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.
How about spinach, chard, rocket or goutweed (typically that’s not cultivated but foraged from the wild but tastes great and loves shadowy places)…?
I don’t think I ever tasted goutweed, but I like all the others, thanks ! Also I would probably never have thought about these. So, thanks again.
I know a spot at the side of a forest where there’s like an acre of wild goutweed. As goutweed tends to overgrow everything else, it’s really easy to harvest big portions in a short amount of time. I use it the same way as spinach. Either pure with some nutmeg and cream as a separate dish or just added to stir fries, pasta etc.