Edible Leaf Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Port St Lucie

* Lepidium meyenii (maca) is an herbaceous biennial plant of the crucifer family native to the high Andes of Peru. After being dried they are cooked in water to make a sweet aromatic porridge that is called 'mazamorra' in S.

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

* Young seedpods - cooked for a few minutes. Start seeds indoors and transplant outside when danger of frost is past. The pods are harvested when about 15 - 20 cm long and 2cm wide.

* 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 mild onion flavor is desired.

The flowers, which superficially resemble dandelions , appear in early spring before dandelions appear. The plant is typically between 10 - 30 cm in height. * Bright yellow 3/4" flowers on foot-long stalks before the leaves appear, in very early spring;...

If you like to eat them, you definitely should grow them! * The radish ( Raphanus sativus ) is an edible root vegetable of the Brassicaceae family that was domesticated in Europe in pre- Roman times.

* Cut back to just below lowest flowers immediately after summer bloom to promote fall rebloom. * 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.

* From ancient times the lotus has been a divine symbol in Asian traditions representing the virtues of sexual purity and non-attachment. In cooler climates, however, it should be grown in shallower water, though no less than 30 cm deep, which will warm...

* Purple Top White Globe Turnip is an outstanding Heirloom variety. * 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.

A mild flavour, it is nice in salads and is liked by most people who try it. * The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. Rich in vitamin C. * Campanula persicifolia (peach-leaved bellflower) is a flowering plant species in the family Campanulaceae.

* From ancient times the lotus has been a divine symbol in Asian traditions representing the virtues of sexual purity and non-attachment. In cooler climates, however, it should be grown in shallower water, though no less than 30 cm deep, which will warm...

It is also used as a hair rinse, adding golden tints to brown or auburn hair. * High in vitamins A and C. * A tea is made from the petals and flowers, that made from the petals is less bitter.

* The cooked leaves can be used as a potherb. * 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.

The seed can be ground into a meal and made into bread, biscuits, cakes etc, usually in a mix with cereal flours. The gelled seeds can also be prepared as a gruel or pudding. The seed is a good source of protein and easily digested fats.

* Artemisia vulgaris ( mugwort or common wormwood ) is one of several species in the genus Artemisia which have common names that include the word mugwort. This species is also occasionally known as Felon Herb , Chrysanthemum Weed , Wild Wormwood , Old...

* German garlic is an ornamental onion which is noted for its unusual swirling and twisting leaves. * 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.

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 native from southern Europe east across southern Asia to Japan .

* In China, they are often used to make dumplings with a combination of egg, shrimp and pork. * The leaves are available from early spring until late in the autumn. * The leaves have a mild flavour, somewhat like a cross between garlic and chives, they...

It was used most commonly to treat colds, and was frequently made into a tea. Its compact flower clusters are solitary at the ends of branches. The species is quite variable, and several subspecies or varieties have been recognized within it.

A lemon-flavoured tea can be made from the fresh or dried leaves. * A perennial mint with lemon-scented foliage and clusters of small white flowers in whorls in the leaf axils; the leaves are used in cooking--teas, soups--toilet water, soaps, and medicine;...

* These are the seeds that can grow the largest pumpkin in the world! * They have pink/orange ribbed skin and given the proper conditions can grow to be HUGE! 800 to 1500 pounds can be achieved.

The plant flowers in late spring or summer. All parts of the plant are strongly aromatic. * Subshrubby,erect, hairy, perennial with oblong-ovate, entire, gray-green-woody, aromatic leaves, to 3in long.

* Oenothera biennis ( Common evening primrose or Evening star ) is a species of Oenothera native to eastern and central North America , from Newfoundland west to Alberta , southeast to Florida , and southwest to Texas , and widely naturalized elsewhere...

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.

* Succisa pratensis Moench, also known as Devil's-bit Scabious, is a flowering plant of the genus Succisa in the family Dipsacaceae . It differs from other similar species in that it has 4 lobed flowers, whereas Small Scabious and Field scabious have...

The seed, or the oil from the seed are normally used. In a prehistoric cave in the Republic of Georgia dyed flax fibers have been found that date to 34,000 BC . * Flax was extensively cultivated in ancient Ethiopia and ancient Egypt .

* Hesperis matronalis grows 100 cm or taller, with multiple upright hairy stems. 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...