Edible Leaf Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In El Monte

They appear in Cantonese dishes and Hong Kong cuisine in stews, casseroles, and hotpots. * Possibly a good companion plant, protecting neighbouring plants from caterpillars etc. Autumn sowings succeed in mild areas.

* Seed propagaqtion- best sown in early spring in situ. The seeds are used in cookery and sweet desserts. In many gardens it self sows freely. It is a hardy, perennial herb with yellow flowers and feathery leaves.

Their addition to the diet aids the digestion and so they are often used in small quantities as a flavouring, especially with fatty foods. Aromatic and somewhat bitter. * Artemisia vulgaris ( mugwort or common wormwood ) is one of several species in the...

* It is believed fenugreek was brought into cultivation in the Near East. It is cultivated worldwide as a semi-arid crop, and its seeds are a common ingredient in dishes from the Indian Subcontinent.

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

* The leaves are cooked and used as greens. The water in which the leaves are cooked is used in making corn pudding . * Shadscale fruits and leaves provide important winter browse for both domestic livestock and native herbivores.

* Leaves are palmately divided into 5-7 finger-like lobes. Stamens form a prominent central column typical of mallow family members, but with distinctive style branches. * Purple poppy mallow is a mat-forming, Missouri native perennial which most frequently...

Succeeds in water up to 2.5 metres deep. The plant is happiest with water temperatures of 23 - 27°c in the growing season and requires a five month growing season. The plant also contains nuciferine and aporphine.

* The leaves are cooked and used as greens. The water in which the leaves are cooked is used in making corn pudding . * Shadscale fruits and leaves provide important winter browse for both domestic livestock and native herbivores.

* 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 to Europe but widely naturalized in the eastern U.S. * The young leaves are sweet and...

* 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.

Succeeds in water up to 2.5 metres deep. The plant is happiest with water temperatures of 23 - 27°c in the growing season and requires a five month growing season. The plant also contains nuciferine and aporphine.

* Annona muricata is a species of the genus Annona of the custard apple tree family, Annonaceae, known mostly for its edible fruit. * An extract from the leaves has been reportedly successful in lowering elevated blood pressure by its decreasing peripheral...

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

* 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.

Tussilago is often found in colonies of dozens of plants. * Bright yellow 3/4" flowers on foot-long stalks before the leaves appear, in very early spring; flowers look like the result of a cross between dandelion and small yellow daisy; slightly lobed...

* The leaves are available from early spring until late in the autumn. * In warmer areas, garlic chives may remain green all year round. * The leaves have a mild flavour, somewhat like a cross between garlic and chives, they are delicious in salads.

* Oregano is an important flavouring herb in Mediterranean cookery,and is often used dried rather than fresh. * A variable species found in dry soil and full sun from Europe to China; stems to 3' with purple bracts and very attractive purple, pink, or...

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

* Lemongrass oil is used as a pesticide and a preservative. * It is commonly used in teas, soups, and curries. Because of this, lemongrass oil can be used as a lure when trapping swarms or attempting to draw the attention of hived bees."

About 40 varieties are currently cultivated. It has a slightly sour and salty taste and is eaten throughout much of Europe, the middle east, Asia, and Mexico * Although purslane is considered a weed in the United States, it may be eaten as a leaf vegetable.

It grows typically in warm, sheltered spots with moist soil. Its yellow flower head is 4–6 cm in diameter and is likely to be seen in late spring or early summer. * Western salsify is quite similar to the generally commoner meadow salsify, T.

Indigo Gem reaches 3-4', while Indigo Treat grows 4-6' tall. Prefers full to partial sun. Hardy to minus 40 degrees! Produces large crops of elongated blueberry-like fruits 1-2 years after planting.

Most culinary and ornamental basils are cultivars of the species Ocimum basilicum , but other species are also grown and there are many hybrids between species. * Sweet basil has been used for thousands of years as a culinary and medicinal herb.

* The leaves are used as a flavouring for salad dressings, vegetables and legumes, and are frequently included in strongly flavoured dishes with chillies, garlic, onions etc. Tiny, white flowers appear in terminal or axillary spikelets in July.

The Dwarf Fig tree may grow in zone 4 with protection and is self-fertile but will do better with 2 trees planted. Where temperatures drop below 5° F, they need tub planting so the tree can be moved to shelter to both ripen the fruits and protect the...

* The leaves are antiemetic, astringent, blood tonic and stomachic. It grows from sea level in the north, up to elevations of 3,000 m (10,000 ft) in the south. * Thimbleberry fruits are smaller, flatter, and softer than raspberries, and have many small...