Edible Leaf Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Scottsdale

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

* The seeds have been used in making cough syrups. * In Virginia, Penthorum sedoides grows in habitats such as alluvial swamps, floodplain pools, rocky or sandy shores, fens, marshes, beaver ponds, and disturbed wetlands.

An edible oil is obtained from the seed. 60-75 days to maturity. Will trail along the ground or can be trained up a trellis. It does well in humid tropics with high rainfall. The seed can also be roasted and eaten like peanuts or fermented and used as...

It is used to colour vinegar. * The flowers are rich in a sweet nectar and are very attractive to bees. * In milder climates, borage will bloom continuously for most of the year. * The growing plant is a good companion for strawberries, tomatoes, courgettes...

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.

It is native to Europe but is widespread in North America where it is considered a weed. * A curious perennial with small white nodding 5-petaled flowers backed by an inflated "bladder"; blooms all summer; flowers in loose clusters at stem joints; native...

* In China, they are often used to make dumplings with a combination of egg, shrimp and pork. * In warmer areas, garlic chives may remain green all year round. * The leaves have a mild flavour, somewhat like a cross between garlic and chives, they are...

* A very tolerant plant, thriving even when growing in unkempt grassy areas. * Cut back to just below lowest flowers immediately after summer bloom to promote fall rebloom. Prefers part shade in warmer climates.

* They are excellent raw or cooked , having a mild sweet flavor. * Purple Top White Globe Turnip is an outstanding Heirloom variety. * This is a very easy to grow and rewarding vegetable.

* An easily grown plant, it succeeds in most soils but prefers a sunny dry position. The seeds, leaves and roots can be used, but the seeds are most active medicinally and are the part normally used.

* The young leaves and flower buds can be eaten raw or cooked. * Sanguisorba officinalis ( Great Burnet ) is a plant in the family Rosaceae , subfamily Rosoideae . A cucumber flavour they can be added to salads or used as a potherb.

* Nelumbo nucifera , known by numerous common names including Indian lotus, sacred lotus, bean of India, or simply lotus, is one of two species of aquatic plant in the family Nelumbonaceae.

* It is an important crop for subsistence farmers in Africa. They are eaten cooked or ground into a powder and used for making cakes etc. * The seeds are very small but easy to harvest and very nutritious.

* Nelumbo nucifera , known by numerous common names including Indian lotus, sacred lotus, bean of India, or simply lotus, is one of two species of aquatic plant in the family Nelumbonaceae.

* The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. * 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 contain 'stevioside', a substance that is 300 times sweeter than sucrose. * 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...

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

* It can be grown indoors in the winter. * It preferes cool growing temperatures and will tolerate some shade. It is never pithy and stays crunchy in the refrigerator. It is bright red skinned with a crisp white inside.

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.

* 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. They contain sulphur compounds (which give them their onion flavour) and when added to the diet on a regular basis...

* The tops are loaded with vitamin A and the roots with Vitamin C. * Beet seed can take two weeks to germinate so an old trick is to sow radish seeds in the same row. Nutrition comes from the beets fiber, vitamins, minerals and unique plant derived anti-oxidants.

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

The unblanched leaves are much less bitter in winter and make an excellent addition to salads at this time of year. Inulin is a starch that cannot be digested by humans, it tends to pass straight through the digestive system and is therefore unlikely...

* It may be used as forage for livestock, a micronutrient liquid, a natural anthelmintic and possible adjuvant. * It is an exceptionally nutritious vegetable tree with a variety of potential uses.

Oval to round fruit with red sweet flesh and small seeds, maturing in 85 days. * It is currently still one of the most popular varieties in the world! * Produces 20-25 lb. * Crimson Sweet is a heirloom variety that has been around a long time.

* Burdock is one of the foremost detoxifying herbs in both Chinese and Western herbal medicine. * The juice of the plant, when used as a friction, is said to have a stimulating action against baldness.

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