Before my D.A. (Dandelion Awakening) I would religiously remove and cut down as many dandelions as I could, but nowadays my garden perennial beds are full of them. As I’ve written before, dandelions have become probably my most important vegetable in the winter months. I dig up the roots from my garden beds, where I’ve deliberately let them grow, in the autumn, store in my cellar and force them as I need them in cooler rooms in the house. These wild dandelions grow themselves, the only energy I use on them is in the digging and moving to store! A perfect vegetable! There are 11 pages in my book Around the World in 80 plants about the multitude of food uses for dandelions and how you can make a whole meal of them and cycle home after the meal on tyres made of dandelion rubber! But there’s so much more to this miracle plant and I’m sure you’ve read of its many medicinal properties including it being an anti-cancer powerhouse! Sat in the garden, a Eurasian Siskin (grønnsisik) just landed on a dandelion head showing it’s also an important plant for birds in addition to bees, beetles and other insects! Make sure you leave a few dandelions to seed and you may also experience a magical moment like this!
Category Archives: Edible flowers
Dandelion time
Dandelion time has come around again! This is the only dandelion field I can see from the house! Is this the most productive field in the area?
Primula veris mutants
Hybrids can also occur in gardens. I’ve several strains in my garden from seed, including “Sunset Shades” and “Red Strain”. I also grow the earlier flowering subspecies macrocalyx with overlarge sepals.
I use small amounts of leaves and flowers to decorate spring salads and other dishes…an undispensable shade loving and hardy edimental!
Edible plants of the Sintra Natural Park
In the morning of the masterclass on permaveggies on 1st November 2018 organised by the Janas Ecovillage, we visited Jardim da Condessa D’Edla in collaboration with the Sintra Natural Parks! Fernanda Botelho and myself lead the tour of this amazing place seeking out a large diversity of edible plants, both wild and cultivated :)
Mid-October flowers in the Edible Garden
No frost thus far in October and it looks like it could be a frost free month! That and record high temperatures and there are a lot of plants still flowering or reflowering! Most but not all are edible!
15 year record salad ingredients
A few months ago, I found an Excel file with a complete list of ingredients in my 537 plant species (including varieties) unofficial world record salad from 2003. I thought it was lost! I decided then to publish the list on the 15th Anniversary which is TODAY!! So, here is the list for the first time on the world wide web (see below)!
See also http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?p=294
To celebrate, the students of the PDC course I’m teaching on in Hurdal this week made a 15 species salad with the number 15 written in flowers:
- Achillea decolorans English mace
- Achillea millefolium Yarrow
- Acinos arvensis Basil Thyme Bakkemynte
- Aegopodium podagraria Ground Elder Skvallerkål
