artemisia montanaMountain MugwortPerennial1.8 4-8 FLMHSNDM100
Artemisia novaBlack SagebrushShrub0.5 4-8 MLMSNDM010
Artemisia persicaPersian WormwoodPerennial0.5 4-8 SLMHSNDM010
Artemisia princepsJapanese Mugwort; YomogiPerennial1.2 4-9 FLMSNDM210
Artemisia rubripesRed-stem MugwortPerennial1.8 4-9 FLMHSNDM100
Artemisia sacrorumRussian WormwoodPerennial1.0 3-7 MLMHNDM100
Artemisia schmidtianaSagebrush, Silvermound, Wormwood, MugwortPerennial0.3 5-8 MLMNDM10 
Artemisia scopariaRedstem wormwoodBiennial0.6 3-7 FLMHNDM122
Artemisia sibiricaSiberian FilifoliumPerennial0.5 3-7 SLMHNDM100
Artemisia sieversianaSievers’ WormwoodAnnual/Perennial0.8 3-8 FLMHNDM120
Artemisia stellerianaBeach Wormwood, Oldwoman, Dusty MillerPerennial0.5 3-9 MLMNDM103
Artemisia stoloniferaStoloniferous MugwortPerennial1.0 4-8 FLMHSNDM100
Artemisia sylvaticaWoodland MugwortPerennial1.0 3-8 MLMHSNDM100
Artemisia tilesiiWormwood, Tilesius' wormwoodPerennial1.5 2-8 MLMSNDM121
Artemisia tridentataSage Brush, Big sagebrush, Bonneville big sagebrushShrub2.5 3-8 MLMNDM225
Artemisia tripartitaThreetip Sage BrushShrub1.8 6-9 MLMNDM211
Artemisia umbelliformisAlpine WormwoodPerennial0.2 4-8 SLMNDM100
Artemisia vestitaWoolly WormwoodPerennial1.2 3-7 MLMHNDM010
Artemisia vulgarisMugwort, Common wormwood, Felon Herb, Chrysanthemum Weed, Wild WormwoodPerennial1.2 3-9 FLMHSNDM233
Artemisia wrightiiWright’s WormwoodPerennial0.4 5-9 MLMSNDM100

Growth: S = slow M = medium F = fast. Soil: L = light (sandy) M = medium H = heavy (clay). pH: A = acid N = neutral B = basic (alkaline). Shade: F = full shade S = semi-shade N = no shade. Moisture: D = dry M = Moist We = wet Wa = water. Rating: 1 = Minor 5 = Great.

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