Edible Leaf Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Philadelphia

It grows typically in warm, sheltered spots with moist soil. * Western salsify is quite similar to the generally commoner meadow salsify, T. Pratensis, but the bracts which show behind the flower head, a distinctive feature of salsifies, are longer and...

110 days to harvest. 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. * These are the sweet white onions famous raw on hamburgers and salads.

In Peru, maca is prepared and consumed in various ways, although traditionally it always is cooked. The majority of harvested maca is dried. Its Spanish and Quechua names include maca-maca, maino, ayak chichira, and ayak willku.

It is native to Europe but is widespread in North America where it is considered a weed. * 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...

Sow the seed as soon as the soil temperatures are bove 40 degrees F. They are grown and consumed throughout the world. * It preferes cool growing temperatures and will tolerate some shade.

Aromatic and somewhat bitter. This species is also occasionally known as Felon Herb , Chrysanthemum Weed , Wild Wormwood , Old uncle Henry , Sailor's Tobacco , Naughty Man , Old Man or St. John's Plant (not to be confused with St John's wort ).

* 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. * The flowers can be added to salads or used as a garnish.

* Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. * Bell-shaped flowers are pale lavender-blue and bloom for an unusually long time (4-5 weeks) in summer with a repeat bloom in fall.

* The tops can also be eaten when young as greens or in soups. * The purple topped turnip root will reach 4-5 inches in diameter and matures in 40 to 60 days. * Purple Top White Globe Turnip is an outstanding Heirloom variety.

* A tincture of the plant is somewhat astringent, demulcent, laxative and tonic. The plant is noted for its effectiveness in treating catarrhal problems of many kinds and has also been used successfully in treating diarrhoea, haemorrhoids and infantile...

All parts of the plant are strongly aromatic. Leaves are grey-green, rugose on the upper side, and nearly white underneath due to the many short soft hairs. Modern cultivars include leaves with purple, rose, cream, and yellow in many variegated combinations.

It grows typically in warm, sheltered spots with moist soil. * Western salsify is quite similar to the generally commoner meadow salsify, T. Pratensis, but the bracts which show behind the flower head, a distinctive feature of salsifies, are longer and...

* 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...

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

* The whole plant is antiseptic, astringent, emmenagogue, galactogogue and odontalgic. The seedlings are very small and slow-growing at first, but then grow rapidly. The seed can take 4 weeks or more to germinate.

Whilst this greatly reduces any bitterness, there is also a corresponding loss of vitamins and minerals. The root is said to be an ideal food for diabetics because of its inulin content.

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

* Campanula persicifolia (peach-leaved bellflower) is a flowering plant species in the family Campanulaceae. * The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. Rich in vitamin C. Its flowers are cup-shaped and can be either lilac-blue or white.

It also grows on damper ground . * The tender young shoots are sometimes added to spring salads. * An herbaceous perennial, forming a basal rosette to 1', from which arise 3' flowering stems with purplish blue (rarely pink or white) flowers resembling...

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

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

It is a dioecious, perennial, herbaceous climbing plant which sends up new shoots in early spring and dies back to a cold-hardy rhizome in autumn. They are also medicinal. Strictly speaking it is a bine rather than a vine, using its own shoots to act...

While oats are suitable for human consumption as oatmeal and rolled oats, one of the most common uses is as livestock feed. * Oats are an easily grown crop that succeeds in any moderately fertile soil in full sun.

* 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. * The plant is used in the treatment of blennorrhoea and also as an unguent for burns.

* The whole plant is pleasantly scented when bruised. * Ononis spinosa is a plant belonging to the family Fabaceae , that is commonly known as spiny restharrow or just restharrow .

Added to salads or used as a potherb. The leaves are also fermented for later use. * 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...

In a prehistoric cave in the Republic of Georgia dyed flax fibers have been found that date to 34,000 BC . * Linseed has a long history of medicinal use, its main effects being as a laxative and expectorant that soothes irritated tissues, controls coughing...