Edible Leaf Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Palmdale

* Maca grows at high altitudes in the Andes is an inhospitable region of intense sunlight, violent winds and below freezing weather. It was found at the Meseta of BomBom close to Junin Lake in the Andes.

It is native throughout the cooler regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe , northern Asia , and northern North America . A cucumber flavour they can be added to salads or used as a potherb.

The leaves are strongly flavoured and are used less often, either as a flavouring in soups and stews or as a dried herb. * Celery is used in weight-loss diets, where it provides low-calorie dietary fibre bulk.

* The root is eaten raw or cooked. * Western salsify is quite similar to the generally commoner meadow salsify, T. * Like most salsifies, the western salsify grows as an annual or occasionally biennial forb, reaching a height of typically 20–60 cm but...

* The seeds have been used in making cough syrups. * Penthorum sedoides is 10 to 80 centimeters tall. The plant is noted for its effectiveness in treating catarrhal problems of many kinds and has also been used successfully in treating diarrhoea, haemorrhoids...

* An edible blue dye can be obtained from the flowers. It is said to deter Japanese beetle and tomato hornworms. * The flowers are rich in a sweet nectar and are very attractive to bees.

* The Old World type grows to approximately 2 ft (0.61 m) tall and wide, with lavender flowers most common, though they can also be white, pink, or purple. Spreading growth to 3ft.

* The mild-flavoured leaves (cooked as a spinach) are rich in vitamins and minerals. * This species was in use as a food source in Central America as early as 4000 BC. * The seeds are very small but easy to harvest and very nutritious.

When pureed it is said to rival the best spinach purees. It is native to Europe but is widespread in North America where it is considered a weed. This bitterness can be reduced by blanching the shoots as they appear from the ground.

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 .

This species is cultivatedas a vegetable in China. * Succeeds in a fertile well-drained soil in a sunny position. Plants are not very cold-tolerant, but they can beoverwintered outdoors in areas where winter temperatures do not fall below about -5°c.

* I just watched a You Tube video of a woman eating 1/4 of a flower. * The leaves and flower heads contain an analgesic agent spilanthol used to numb toothache. She describes it as "like popping candy" and "little needles poking the top of your mouth".

Due to their mucilaginous property they are often sprouted on clay or other porous materials. It was cultivated by the Aztec in pre-Columbian times, and was so valued that it was given as an annual tribute by the people to the rulers.

* They are very late to bolt and can be grown year round in mild climates. * Vates Collards have dark green very tasty leaves with a mild cabbage like flavor. * They are quite frost tolerant and become even more flavorful after some frosty nights.

* A perennial mint with lemon-scented foliage and clusters of small white flowers in whorls in the leaf axils; the leaves are used in cooking--teas, soups--toilet water, soaps, and medicine; sun or part shade, grows well in dry sites; native to southern...

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

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

* The mild-flavoured leaves (cooked as a spinach) are rich in vitamins and minerals. * This species was in use as a food source in Central America as early as 4000 BC. * The seeds are very small but easy to harvest and very nutritious.

The plants are very tolerant of disturbance, we have found divisions to take well at any time of the year, though these divisions are never as good as seed-sown plants. It is a hardy, perennial herb with yellow flowers and feathery leaves.

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

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 .

* The leaves contain 'stevioside', a substance that is 300 times sweeter than sucrose. * Other reports say that they contain 'estevin' a substance that, weight for weight, is 150 times sweeter than sugar.

The plants are very tolerant of disturbance, we have found divisions to take well at any time of the year, though these divisions are never as good as seed-sown plants. It is a hardy, perennial herb with yellow flowers and feathery leaves.

* Parsley is a commonly grown culinary and medicinal herb that is often used as a domestic medicine. It is common in Middle Eastern , European , and American cooking . The fresh leaves are highly nutritious and can be considered a natural vitamin and...

* One of its constituent alkaloids, called 'trigonelline', has shown potential for use in cancer therapy. It is cultivated worldwide as a semi-arid crop, and its seeds are a common ingredient in dishes from the Indian Subcontinent.

Added to salads or used as a potherb. * 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...

The leaves, which resemble a colt's foot in cross section, do not appear usually until after the seeds are set. Tussilago is often found in colonies of dozens of plants. Thus, the flowers appear on stems with no apparent leaves, and the later appearing...