Edible Leaf Plant Seeds For Sale In Oregon

The cooked young shoots, harvested when about 5cm long, have a flavour similar to green peas but with a slight bitterness. It is native to Europe but is widespread in North America where it is considered a weed.

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

Sow the seed as soon as the soil temperatures are bove 40 degrees F. * It preferes cool growing temperatures and will tolerate some shade. The young plants can also be eaten as a slightly spicy tasting micro-green.

* Penthorum sedoides (known by the common name ditch stonecrop), is a perennial forb native to the eastern United States which produces small white flowers in summer. * A tincture of the plant is somewhat astringent, demulcent, laxative and tonic.

* Plants typically form a low foliage mound from 6-9" tall on procumbent stems which spread along the ground to 3' wide. Stamens form a prominent central column typical of mallow family members, but with distinctive style branches.

It is native throughout the cooler regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe , northern Asia , and northern North America . They should be harvested in the spring before the plant comes into flower.

The cooked young shoots, harvested when about 5cm long, have a flavour similar to green peas but with a slight bitterness. It is native to Europe but is widespread in North America where it is considered a weed.

The same size, color and food value as tree peaches. Seed can also be started indoors for an earlier harvest. It's an easy plant to grow, with fruit maturing on spreading vines in about 80 days.

* Spinach ( Spinacia oleracea ) is an edible flowering plant in the family of Amaranthaceae . It is great fresh in salads or steamed. It is an annual plant (rarely biennial ), which grows to a height of up to 30 cm.

* Ocimum basilicum , or Sweet Basil, is a culinary herb of major importance. It acts principally on the digestive and nervous systems, easing flatulence, stomach cramps, colic and indigestion.

* The Psoralea glandulosa, also called wallwa, culen or St. Augustine grass is a perennial plant belonging to the family of Fabaceae . A delicious carbonated beverage can be made from the boiled leaves.

It also grows on damper ground . 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 .

Fleshy, sweet and succulent. * The root is boiled and eaten like salsify. * 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...

* A shrub; red flowers in racemes. * The leaves and flowers are boiled and eaten.

A yellow dye is obtained from the root when boiled with alum. * Nettles contain a lot of nitrogenous compounds, so are used as a compost activator or can be used to make a liquid fertilizer, which although somewhat low in phosphate, is useful in supplying...

Multiple cuttings per season are possible from one planting. The uniform, dark green, medium-fine curled leaves can be used as a garnish or a salad or entree ingredient. Parsley can be used either fresh or dried.

* The purple topped turnip root will reach 4-5 inches in diameter and matures in 40 to 60 days. * The tops can also be eaten when young as greens or in soups. * High in Vitamins! * They are excellent raw or cooked , having a mild sweet flavor.

* Malvus sylvestris is a spreading herb , who is an annual in North Africa , biennial in the Mediterranean and a perennial elsewhere . A pleasant mild flavour, with a similar texture to the leaves, they make a pleasant and pretty addition to the salad...

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.

It also grows on damper ground . 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 .

* It has an extensive old-world distribution extending from North Africa through the Middle East and the Indian Subcontinent to Malesia and Australasia . * Portulaca oleracea ( Common Purslane , also known as Verdolaga , Pigweed , Little Hogweed or Pusley...

It has green arrowhead-shaped leaves and red-tinted deeply ridged stems, and it sprouts from an aggressive rhizome . The plant and its subspecies are common perennial weeds . Its effectiveness has never been reliably proven or disproven since controlled...

Its Australian names of warrigal greens and warrigal cabbage come from the local use of warrigal to describe plants that are wild (not farmed originally). Expansa) is a leafy groundcover also known as Botany Bay spinach, Cook's cabbage, k?kihi (in M?ori),...

Division in March as the new growth appears. It grows well in sandy soils and is drought tolerant once established. * Seed propagaqtion- best sown in early spring in situ. The seeds, leaves and roots can be used, but the seeds are most active medicinally...

Triple-rinse leaves, sort out cut and broken leaves, and package. Using floating row covers offers additional winter protection.For baby leaf: Sow in a 2-4" wide band, 3/4" apart, about 40 seeds/ft.

Planting guide: Plant after danger of frost in hills 4 to 6 feet apart. Plants 50 hills. Flesh is rich salmon color, exceptionally sweet, spicy and delicious. Everything you need to get your plants off to a great start!

Dark green melons weigh between 6 to 12 pounds. These items are useful when starting seeds indoors for transplanting: Jiffy-7 Peat Pellets Peat Pots, 2 1/4'' round Peat Pots, 3'' round 3'' square pots 4 1/2'' round pots For protecting your transplants...