Edible Leaf Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Tacoma

* Generally grown as an annual to produce desired onions for eating. 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.

They are eaten cooked or ground into a powder and used for making cakes etc. * Amaranthus cruentus is a common flowering plant species that yields the nutritious staple amaranth grain .

* Maca is mainly grown for the nutritional and health value of its root. The majority of harvested maca is dried. * Maca grows at high altitudes in the Andes is an inhospitable region of intense sunlight, violent winds and below freezing weather.

* Beets are low in calories (about 45 kcal per 100 g), have zero cholesterol and a minute amount of fat. * The usually deep-red roots of garden beet are eaten boiled either as a cooked vegetable, or cold as a salad after cooking and adding oil and vinegar.

* This is a very easy to grow and rewarding vegetable. * High in Vitamins! * The tops can also be eaten when young as greens or in soups. * The purple topped turnip root will reach 4-5 inches in diameter and matures in 40 to 60 days.

White to lilac-blue flowers in early to mid-summer. The flowers can also be sprinkled on salads to add colour and fragrance. A popular culinary herb with 1/2in. * Subshrubby,erect, hairy, perennial with oblong-ovate, entire, gray-green-woody, aromatic...

* 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" * It is frost-sensitive but perennial in warmer climates.

* In milder climates, borage will bloom continuously for most of the year. * The flowers are rich in a sweet nectar and are very attractive to bees. It is said to deter Japanese beetle and tomato hornworms.

* The seeds have been used in making cough syrups. * Penthorum sedoides is widely distributed in the United States and Canada. * In Virginia, Penthorum sedoides grows in habitats such as alluvial swamps, floodplain pools, rocky or sandy shores, fens,...

* Celery is used around the world as a vegetable for the crisp petiole (leaf stalk). * Wild celery has a long history of medicinal and food use. * Celery is used in weight-loss diets, where it provides low-calorie dietary fibre bulk.

The leaves can also be finely chopped and added to salads. * Silene vulgaris or Bladder Campion is a plant species of the genus Silene of the Pink Family ( Caryophyllaceae ). This bitterness can be reduced by blanching the shoots as they appear from the...

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

* The plants have a pervading aromatic odour. A liquorice-like flavour, they can be used as a flavouring in mixed salads. They can also be used to sweeten tart fruits and to make jam.

Immature flowering stems - cooked in much the same way as broccoli. 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.

Matures in 45 days. Spinach may survive over winter in temperate regions. The leaves are alternate, simple, ovate to triangular-based, very variable in size from about 2-30 cm long and 1-15 cm broad, with larger leaves at the base of the plant and small...

Tender young leaves are considerably less bitter than older leaves. The 5–45 cm long and 1–10 cm wide leaves are oblanceolate, oblong, or obovate in shape with the bases gradually narrowing to the petiole.

Prefers part shade in warmer climates. * Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer or rabbits. * Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade.

In many gardens it self sows freely. Division in March as the new growth appears. The plants are very tolerant of disturbance, we have found divisions to take well at any time of the year, though these divisions are never as good as seed-sown plants.

* The plant's greens are used in many Asian cuisines. Successional sowings can be made at intervals of a few weeks in order to ensure a constant supply of young plants. In addition, the plant contains various antioxidants (in stem, leaf, and root tissues)...

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.

* The seed can be sprouted and added to salads. * Hesperis matronalis grows 100 cm or taller, with multiple upright hairy stems. * A biennial with pretty four-petaled fragrant flowers in loose clusters, white to purplish and everything in between; the...

The flowers emerge from a tall, upright stem. * The plant is also part of a North American formula called essiac which is a popular treatment for cancer. * Rumex acetosella is a species of sorrel bearing the common names sheep's sorrel , red sorrel ,...

* A shrub; red flowers in racemes. * The leaves and flowers are boiled and eaten.

* 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 diets.

In zones 4-5 it NEEDS a pollinator. Large golden, orange-colored apricot with a fresh, rich, lively taste. A medium grower, the Moorpark produces fruit in 4-5 years. You will enjoy a mid-season July-August harvest, so be ready to pick this one early.

A cucumber flavour they can be added to salads or used as a potherb. The fresh or dried leaves are used as a tea substitute. They should be harvested in the spring before the plant comes into flower.

* This variety is over 100 years old. It ripens much earlier than other varieties. Seeds are typically started eight to 10 weeks prior to the anticipated frost-free date. (meaning: fried aubergines) or without yogurt as in patl?can ?ak?uka.