Edible Leaf Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Colorado

* Generally grown as an annual to produce desired onions for eating. * These are the sweet white onions famous raw on hamburgers and salads. Great for slicing and fresh eating! * Also make very good fried onion rings and can be used in cooking where a...

* Because western salsify is a widespread plant, it has a large number of alternative common names. Young stems, when 5 - 10cm high, and the bases of the lower leaves - raw or cooked.

This bitterness can be reduced by blanching the shoots as they appear from the ground. The leaves can also be finely chopped and added to salads. It is native to Europe but is widespread in North America where it is considered a weed.

* The seeds have been used in making cough syrups. * Penthorum sedoides (known by the common name ditch stonecrop), is a perennial forb native to the eastern United States which produces small white flowers in summer.

It can be cooked with other vegetables, soaked in syrup or pickled in vinegar. Succeeds in water up to 2.5 metres deep. * The plant has a folk history in the treatment of cancer, modern research has isolated certain compounds from the plant that show...

A cucumber flavour they can be added to salads or used as a potherb. * Sanguisorba officinalis ( Great Burnet ) is a plant in the family Rosaceae , subfamily Rosoideae . * The young leaves and flower buds can be eaten raw or cooked.

* 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.

* Subshrubby,erect, hairy, perennial with oblong-ovate, entire, gray-green-woody, aromatic leaves, to 3in long. Spreading growth to 3ft. Leaves are grey-green, rugose on the upper side, and nearly white underneath due to the many short soft hairs.

* Amaranthus cruentus is a common flowering plant species that yields the nutritious staple amaranth grain . * It is an important crop for subsistence farmers in Africa. * The mild-flavoured leaves (cooked as a spinach) are rich in vitamins and minerals.

The leaves are often blanched (by excluding light from the growing plant) before use. The stems can be tinted purplish, they are upright or lax, and produce flower heads that are held as tall or taller than the foliage.

They also are harvested long before the beets so you get two crops instead of one! * Mineral Rich in: Calcium: 114mg; Phosphorus: 34mg; Iron: 3.1mg * A phytochemical compound, glycine betaine is found in the root.

A mild flavour, it is nice in salads and is liked by most people who try it. Its flowers are cup-shaped and can be either lilac-blue or white. * Campanula persicifolia (peach-leaved bellflower) is a flowering plant species in the family Campanulaceae.

* This is a very easy to grow and rewarding vegetable. * Purple Top White Globe Turnip is an outstanding Heirloom variety. * They are excellent raw or cooked , having a mild sweet flavor.

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.

In many gardens it self sows freely. * Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) is a flowering plant species in the carrot family. Plants often self-sow freely in the garden. * An easily grown plant, it succeeds in most soils but prefers a sunny dry position.

Wholesome and nutritious.A peppery taste. Fleshy, sweet and succulent. The taste somewhat resembles salsify or parsnips. * The root is boiled and eaten like salsify. * Oenothera biennis ( Common evening primrose or Evening star ) is a species of Oenothera...

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 plants.

* An herbaceous perennial, forming a basal rosette to 1', from which arise 3' flowering stems with purplish blue (rarely pink or white) flowers resembling scabiosa; likes moist, peaty soil in sun or part shade; native to Europe, north Africa, east to...

The seed, or the oil from the seed are normally used. * Linseed has a long history of medicinal use, its main effects being as a laxative and expectorant that soothes irritated tissues, controls coughing and relieves pain.

* Milk thistle has been grown as a medicinal plant in monastery gardens since ancient times. Silymarin is a complex mixture of polyphenolic molecules, including seven closely related flavonolignans (silybin A, silybin B, isosilybin A, isosilybin B, silychristin,...

The leaves are often used in 'mint sauce', which is used as a flavouring in meals. * Mentha spicata ( Spear Mint or Spearmint ) is a species of mint native to much of Europe and southwest Asia , though its exact natural range is uncertain due to extensive...

* This is a timeless classic. * Blocky shape, excellent for stuffing with a sweet mild flavor. * They are like the peppers that you buy in the store. * California Wonder peppers are an open pollinated heirloom variety of sweet bell pepper.

* 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 and nearly ubiquitous in the open woodlands of the...

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

Immature flowering stems - cooked in much the same way as broccoli. * Wichita Canola Rape was developed by the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station 1n 1999. * Rapeseed ( Brassica napus ), also known as rape , oilseed rape , rapa , rappi , rapaseed and...

* 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.

* Because western salsify is a widespread plant, it has a large number of alternative common names. Young stems, when 5 - 10cm high, and the bases of the lower leaves - raw or cooked.