Edible Leaf Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Hayward

* The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. Their addition to the diet aids the digestion and so they are often used in small quantities as a flavouring, especially with fatty foods. This species is also occasionally known as Felon Herb , Chrysanthemum Weed...

* Malvus sylvestris is a spreading herb , who is an annual in North Africa , biennial in the Mediterranean and a perennial elsewhere . * 2 1/2" deep purple flowers on a plant that resembles a small hollyhock; likes full sun; biennial or perennial; native...

* Malvus sylvestris is a spreading herb , who is an annual in North Africa , biennial in the Mediterranean and a perennial elsewhere . * 2 1/2" deep purple flowers on a plant that resembles a small hollyhock; likes full sun; biennial or perennial; native...

They are eaten cooked or ground into a powder and used for making cakes etc. * It is an important crop for subsistence farmers in Africa. * The mild-flavoured leaves (cooked as a spinach) are rich in vitamins and minerals.

* 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.

* Fordhook is a well known and very popular variety of Swiss Chard. It is cold hardy as well as tolerant of heat. Excellent for use in salads or steamed. * The large stalks are topped by deep green leaves.

Sweet and pleasantly flavoured. * Maca is mainly grown for the nutritional and health value of its root. 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 leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. Their addition to the diet aids the digestion and so they are often used in small quantities as a flavouring, especially with fatty foods. This species is also occasionally known as Felon Herb , Chrysanthemum Weed...

They are eaten cooked or ground into a powder and used for making cakes etc. * It is an important crop for subsistence farmers in Africa. * The mild-flavoured leaves (cooked as a spinach) are rich in vitamins and minerals.

* Seed - surface-sow in spring to early autumn in situ. Successional sowings can be made at intervals of a few weeks in order to ensure a constant supply of young plants. Autumn sowings succeed in mild areas.

* Researchers report that the lotus has the remarkable ability to regulate the temperature of its flowers to within a narrow range just as humans and other warmblooded animals do. The plant also contains nuciferine and aporphine.

* The tender young shoots are sometimes added to spring salads. 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...

Sweet and pleasantly flavoured. * Maca is mainly grown for the nutritional and health value of its root. 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 plants prime use is as a diuretic where it is effective in ridding the body of stones and in treating jaundice, dropsy, cystitis etc. In modern cooking, parsley is used for its leaf in much the same way as coriander (which is also known as Chinese...

* The seed can be sprouted and added to salads. 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 A and C. It is probably native to southern Europe though its long history of cultivation makes its precise origin unknown, and may possibly be of garden origin. An edible yellow dye is obtained from the petals.

* It is a sprawling vine 8-10 feet long. * This wild cucumber has edible fruit which are very tasty when green and extremely bitter when yellow and fully ripe. * Native to Ethiopia but now found all over the tropics.

A liquorice-like flavour, they can be used as a flavouring in mixed salads. * Angelica has a long folk-history of use as a medicinal herb, in particular for the treatment of digestive disorders and problems with blood circulation.

GOOD LUCK! * The world record holder weighed in at 2009 pounds! * There is an art to growing the giants so don't be discouraged if you don't get pumpkins weighing hundreds of pounds on your first try.

* High in vitamins A and C. It is probably native to southern Europe though its long history of cultivation makes its precise origin unknown, and may possibly be of garden origin. An edible yellow dye is obtained from the petals.

* The leaves have a mild flavour, somewhat like a cross between garlic and chives, they are delicious in salads. * The leaves are available from early spring until late in the autumn.

* Physalis alkekengi ( Bladder cherry , Chinese lantern , Japanese lantern , or Winter cherry ; Japanese: h?zuki ), is a relative of P. Peruviana (Cape Gooseberry), easily identifiable by the larger, bright orange to red papery covering over its fruit,...

* Although purslane is considered a weed in the United States, it may be eaten as a leaf vegetable. * It has an extensive old-world distribution extending from North Africa through the Middle East and the Indian Subcontinent to Malesia and Australasia...

They contain sulphur compounds (which give them their onion flavour) and when added to the diet on a regular basis they help reduce blood cholesterol levels, act as a tonic to the digestive system and also tonify the circulatory system * Although the...

The plant is typically between 10 - 30 cm in height. The flowers, which superficially resemble dandelions , appear in early spring before dandelions appear. The leaves, which resemble a colt's foot in cross section, do not appear usually until after the...

A black raspberry, it is a very well flavoured fruit that can also be dried for winter use. * Rubus leucodermis (blackcap raspberry, black raspberry, whitebark raspberry, or blue raspberry,) is a species of Rubus native to western North America, from...

It is native to central and southwestern Asia . Matures in 45 days. It is great fresh in salads or steamed. The leaves are alternate, simple, ovate to triangular-based, very variable in size from about 2-30 cm long and 1-15 cm broad, with larger leaves...