Edible Leaf Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In San Jose

* The young leaves and flower buds can be eaten raw or cooked. The fresh or dried leaves are used as a tea substitute. It is native throughout the cooler regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe , northern Asia , and northern North America .

* 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.

* 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.

* 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.

* Researchers report that the lotus has the remarkable ability to regulate the temperature of its flowers to within a narrow range just as humans and other warmblooded animals do. The plant is happiest with water temperatures of 23 - 27°c in the growing...

* Celery (Apium graveolens var. The plant grows to 1 m tall. * The growing plant is an insect repellent, it repels the cabbage white butterfly so is a good companion for brassicas.

* Borage , also known as starflower is an annual herb originating in Syria , but naturalized throughout the Mediterranean region, as well as Asia Minor, Europe, North Africa, and South America.

* Malvus sylvestris is a spreading herb , who is an annual in North Africa , biennial in the Mediterranean and a perennial elsewhere . * 2 1/2" deep purple flowers on a plant that resembles a small hollyhock; likes full sun; biennial or perennial; native...

* The leaves have a very sweet liquorice-like flavour. * 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...

* Parsley is a commonly grown culinary and medicinal herb that is often used as a domestic medicine. The fresh leaves are highly nutritious and can be considered a natural vitamin and mineral supplement in their own right.

* 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.

* The seeds have been used in making cough syrups. * Penthorum sedoides is widely distributed in the United States and Canada. * The cooked leaves can be used as a potherb. * In Virginia, Penthorum sedoides grows in habitats such as alluvial swamps, floodplain...

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

* Lemon balm ( Melissa officinalis ), not to be confused with bee balm , Monarda species, is a perennial herb in the mint family Lamiaceae , native to southern Europe and the Mediterranean region .

* The mild-flavoured leaves (cooked as a spinach) are rich in vitamins and minerals. * The seeds are very small but easy to harvest and very nutritious. * It is an important crop for subsistence farmers in Africa.

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

* Borage , also known as starflower is an annual herb originating in Syria , but naturalized throughout the Mediterranean region, as well as Asia Minor, Europe, North Africa, and South America.

* The seed is used as a flavouring in liqueurs such as Chartreuse. * Angelica archangelica grows wild in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, mostly in the northern parts of the countries.

The seed is a good source of protein and easily digested fats. The sprouted seeds are eaten in salads, sandwiches, soups, stews etc. Due to their mucilaginous property they are often sprouted on clay or other porous materials.

* 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.

* Ocimum basilicum , or Sweet Basil, is a culinary herb of major importance. Most culinary and ornamental basils are cultivars of the species Ocimum basilicum , but other species are also grown and there are many hybrids between species.

* A tea is made from the petals and flowers, that made from the petals is less bitter. An edible yellow dye is obtained from the petals. A saffron substitute, it is used to colour and flavour rice, soups etc.

In this form, the hypocotyls can be stored for several years. * Lepidium meyenii (maca) is an herbaceous biennial plant of the crucifer family native to the high Andes of Peru. With its extreme temperatures and poor rocky soil, the area rates among the...

Matures in 45 days. Spinach may survive over winter in temperate regions. * This Heirloom variety has been around over 100 years , has long deep green leaves high in iron, vitamins and antioxidants.

* 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.

Rich in vitamin C. * It is an herbaceous perennial growing to 1 m (3 ft 3 in). * Campanula persicifolia (peach-leaved bellflower) is a flowering plant species in the family Campanulaceae.

It has been used to regulate the menstrual cycle. * The whole plant is antiseptic, astringent, emmenagogue, galactogogue and odontalgic. The dried leaves are a very pleasant tea substitute.