- Aegopodium podograria variegata
- Agastache “Blue Fortune”
- Agastache “Licquorice”
- Agastache anisata Anise Hyssop Anisisop
- Agastache anisata alba Anise Hyssop Anisisop
- Agastache aurantiaca
- Agastache foeniculum aureum
- Agastache mexicana Mexican Giant Hyssop
- Agastache nepetoides
- Agastache rugosa Korean Mint
- Agastache scrophularaefolia
- Alcea rosea “Salmon Queen”
- Alchemilla alpina
- Alchemilla faroensis
- Alliaria petiolata Garlic Mustard
- Allium “unknown” Hardwick Hall
- Allium alleghaniense
- Allium amphibolum
- Allium angulosum
- Allium carinatum
- Allium cepa “Red Beard”
- Allium cepa “White Lisbon” Salad Onion
- Allium cepa “Turbo” Onion Kepaløk
- Allium cepa ascalonicum “Griselle” Shallot Sjallot
- Allium cepa ascalonicum “Red French” Shallot Sjallot
- Allium cepa proliferum Egyptian Onion Luftløk
- Allium cernuum “Pink Giant”
- Allium cernuum album Nodding Onion Prairieløk
- Allium cyaneum Blåløk
- Allium cyathophorum
- Allium cyathophorum v. farreri
- Allium fetisowii
- Allium japonicum
- Allium komarovianum
- Allium mairei
- Allium ochotense
- Allium oviflorum
- Allium panicum “Dwarf Selection”
- Allium porrum “Musselburgh” Leaves Leek
- Allium pulchellum album
- Allium ramosum
- Allium sativum “Alexandra” Garlic Hvitløk
- Allium sativum “Hammar” Garlic Hvitløk
- Allium sativum “Rosewood” Garlic Hvitløk
- Allium sativum “Sprint” Garlic Hvitløk
- Allium sativum “Storklyfta” Garlic Hvitløk
- Allium sativum “Thermidrome” Garlic Hvitløk
- Allium schoenoprasum Chives Gressløk
- Allium schoenoprasum “Major” Chives Gressløk
- Allium schoenoprasum “Pink Flowered” Chives Gressløk
- Allium schoenoprasum “Wallington White” Chives Gressløk
- Allium schoenoprasum “White Flowered” Chives Gressløk
- Allium schoenoprasum alpinum Alpine Chives
- Allium schoenoprasum ssp. sibiricum Siberian Chives Sibirgressløk
- Allium schoenoprasum yezamonticola Chives
- Allium sclimensis
- Allium scorodoprasum jajlae
- Allium scorodoprasum rotundum
- Allium senescens calcareum German Garlic Kantløk
- Allium senescens glaucum (syn. A. spiralis) German Garlic Kantløk
- Allium senescens ssp. montanum (syn. var. calcareum) German Garlic Kantløk
- Allium sikkimense
- Allium siskiyouense
- Allium splendens (syn. lineare) Miyama-rakkyo
- Allium stellatum Prairie Onion
- Allium strictum
- Allium tangeticum
- Allium tuberosum Garlic Chives Kinagressløk
- Allium turkestanicum
- Allium uniflorum
- Allium wallichii
- Allium spp. (wild)
- Aloysia triphylla Lemon Verbena Sitronverbena
- Althaea cannabina
- Althaea officinalis
- Amaranthus “Fat Spike”
- Amaranthus caudatus
- Amaranthus cruentus
- Amaranthus gangeticus “Elephant Head”
- Amaranthus hypochondriacus “Black Leaf”
- Amaranthus hypochondriacus “Local variety, Kenya”
- Amaranthus tricolor
- Amelanchier canadensis Dried
- Amygdalus communis Almond
- Angelica archangelica Angelica Kvann
- Angelica archangelica “Vossakvann” Angelica Kvann
- Angelica atropurpurea
- Angelica gigas Korean Angelica
- Angelica grayii
- Angelica heterophylla
- Angelica saxatilis
- Antirrihinum mix
- Apium graveolens “Self-Blanching” Celery Selleri
