Cincinnati Permaculture Institute’s Growing Value Nursery carries a specialized selection of edible perennial trees, shrubs, bushes, and berries, along with complimentary plantings for your food forests and guilds, such as flowers to attract pollinators and perennial ground covers. This rare selection has been curated over the years to include the varieties and species that perform well in our local bio-region and includes many edibles that are hard to find at traditional nurseries and garden centers. By shopping at Growing Value, you help support CPI’s mission to catalyze a resilient culture in Cincinnati.
For questions about our current inventory, please email cpinursery@gmail.com or call our nursery manager Howie at (513) 259-3504. Scroll to the bottom of this page for Pricing.
FULL PLANT LIST FOR FALL 2024 (A-Z)
Anise hyssop
Apple - Domestic
Apple - Enterprise (Standard, Dwarf + Semidwarf)
Apple - Grimes Golden
Apple - Liberty (Dwarf + Semidwarf)
Apple - NY 35 Dwarf
Apple - NY 414 Dwarf
Apple - Ruby Rush
Apple - Sansa
Apple - Williams Pride
Apple - Zestar
Aronia - Black, large
Aronia - Black, small
Aronia - Viking
Bee Balm
Black Locust
Black Raspberry - Jewel
Black Raspberry - White
Blackberry - Osage
Blackberry - Prime Ark Freedom
Blackberry - Thornless
Blackberry - Triple Crown
Burr Oak
Bushcherry - Jan
Bushcherry - Joel
Bushcherry - Joy
Butterflyweed
Buttonbush (Not Edible!)
Calendula
Cherry - Balaton
Cherry - Chelan
Cherry - Coral Champagne
Cherry - Evans Bali
Cherry - Lapins
Cherry - Sam
Cherry - Skeena
Cherry - Sweetheart
Clary Sage
Comfrey
Crabapple - Dolgo
Culinary Sage
Currant - Black, Consort
Currant - Black, Titania
Currant - Pink Champagne
Currant - Red, Junkeer VT
Currant - Red, Rovada
Currant - White, Imperial
Elderberry - Bob Gordon
Elderberry - Marge
Elderberry - Nova
Evening primrose
Fig - Chicago Hardy
Fig - Olympian
Garlic chives
Goji Berry
Gooseberry - Amish Red
Gooseberry - Captivator
Gooseberry - Hinnomaki
Gooseberry - Pixwell
Grape - Mars
Grape - Reliance
Green Hawthorn
Grey Dogwood
Ground Raspberry
Groundnut
Hazelnut - American
Hazelnut - Beaked
Hazelnut - Jefferson
Heartnut
Hican - Clarkville
Hican - Dooley Burton
Hican - McCalister
Honeyberry - Aurora
Honeyberry - Blizzard
Honeyberry - Blue Hokkaido
Honeyberry - Boreal Beast
Honeyberry - Boreal Beauty
Honeyberry - Czech 17
Honeyberry - Indigo Gem
Honeyberry - Indigo Treat
Honeyberry - Tundra
Hops vine
Horseradish
Horsetail
Jostaberry - Black
Jujube - Lang
Jujube - Shanxi Li
Kentucky coffee tree
Kiwi - Anna (f)
Kiwi - Arctic Beauty (f)
Kiwi - Arctic Beauty (m)
Kiwi (m)
Lemon balm
Mayhaw
Mountain ash
Mountain mint
Mulberry - American
Mulberry - Black
Mulberry - Wild
Native Elderberry
Native Ginger
Native Indigo bush
Native Strawberry
Native strawberry, F. virginiana
Nectarine - Eastern Glo
Nectarine - Summer Beauty
Nettles
Oregano
Passion flower
Pawpaw
Peach - Bounty
Peach - Flaming Fury
Peach - Gala
Pear - Magness
Pear - Potomac
Pear - Shenandoah
Pear - Asian, Hosui
Pear - Asian, Shinsui
Pear - Asian, Yoinashi
Persimmon - American
Persimmon - Asian, Izu
Persimmon - Asian, Jiro/Fuyu
Persimmon - Asian, Saijo
Plum - AU Rosa
Plum - Canadian
Plum - Fortune
Plum - Oblinaja
Plum - Polly
Plum - Satsuma
Plum - Shiro
Plum - Victory
Plum - Vision
Polygonum multiflorum vine
Raspberry - Red, Boyne
Raspberry - Red, Nova
Raspberry - Royalty Purple
Raspberry - Yellow, Anne
Red Clover
Red Juniper/Cedar
Red Oak
Redbud
Rhubarb
Rosa rugosa
Rose Mallow
Russian Hawthorn
Self Heal (Prunella vulgaris)
Senna
Serviceberry - Downey
Serviceberry - Regent
Solomon Seal
Solomon Seal - Variegated
Spearmint
Spicebush
Spiderwort
Staghorn sumac
Strawberry - AC Valley
Strawberry - Gensic
Sunchokes
Swamp Milkweed
Swamp Rose
Swamp White Oak
White Clover
White Sagebrush