Edible Leaf Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Durham

Thus, the flowers appear on stems with no apparent leaves, and the later appearing leaves then wither and die during the season without seeming to set flowers. The plant is typically between 10 - 30 cm in height.

* The purple topped turnip root will reach 4-5 inches in diameter and matures in 40 to 60 days. * The tops can also be eaten when young as greens or in soups. * High in Vitamins! * Purple Top White Globe Turnip is an outstanding Heirloom variety.

The roasted seed is a coffee substitute. They tastes like French beans (Phaseolus vulgaris). They will store for up to 21 days at 10°c with a relative humidity of 90%. Root - raw or cooked like potatoes.

It is native to central and southwestern Asia . * Spinach ( Spinacia oleracea ) is an edible flowering plant in the family of Amaranthaceae . The leaves are alternate, simple, ovate to triangular-based, very variable in size from about 2-30 cm long and...

* I just watched a You Tube video of a woman eating 1/4 of a flower. She describes it as "like popping candy" and "little needles poking the top of your mouth". * These curiosities are well worth growing, if only for the conversation factor! * The buds...

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

* It is a sprawling vine 8-10 feet long. * It is loaded with nutrients and antioxidants so is often recommended as a nutraceutical supplement. * This wild cucumber has edible fruit which are very tasty when green and extremely bitter when yellow and fully...

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 ).

* Fresh petals are chopped and added to salads. An edible yellow dye is obtained from the petals. * A tea is made from the petals and flowers, that made from the petals is less bitter.

When used in salads, they are rather bitter, though less so in the winter. * Taraxacum officinale grows from generally unbranched taproots and produces one to more than ten stems that are typically 5 to 40 cm tall but sometimes up to 70 cm tall.

* Penthorum sedoides is 10 to 80 centimeters tall. * 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.

* Young shoots - harvested as they emerge in the spring, then peeled and eaten raw or cooked like asparagus. While the crown is perennial, the canes are biennial, growing vegetatively one year, flowering and fruiting the second, and then dying.

* The purple topped turnip root will reach 4-5 inches in diameter and matures in 40 to 60 days. * The tops can also be eaten when young as greens or in soups. * High in Vitamins! * Purple Top White Globe Turnip is an outstanding Heirloom variety.

The leaves are pinnate to bipinnate with rhombic leaflets 3–6 cm long and 2–4 cm broad. Dulce) is a plant variety in the family Apiaceae, commonly used as a vegetable. * Wild celery has a long history of medicinal and food use.

Older writers usually distinguished the turnip and rape by the adjectives round and long (- rooted ) respectively. * The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. Immature flowering stems - cooked in much the same way as broccoli.

It is native to Mauritius , the United States and the west coast of South America in Chile and Peru . * The Psoralea glandulosa, also called wallwa, culen or St. Augustine grass is a perennial plant belonging to the family of Fabaceae .

* Young shoots - harvested as they emerge in the spring, then peeled and eaten raw or cooked like asparagus. While the crown is perennial, the canes are biennial, growing vegetatively one year, flowering and fruiting the second, and then dying.

* 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. * Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade.

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

It is native to central and southwestern Asia . * Spinach ( Spinacia oleracea ) is an edible flowering plant in the family of Amaranthaceae . The leaves are alternate, simple, ovate to triangular-based, very variable in size from about 2-30 cm long and...

Tip: Pinch off blooms for first two months on everbearing strawberries to promote larger harvest. June bearing strawberries produce a single crop each year during a 2-3 week period.

The nutritional value of dried Maca root is high, resembling cereal grains such as maize, rice and wheat. Its Spanish and Quechua names include maca-maca, maino, ayak chichira, and ayak willku.

Prefers full to partial sun. By planting these two varieties you will enjoy fruit from May-July. Two varieties are required for pollination. Hardy to minus 40 degrees! Produces large crops of elongated blueberry-like fruits 1-2 years after planting.

Heritage Raspberries are an everbearing variety far superior to common red raspberries. Comes on early, produces two big crops a year. Upright canes need no support and are loaded with sweet, juicy berries.

This collection includes the following: 1 Almond 2 Pecan 1 Sweet Chestnut

* Tian Nan Xing has been used in Chinese herbal medicine for thousands of years and is valued especially for its beneficial affect upon the chest. * The root is harvested when the plant is dormant in the autumn or winter and is dried for later use.

Use in pies and jams. Beautiful bush cherry with an abundance of flavorful, tart fruit in early summer. Adaptable to cold winters and hot summers. Loved by wildlife. Plant 4-5' apart for an edible hedge or can be grown as a dwarf tree .