Edible Leaf Plant Seeds For Sale In Philadelphia

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

* 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.

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

* Leaves are palmately divided into 5-7 finger-like lobes. * Plants resent root disturbance so the seed is best sown in situ in April. * Plants typically form a low foliage mound from 6-9" tall on procumbent stems which spread along the ground to 3' wide.

Immature flowering stems - cooked in much the same way as broccoli. The leaves are also fermented for later use. Added to salads or used as a potherb. The name derives from the Latin for turnip , r?pum or r?pa , and is first recorded in English at the...

Most culinary and ornamental basils are cultivars of the species Ocimum basilicum , but other species are also grown and there are many hybrids between species. It acts principally on the digestive and nervous systems, easing flatulence, stomach cramps,...

* The seeds have been used in making cough syrups. The plant is noted for its effectiveness in treating catarrhal problems of many kinds and has also been used successfully in treating diarrhoea, haemorrhoids and infantile cholera.

* Bright yellow 3/4" flowers on foot-long stalks before the leaves appear, in very early spring; flowers look like the result of a cross between dandelion and small yellow daisy; slightly lobed roundish leaves to 8"; can spread vigorously and become a...

They can also be sprouted and used in salads. * It is an important crop for subsistence farmers in Africa. * The mild-flavoured leaves (cooked as a spinach) are rich in vitamins and minerals.

The root contains about 1.7% protein, 0.1% fat, 9.7% carbohydrate, 1.1% ash. * The Sacred water lotus has been used in the Orient as a medicinal herb for well over 1,500 years. * The root is much used and relished in Chinese cooking, it has a mild flavour...

* The species, rarely used by indigenous people as a leaf vegetable, was first mentioned by Captain Cook. Tetragonioides was the only cultivated vegetable to have originated from Australia and New Zealand.

14,300 seeds/oz. Mulch where temperatures go below 0°F (-18°C).Water during dry spells and side-dress with compost or a balanced fertilizer once or twice during the growing period, if necessary.Clip leaves when needed.

* Historically, nettles have been used to make clothing for 2,000 years, and German Army uniforms were almost made from nettle during World War I due to a potential shortage of cotton.

Rich in vitamin C. * Campanula persicifolia (peach-leaved bellflower) is a flowering plant species in the family Campanulaceae. Its flowers are cup-shaped and can be either lilac-blue or white.

Plants 50 hills. Planting guide: Plant after danger of frost in hills 4 to 6 feet apart. Mature in 90 days. These items are useful when starting seeds indoors for transplanting: Jiffy-7 Peat Pellets Peat Pots, 2 1/4'' round Peat Pots, 3'' round 3'' square...

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) that have potential long-term benefits for human...

Everything you need to get your plants off to a great start! When plants are well established thin to 2 to each hill. Plant seed not over one inch deep 4 to 6 to the hill, pressing soil firmly over them.

* The seed can be sprouted and added to salads. * A biennial with pretty four-petaled fragrant flowers in loose clusters, white to purplish and everything in between; the main flowering is in May in New York state; native to Europe, but naturalized and...

* A refreshing tea can be made from the leaves - it is high in vitamin C. * Young shoots - harvested as they emerge in the spring, then peeled and eaten raw or cooked like asparagus.

It is said to deter Japanese beetle and tomato hornworms. They are also added whole as a flavouring to various drinks such as Pimms and wine-based drinks. It is used to colour vinegar.

These delicious oval-shaped fruit weigh 5-6 pounds with sweet, moist salmon-colored flesh. It's a vigorous, main season melon with an abundance of fruit. Most people love to grow and eat big, luscious, juiicy extra sweet melons and that is exactly what...

They germinate right away and will mark the row. * The tops are loaded with vitamin A and the roots with Vitamin C. * Beets are low in calories (about 45 kcal per 100 g), have zero cholesterol and a minute amount of fat.

* The tender young shoots are sometimes added to spring salads. * An herbaceous perennial, forming a basal rosette to 1', from which arise 3' flowering stems with purplish blue (rarely pink or white) flowers resembling scabiosa; likes moist, peaty soil...

A liquorice-like flavour, they can be used as a flavouring in mixed salads. The root is the most active medicinally, it should be harvested in the autumn of its first year of growth, sliced longitudinally if necessary and dried quickly.

* 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.

Female flowers are maroon in color. Like other members of the genus, it is mildly laxative and holds out potential as a long term treatment for chronic disease, in particular that of the gastro-intestinal tract.

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