Edible Leaf Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Topeka

* It preferes cool growing temperatures and will tolerate some shade. The young plants can also be eaten as a slightly spicy tasting micro-green. If you like to eat them, you definitely should grow them! * The radish ( Raphanus sativus ) is an edible...

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

* The growing plant is an insect repellent, it repels the cabbage white butterfly so is a good companion for brassicas. * Celery is used in weight-loss diets, where it provides low-calorie dietary fibre bulk.

* 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.

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. To produce seed for future years the bulbs need to be left in place and mulched heavily over winter and allowed...

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. Its flowers are cup-shaped and can be either lilac-blue or white.

A lemon-flavoured tea can be made from the fresh or dried leaves. * 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...

* In China, they are often used to make dumplings with a combination of egg, shrimp and pork. * The leaves have a mild flavour, somewhat like a cross between garlic and chives, they are delicious in salads.

* They are excellent raw or cooked , having a mild sweet flavor. * The purple topped turnip root will reach 4-5 inches in diameter and matures in 40 to 60 days. * High in Vitamins!

* The leaves are edible but rather bitter, especially when the plants are flowering. It is especially important as source of levulose. The blanched leaves are often used in winter salads (they are known as chicons) and are also cooked.

* The essential oil of the roots of Angelica archangelica contains ?-terebangelene, C10H16, and other terpenes; the oil of the seeds also contains ?-terebangelene, together with methylethylacetic acid and hydroxymyristic acid.

While the crown is perennial, the canes are biennial, growing vegetatively one year, flowering and fruiting the second, and then dying. * Rubus leucodermis (blackcap raspberry, black raspberry, whitebark raspberry, or blue raspberry,) is a species of...

A pleasant mild flavour, with a similar texture to the leaves, they make a pleasant and pretty addition to the salad bowl. * Malvus sylvestris is a spreading herb , who is an annual in North Africa , biennial in the Mediterranean and a perennial elsewhere...

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

The seed, or the oil from the seed are normally used. * Flax was extensively cultivated in ancient Ethiopia and ancient Egypt . * Linseed has a long history of medicinal use, its main effects being as a laxative and expectorant that soothes irritated...

* Many Welsh onions can multiply by forming perennial evergreen clumps. * These scallions are perfect for adding mild flavor to salads of all kinds. * Can be overwintered if mulched to zone 4.

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 leaves higher on the flowering stem.

They have a flavour similar to mushrooms when sauteed. Use the young pods before they mature for best flavor. They are used like spinach. They are very nutritious, being rich in oil (up to 17%), protein, vitamin E and calcium.

* 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 America. * The plant is noted for its fragrance, and is a source of oil of thyme.

* This species is native to the temperate regions of the old world, from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean, and from the British Isles through Russia, and the Middle East to China and Japan, including India.

Research shows that lemongrass oil has antifungal properties. Because of this, lemongrass oil can be used as a lure when trapping swarms or attempting to draw the attention of hived bees."

* Rapeseed ( Brassica napus ), also known as rape , oilseed rape , rapa , rappi , rapaseed and (in the case of one particular group of cultivars , canola ) is a bright yellow flowering member of the family Brassicaceae (mustard or cabbage family).

They have a flavour similar to mushrooms when sauteed. Use the young pods before they mature for best flavor. They are used like spinach. They are very nutritious, being rich in oil (up to 17%), protein, vitamin E and calcium.

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

This bitterness can be reduced by blanching the shoots as they appear from the ground. * 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...

* Lepidium meyenii (maca) is an herbaceous biennial plant of the crucifer family native to the high Andes of Peru. The nutritional value of dried Maca root is high, resembling cereal grains such as maize, rice and wheat.

* Corn salad, also known as mache or lamb's lettuce, grows in a low rosette with spatulate leaves up to 15.2 cm long. It is best if gathered before flowers appear. * Corn salad was originally foraged by European peasants until Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie,...