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* The purple topped turnip root will reach 4-5 inches in diameter and matures in 40 to 60 days. * High in Vitamins! * The tops can also be eaten when young as greens or in soups. * They are excellent raw or cooked , having a mild sweet flavor.

Most parsnip cultivars consist of about 80% water, 5% sugar, 1% protein, 0.3% fat and 5% dietary fiber. * The parsnip was first officially described by Carolus Linnaeus in his 1753 work Species Plantarum.

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

Great for slicing and fresh eating! * Also make very good fried onion rings and can be used in cooking where a mild onion flavor is desired. To produce seed for future years the bulbs need to be left in place and mulched heavily over winter and allowed...

They can also be used to sweeten tart fruits and to make jam. 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.

* Burdock is one of the foremost detoxifying herbs in both Chinese and Western herbal medicine. * The root is very crisp and has a sweet, mild, and pungent flavor. It is commonly cultivated in Japan where it gives its name to a particular construction...

Great for slicing and fresh eating! * Also make very good fried onion rings and can be used in cooking where a mild onion flavor is desired. To produce seed for future years the bulbs need to be left in place and mulched heavily over winter and allowed...

* Although considered a "winter" squash, acorn squash belongs to the same species as all "summer" squashes (including zucchini and yellow crookneck squash). Roughly 85 days after germinating, acorn squash are ready to be harvested.

The aromatic seed is used as a flavouring in stews etc. * The flower clusters can be french-fried to produce a carrot-flavoured gourmet's delight. This occurrence is a popular science experiment in primary grade school.

* This Heirloom variety has been around over 100 years , has long deep green leaves high in iron, vitamins and antioxidants. The leaves are alternate, simple, ovate to triangular-based, very variable in size from about 2-30 cm long and 1-15 cm broad,...

* This is a glandular, woolly perennial which approaches a maximum height of two metres.Its erect, branching gray stems bear the occasional sharply toothed, sharp-lobed pointed green leaf.

The seed usually germinates within 1 - 2 weeks at 20°c. Give the plants some protection, such as a cloche, until they are growing away well. * This species can be distinguished from the oneseed bur cucumber (Sicyos angulatus) by the six-lobed corolla...

* This species used to be cultivated for its edible leaves in China. * This species is grown as a green manure crop in Japan and southern China. * Astragalus sinicus is widely used on rice land as a winter crop.

It is native to Europe and Asia; in the USA it grows best in American Horticultural Society zones 8 to 1. It is a fairly short variety, growing only to 3 feet high. Like many members of that genus, it is prized by gardeners for its showy flowers.

The name comes from German edel (meaning noble ) and weiss (meaning white ). The scientific name, Leontopodium , means " lion's paw" and is derived from the Greek words leon (lion) and podion (diminutive of pous , foot).

The sap is yellow to orange.The flowers consist of four yellow petals , each about 1 cm long, with two sepals . * The flowers appear from late spring to summer in umbelliform cymes of about 4 flowers.The seeds are small and black, borne in a long capsule...

It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions – growing to 60 centimetres (24 in) (less in poor soils), and producing pale lilac flowers in spring. * Iris magnifica is a bulbous flowering plant in the genus Iris, native to the mountains...

The nodding, blue to reddish-purple flowers are solitary on short branches from the axils of three-parted leaves. A cold infusion of the plant can be used as a lotion on swollen knees and ankles.

The young leaves are purple. Native to the Yangzhi River area of China and Japan. * This very important medicinal plant was first identified by Thunberg as Aristolochia longa Linnaeus.

(Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Hubei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mong) all in China. * Native to forest margins, grassy slopes; 400--2700 m.

Closely related to the garden Rhubarb , Rheum rhaponticum , it has a similar purgative effect upon the human body . The other herbs included in the formula are Arctium lappa, Ulmus rubra and Rumex acetosella.

* The Globe-flower ( Trollius europaeus ) is a perennial plant of the family Ranunculaceae . Hardy to at least -20°c. It requires a deep rich soil with plenty of moisture. * An herbaceous perennial with lemon yellow flowers to 2", May to August; much...

* Tolerates maritime exposure. * A strong fibre is obtained from the stems, it is used for making string, bags, paper etc. * A very easily grown plant, succeeding in any ordinary garden soil in sun or partial shade.

Other names include 'Yellow Gentian', 'Bitter Root', 'Bitterwort', 'Centiyane', and 'Genciana'. * t is one of the best strengtheners of the human system, stimulating the liver, gall bladder and digestive system, and is an excellent tonic to combine with...

The seed usually germinates in 10 - 21 days at 18°c. * In the laboratory it is a model organism,[6] for example containing the gene DEFICIENS which provides the letter "D" in the acronym MADS-box for a family of genes which are important in plant development.

They were first described by botanists in 1759. Macounii ) is a boreal flowering plant. * The Iceland Poppy ( Papaver nudicaule syn. Native to subpolar regions of northern Europe and North America, Iceland poppies are hardy but short-lived perennials...

* This plant can be found in moist woodland, often at higher altitudes, throughout temperate areas of Europe, Asia, and eastern and western North America, and is also found in cultivation, where it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of...