Edible Leaf Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In Virginia

Succeeds in water up to 2.5 metres deep. It can be cooked with other vegetables, soaked in syrup or pickled in vinegar. * The flowers have a sweet fruity perfume. The plant is happiest with water temperatures of 23 - 27°c in the growing season and requires...

* I just watched a You Tube video of a woman eating 1/4 of a flower. * The leaves and flower heads contain an analgesic agent spilanthol used to numb toothache. * These curiosities are well worth growing, if only for the conversation factor! * The buds...

A tea made from the leaves has traditionally been used as a cleansing tonic and blood purifier so the plant is often used in the treatment of hay fever, arthritis, anaemia etc. Soaking stinging nettles in water or cooking removes the stinging chemicals...

It is great fresh in salads or steamed. It is native to central and southwestern Asia . Spinach may survive over winter in temperate regions. * Spinach ( Spinacia oleracea ) is an edible flowering plant in the family of Amaranthaceae .

* Celery is used in weight-loss diets, where it provides low-calorie dietary fibre bulk. The leaves are pinnate to bipinnate with rhombic leaflets 3–6 cm long and 2–4 cm broad.

The flowers can also be sprinkled on salads to add colour and fragrance. Spreading growth to 3ft. * Subshrubby,erect, hairy, perennial with oblong-ovate, entire, gray-green-woody, aromatic leaves, to 3in long.

It has a wide range of medicinal applications. It is cultivated worldwide as a semi-arid crop, and its seeds are a common ingredient in dishes from the Indian Subcontinent. * Fenugreek is used as an herb (dried or fresh leaves), spice (seeds), and vegetable...

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...

It is an evergreen shrub or small tree that is usually trimmed to below two metres (six feet) when cultivated for its leaves. * The source of tea; white flowers in fall; tolerates shade or sun well; an attractive small shrub for its ornamental value as...

* 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.

* Celery is used in weight-loss diets, where it provides low-calorie dietary fibre bulk. The leaves are pinnate to bipinnate with rhombic leaflets 3–6 cm long and 2–4 cm broad.

A delicious carbonated beverage can be made from the boiled leaves. It is native to Mauritius , the United States and the west coast of South America in Chile and Peru . * It is a perennial plant that develops in a cultivated or wild in the mountains...

* 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.

Carbohydrate, 187mg Calcium, 66mg phosphorus, 3.1mg iron, 76mg sodium, 397mg potassium, 36mg magnesium, 14000iu vitamin A, 0.19mg vitamin B1, 0.26mg vitamin B2, 35mg vitamin C. * The leaves are eaten raw or cooked.

This plant has a low, creeping growth habit with foliage usually not exceeding 6-8" in height, and produces highly aromatic, flavorful, dark green leaves which are commonly used in cooking as a seasoning.

* Sheep's sorrel is a detoxifying herb, the fresh juice of the leaves having a pronounced diuretic effect. * The leaves can be used as thickeners in soups etc, they can also be dried for later use.

Peruviana (Cape Gooseberry), easily identifiable by the larger, bright orange to red papery covering over its fruit, which resemble Chinese lanterns . It is native from southern Europe east across southern Asia to Japan .

A tea made from the berries has a spicy gin-like flavour. Common Juniper has needle-like leaves in whorls of three; the leaves are green, with a single white stomatal band on the inner surface.

Successional sowings can be made at intervals of a few weeks in order to ensure a constant supply of young plants. They appear in Cantonese dishes and Hong Kong cuisine in stews, casseroles, and hotpots.

* The dried leaves can be ground and used as a sweetener or soaked in water and the liquid used in making preserves. * The leaves contain 'stevioside', a substance that is 300 times sweeter than sucrose.

* Umbellularia californica is a large tree native to coastal forests of California and slightly extended into Oregon .

The fresh leaves are highly nutritious and can be considered a natural vitamin and mineral supplement in their own right. It is common in Middle Eastern , European , and American cooking .

Peruviana (Cape Gooseberry), easily identifiable by the larger, bright orange to red papery covering over its fruit, which resemble Chinese lanterns . It is native from southern Europe east across southern Asia to Japan .

* Plants typically form a low foliage mound from 6-9" tall on procumbent stems which spread along the ground to 3' wide. Stamens form a prominent central column typical of mallow family members, but with distinctive style branches.

It is used to treat conditions caused by an 'overload' of toxins, such as throat and other infections, boils, rashes and other skin problems. * Burdock is one of the foremost detoxifying herbs in both Chinese and Western herbal medicine.

Begins bearing fruit the 2nd year. Beautiful fire-engine red foliage in fall increases its value as a landscape shrub. Hardy to -40 degrees. Grows 3-6' tall, Yields 10+ pounds of berries.

Wholesome and nutritious.A peppery taste. * The root is boiled and eaten like salsify. The taste somewhat resembles salsify or parsnips. Fleshy, sweet and succulent. * Oenothera biennis ( Common evening primrose or Evening star ) is a species of Oenothera...