Starting a new album of seed cleaned and packed for 2017
See also a large album from 2014-2017 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152657183550860.1073742196.655215859&type=1&l=5d68039f07
and http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?p=14005
2 31017: Added 45 more pictures!
051117: Added 5 more
081117: Added 7 more
101117: 24 more varieties added
181117: Added 4 more
201117: 8 more added
101217: 3 added
Allium stipitatum “Goliat”
Daubenton x Late Purple Sprouting Broccoli cross
Cottager’s Kale (perennial)
Sea kale (Crambe maritima)
Sanguisorba canadensis
Sanguisorba canadensis
Sugar Magnolia pea (purple sugar snap pea from Alan Kapuler)
Sugar Magnolia pea (purple sugar snap pea from Alan Kapuler)
Rumex sanguineus
Allium victorialis Ex-Røst
Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum)
Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum)
Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum)
Ligularia fischeri
Ligularia fischeri
Ligularia fischeri
Agastache (Anise Hyssop)
Agastache (Anise Hyssop)
Allium wallichii
Allium wallichii
Silene vulgaris “Rosea”
Campanula cervicaria
Campanula cervicaria
Cirsium eriophorum (with larva)
Zizia aurea
Prenanthes purpurea
Oplopanax horridus
Crambe orientalis….not many seed…
Angelica gigas
Sanguisorba stipulata
Allium macranthum
Allium macranthum
Valeriana officinalis
Tricyrtis (toad lily)
Tricyrtis (toad lily)
Allium narcissiflorum
Allium narcissiflorum
Allium angulosom
Sonchus palustris
Ragged Jack Kale
Ragged Jack Kale
Clintonia borealis seed
Clintonia borealis berries
Phyteuma orbiculare
Phyteuma orbiculare
Taraxacum rubifolium (red-leaved dandelion)
Phlomis tuberosa
Polygonum divaricatum
Allium “Purple Sensation”
Allium “Purple Sensation”
Parasenecio maximowiczianum
Allium schoenoprasum “Black Isle Blush” (chives)
Dianthus deltoides “Albus”
Allium insubricum
Allium insubricum
Sonchus kirkii
Chaerophyllum bulbosum (Turnip-rooted chervil)
Allium nutans “Broad Leaved”
Seed of “invasive” Himalayan Balsam / Kjempespringfrø (Impatiens glandulifera) will be used on winter baked dishes!
Uncleaned Quinoa “Stephe”
Good quinoa seed sinks in water whereas the chaff floats, an easy way to clean the seed, just dry the seed quickly afterwards
Cleaned Quinoa seed
…but not all the seed sank and some remained in the chaff. Afer 2 days in the damp chaff, they were germinating. Therefore I planted them in a large pot chaff and all,covering afterwards with a thin layer of sterilised soil….this will hopefully give me quinoa microgreens in a week or two!
081117: Rumex patientia (patience dock / hagesyre)
081117: Cirsium tuberosum (Tuberous thistle /knolltistel)
081117: Nepeta “Six Hills Giant”
081117: Rubus occidentalis “Black Hawk” (Black raspberry / svartbringebær)
081117: Rhodiola rosea (roseroot / rosenrot)
081117: Campanula alliarifoia
081117: Cryptotaenia canadensis (honewort / Kanadisk mitsuba)
Barbarea vulgaris “Variegata”
Barbarea vulgaris “Variegata”
Molopospermum peloponnesiacum
Sideritis syriaca, Greek mountain tea
Angelica gigas (Korean Angelica / Rødkvann)
Thlaspi arvense (pennycress / pengeurt)
Thlaspi arvense (pennycress / pengeurt)
Thlaspi arvense (pennycress / pengeurt)
Lathyrus tuberosus (Earthnut Pea; Tuberous Pea /Jordflatbelg)
Lathyrus tuberosus (Earthnut Pea; Tuberous Pea /Jordflatbelg)
Sanguisorba minor (salad burnet / pimpernell)
Cirsium canum (Queen Anne’s thistle)
Cirsium canum (Queen Anne’s thistle)
Scorzonera hispanica
Hypericum perforatum (St. John’s Wort / prikkperikum
Hypericum perforatum (St. John’s Wort / prikkperikum
Hosta “Urui”
Hosta “Urui”
Phyteuma nigra
Cornus mas (from Lund, Sweden)
Allium flavum “Blue leaf”
Allium decipiens var quercetorum
Lathyrus sativus
Prunella vulgaris “Pagoda”
Hemerocallis citrina
Hemerocallis citrina
Hemerocallis citrina
Hosta Ex- Halcyon
Hosta Ex- Halcyon
Patrinia triloba v. takeuchiana
Patrinia triloba v. takeuchiana
Calamintha grandiflora (Large-flowered calamint/ rosenmynte
Streptopus amplexifolius
181117: Podophyllum emodi (Himalayan May Apple /Himalayafotblad) – dried fruit
181117: Seeds of Podophyllum emodi (Himalayan May Apple /Himalayafotblad)
181117: Aralia californica
181117: Chervil / hagekjørvel
201117: Chrysanthemum coronarium “Double”: Shingiku; Chopsuey Greens (Kronkrage)
201117: Allium schubertii
201117: Oenothera biennis; evening primrose; vanlig nattlys
201117: Oenothera biennis; evening primrose; vanlig nattlys
201117: Serious amounts of Udo (Aralia cordata) seed!
2011117: Udo (Aralia cordata) seed!
201117: Inula helenium; Elecampane; Alantrot
101217: Lavatera arborea “Variegata”
101217: Lavatera arborea “Variegata”
101217: Allium schubertii
101217: Crataegus rotundifolius
Sambucus nigra “Samyl” is a new Danish variety of elderberry / svarthyll. It is very productive, the earliest elderberry I’ve grown (they are marginal here), hardy and it has large berries and large umbels of flowers…
I’ll be offering hardwood cuttings to members of Norwegian Seed Savers (Kvann) this winter (to be a member go to http://kvann.org and click on “Bli medlem”!
See also earlier posts on my web site here:
Begonia flowers are edible and taste sour. The leaf stalks of some species have also been eaten.
This Begonia was given to me by Grennessminde nursery just outside of Copenhagen. They don’t know what species it is, but it’s a real beauty and stays in flower for a long time…a great indoors Edimental!
I met a wren (gjerdesmett) in the garden this morning! I’d heard him singing to me so went to say hello :)
A robin (rødstrupe) is calling in the background..
Perennial vegetables, Edimentals (plants that are edible and ornamental) and other goings on in The Edible Garden