- Apium graveolens “Solid White” Celery Selleri
- Apium graveolens sepalinum “Leaf Celery” Leaf Celery Bladselleri
- Arabis alpina Alpine Rock Cress
- Arabis alpina alpina Alpine Rock Cress
- Arabis alpina rosea Alpine Rock Cress
- Arabis alpina ssp. caucasica “Bakkely” Alpine Rock Cress
- Arabis caucasica Wall Rock Cress Hageskrinneblom
- Arachis hypogaea Peanut Peanøtt
- Armeniaca officinalis Apricot Aprikos
- Armoracia rusticana Horseradish Pepperrot
- Armoracia rusticana variegata Horseradish Pepperrot
- Aronia melanocarpa Aronia (dried) Svartsurbær
- Artemisia abrotanum Southernwood Abrodd
- Artemisia dracunculus dracunculoides Russian Tarragon Russisk Estragon
- Artemisia dracunculus sativa French Tarragon Fransk estragon
- Asparagus officinalis Asparagus
- Aster tripolium Sea Aster
- Atriplex babingtonii
- Atriplex halimus
- Atriplex hortensis Orach Hagemelde
- Atriplex hortensis “Red Plume” Orach Hagemelde
- Atriplex hortensis rubra Orach Hagemelde
- Avena sativa Oats Havre
- Balsamita major Alecost
- Barbarea vulgaris Winter Yellowcress Vinterkarse
- Barbarea vulgaris variegata Variegated Winter Yellowcress
- Bellis perennis Daisy Tusenfryd
- Bertholletia excelsa Brazil Nut Paranøtt
- Beta vulgaris “Barbabietola” Beetroot Bete
- Beta vulgaris “Forono” Beetroot Bete
- Beta vulgaris “Mc. Gregor’s Favourite” Beetroot Bete
- Beta vulgaris “White Devoy” Beetroot Bete
- Beta vulgaris altissima Sugar Beet Sukkerbete
- Beta vulgaris flavescens Swiss Chard Mangold
- Beta vulgaris maritima Sea Beet Vill Bete
- Borago officinalis
- Borago officinalis “Variegated” Borage Agurkurt
- Borago officinalis alba Borage Agurkurt
- Brassica juncea “Frilly” Leaf Mustard Sennep
- Brassica napus napobrassica “Petrowskii” Swede Kålrot
- Brassica nigra
- Brassica oleracea “Ragged Jack” Kale Grønnkål
- Brassica oleracea gemmifera ?? Brussel Sprouts Rosenkål
- Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes “Early White Vienna” Kohlrabi Knutekål
- Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes “Giant” Kohlrabi Knutekål
- Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes “Purple Vienna” Kohlrabi Knutekål
- Brassica oleracea var. italica “Green Sprouting” Calabrese Brokkoli
- Brassica rapa “Snowball” Turnip Nepe
- Brassica rapa narinosa Tatsoi
- Brassica rapa ssp. nipposinica var. laciniata Mizuna
- Calamintha ascendens
- Calamintha grandiflora Large-flowered Calamint
- Calamintha nepeta Lesser Calamint Legecalamint
- Calamintha nepeta “Blue Cloud” Lesser Calamint Legecalamint
- Calendula officinalis Pot Marigold
- Calendula spp.
- Campanula latifolia Giant Bellflower Storklokke
- Campanula persicifolia Peach-leaf Bellflower Fagerklokke
- Campanula portenschlagiana Adria Bellflower Krypklokke
- Campanula punctata
- Campanula rapunculus Rampion Rapunkelklokke
- Campanula rhombalis
- Campanula rotundifolia Harebell
- Capsicum annuus (cultivar 1)
- Capsicum annuus (cultivar 2)
- Cardamine amara Large Bittercress Bekkekarse
- Cardamine flexuosa Wavy Bittercress
- Cardamine hirsuta Hairy Bittercress
- Cardamine pratensis Cuckoo Flower Engkarse
- Celosia cristata
- Chenopodium “Magenta”
