Edible Leaf Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Madison

* The flowers have a sweet fruity perfume. * Requires a rich loam. It can be cooked with other vegetables, soaked in syrup or pickled in vinegar. * Under favorable circumstances its seeds may remain viable for many years, with the oldest recorded lotus...

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).

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

* It is a highly aromatic and flavorful herb with culinary and medicinal uses and, along with the similar-tasting anise, is one of the primary ingredients of absinthe. * Seed propagaqtion- best sown in early spring in situ.

* This species was in use as a food source in Central America as early as 4000 BC. * The seeds are very small but easy to harvest and very nutritious. * The mild-flavoured leaves (cooked as a spinach) are rich in vitamins and minerals.

However, the inulin can be used to make a sweetener that is suitable for diabetics to use. * The roasted root is used as a caffeine-free coffee adulterant or substitute. The blanched leaves are often used in winter salads (they are known as chicons) and...

* The tops can also be eaten when young as greens or in soups. * High in Vitamins! * They are excellent raw or cooked , having a mild sweet flavor. * The purple topped turnip root will reach 4-5 inches in diameter and matures in 40 to 60 days.

* Maca (Peruvian Ginseng) seedlings usually emerge about one month after sowing with the onset of the rainy season in October. After being dried they are cooked in water to make a sweet aromatic porridge that is called 'mazamorra' in S.

* The leaves contain 'stevioside', a substance that is 300 times sweeter than sucrose. * The leaves have a very sweet liquorice-like flavour. * Other reports say that they contain 'estevin' a substance that, weight for weight, is 150 times sweeter than...

Aromatic and somewhat bitter. They are also used to give colour and flavour to glutinous-rice dumplings (Mochi). * The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. This species is also occasionally known as Felon Herb , Chrysanthemum Weed , Wild Wormwood , Old...

Typically the first year of growth produces a mound of foliage and flowering occurs the second year, plants are normally biennials but a number of races can be short lived perennials .

The fruit has high contents of anthocyanins and ellagic acid. * A refreshing tea can be made from the leaves - it is high in vitamin C. While the crown is perennial, the canes are biennial, growing vegetatively one year, flowering and fruiting the second,...

* 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 moist soils, in which it can spread rapidly on creeping stems; native to Europe, widely...

They are also used to sweeten tart fruits. * Angelica archangelica grows wild in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, mostly in the northern parts of the countries.

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

* It produces up to 30 pink flowers in characteristic allium umbels in the mid to late summer and grows to between 8" and 40" in height. * German garlic is an ornamental onion which is noted for its unusual swirling and twisting leaves.

It can be used as a staple food crop in either savoury or sweet dishes. It has a floury texture and a mild, somewhat creamy flavour. Oats are a nutrient-rich food associated with lower blood cholesterol when consumed regularly.

They are an aid to digestion and so are often used with heavy, oily foods. White to lilac-blue flowers in early to mid-summer. * Subshrubby,erect, hairy, perennial with oblong-ovate, entire, gray-green-woody, aromatic leaves, to 3in long.

* This wild cucumber has edible fruit which are very tasty when green and extremely bitter when yellow and fully ripe. * Native to Ethiopia but now found all over the tropics. * It is loaded with nutrients and antioxidants so is often recommended as a...

They are also used to sweeten tart fruits. * Angelica archangelica grows wild in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, mostly in the northern parts of the countries.

* Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. * Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer or rabbits. * A very tolerant plant, thriving even when growing in unkempt grassy areas.

110 days to harvest. To produce seed for future years the bulbs need to be left in place and mulched heavily over winter and allowed to grow until the second summer when they will produce flowers and seed.

* 2 1/2" deep purple flowers on a plant that resembles a small hollyhock; likes full sun; biennial or perennial; native to Europe, north Africa, and northwest China. * The flowers can be added to salads or used as a garnish.

They are used like spinach. * Young seedpods - cooked for a few minutes. * This tropical legume can be grown as an annual in the north. Root - raw or cooked like potatoes. Mature seeds are eaten cooked.

Young fruit can be eaten as a vegetable while ripe fruits can be use to make bath sponges. It is native to northern Africa. The fruit resembles a cucumber . Commonly known as Smooth Luffa and Egyptian Luffa , sometimes under the obsolete name Luffa cylindrica...

* Veratrum nigrum ( Black Hellebore ) is a medicinal plant and poisonous plant native to Asia and Europe . In China, it, and other false hellebore species are collectively called "li lu".

Tussilago is often found in colonies of dozens of plants. 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.