Edible Leaf Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Carlsbad

This species is also occasionally known as Felon Herb , Chrysanthemum Weed , Wild Wormwood , Old uncle Henry , Sailor's Tobacco , Naughty Man , Old Man or St. John's Plant (not to be confused with St John's wort ).

It is an annual plant (rarely biennial ), which grows to a height of up to 30 cm. 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...

Great for slicing and fresh eating! * Also make very good fried onion rings and can be used in cooking where a mild onion flavor is desired. To produce seed for future years the bulbs need to be left in place and mulched heavily over winter and allowed...

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. The leaves should be used before the plant starts to flower.

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

The erect lower portion of the stem is smooth, but the curved branching inflorescence is covered in glandular hairs. * In Virginia, Penthorum sedoides grows in habitats such as alluvial swamps, floodplain pools, rocky or sandy shores, fens, marshes, beaver...

A mild flavour, it is nice in salads and is liked by most people who try it. * Campanula persicifolia (peach-leaved bellflower) is a flowering plant species in the family Campanulaceae.

Pratensis, but the bracts which show behind the flower head, a distinctive feature of salsifies, are longer and more noticeable. * Western salsify is quite similar to the generally commoner meadow salsify, T.

A mild flavour, it is nice in salads and is liked by most people who try it. * Campanula persicifolia (peach-leaved bellflower) is a flowering plant species in the family Campanulaceae.

* I just watched a You Tube video of a woman eating 1/4 of a flower. * The leaves and flower heads contain an analgesic agent spilanthol used to numb toothache. She describes it as "like popping candy" and "little needles poking the top of your mouth".

* The leaves are available from early spring until late in the autumn. * The leaves have a mild flavour, somewhat like a cross between garlic and chives, they are delicious in salads.

* 2 1/2" deep purple flowers on a plant that resembles a small hollyhock; likes full sun; biennial or perennial; native to Europe, north Africa, and northwest China. * Malvus sylvestris is a spreading herb , who is an annual in North Africa , biennial...

* The purple topped turnip root will reach 4-5 inches in diameter and matures in 40 to 60 days. * They are excellent raw or cooked , having a mild sweet flavor. * High in Vitamins!

It grows in wet soils . It is an invasive species in the Great Lakes region where it was first sighted in 1843 . A herb tea is made from thefresh or dried leaves. The leaves are often used in 'mint sauce', which is used as a flavouring in meals.

* The flowers have a sweet fruity perfume. The plant is happiest with water temperatures of 23 - 27°c in the growing season and requires a five month growing season. * The root is much used and relished in Chinese cooking, it has a mild flavour and a...

* This wild cucumber has edible fruit which are very tasty when green and extremely bitter when yellow and fully ripe. * The fruits are beautiful hanging on the vines so it is recommended to grow on a trellis if possible.

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

* Fennel has a long history of herbal use and is a commonly used household remedy, being useful in the treatment of a variety of complaints, especially those of the digestive system.

* A perennial grass, to 3', with erect stems and leaves, very narrow; flowers and seedheads lax; native to Eurasia. * Stipa capillata is a perennial grass species in the family Poaceae , native to Europe and Asia .

It is used to colour vinegar. * The growing plant is a good companion for strawberries, tomatoes, courgettes and most other plants. * They can be used as a pot-herb or be added to salads.

It is common in Middle Eastern , European , and American cooking . The fresh leaves are highly nutritious and can be considered a natural vitamin and mineral supplement in their own right.

* The stalks can be eaten like celery and the flavor is similar. * Plants are reliably perennial if they are prevented from setting seed. * Early America settlers boiled parts of the plant to make into candy and they also used it as an ingredient in cake...

* 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. * A very tolerant plant, thriving even when growing in unkempt grassy areas.

Commonly known as Smooth Luffa and Egyptian Luffa , sometimes under the obsolete name Luffa cylindrica and frequently misspelt "Luffa aegyptica", it is cultivated and grown for its fruit.

Due to it's compact form, it can also be grown in a larger pot in colder areas. Originally discovered in the Versailles gardens thriving during the colder winter months, this special variety would be cold hardy in a protected area in zone 6.

The miniature bush plants grow only 2' tall and about 12'' in diameter. The Tophat Blueberries are medium large, bright blue, firm, with good flavor and ripen in August. Self pollinating.

* 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. * A very tolerant plant, thriving even when growing in unkempt grassy areas.