Plant With Edible Parts Seeds For Sale In Akron

They also generally display a greater resistance to disease and insects, especially to the squash vine borer. * Sow seed early to mid spring in a greenhouse in a rich soil. * The ancestral species of the genus Cucurbita were present in the Americas before...

It was first described by Henry Charles Andrews . The fallen flower petals are parboiled and sweetened for a teatime delicacy, or cooked in various dishes. * Paeonia suffruticosa , the tree peony , is a species of peony native to China .

Disease resistant. Oval light green with dark stripes grows to 25 pounds. For an earlier harvest, start seeds indoors, 6-8 weeks before last frost, harden off seedlings and transplant.

* Rubus parviflorus is a dense shrub up to 2.5 meters (8.2 ft) tall with canes no more than 1.5 centimeters (0.59 in) in diameter, often growing in large clumps which spread through the plant's underground rhizome.

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

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

It spread when the explorer and botanist Joseph Banks took seeds back to Kew Gardens during the latter half of the 18th century. Tetragonioides was the only cultivated vegetable to have originated from Australia and New Zealand.

* A very tolerant plant, thriving even when growing in unkempt grassy areas. * Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer or rabbits. * Cut back to just below lowest flowers immediately after summer bloom to promote fall rebloom.

* Inner bark is often dried, ground into a powder and then used as a thickener in soups etc or added to cereals when making bread. * The leaves are dark green, elliptic toothed and 2–4 cm long, with irregularly lobed margins, and turn to yellow and...

Plants 50 hills. Planting guide: Plant after danger of frost in hills 4 to 6 feet apart. Everything you need to get your plants off to a great start! This cantaloupe is also available in the Cantaloupe Collection.

They are also added whole as a flavouring to various drinks such as Pimms and wine-based drinks. * Borage , also known as starflower is an annual herb originating in Syria , but naturalized throughout the Mediterranean region, as well as Asia Minor, Europe,...

* The chestnuts are in the beech family along with beech and oak, and are not closely related to the horse-chestnut, which is in the family Sapindaceae. It can be used as a topping for various puddings.

The bulb is dried and powdered and then used for sizing cloth, bookbinding etc. Considered to be a delicacy in Siberia, the flavour is intermediate between purslane and spinach. * Eremurus spectabilis is a PERENNIAL growing to 1 m (3ft 3in) by 0.6 m (2ft).

* The cooked leaves can be used as a potherb. * A tincture of the plant is somewhat astringent, demulcent, laxative and tonic. * Penthorum sedoides is widely distributed in the United States and Canada.

* During the 1970s and 1980s it was promoted as a "miracle tree" for its multiple uses. * The legume provides an excellent source of high protein cattle fodder. * The young pods are edible and occasionally eaten along with Javanese vegetables salad with...

Planting guide: Plant after danger of frost in hills 6 to 8 feet apart. Everything you need to get your plants off to a great start! These items are useful when starting seeds indoors for transplanting: Jiffy-7 Peat Pellets Peat Pots, 2 1/4'' round Peat...

* This Heirloom variety has been around over 100 years , has long deep green leaves high in iron, vitamins and antioxidants. It is great fresh in salads or steamed. Spinach may survive over winter in temperate regions.

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.

* The flowers are used to add a muscatel flavour to stewed fruits, jellies and jams (especially gooseberry jam). The leaves are used to impart a green colouring to oils and fats. * Sambucus nigra is a species complex of elder native to most of Europe...

The best quality is from young leaf stalks still in the bud, whilst coarser material is obtained from older leaves or the bases of old leaf stalks surrounding the bud. The fibres are up to 50cm long, they are harvested commercially and used to make brushes,...

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 pots 4 1/2'' round pots For protecting your transplants against late, unexpected frosts choose between...

Alba; dark green leaves, yellow in fall; native to eastern and central United States in rich moist soil. * Morus rubra , commonly known as the Red Mulberry , is a species of mulberry native to eastern North America , from northernmost Ontario and Vermont...

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

Missouriensis (Rydb.) Palmer & Steyermark ) is a vine of the Ranunculaceae family native to the United States . * Native to the eastern half of the U.S., bright green leaves, masses of small white flowers in late summer; seed heads attractive too.

* The bulb is eaten cooked. Used like potatoes or as a thickener in soups. * Lilium superbum is a species of true lily native to the eastern and central regions of North America . A starchy and slightly sweet taste.

The leaves provide Cilantro and the seeds are Coriander. * The fresh leaves (Cilantro) are probably the most widely used flavouring herb in the world. * Coriander is native to southern Europe and North Africa to southwestern Asia.

They are best harvested when 8" long. * Golden Summer Crookneck is a bush type plant that yields of buttery-yellow squash with narrow curved neck that are very easy to grow. It is one of the earliest producing crookneck squash on the market that produces...