Plant With Edible Parts Seeds For Sale In New Haven

* The stalks can be eaten like celery and the flavor is similar. * In Europe it was believed that the plant could cure alcoholism . * Plants are reliably perennial if they are prevented from setting seed.

It is an important symbol in Chinese culture. The fallen flower petals are parboiled and sweetened for a teatime delicacy, or cooked in various dishes. * Paeonia suffruticosa , the tree peony , is a species of peony native to China .

* Sow seed early to mid spring in a greenhouse in a rich soil. Grow them on fast and plant out after the last expected frosts. Prefers a pH of 5.5 to 5.9, but tolerates up to 6.8. Moderate rainfall favours growth, but the roots of most cultivars are sensitive...

Immature flowering stems - cooked in much the same way as broccoli. The name derives from the Latin for turnip , r?pum or r?pa , and is first recorded in English at the end of the 14th century.

The sap is drunk as a sweet beverage or it can be fermented to make birch beer or vinegar. An old English recipe for the beer is as follows:- "To every Gallon of Birch-water put a quart of Honey, well stirr'd together; then boil it almost an hour with...

* The stalks should be peeled, they can be used like celery. They can also be used to sweeten tart fruits and to make jam. * The leaves are eaten raw or cooked. * The essential oil of the roots of Angelica archangelica contains ?-terebangelene, C10H16,...

The sap is drunk as a sweet beverage or it can be fermented to make birch beer or vinegar. An old English recipe for the beer is as follows:- "To every Gallon of Birch-water put a quart of Honey, well stirr'd together; then boil it almost an hour with...

She describes it as "like popping candy" and "little needles poking the top of your mouth". * These curiosities are well worth growing, if only for the conversation factor! * The buds are known as "buzz buttons", "Szechuan buttons", "sansho buttons",...

* Seed - pre-soak for 12 hours in warm water and sow the seed in mid spring in a warm greenhouse. Paint, varnish, lubricating oil, leather dressings, furniture polish, insecticides, and nitroglycerin are made from peanut oil.

Small sized melons weigh 2-2 1/2 pounds and won't go to waste. You will want to try this for yourself. Unique French Charentais type cantaloupe. One of the best tasting melons has orange flesh.

* It is closely related to the eastern black raspberry Rubus occidentalis. * A refreshing tea can be made from the leaves - it is high in vitamin C. The fruit has high contents of anthocyanins and ellagic acid.

* The berries or seeds have been used in the treatment of grass sickness, low fever, headaches and weight loss. It was originally found near the coast from St. Andrews Bay in the Florida panhandle to extreme southern coast of North Carolina, and throughout...

* Greater Burdock is rather tall, reaching as much as 9 feet (2.7 m). The root is thought to be particularly good at helping to eliminate heavy metals from the body. It is commonly cultivated in Japan where it gives its name to a particular construction...

* Inner bark is often dried, ground into a powder and then used as a thickener in soups etc or added to cereals when making bread. * The leaves are dark green, elliptic toothed and 2–4 cm long, with irregularly lobed margins, and turn to yellow and...

It is hardy to zone 6 and is not frost tender. The bulb is dried and powdered and then used for sizing cloth, bookbinding etc. Considered to be a delicacy in Siberia, the flavour is intermediate between purslane and spinach.

* 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.

Leaves are a tea substitute. * semi-evergreen to deciduous, large foliage shrub maturing at up to 12' tall by 15' wide, but often smaller upright oval to radiating rounded growth habit in youth, maturing to an arching vase growth habit with age (if left...

* Seed - pre-soak for 12 hours in warm water and sow the seed in mid spring in a warm greenhouse. Paint, varnish, lubricating oil, leather dressings, furniture polish, insecticides, and nitroglycerin are made from peanut oil.

Leaves are a tea substitute. * semi-evergreen to deciduous, large foliage shrub maturing at up to 12' tall by 15' wide, but often smaller upright oval to radiating rounded growth habit in youth, maturing to an arching vase growth habit with age (if left...

It can be found from the mountains next to the Pacific Ocean in the west, to the Rocky Mountains and Black Hills in the east. This particular species is known by the common names thinleaf huckleberry, tall huckleberry, big huckleberry, mountain huckleberry,...

* This is a climbing plant, supporting itself by twining around branches etc. * The fruit contains up to 5 times the vitamin C content of blackcurrants. * The fruit can be eaten raw, cooked or dried for later use.

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. To produce seed for future years the bulbs need to be left in place and mulched heavily over winter and allowed...

* Glyceria is a genus of grasses known commonly as mannagrass or, as referred to in the UK, sweet-grass. * This grass is native to the northeastern USA and eastern Canada; it grows in wetland situations, but will tolerate upland applications if not too...

Common names include, Turk's Cap Lily , Turban Lily , Swamp lily or American Tiger Lily . Used like potatoes or as a thickener in soups. * Lilium superbum is a species of true lily native to the eastern and central regions of North America .

It is a large evergreen or semi-evergreen tree growing to 40 m (130 ft) tall and with a trunk of 1–3 m (3.3–9.8 ft) diameter (occasionally much more; see below). They are very drought -tolerant and fast-growing and favor climates that are rainy throughout...

* Silybum marianum has other common names include cardus marianus, milk thistle, blessed milk thistle, Marian Thistle, Mary Thistle, Saint Mary's Thistle, Mediterranean milk thistle, variegated thistle and Scotch thistle.

* 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.