Plant With Edible Parts Seeds For Sale In California

* Silybum marianum has other common names include cardus marianus, milk thistle, blessed milk thistle, Marian Thistle, Mary Thistle, Saint Mary's Thistle, Mediterranean milk thistle, variegated thistle and Scotch thistle.

The protein portion is used in the manufacture of some textile fibers. * The seeds have a delicious nutty flavour and can be eaten on their own either raw or roasted. Soap is made from saponified oil, and many cosmetics contain peanut oil and its derivatives.

Moschata cultivars are generally more tolerant of hot, humid weather than cultivars of C. They also generally display a greater resistance to disease and insects, especially to the squash vine borer.

When plants are well established thin to 2 to each hill. Seed can also be started indoors for an earlier harvest. Plant seed not over one inch deep 4 to 6 to the hill, pressing soil firmly over them.

Moschata cultivars are generally more tolerant of hot, humid weather than cultivars of C. They also generally display a greater resistance to disease and insects, especially to the squash vine borer.

Excellent late season home garden variety. Black Diamond Watermelons have dark green skin with bluish cast. Everything you need to get your plants off to a great start! Planting guide: Plant after danger of frost in hills 6 to 8 feet apart.

* In southern Patagonia it grows to a height of up to 30 m (100 ft), and attains a trunk diameter of 1.5 m (5 ft). * The leaves are dark green, elliptic toothed and 2–4 cm long, with irregularly lobed margins, and turn to yellow and reddish tones in...

* Oenothera biennis ( Common evening primrose or Evening star ) is a species of Oenothera native to eastern and central North America , from Newfoundland west to Alberta , southeast to Florida , and southwest to Texas , and widely naturalized elsewhere...

* Can be overwintered if mulched to zone 4. * Develope to maturity in only 60-65 days. * Many Welsh onions can multiply by forming perennial evergreen clumps. * These scallions are perfect for adding mild flavor to salads of all kinds.

* The root is eaten cooked. In the vegetative phase, until May to June, the lower part of the hypocotyl, as well as the upper part of the tap root, grows in size. The majority of harvested maca is dried.

* It is preferred forage by livestock. * Rapeseed ( Brassica napus ), also known as rape , oilseed rape , rapa , rappi , rapaseed and (in the case of one particular group of cultivars , canola ) is a bright yellow flowering member of the family Brassicaceae...

It is used to colour vinegar. * The flowers are rich in a sweet nectar and are very attractive to bees. * An edible blue dye can be obtained from the flowers. * Borage , also known as starflower is an annual herb originating in Syria , but naturalized...

Peshawari naan is, as a rule, topped with kalonji seeds. The flowers are delicate, and usually coloured pale blue and white, with five to ten petals. It is used primarily in confectionery and liquors.

* Originally imported as food for silkworms. * Berries, white. * The white mulberry ( Morus alba ) is a fast-growing, small to medium sized tree. * Dense, round-domed tree with variable shiny dark green leaves.

Young roots have a slightly bitter caramel flavour when roasted, roots over 2 years old are much more bitter. * The roasted root is used as a caffeine-free coffee adulterant or substitute.

* This grass is native to the northeastern USA and eastern Canada; it grows in wetland situations, but will tolerate upland applications if not too dry. It requires full sun. Some mannagrasses are considered weeds while others are endangered in their...

* The leaves are mucilaginous and fairly bland, we use them in bulk in summer salads. * 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,...

Used like potatoes or as a thickener in soups. A starchy and slightly sweet taste. Common names include, Turk's Cap Lily , Turban Lily , Swamp lily or American Tiger Lily . * Lilium superbum is a species of true lily native to the eastern and central...

It is also used for making lawns in parks and gardens. Poa pratensis is a herbaceous perennial plant 30–70 centimetres (12–28 in) tall. * Poa pratensis forms a valuable pasture plant, characteristic of well-drained, fertile soil.

* Ligustrum obtusifolium is a species of privet , native to Japan , Korea and China . * semi-evergreen to deciduous, large foliage shrub maturing at up to 12' tall by 15' wide, but often smaller upright oval to radiating rounded growth habit in youth,...

* Smilax glauca, the cat greenbriar or catbriar is a woody vine in the family Smilacaceae. Leaves are notably gray-glaucous to whitish beneath. Commonly inhabiting wooded areas and fences and often found growing with other species of Smilax.

It is a large evergreen or semi-evergreen tree growing to 40 m (130 ft) tall and with a trunk of 1–3 m (3.3–9.8 ft) diameter (occasionally much more; see below). Trees from the Mexican highlands achieve a notable stoutness.

A pleasant acid flavour, it is nice when added to muesli or porridge. * Fruit - raw or cooked. * Very fragrant yellow flowers in early spring. * Shiny leathery leaves, coarse, evergreen, dark green or blue green.

The leaves and stems of the huckleberry are resistant to low-intensity fires, and if burned away they will resprout vigorously from rhizomes buried under the soil. The amount of fruit produced by these shrubs is legendary, with stories being told of mountain...

The fresh or dried leaves are used as a tea substitute. They should be harvested in the spring before the plant comes into flower. It is native throughout the cooler regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe , northern Asia , and northern North America...

* The seed is best sown as soon as it is ripe in a cold frame, it usually germinates in the following spring. Prefers a sunny position but tolerates some shade. * The tree tends to grow out leaves earlier than most maples and holds its leaves somewhat...

* A curious perennial with small white nodding 5-petaled flowers backed by an inflated "bladder"; blooms all summer; flowers in loose clusters at stem joints; native to Europe but widely naturalized in the eastern U.S. * The young leaves are sweet and...