The artichoke plant is a perennial, meaning that it will come back every year to bring you a delicious crop. You can’t talk about beautiful edible plants without involving strawberries.
Edible forest gardens are less hands-on. You establish what your space is suited for (see below for how to do this) and plant perennials, which will keep growing year after year. Then just let nat ...
The flowers are edible too, and well-visited by bees ... toss a thick layer of mulch over them when mulching other perennial plants in fall. Straw or chopped leaves work well.