Edible Leaf Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In Escondido

* 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. * The flowers can be added to salads or used as a garnish.

* They are very late to bolt and can be grown year round in mild climates. * They are quite frost tolerant and become even more flavorful after some frosty nights. * Try them as a fall crop by sowing seed in late summer.

* Celery (Apium graveolens var. It is an aromatic bitter tonic herb that reduces blood pressure, relieves indigestion, stimulates the uterus and is anti-inflammatory. * Celery is used around the world as a vegetable for the crisp petiole (leaf stalk).

Nettles are a very valuable addition to the diet, they are a very nutritious food that is easily digested and is high in minerals (especially iron) and vitamins (especially A and C).

* A perennial mint with lemon-scented foliage and clusters of small white flowers in whorls in the leaf axils; the leaves are used in cooking--teas, soups--toilet water, soaps, and medicine; sun or part shade, grows well in dry sites; native to southern...

* The fruit is delicious when eaten out of hand, the fruit is also used in pies, preserves etc. * A purple to dull blue dye is obtained from the fruit. * The plant from which cultivated red raspberries were derived.

Young shoots in spring - raw or cooked. Leaves are notably gray-glaucous to whitish beneath. It can be boiled and made into a jelly or dried and ground into a powder then used with cereals when making bread etc.

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

* When flowering, chicory has a tough, grooved, and more or less hairy stem, from 30 to 100 centimetres (10 to 40 in) tall.The leaves are stalked, lanceolate and unlobed.The flower heads are 2 to 4 centimetres (0.79 to 1.6 in) wide, and bright blue.

Grow them year round in your kitchen! 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. * Dandelion sprouts make a great micro-green.

Flesh is juicy, acid, whitish and aromatic. * An extract from the leaves has been reportedly successful in lowering elevated blood pressure by its decreasing peripheral vascular resistance.

* Purple Top White Globe Turnip is an outstanding Heirloom variety. * They are excellent raw or cooked , having a mild sweet flavor. * The tops can also be eaten when young as greens or in soups.

It has a wide range of medicinal applications. * Fenugreek is used as an herb (dried or fresh leaves), spice (seeds), and vegetable (fresh leaves, sprouts, and microgreens). * One of its constituent alkaloids, called 'trigonelline', has shown potential...

The fresh or dried leaves are brewed into a refreshing aromatic tea. The tea may be sweetened with honey, as it tends to be quite strong. The plants are typically up to 3 ft (0.9 m) tall, with a few erect branches.

* I just watched a You Tube video of a woman eating 1/4 of a flower. She describes it as "like popping candy" and "little needles poking the top of your mouth". * These curiosities are well worth growing, if only for the conversation factor! * The buds...

* Sanguisorba officinalis ( Great Burnet ) is a plant in the family Rosaceae , subfamily Rosoideae . * The young leaves and flower buds can be eaten raw or cooked. They should be harvested in the spring before the plant comes into flower.

* A tincture of the plant is somewhat astringent, demulcent, laxative and tonic. * Penthorum sedoides is widely distributed in the United States and Canada. * The seeds have been used in making cough syrups.

Allow the tree to leaf out completely from July onward to replenish energy for next years harvest. This tasty somewhat spicy vegetable is very nutritious and easy to grow. Rich in vitamin A, the leaves also contain about 6% protein, 1% fat, 6.6% carbohydrate,...

* It is a highly aromatic and flavorful herb with culinary and medicinal uses and, along with the similar-tasting anise, is one of the primary ingredients of absinthe. It is one of the most important spices in Kashmiri Pandit and Gujarati cooking.

An edible oil is obtained from the seed. Start seeds indoors and transplant outside when danger of frost is past. Immature seeds are used in soups etc. They are used like spinach. * It grows abundantly in hot, humid equatorial countries, from the Philippines...

* The leaves are available from early spring until late in the autumn. * In warmer areas, garlic chives may remain green all year round. * In China, they are often used to make dumplings with a combination of egg, shrimp and pork.

* Erect stalks topped with one or several blue 1 1/2" flowers; parent of many cultivars with white, blue, or double flowers; popular and easy to grow. A mild flavour, it is nice in salads and is liked by most people who try it.

Leaves may be clipped fresh as needed or dried for year-round culinary use. Tiny, white flowers appear in terminal or axillary spikelets in July. This plant has a low, creeping growth habit with foliage usually not exceeding 6-8" in height, and produces...

The seed is a good source of protein and easily digested fats. * Chia (Salvia hispanica) was the third most important food of the Aztecs in the time of Cortez (behind corn and beans and in front of amaranth), and has long been an important crop in Mesoamerica...

* East Indian lemon grass (Cymbopogon flexuosus), also called Cochin grass or Malabar grass (Malayalam: (inchippullu), is native to Cambodia, Vietnam, India, Sri Lanka, Burma, and Thailand * Lemongrass is widely used as a culinary herb in Asian cuisine...

* Senna siamea (khilek), also known as Kassod Tree, Cassod Tree and (incorrectly) as Cassia tree, is a legume in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. They are used in Burmese and also in Thai cuisine where one of the most well-known preparations is Kaeng khilek.

* The whole plant is pleasantly scented when bruised. It is found throughout much of Europe but seldom as far north as Scotland . * Ononis spinosa is a plant belonging to the family Fabaceae , that is commonly known as spiny restharrow or just restharrow...