It has edible leaves with a salty flavour which can be eaten raw or cooked and is liked by most people we've given it to. If you are living in a mild part of the country then try growing Myrtus ugni in a reasonably sunny sheltered position. This evergreen shrub produces a delicious fruit from late summer to the autumn with a flavour reminiscent of strawberries and guava. Too harsh to eat raw, it cooks well and can be used as a jelly or as a flavouring with other fruits, especially apples. Many bulbs and perennial plants can be grown between the shrubs and along the sunnier edges of this planting system.
Most lilies love growing with their roots in the shade and their tops growing into the sunlight.
They all have edible bulbs, though some are bitter. Amongst the nicest and easiest to grow are L. amabile, L. bulbiferum, L. candidum and L. superbum. They flower in spring and have disappeared by early summer. The bulbs usually increase fairly freely and can be divided in their dormant season, any spare bulbs being eaten. It flowers in the summer and does especially well in short grass in an orchard.