I have a balcony on raised ground floor with lots of trees hiding the sun. In the summer I get a few hours of direct sunlight, not enough to get anything flowering. I attempted growing tomatoes, and ended up with the tallest, most useless plant ever. Strawberries were also mostly leaves. There is a planter integrated on the balcony design though, which is nice.
Is there anything with fun leaves I could grow ? Preferably low maintenance and resistant to low temperatures. (not necessarely frost resistant, though better)
Edit: I also generally can’t keep stuff that flowers, hence my request.
I don’t really have a plan yet, I am hoping to develop one until march or so. There are already a lot of edible things in the list and they all sound lovely, so that might be the direction I go towards.
Mint is now also definitely on my list ! (at this rate, I will need some smart vertical planting system very soon)
If you plant mint anywhere, just know that it will take up the whole area, and eventually, it will be only mint in the planter. If you want other stuff, too, keep the mint in something separate