Edible Leaf Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Alabama

The plant is noted for its effectiveness in treating catarrhal problems of many kinds and has also been used successfully in treating diarrhoea, haemorrhoids and infantile cholera.

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. Sweet and pleasantly flavoured.

They can also be sprouted and used in salads. * This species was in use as a food source in Central America as early as 4000 BC. * The mild-flavoured leaves (cooked as a spinach) are rich in vitamins and minerals.

This variety was the All America Selection Winner in 1949. This is the variety that is most commonly seen in the supermarket, sold in bunches. * It preferes cool growing temperatures and will tolerate some shade.

* The flowers can be added to salads or used as a garnish. A pleasant mild flavour, with a similar texture to the leaves, they make a pleasant and pretty addition to the salad bowl.

* They are quite frost tolerant and become even more flavorful after some frosty nights. * Try them as a fall crop by sowing seed in late summer. * They are very late to bolt and can be grown year round in mild climates.

* Sow in early spring or early fall. * Spinach ( Spinacia oleracea ) is an edible flowering plant in the family of Amaranthaceae . Matures in 45 days. 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. * High in Vitamins!

* The young leaves and flower buds can be eaten raw or cooked. It is native throughout the cooler regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe , northern Asia , and northern North America .

* Glebionis coronaria is used as a leaf vegetable. Successional sowings can be made at intervals of a few weeks in order to ensure a constant supply of young plants. It is also cultivated and naturalized in East Asia and in scattered locations in North...

Leaves are grey-green, rugose on the upper side, and nearly white underneath due to the many short soft hairs. The flowers can also be sprinkled on salads to add colour and fragrance.

* The flowers can be added to salads or used as a garnish. A pleasant mild flavour, with a similar texture to the leaves, they make a pleasant and pretty addition to the salad bowl.

* High in vitamins A and C. * They are very rich in vitamins and minerals and are similar to Taraxacum officinale (Dandelion) in nutritional value. A saffron substitute, it is used to colour and flavour rice, soups etc.

* The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. Rich in vitamin C. * Erect stalks topped with one or several blue 1 1/2" flowers; parent of many cultivars with white, blue, or double flowers; popular and easy to grow.

* 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.

* A pleasant lemon-like aroma and flavour, they are used mainly as a flavouring in salads and cooked foods. A lemon-flavoured tea can be made from the fresh or dried leaves. * A perennial mint with lemon-scented foliage and clusters of small white flowers...

Fleshy, sweet and succulent. 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 ,...

* 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...

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

The fruit has high contents of anthocyanins and ellagic acid. * A refreshing tea can be made from the leaves - it is high in vitamin C. A black raspberry, it is a very well flavoured fruit that can also be dried for winter use.

* The whole plant is pleasantly scented when bruised. * Ononis spinosa is a plant belonging to the family Fabaceae , that is commonly known as spiny restharrow or just restharrow .

* 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.

* It is loaded with nutrients and antioxidants so is often recommended as a nutraceutical supplement. * It is a sprawling vine 8-10 feet long. * Native to Ethiopia but now found all over the tropics.

* A very tolerant plant, thriving even when growing in unkempt grassy areas. * Bell-shaped flowers are pale lavender-blue and bloom for an unusually long time (4-5 weeks) in summer with a repeat bloom in fall.

The flowers emerge from a tall, upright stem. * The leaves can be used as thickeners in soups etc, they can also be dried for later use. The plant and its subspecies are common perennial weeds .

* Celery (Apium graveolens var. Dulce) is a plant variety in the family Apiaceae, commonly used as a vegetable. The leaves are strongly flavoured and are used less often, either as a flavouring in soups and stews or as a dried herb.

This variety was the All America Selection Winner in 1949. This is the variety that is most commonly seen in the supermarket, sold in bunches. * It preferes cool growing temperatures and will tolerate some shade.