Edible Leaf Plant Seeds For Sale In Alexandria

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.

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

* Penthorum sedoides is widely distributed in the United States and Canada. * Penthorum sedoides is 10 to 80 centimeters tall. * A tincture of the plant is somewhat astringent, demulcent, laxative and tonic.

Its foliage is narrow and glossy with a bright green appearance. * 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.

* Malva moschata ( Musk-mallow ) is a species of Malva native to Europe and southwestern Asia , from Spain north to the British Isles and Poland , and east to southern Russia and Turkey .

Its Spanish and Quechua names include maca-maca, maino, ayak chichira, and ayak willku. * Lepidium meyenii (maca) is an herbaceous biennial plant of the crucifer family native to the high Andes of Peru.

The fresh or dried leaves are used as a tea substitute. * Sanguisorba officinalis ( Great Burnet ) is a plant in the family Rosaceae , subfamily Rosoideae . They should be harvested in the spring before the plant comes into flower.

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. It produces edible quality canola oil and exhibits improve winter survival in Great Plains conditions.

* These scallions are perfect for adding mild flavor to salads of all kinds. * Many Welsh onions can multiply by forming perennial evergreen clumps. * Develope to maturity in only 60-65 days.

* The growing plant is an insect repellent, it repels the cabbage white butterfly so is a good companion for brassicas. The leaves are pinnate to bipinnate with rhombic leaflets 3–6 cm long and 2–4 cm broad.

When plants are well established thin to 2 to each hill. This ''icebox'' watermelon has crisp and wonderfully sweet red flesh. Planting guide: Plant after danger of frost in hills 6 to 8 feet apart.

* Vates Collards have dark green very tasty leaves with a mild cabbage like flavor. * Try them as a fall crop by sowing seed in late summer. * They are very late to bolt and can be grown year round in mild climates.

Typically the first year of growth produces a mound of foliage and flowering occurs the second year, plants are normally biennials but a number of races can be short lived perennials .

* High in Vitamins! * Purple Top White Globe Turnip is an outstanding Heirloom variety. * The tops can also be eaten when young as greens or in soups. * This is a very easy to grow and rewarding vegetable.

If planted in a well-drained location, it can normally be wintered over to produce a crop early the following spring. Tolerates light frost. Parsley can be used either fresh or dried.

It differs from other similar species in that it has 4 lobed flowers, whereas Small Scabious and Field scabious have 5 lobes and hence it has been placed in a separate genus in the same family .

The fresh or dried leaves are used as a tea substitute. * Sanguisorba officinalis ( Great Burnet ) is a plant in the family Rosaceae , subfamily Rosoideae . They should be harvested in the spring before the plant comes into flower.

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

The shoots are bright yellow green at first with mucilaginous bark, turning reddish brown, and in two or three years begin to show shallow fissures. The bark on trunk of mature trees is thick, dark red-brown, and deeply furrowed.

Black Diamond Watermelons have dark green skin with bluish cast. Planting guide: Plant after danger of frost in hills 6 to 8 feet apart. Seed can also be started indoors for an earlier harvest.

Unique French Charentais type cantaloupe. You will want to try this for yourself. One of the best tasting melons has orange flesh. Small sized melons weigh 2-2 1/2 pounds and won't go to waste.

* 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 region .

* High in Vitamins! * Purple Top White Globe Turnip is an outstanding Heirloom variety. * The tops can also be eaten when young as greens or in soups. * This is a very easy to grow and rewarding vegetable.

Pelleted seed must be kept cool and dry prior to planting, and should be used within one year of purchase.If anything you purchase from us proves unsatisfactory, we will either replace the item or refund the purchase price.

Nutrition comes from the beets fiber, vitamins, minerals and unique plant derived anti-oxidants. * 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.

Most of the Asian basils have a clove-like flavour that is generally stronger than the Mediterranean basils. In addition, basil has been shown to decrease the occurrence of platelet aggregation and experimental thrombus in mice.

* Penthorum sedoides is widely distributed in the United States and Canada. * Penthorum sedoides is 10 to 80 centimeters tall. * A tincture of the plant is somewhat astringent, demulcent, laxative and tonic.