Edible Leaf Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Los Angeles

It grows typically in warm, sheltered spots with moist soil. Used as a potherb. Its yellow flower head is 4–6 cm in diameter and is likely to be seen in late spring or early summer.

* 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. It is native throughout the cooler regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe , northern...

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

* 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. * Try them as a fall crop by sowing seed in late summer.

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

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

* Silene vulgaris or Bladder Campion is a plant species of the genus Silene of the Pink Family ( Caryophyllaceae ). The cooked young shoots, harvested when about 5cm long, have a flavour similar to green peas but with a slight bitterness.

Succeeds in water up to 2.5 metres deep. In cooler climates, however, it should be grown in shallower water, though no less than 30 cm deep, which will warm up more quickly and encourage better growth and flowering.

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

Spreading growth to 3ft. All parts of the plant are strongly aromatic. * Subshrubby,erect, hairy, perennial with oblong-ovate, entire, gray-green-woody, aromatic leaves, to 3in long.

* Succeeds in a fertile well-drained soil in a sunny position. 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.

* 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 diets.

* Although purslane is considered a weed in the United States, it may be eaten as a leaf vegetable. About 40 varieties are currently cultivated. * It has an extensive old-world distribution extending from North Africa through the Middle East and the Indian...

* 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. * Try them as a fall crop by sowing seed in late summer.

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

The leaves are strongly flavoured and are used less often, either as a flavouring in soups and stews or as a dried herb. * The growing plant is an insect repellent, it repels the cabbage white butterfly so is a good companion for brassicas.

* The tender young shoots are sometimes added to spring salads. * Succisa pratensis Moench, also known as Devil's-bit Scabious, is a flowering plant of the genus Succisa in the family Dipsacaceae .

It grows typically in warm, sheltered spots with moist soil. Used as a potherb. Its yellow flower head is 4–6 cm in diameter and is likely to be seen in late spring or early summer.

They appear in Cantonese dishes and Hong Kong cuisine in stews, casseroles, and hotpots. The leaves are also an important ingredient in Taiwanese oyster omelettes and, when young, are used along with stems to flavor soup and stir-fry.

* Fresh petals are chopped and added to salads. * Calendula officinalis ( Pot Marigold ) is a plant in the genus Calendula (marigolds), in the family Asteraceae. A saffron substitute, it is used to colour and flavour rice, soups etc.

The foliage is upright growing or horizontally orientated, with leaves having narrowly winged petioles or being unwinged. The stems can be glabrous or are sparsely covered with short hairs.

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. Immature flowering stems - cooked in much the same way as broccoli.

* Erect stalks topped with one or several blue 1 1/2" flowers; parent of many cultivars with white, blue, or double flowers; popular and easy to grow. Rich in vitamin C. A mild flavour, it is nice in salads and is liked by most people who try it.

* Take a large amount of Sorrel and saute in some butter till wilted and falling apart. The flowers emerge from a tall, upright stem. * The plant is also part of a North American formula called essiac which is a popular treatment for cancer.

* It is a deciduous shrub growing to 0.5–3 m tall, with prickly shoots. * Young shoots - harvested as they emerge in the spring, then peeled and eaten raw or cooked like asparagus.

It is grown for its fleshy hypocotyl (a fused hypocotyl and taproot), which is used as a root vegetable and a medicinal herb. In the vegetative phase, until May to June, the lower part of the hypocotyl, as well as the upper part of the tap root, grows...

* Physalis alkekengi ( Bladder cherry , Chinese lantern , Japanese lantern , or Winter cherry ; Japanese: h?zuki ), is a relative of P. It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 40–60 cm tall, with spirally arranged leaves 6–12 cm long and 4–9...