- Chenopodium album Lamb’s Quarters
- Chenopodium bonus-henricus Good King Henry Stolt Henrik
- Chenopodium botrys
- Chenopodium capitatum Strawberry Blite
- Chenopodium ficifolium
- Chenopodium foliosum Leafy Goosefoot
- Chenopodium glaucum
- Chenopodium rubrum
- Chenopodium vulvaria
- Chrysanthemum coronarium “Large Leaf” Shingiku; Chopsuey Greens
- Chrysanthemum coronarium “Serrated Leaf” Chopsuey Greens
- Cicer arietinum Chick Pea Kikkert
- Cichorium intybus “Rossa de Verona” Chicory Sikkori
- Clinopodium vulgare arundum
- Cochlearia danica
- Cochlearia officinalis Common Scurvy Grass
- Cocos nucifera Coconut Kokospalme
- Conopodium majus Pignut Jordnøtt
- Coriandrum sativum “Long Standing” Cilantro/Coriander Bladkoriander
- Coriandrum sativum “Santo” Cilantro/Coriander Bladkoriander
- Coriandrum sativum “Morocco” Cilantro/Coriander Bladkoriander
- Coriandrum sativum “Elless” Cilantro/Coriander Bladkoriander
- Corylus avellana Hazel Hassel
- Crambe maritima
- Crypotaenia japonica Mitsuba
- Cucumis sativus “????” Cucumber Agurk
- Cucurbita pepo pepo “” Courgette
- Daucus carota “Autumn King” Carrot Gulrot
- Daucus carota “Nantes 2” Carrot Gulrot
- Fagopyrum esculentum Buckwheat Bokhvete
- Fagopyrum tataricum
- Foeniculum vulgare Fennel
- Foeniculum vulgare “Zefa Fino” Florence Fennel Fennikel
- Foeniculum vulgare atropurpurea Fennel
- Fragaria “June Bearing” June Bearing Strawberry
- Fragaria “Pineapple”
- Fragaria “Pink Panda”
- Fragaria vesca Wild Strawberry Markjordbær
- Fragaria vesca “Alpine Strawberry” Alpine Strawberry
- Fragaria vesca “Rugens” Wild Strawberry Markjordbær
- Galium odoratum
- Glycine max Soya Bean Soyabønne
- Glycine max “Hokkaido Black” Soya Bean Soyabønne
- Hablitzia tamnoides Rankspinat
- Helianthus annuus Sunflower Solsikke
- Hemerocallis “Athen”
- Hemerocallis citrina Day Lily Daglilje
- Hemerocallis dumortieri Day Lily Daglilje
- Hemerocallis fulva “Kwaso”
- Hemerocallis middendorfii Day Lily Daglilje
- Hibiscus syriacus Rose of Sharon Rosehibisk
- Hordeum vulgare Barley Bygg
- Houttuynia cordata Tsi Kameleonbusk
- Houttuynia cordata “Boo Boo” Tsi Kameleonbusk
- Houttuynia cordata “Flore Pleno” Tsi Kameleonbusk
- Houttuynia cordata “Chameleon” Tsi Kameleonbusk
- Humulus lupulus “Hip Hop”
- Humulus lupulus aureus
- Humulus lupulus variegatus
- Hyssopus officinalis Hyssop Isop
- Hyssopus officinalis albus Hyssop Isop
- Hyssopus officinalis nanus Hyssop Isop
- Hyssopus officinalis roseus Hyssop Isop
- Hyssopus schugari
- Ipomoea aquatica
- Juglans regia Walnut Valnøtt
- Lactuca sativa “Grand Rapids”
- Lactuca sativa “Revolution”
- Lactuca sativa “Rusty”
- Lactuca sativa “Cerise” Lettuce Salat
- Lactuca sativa “Riccia Foclia” Lettuce Salat
- Lactuca sativa angustana Celtuce
- Lavandula “Dwarf” Lavender Lavendel
- Lavandula angustifolia “Arctic Snow”
- Lavandula angustifolia “Munstead” Lavender
- Lavandula spp. Lavender Lavendel
- Lavatera “Ruby Regis”
- Lavatera arborea variegata
- Lavatera trimestris “Dwarf White Cherub”
- Lens culinaris “Brown” Lentil Linse
- Lens culinaris “Puy” Lentil Linse
- Lens culinaris “Red Split” Lentil Linse
- Lepidium heterophyllum
