Edible Leaf Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Stamford

* The dried leaves can be ground and used as a sweetener or soaked in water and the liquid used in making preserves. * Other reports say that they contain 'estevin' a substance that, weight for weight, is 150 times sweeter than sugar.

They include western goat's beard, wild oysterplant, yellow salsify, yellow goat's beard, meadow goat's beard, goat's beard, goatsbeard, common salsify, or salsify. Pratensis, but the bracts which show behind the flower head, a distinctive feature of...

* 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. * Vates Collards have dark green very tasty leaves with a mild cabbage like flavor.

* Possibly a good companion plant, protecting neighbouring plants from caterpillars etc. An autumn sowing under cover will often supply leaves all winter. * Glebionis coronaria, formerly called Chrysanthemum coronarium, is a species of flowering plant...

* This tropical legume can be grown as an annual in the north. It does well in humid tropics with high rainfall. * It grows abundantly in hot, humid equatorial countries, from the Philippines and Indonesia to India , Burma , Thailand and Sri Lanka .

* 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. * A very tolerant plant, thriving even when growing in unkempt grassy areas.

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

* Wichita Canola Rape was developed by the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station 1n 1999. Added to salads or used as a potherb. 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.

* A perennial with striking pink or white five-petaled 2" flowers in summer; often a weed, but a very pretty one; likes sun, grows in grassy places, especially on limestone, often in ditches along roads; native to Europe.

This species is also occasionally known as Felon Herb , Chrysanthemum Weed , Wild Wormwood , Old uncle Henry , Sailor's Tobacco , Naughty Man , Old Man or St. John's Plant (not to be confused with St John's wort ).

* 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.

This species is also occasionally known as Felon Herb , Chrysanthemum Weed , Wild Wormwood , Old uncle Henry , Sailor's Tobacco , Naughty Man , Old Man or St. John's Plant (not to be confused with St John's wort ).

* I just watched a You Tube video of a woman eating 1/4 of a flower. * These curiosities are well worth growing, if only for the conversation factor! * The buds are known as "buzz buttons", "Szechuan buttons", "sansho buttons", and "electric buttons"...

About 40 varieties are currently cultivated. * It has an extensive old-world distribution extending from North Africa through the Middle East and the Indian Subcontinent to Malesia and Australasia .

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

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

* 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. A pleasant mild flavour, with a similar texture to the leaves, they make a pleasant and...

The root is the most active medicinally, it should be harvested in the autumn of its first year of growth, sliced longitudinally if necessary and dried quickly. A tea can be made from the leaves, seed or roots.

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

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. It acts principally on the digestive and nervous systems, easing flatulence, stomach cramps,...

Used as a cereal, it is probably best known as the breakfast cereal porridge but it can also be used in many other ways. Oats are a nutrient-rich food associated with lower blood cholesterol when consumed regularly.

The species is quite variable, and several subspecies or varieties have been recognized within it. * Wild bergamot or bee balm (Monarda fistulosa) is a wildflower in the mint family (Lamiaceae) widespread and abundant as a native plant in much of North...

It is native throughout the cooler regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe , northern Asia , and northern North America . * The young leaves and flower buds can be eaten raw or cooked.

* A perennial grass, to 3', with erect stems and leaves, very narrow; flowers and seedheads lax; native to Eurasia. * Stipa capillata is a perennial grass species in the family Poaceae , native to Europe and Asia .

* 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.

Number one plants. Berries extra large, glossy black. Produces crops every year - succeeds on all kinds of soil. Standard black raspberry.

The plant is happiest with water temperatures of 23 - 27°c in the growing season and requires a five month growing season. * Under favorable circumstances its seeds may remain viable for many years, with the oldest recorded lotus germination being from...