Edible Leaf Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Charleston

* The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. Aromatic and somewhat bitter. * Artemisia vulgaris ( mugwort or common wormwood ) is one of several species in the genus Artemisia which have common names that include the word mugwort.

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

In this form, the hypocotyls can be stored for several years. 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.

* The leaves have a very sweet liquorice-like flavour. * Stevia has become very popular as a natural sugar substitute with almost zero calories! * Because stevia has a negligible effect on blood glucose it is attractive to people on carbohydrate-controlled...

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

They will store for up to 21 days at 10°c with a relative humidity of 90%. * Young seedpods - cooked for a few minutes. The yields of pods average 250 - 500g per m². They are used like spinach.

* A very tolerant plant, thriving even when growing in unkempt grassy areas. * Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. * Cut back to just below lowest flowers immediately after summer bloom to promote fall rebloom.

* These curiosities are well worth growing, if only for the conversation factor! * The buds are known as "buzz buttons", "Szechuan buttons", "sansho buttons", and "electric buttons" * It is frost-sensitive but perennial in warmer climates.

It grows typically in warm, sheltered spots with moist soil. * The root is eaten raw or cooked. They include western goat's beard, wild oysterplant, yellow salsify, yellow goat's beard, meadow goat's beard, goat's beard, goatsbeard, common salsify, or...

The sprouted seeds are eaten in salads, sandwiches, soups, stews etc. The seed can be ground into a meal and made into bread, biscuits, cakes etc, usually in a mix with cereal flours.

An edible yellow dye is obtained from the petals. It is also used as a hair rinse, adding golden tints to brown or auburn hair. The dried petals have a more concentrated flavour and are used as a seasoning in soups, cakes etc.

* Spinach ( Spinacia oleracea ) is an edible flowering plant in the family of Amaranthaceae . Spinach may survive over winter in temperate regions. It is an annual plant (rarely biennial ), which grows to a height of up to 30 cm.

The leaves are strongly flavoured and are used less often, either as a flavouring in soups and stews or as a dried herb. The plant grows to 1 m tall. The leaves are pinnate to bipinnate with rhombic leaflets 3–6 cm long and 2–4 cm broad.

* Angelica atropurpurea is a species of plant that can be found in moist and swampy woodlands , mostly by riverbanks. * Early America settlers boiled parts of the plant to make into candy and they also used it as an ingredient in cake .

* Native to Ethiopia but now found all over the tropics. * It is a sprawling vine 8-10 feet long. * The fruits are beautiful hanging on the vines so it is recommended to grow on a trellis if possible.

It is also used as a flavouring in salads and cooked foods. * Wild bergamot or bee balm (Monarda fistulosa) is a wildflower in the mint family (Lamiaceae) widespread and abundant as a native plant in much of North America.

It is an invasive species in the Great Lakes region where it was first sighted in 1843 . * A perennial mint with a strong mint scent; small lilac, pink, or white flowers in whorls on 4" spikes; much used as an herb and a source of essential oil; likes...

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

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

* Coltsfoot is a perennial herbaceous plant that spreads by seeds and rhizomes . * Bright yellow 3/4" flowers on foot-long stalks before the leaves appear, in very early spring; flowers look like the result of a cross between dandelion and small yellow...

* Corn Salad is a gourmet green that has been used in Europe for centuries. It grows best in cool weather so sow in early spring or in the fall. It is best if gathered before flowers appear.

The seed can also be sown in situ in the autumn. It is one of the most important spices in Kashmiri Pandit and Gujarati cooking. The seeds, leaves and roots can be used, but the seeds are most active medicinally and are the part normally used.

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

It has large, alternating, cordiform leaves that have a long petiole and are pubescent on the underside. The dried root of one year old plants is the official herb, but the leaves and fruits can also be used.

Very slow to bolt. Starts out as a head lettuce before forming a loose leaf romaine. Brilliant red on both sides of leaves, lower half of the leaf is apple green.

The Dwarf Musa Banana is a fast-growing plant that grows 5-6' tall and has big, shapely, leathery-looking leaves. Otherwise, plant should be kept indoors during the winter. No extra care needed.

* As the name suggests, its shape resembles that of an acorn. * Seeds are started after all danger of frost is past and the soil is warm or within 3–4 weeks before the predicted last frost date in the area.