- Lepidium virginicum
- Levisticum officinale
- Ligusticum scoticum
- Linum usitatissimum Flax
- Lippia dulcis Sweet Aztec Herb
- Lycopersicon esculentum “Stupice” Tomato Tomat
- Malus domestica “Aroma” Apple Eple
- Malus domestica “Haugmann” Apple Eple
- Malus domestica “Transparente Blanche” Apple Eple
- Malus domestica “unknown variety 1″
- Malus domestica “unknown variety 2″
- Malus domestica “unknown variety 3″
- Malus domestica “unknown variety 4″
- Malva alcea “Fastigiate” Hollyhock Mallow Rosekattost
- Malva crispa Salad Mallow
- Malva moschata “Pirouetto alba”
- Malva moschata alba Musk Mallow Moskuskattost
- Malva moschata rosea Musk Mallow Moskuskattost
- Malva parviflora
- Malva sylvestris Common Mallow Apotekerkattost
- Malva sylvestris “Braveheart” Common Mallow Apotekerkattost
- Malva sylvestris “Mauritania”
- Malva sylvestris “Mystic Merlin”
- Malva verticillata Kruskattost
- Malva verticillata verticillata
- Medicago sativa Lucerne Blålusern
- Melissa officinalis Lemon Balm Sitronmelisse
- Melissa officinalis “All Gold” Lemon Balm Sitronmelisse
- Melissa officinalis “Dwarf”
- Melissa officinalis variegata Lemon Balm Sitronmelisse
- Mentha “Asian” (longifolia?) Asian Mint Asiatiskmynte
- Mentha “Chocolate Scented Mint” or “Cocoamint” Chocolate Mint Sjokolademynte
- Mentha “Mitcham” Mitcham Mint
- Mentha “Golden Silver Mint”
- Mentha “Normandiemynte”
- Mentha “Orange” Orange Mint
- Mentha “Schweitzermynte”
- Mentha aquatica Water Mint Vassmynte
- Mentha aquatica “Citrata”
- Mentha arvensis Corn Mint Åkermynte
- Mentha arvensis var. sachalensis Sakhalin Mint
- Mentha cervina
- Mentha corsica
- Mentha longifolia Buddleia Mint Gråmynte
- Mentha piperita citrata “Basil” Basil Mint
- Mentha piperita citrata “Lemon” Lemon Mint Sitronmynte
- Mentha piperita citrata “Lime” Lime Mint
- Mentha rotundifolia variegata Pineapple Mint Ananasmynte
- Mentha rubra raripita
- Mentha spicata Spearmint Grønnmynte
- Mentha spicata “Tashkent”
- Mentha spicata crispi Curly Mint Krusemynte
- Mentha spicata nana Moroccan Mint
- Mentha spicata var. Spearmint
- Mentha verticillata?
- Mentha x dalmatica (Mentha arvensis x M. Longifolia) Dalmatian Mint
- Mentha x gentilis Ginger Mint Ingefærmynte
- Mentha x piperita Peppermint Peppermynte
- Mentha x piperita “Black Beauty” Peppermint Peppermynte
- Mentha x piperita “Chocolate” Peppermint Peppermynte
- Mentha x piperita “Citrata” Lemon Mint Sitronmynte
- Mentha x piperita alba White Peppermint Hvit Peppermynte
- Mentha x piperita piperita Black Peppermint
- Mentha x rotundifolia (M. suaveolens) Apple Mint Rundmynte?
- Mentha x verticillata
- Mertensia maritima ssp. asiatica
- Meum athamanticum Spignel Meu Bjønnrot
- Mimulus luteus
- Monarda “Cambridge Scarlet”
- Monarda “Elsie Lavender”
- Monarda “Panorama”
- Monarda “Violet Queen” Hestemynte/Etasjeblomst
- Monarda didyma “Croftway Pink”
- Monarda didyma “Marshall’s Pride”
- Monarda didyma “Purple” Bee Balm Hestemynte/Etasjemynte
- Monarda fistulosa Wild Bergamot Rørhestemynte
- Monarda fistulosa menthaefolia Wild Bergamot Rørhestemynte
- Monarda punctata Spotted Mint
- Monarda spp.
