Edible Leaf Plant Crop Plant For Sale In Visalia

With its extreme temperatures and poor rocky soil, the area rates among the world's worst farmland, yet over the centuries, Maca learned to flourish under these conditions. In the vegetative phase, until May to June, the lower part of the hypocotyl, as...

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

Fleshy, sweet and succulent. Wholesome and nutritious.A peppery taste. 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...

* Other reports say that they contain 'estevin' a substance that, weight for weight, is 150 times sweeter than sugar. * The dried leaves can be ground and used as a sweetener or soaked in water and the liquid used in making preserves.

* It is an important crop for subsistence farmers in Africa. They can also be sprouted and used in salads. * Amaranthus cruentus is a common flowering plant species that yields the nutritious staple amaranth grain .

It spread when the explorer and botanist Joseph Banks took seeds back to Kew Gardens during the latter half of the 18th century. * Tetragonia tetragonioides (previously T. Expansa) is a leafy groundcover also known as Botany Bay spinach, Cook's cabbage,...

* The leaves are available from early spring until late in the autumn. * In warmer areas, garlic chives may remain green all year round. * In China, they are often used to make dumplings with a combination of egg, shrimp and pork.

* The root is eaten raw or cooked. * Western salsify is quite similar to the generally commoner meadow salsify, T. Young stems, when 5 - 10cm high, and the bases of the lower leaves - raw or cooked.

* The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. Their addition to the diet aids the digestion and so they are often used in small quantities as a flavouring, especially with fatty foods. This species is also occasionally known as Felon Herb , Chrysanthemum Weed...

Sotolon is the chemical responsible for fenugreek's distinctive sweet smell. The seeds are very nourishing and are given to convalescents and to encourage weight gain, especially in anorexia nervosa.

With its extreme temperatures and poor rocky soil, the area rates among the world's worst farmland, yet over the centuries, Maca learned to flourish under these conditions. In the vegetative phase, until May to June, the lower part of the hypocotyl, as...

They are also added whole as a flavouring to various drinks such as Pimms and wine-based drinks. It is said to deter Japanese beetle and tomato hornworms. It is used to colour vinegar.

* 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...

The plant grows to 1 m tall. * Celery is used in weight-loss diets, where it provides low-calorie dietary fibre bulk. * The growing plant is an insect repellent, it repels the cabbage white butterfly so is a good companion for brassicas.

It was cultivated by the Aztec in pre-Columbian times, and was so valued that it was given as an annual tribute by the people to the rulers. Due to their mucilaginous property they are often sprouted on clay or other porous materials.

While oats are suitable for human consumption as oatmeal and rolled oats, one of the most common uses is as livestock feed. Used as a cereal, it is probably best known as the breakfast cereal porridge but it can also be used in many other ways.

* Angelica has a long folk-history of use as a medicinal herb, in particular for the treatment of digestive disorders and problems with blood circulation. * The seed is used as a flavouring in liqueurs such as Chartreuse.

It is a dioecious, perennial, herbaceous climbing plant which sends up new shoots in early spring and dies back to a cold-hardy rhizome in autumn. * The dried flowering heads of female plants are used as a flavouring and preservative in beer.

* Other reports say that they contain 'estevin' a substance that, weight for weight, is 150 times sweeter than sugar. * The dried leaves can be ground and used as a sweetener or soaked in water and the liquid used in making preserves.

Plants are not very cold-tolerant, but they can beoverwintered outdoors in areas where winter temperatures do not fall below about -5°c. This species is cultivatedas a vegetable in China.

Plant 3-4' apart. Long, full stems make picking easy! Huge clusters of 8-10 juicy berries are 4'' long. Ripens early mid-season. A giant red currant for jams and jelly! The fruit is large, uniform, juicy and flavorful.

The bark is thick, greyish-brown, and scaly plated at the base of the trunk, and orange-red, thin, and flaking higher on the trunk. * The leaves are needle-like, dark green, with two per fascicle, 12-20 cm long and 0.8-1 mm wide, the persistent fascicle...

In a prehistoric cave in the Republic of Georgia dyed flax fibers have been found that date to 34,000 BC . * Linseed has a long history of medicinal use, its main effects being as a laxative and expectorant that soothes irritated tissues, controls coughing...

The plants have showy blooms in early to mid spring. * A biennial with pretty four-petaled fragrant flowers in loose clusters, white to purplish and everything in between; the main flowering is in May in New York state; native to Europe, but naturalized...

Will trail along the ground or can be trained up a trellis. The yields of pods average 250 - 500g per m². The light blue flowers are also used as a colouring in foods. The seed can also be roasted and eaten like peanuts or fermented and used as tempeh.

Reaches 5-7' tall and should be grown in plenty of sunlight. 'Double' will not grow double stalks until second year. Hardy in zones 8-10, but also an excellent container specimen. Double the fruit with this rare and unusual banana that almost always produces...

Exceptional quality and flavor. Great fresh or for freezing and preserving. Sparkle Strawberries are an extremely popular strawberry among northern growers because it is so hardy! Plants are very productive and dependable, producing glossy, crimson-red...