Edible Leaf Plant Crop Plant For Sale In Fremont

Sweet and pleasantly flavoured. In this form, the hypocotyls can be stored for several years. * Lepidium meyenii (maca) is an herbaceous biennial plant of the crucifer family native to the high Andes of Peru.

* The large stalks are topped by deep green leaves. Excellent for use in salads or steamed. It is cold hardy as well as tolerant of heat. * Fordhook is a well known and very popular variety of Swiss Chard.

They should be harvested in the spring before the plant comes into flower. The fresh or dried leaves are used as a tea substitute. A cucumber flavour they can be added to salads or used as a potherb.

Aromatic and somewhat bitter. They are also used to give colour and flavour to glutinous-rice dumplings (Mochi). Their addition to the diet aids the digestion and so they are often used in small quantities as a flavouring, especially with fatty foods.

* Sow in early spring or early fall. Matures in 45 days. The leaves are alternate, simple, ovate to triangular-based, very variable in size from about 2-30 cm long and 1-15 cm broad, with larger leaves at the base of the plant and small leaves higher...

* Parsley ( Petroselinum ) is a bright green biennial herb , often used as spice . It is also a good detoxifier, helping the body to get rid of toxins via the urine and therefore helping in the treatment of a wide range of diseases such as rheumatism.

Aromatic and somewhat bitter. They are also used to give colour and flavour to glutinous-rice dumplings (Mochi). Their addition to the diet aids the digestion and so they are often used in small quantities as a flavouring, especially with fatty foods.

* The leaves are mucilaginous and fairly bland, we use them in bulk in summer salads. They make a very good perennial substitute for lettuce in a salad, producing fresh leaves from spring until the middle of summer, or until the autumn from spring germinating...

The young plants can also be eaten as a slightly spicy tasting micro-green. Sow the seed as soon as the soil temperatures are bove 40 degrees F. It is never pithy and stays crunchy in the refrigerator.

* A quick-growing, not to say rampant vine; can be pruned as a shrub; usually grown on a trellis for commercial production of the hops used in beer making; hops are produced on female plants; native to Eurasia, has escaped in the U.S.

* Sow in early spring or early fall. Matures in 45 days. The leaves are alternate, simple, ovate to triangular-based, very variable in size from about 2-30 cm long and 1-15 cm broad, with larger leaves at the base of the plant and small leaves higher...

The taste somewhat resembles salsify or parsnips. * Oenothera biennis ( Common evening primrose or Evening star ) is a species of Oenothera native to eastern and central North America , from Newfoundland west to Alberta , southeast to Florida , and southwest...

* Oregano is an important flavouring herb in Mediterranean cookery,and is often used dried rather than fresh. * A variable species found in dry soil and full sun from Europe to China; stems to 3' with purple bracts and very attractive purple, pink, or...

* Sweet basil has been used for thousands of years as a culinary and medicinal herb. It acts principally on the digestive and nervous systems, easing flatulence, stomach cramps, colic and indigestion.

It is used to colour vinegar. They are also added whole as a flavouring to various drinks such as Pimms and wine-based drinks. The leaves are rich in potassium and calcium, they have a salty cucumber flavour.

* Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. * Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer or rabbits. Prefers part shade in warmer climates.

Produces even with relatively few daylight hours. Deep red, glossy, conical shaped fruit and excellent flavor. Resists fungal diseases. Very high yielding plants. Produces for a long period of time and even through winter in mild climate areas.

* Young seedpods - cooked for a few minutes. They are used like spinach. The pods are harvested when about 15 - 20 cm long and 2cm wide. Will trail along the ground or can be trained up a trellis.

9 plants in all! Collection includes 3 each of Heritage, Fall Gold and Black Hawk raspberry varieties.

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

A mild flavour, it is nice in salads and is liked by most people who try it. Its flowers are cup-shaped and can be either lilac-blue or white. * The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked.

Gives a wonderful crop of super fine red raspberries, which are large, firm and have extra good flavor. This is a new creation in ever-bearing raspberries! One of the greatest contributions to raspberry growing in many years.

Includes 1 each of Red Delicious, Yellow Delicious, Granny Smith and Red Jonathan Dwarf Apples.

* Annona muricata is a small, upright, evergreen that can grow to about 4 metres (13 ft) tall and cannot stand frost. * An extract from the leaves has been reportedly successful in lowering elevated blood pressure by its decreasing peripheral vascular...

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

* Portulaca oleracea ( Common Purslane , also known as Verdolaga , Pigweed , Little Hogweed or Pusley ), is an annual succulent in the family Portulacaceae , which can reach 40 cm in height.

* The seed can be sprouted and added to salads. * Hesperis matronalis grows 100 cm or taller, with multiple upright hairy stems. The plants have showy blooms in early to mid spring.