Edible Leaf Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Clearwater

* This is a very easy to grow and rewarding vegetable. * High in Vitamins! * They are excellent raw or cooked , having a mild sweet flavor. * The tops can also be eaten when young as greens or in soups.

* Vates Collards have dark green very tasty leaves with a mild cabbage like flavor. * They are very late to bolt and can be grown year round in mild climates. * They are quite frost tolerant and become even more flavorful after some frosty nights.

Its foliage is narrow and glossy with a bright green appearance. A mild flavour, it is nice in salads and is liked by most people who try it. * It is an herbaceous perennial growing to 1 m (3 ft 3 in).

* Fordhook is a well known and very popular variety of Swiss Chard. 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.

Modern cultivars include leaves with purple, rose, cream, and yellow in many variegated combinations. White to lilac-blue flowers in early to mid-summer. They are an aid to digestion and so are often used with heavy, oily foods.

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

* 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. They can also be used to sweeten tart fruits and to make jam.

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

* Coltsfoot is a perennial herbaceous plant that spreads by seeds and rhizomes . The leaves, which resemble a colt's foot in cross section, do not appear usually until after the seeds are set.

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

A cucumber flavour they can be added to salads or used as a potherb. The fresh or dried leaves are used as a tea substitute. * The young leaves and flower buds can be eaten raw or cooked.

* 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 foliage is upright growing or horizontally orientated, with leaves having narrowly winged petioles or being unwinged. The leaves are often blanched (by excluding light from the growing plant) before use.

English language common names include garland chrysanthemum, chrysanthemum greens, edible chrysanthemum, crowndaisy chrysanthemum, chop suey green, crown daisy, and Japanese-green.

* Coltsfoot is a perennial herbaceous plant that spreads by seeds and rhizomes . The leaves, which resemble a colt's foot in cross section, do not appear usually until after the seeds are set.

The fruit has high contents of anthocyanins and ellagic acid. A black raspberry, it is a very well flavoured fruit that can also be dried for winter use. * It is a deciduous shrub growing to 0.5–3 m tall, with prickly shoots.

* These scallions are perfect for adding mild flavor to salads of all kinds. * Develope to maturity in only 60-65 days. * Can be overwintered if mulched to zone 4. * Many Welsh onions can multiply by forming perennial evergreen clumps.

* Although no specific mention of medicinal uses has been seen for this species, members of this genus are in general very healthy additions to the diet. The foliage is thin, and strap like.

* The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. The name derives from the Latin for turnip , r?pum or r?pa , and is first recorded in English at the end of the 14th century. * Rapeseed ( Brassica napus ), also known as rape , oilseed rape , rapa , rappi , rapaseed...

* Parsley ( Petroselinum ) is a bright green biennial herb , often used as spice . * Parsley is a commonly grown culinary and medicinal herb that is often used as a domestic medicine.

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

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* The fruits are beautiful hanging on the vines so it is recommended to grow on a trellis if possible. * It is loaded with nutrients and antioxidants so is often recommended as a nutraceutical supplement.

The leaves should be used before the plant starts to flower. This bitterness can be reduced by blanching the shoots as they appear from the ground. When pureed it is said to rival the best spinach purees.

The seeds, leaves and roots can be used, but the seeds are most active medicinally and are the part normally used. * 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,...

Germination usually takes place quickly and freely. The flowers are white, with a five-lobed corolla 10–15 mm across, with an inflated basal calyx which matures into the papery orange fruit covering, 4–5 cm long and broad.

It is used to colour vinegar. * Borage , also known as starflower is an annual herb originating in Syria , but naturalized throughout the Mediterranean region, as well as Asia Minor, Europe, North Africa, and South America.