Edible Leaf Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Pomona

* It is an important crop for subsistence farmers in Africa. * 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.

If you like to eat them, you definitely should grow them! * The radish ( Raphanus sativus ) is an edible root vegetable of the Brassicaceae family that was domesticated in Europe in pre- Roman times.

* They are very late to bolt and can be grown year round in mild climates. * Try them as a fall crop by sowing seed in late summer. * They are quite frost tolerant and become even more flavorful after some frosty nights.

* 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, often in ditches along roads; native to Europe.

* The root is eaten cooked. In this form, the hypocotyls can be stored for several years. * Maca grows at high altitudes in the Andes is an inhospitable region of intense sunlight, violent winds and below freezing weather.

They are also used to sweeten tart fruits. * The plants have a pervading aromatic odour. * Angelica archangelica grows wild in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, mostly in the northern parts of the countries.

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. * Fordhook is a well known and very popular variety of Swiss Chard.

* It is an important crop for subsistence farmers in Africa. * 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 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. * Beet seed can take two weeks to germinate so an old trick is to sow radish seeds in the same row.

* It has an extensive old-world distribution extending from North Africa through the Middle East and the Indian Subcontinent to Malesia and Australasia . About 40 varieties are currently cultivated.

* Silene vulgaris or Bladder Campion is a plant species of the genus Silene of the Pink Family ( Caryophyllaceae ). * A curious perennial with small white nodding 5-petaled flowers backed by an inflated "bladder"; blooms all summer; flowers in loose clusters...

* Tragopogon dubius (yellow salsify, western salsify, western goat's-beard, wild oysterplant, yellow goat's beard, goat's beard, goatsbeard, common salsify, salsify) is a species of salsify native to southern and central Europe and western Asia and found...

The taste somewhat resembles salsify or parsnips. * 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...

* 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...

* Erect stalks topped with one or several blue 1 1/2" flowers; parent of many cultivars with white, blue, or double flowers; popular and easy to grow. * The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked.

Conservation Plant Characteristics Avena sativa L. It has a floury texture and a mild, somewhat creamy flavour. * The oat (Avena sativa), sometimes called the common oat, is a species of cereal grain grown for its seed, which is known by the same name...

They are also medicinal. * Humulus lupulus (common hop or hop) is a species of flowering plant in the Cannabaceae family, native to Europe, western Asia and North America. * A quick-growing, not to say rampant vine; can be pruned as a shrub; usually grown...

* The flowers are rich in a sweet nectar and are very attractive to bees. * In milder climates, borage will bloom continuously for most of the year. It is said to deter Japanese beetle and tomato hornworms.

* It was an All American winner in 1964. Oval to round fruit with red sweet flesh and small seeds, maturing in 85 days. * It is currently still one of the most popular varieties in the world! * Produces 20-25 lb.

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

Matures in 45 days. * Sow in early spring or early fall. * Spinach ( Spinacia oleracea ) is an edible flowering plant in the family of Amaranthaceae . Spinach may survive over winter in temperate regions.

Mature seeds are eaten cooked. Immature seeds are used in soups etc. They have a flavour similar to mushrooms when sauteed. Start seeds indoors and transplant outside when danger of frost is past.

The flowers, which superficially resemble dandelions , appear in early spring before dandelions appear. Tussilago is often found in colonies of dozens of plants. Thus, the flowers appear on stems with no apparent leaves, and the later appearing leaves...

The leaves are often blanched by excluding light, either by removing all the leaves and then earthing up the new growth, or by covering the plant with a bucket or something similar.

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

Matures in 45 days. * Sow in early spring or early fall. * Spinach ( Spinacia oleracea ) is an edible flowering plant in the family of Amaranthaceae . Spinach may survive over winter in temperate regions.

* A perennial grass, to 3', with erect stems and leaves, very narrow; flowers and seedheads lax; native to Eurasia. * Stipa capillata is a perennial grass species in the family Poaceae , native to Europe and Asia .