Perennial vegetables suited for Northern Nevada climate

Perennial Vegetables classifies Sparks as Cold Temperature Region: East, Midwest, and Mountain West.

Perennials in all parts of the cold temperature zone:

Welsh onion, ramps, garlic chives, groundnut, udo, asparagus, turkish rocket, Cusick’s camass, Leichtlin’s camass, wild hyacinth, Good King Henry, chicory, sea kale, Chinese yam, sunchoke, daylily, wood nettle, lovage, musk mallow, ostrich fern, watercress, water celery, mountain sorrel, fuki, pokeweed, Solomon’s seal, rhubarb, French sorrel, profusion sorrel, sheep sorrel, silver shield sorrel, arrowhead, scorzonera, skirret, Chinese artichoke, dandelion, linden, nettles

Perennial in warmer parts of the cold temperature zone, or perennial with protection:

Perennial sweet leek, potato onion, shallot, Walking onion, canebrake bamboo, yellow asphodel, saltbrush (try as a dieback perennial), sea beet, Tree Collards, Walking Stick Kale, tropical tree kale, Western Front perennial kale, perennial broccoli (including 9 Star), branching bush kale (including Dorbenton), wild cabbage, achira, chufa, sylvetta arugula (probably as a dieback perennial in warmer areas), wolfberry, water lotus (hardy as long as roots are below freeze line), fragrant spring tree.

Air potato – wild form can be very aggressive, cultivated form is less aggressive but still a vigorous producer. Author feels benefits (no digging harvest is good for the back and the soil) makes this a useful addition.