Edible Leaf Plant Crop Plant For Sale In Cedar Rapids

* Can be overwintered if mulched to zone 4. * These scallions are perfect for adding mild flavor to salads of all kinds. * Develope to maturity in only 60-65 days. * Many Welsh onions can multiply by forming perennial evergreen clumps.

* Lepidium meyenii (maca) is an herbaceous biennial plant of the crucifer family native to the high Andes of Peru. It was found at the Meseta of BomBom close to Junin Lake in the Andes.

Nettles are a very valuable addition to the diet, they are a very nutritious food that is easily digested and is high in minerals (especially iron) and vitamins (especially A and C).

* Like most salsifies, the western salsify grows as an annual or occasionally biennial forb, reaching a height of typically 20–60 cm but sometimes almost a metre. They include western goat's beard, wild oysterplant, yellow salsify, yellow goat's beard,...

* This Heirloom variety has been around over 100 years , has long deep green leaves high in iron, vitamins and antioxidants. It is an annual plant (rarely biennial ), which grows to a height of up to 30 cm.

* They are excellent raw or cooked , having a mild sweet flavor. * The purple topped turnip root will reach 4-5 inches in diameter and matures in 40 to 60 days. * This is a very easy to grow and rewarding vegetable.

* Umbellularia californica is a large tree native to coastal forests of California and slightly extended into Oregon .

* The growing plant is an insect repellent, it repels the cabbage white butterfly so is a good companion for brassicas. * Wild celery has a long history of medicinal and food use. The plant grows to 1 m tall.

Wholesome and nutritious.A peppery taste. The taste somewhat resembles salsify or parsnips. Fleshy, sweet and succulent. * The root is boiled and eaten like salsify. * Oenothera biennis ( Common evening primrose or Evening star ) is a species of Oenothera...

Succeeds in water up to 2.5 metres deep. The plant also contains nuciferine and aporphine. * Requires a rich loam. * The flavonol miquelianin (Quercetin 3-O-glucuronide), as well as the alkaloids (+)-1(R)-coclaurine and (-)-1(S)-norcoclaurine, can be...

It does well in humid tropics with high rainfall. The seed can also be roasted and eaten like peanuts or fermented and used as tempeh. * It grows abundantly in hot, humid equatorial countries, from the Philippines and Indonesia to India , Burma , Thailand...

When pureed it is said to rival the best spinach purees. This bitterness can be reduced by blanching the shoots as they appear from the ground. It is native to Europe but is widespread in North America where it is considered a weed.

Betaine lowers the chance of coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke and peripheral vascular diseases. They also are harvested long before the beets so you get two crops instead of one! * Mineral Rich in: Calcium: 114mg; Phosphorus: 34mg; Iron: 3.1mg * A...

* The cooked leaves can be used as a potherb. The erect lower portion of the stem is smooth, but the curved branching inflorescence is covered in glandular hairs. * The seeds have been used in making cough syrups.

* The stalks should be peeled, they can be used like celery. * The leaves are eaten raw or cooked. * Angelica archangelica grows wild in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, mostly in the northern parts of the countries.

* Oregano is an important flavouring herb in Mediterranean cookery,and is often used dried rather than fresh. The leaves are used as a flavouring for salad dressings, vegetables and legumes,and are frequently included in strongly flavoured dishes with...

* A shrub; red flowers in racemes. * The leaves and flowers are boiled and eaten.

Expansa) is a leafy groundcover also known as Botany Bay spinach, Cook's cabbage, k?kihi (in M?ori), New Zealand spinach, sea spinach, and tetragon. As some of its names signify, it has similar flavour and texture properties to spinach, and is cooked...

'Double' will not grow double stalks until second year. Double the fruit with this rare and unusual banana that almost always produces two large heads of fruit! The sweet fruit is highly rated, and the plant is very productive.

A staple of Italian salads! Heirloom variety, a red Italian chicory. Deep red heart shaped leaves wrapped tightly to form solid round heads.

* Requires a well-drained sandy soil and a sunny position. Established plants are drought tolerant. * The leaves are used for flavouring rice dumplings.

* It will yield normal sized cucumbers but not take up as much room in the garden. * This variety is perfect for growing in containers or restricted spaces.

Fruit bright red, flesh of excellent quality. It is as hardy as the peach and requires the same culture. The nectarine has a smooth skin like a plum, pit like a peach and the size is that of a small peach or large plum.

The leaves are often blanched by excluding light, either by removing all the leaves and then earthing up the new growth, or by covering the plant with a bucket or something similar.

In modern cooking, parsley is used for its leaf in much the same way as coriander (which is also known as Chinese parsley or cilantro ), although parsley is perceived to have a milder flavor.

Root is hardy anywhere, but the top will die back below 5° F. The Dwarf Fig tree may grow in zone 4 with protection and is self-fertile but will do better with 2 trees planted. Where temperatures drop below 5° F, they need tub planting so the tree can...

The extremely beautiful tree produces pink buds and large white flowers in the spring. This super hardy Siberian native produces fruits measuring 1-1/2'' in diameter or larger that ripen late summer.