- Montia sibirica
- Myrrhis odorata Sweet Chervil Spansk Kjørvel
- Nasturtium officinale Watercress Grønn engelskkarse
- Nepeta cataria citriodora Lemon Catmint Sitron Kattemynte
- Ocimum basilicum “Large Leaf”
- Ocimum basilicum “Troll”
- Oenothera biennis Evening Primrose; German Rampion Vanlig Nattlys
- Origanum “Cream Splash”
- Origanum “Gold” Taynuilt
- Origanum “Unknown”
- Origanum “Acorn Bank”
- Origanum “Golden Curly”
- Origanum compactum
- Origanum heracleoticum (syn. O. vulgare hirtum) Greek Oregano
- Origanum virens
- Origanum vulgare Oregano Bergmynte/Kung
- Origanum vulgare “heerenhausen”? Oregano cultivar
- Origanum vulgare “Showy”
- Origanum vulgare aureum Oregano cultivar
- Origanum vulgare nanaWild Marjoram cultivar
- Origanum vulgare variegata Oregano cultivar/Golden
- Oryza sativa Rice Ris
- Oxalis acetosella Wood Sorrel
- Oxalis articulata Pink Sorrel
- Oxalis corniculata? Yellow Sorrel
- Oxalis deppei Iron Cross Plant Meksikolykkekløver
- Oxalis inops
- Oxalis pes-caprae Bermuda Buttercup
- Oxalis tetraphylla
- Oxalis triangularis
- Oxalis vladivensis
- Oxyria digyna Mountain Sorrel Fjellsyre
- Papaver somniferum “Black Beauty + other cultivars”
- Pelargonium “Attar of Roses”
- Pelargonium “Chocolate Blotch”
- Pelargonium “Chocolate Peppermint”
- Pelargonium “Clorinda”
- Pelargonium “Concolor Lace”
- Pelargonium “Copthorne”
- Pelargonium “Lady Plymouth”
- Pelargonium “Lemon Fancy”
- Pelargonium “Lillian Pottinger”
- Pelargonium “Prince of Orange”
- Pelargonium “Robert Lemon Rose”
- Pelargonium “Snowflake”
- Pelargonium “Best Mauve”
- Pelargonium “Svenskblomma”
- Pelargonium crispum “Citronella”
- Pelargonium crispum “Limoneum”
- Pelargonium tomentosum
- Pelargonium x fragrans “Nutmeg”
- Perilla frutescens “Hojitsu”
- Perovskia atripilicifolia Russian Sage
- Petroselinum crispum Parsley Persille
- Phaseolus coccineus “Kelvdon Marvel”
- Phaseolus lunatus Lima Bean
- Phaseolus vulgaris “Painted Lady” Runner Bean Stangbønne
- Phaseolus vulgaris “Golden Heirloom”
- Phaseolus vulgaris “Red”
- Phaseolus vulgaris “Trout’s Black and White”
- Pinus spp. Pine nut
- Pisum sativum “Carlin Pea” Pea (dried)
- Pisum sativum “Purple Podded” Pea (dried)
- Pisum sativum “Ringeriksert” Pea (dried)
- Pisum sativum “Commander” Pea Ert
- Pisum sativum “Epicure”
- Pisum sativum “Golden Sweet”
- Pisum sativum “Hurst Green Shaft” Pea Ert
- Pisum sativum “Sugar Snap” Pea Ert
- Plantago asiatica variegata Che Qian Zi
- Plantago camtschatica
- Plantago coronopus
- Plantago coronopus “Giant”
- Plantago coronopus var. coronopus
- Plantago major “China Giant”
- Plantago major “Frills”
- Plantago major “Turkish Giant” Greater Plantain Groblad
- Plantago major atropurpurea Common Plantain Groblad
- Plantago major rosularis Common Plantain Groblad
- Plantago maritima Sea Plantain
- Plectranthus amboinicus Cuban Oregano
- Plectranthus amboinicus “Well Sweep Wedgewood” Cuban Oregano
- Plectranthus amboinicus variegatus Cuban Oregano
- Polygonum viviparum Alpine Bistort Harerug
- Porophyllum “Bolivian Purple Leaves”
- Porophyllum “Hoja Ancha”
- Porophyllum coloratum Papalo
- Porophyllum ruderale
- Portulaca oleracea
- Prunus cerasius Cherry (dried) Kirsebær
- Prunus domestica “Czar” PLum
- Prunus domestica “Frosta” Plum
- Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides
- Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
- Raphanus sativus “Rat-tail radish” Reddik
- Ribes nigrum “Øyebyn” Blackcurrant (fresh and dried) Solbær
- Ribes sativum “unknown” Redcurrant Rips
- Ribes uva-crispa Gooseberry
- Ribes x culverwellii Jostaberry Jostabær
- Rosa pimpinellifolia
- Rosmarinus officinalis “Sissinghurst Blue” Rosemary Rosmarin
- Rosmarinus officinalis var. Rosemary Rosmarin
- Rubus fruticosus? Blackberry Bjørnebær
- Rubus idaeus Raspberry (fresh and dried)
- Rubus idaeus “Apricot”
- Rubus occidentalis Black Raspberry
- Rumex “Yellow Large Leaved Sorrel”
- Rumex “Shchavel”
- Rumex acetosa Sorrel Engsyre (coll. Beitostølen, Norway)
- Rumex acetosa “Non-flowering variety” Sorrel Engsyre
- Rumex acetosella
- Rumex sanguineus sanguineus Red-veined Dock
- Rumex scutatus Buckler-leaved Sorrel
- Saccharum officinale Sugar Cane
- Salicornia quinqueflora Southern Salthorn
- Salvia “Willow Leaved” Willow-leaved Sage
- Salvia microphylla Ananassalvie
- Salvia microphylla Red flowered
- Salvia microphylla v. grahamii Blackcurrant Sage Solbærsalvie
- Salvia microphylla v. neurepia
- Salvia officinalis “Icterina” Sage
- Salvia officinalis “Purpurascens” Sage
- Salvia officinalis alba
- Salvia sclarea turkestanica Muskatsalvie
- Sambucus nigra Elderberry (dried) Svarthyll
- Sanguisorba minor ssp. minor
- Satureja hortensis Summer Savory Sar/Bønneurt
- Satureja montana Winter Savory Vintersar
- Satureja spicigera? Creeping Winter Savory Krypsar
- Scorzonera hispanica Scorzonera Svartrot
- Secale cereale Rye Rug
- Sedum acre “Elegans”
- Sedum acre aureum
- Sedum reflexum Reflexed Stonecrop Broddbergknapp
- Sedum reflexum “Angelina” Reflexed Stonecrop Broddbergknapp
- Sedum reflexum “cristatus” Broddbergknapp
- Sesame indica Sesame
- Smyrnium olusatrum
- Solanum tuberosum “Arran Pilot” Potato Potet
- Solanum tuberosum “Beate” Potato Potet
- Solanum tuberosum “Blå Congo” Potato Potet
- Solanum tuberosum “Cara” Potato Potet
- Solanum tuberosum “King Edward” Potato Potet
- Solanum tuberosum “Mandel” Potato Potet
- Solanum tuberosum “Pimpernel” Potato Potet
- Solanum tuberosum “Shetland Blue Eye”
- Solanum tuberosum “Yellow Finn” Potato Potet
- Sonchus oleraceus Common Sow-Thistle Haredylle
- Stellaria media Chickweed
- Tagetes “Crackerjack”
- Tagetes “Disco Mix”
- Tagetes “Golden Gem”
- Tagetes “Lemon Gem”
- Taraxacum faroense
- Taraxacum kok-saghyz Rubber Dandelion Gummiløvetann
- Taraxacum officinale Dandelion Løvetann
- Taraxacum officinale “Pissenlit”
- Taraxacum pamiricum
- Taraxacum sect. Erythrosperma
- Thymus “Goldstream”
- Thymus “Hartington Silver”
- Thymus “Russettings”
- Thymus “Broad Leaf”
- Thymus “Doone Valley”
- Thymus cilicisus
- Thymus collinus
- Thymus nummularius
- Thymus praecox britannicus Wild Thyme
- Thymus serpyllum “Snowdrift”
- Thymus serpyllum albus Wild Thyme Kryptimian
- Thymus serpyllum ssp. tanaensis
- Thymus sibthorpii
- Thymus vulgaris Common Thyme Timian
- Thymus x citriodora “Archer’s Gold”
- Tragopogon pratensis Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon Geitskjegg
- Triglochin maritima
- Triticum spelta Spelt
- Tulbaghia violacea Society Garlic
- Tulbaghia violacea “John May’s Special”
- Tulbaghia violacea “John Rider”
- Urtica “Stingless”
- Urtica cannabina
- Urtica dioica
- Urtica dioica “Sondenii”
- Urtica galeopsifolia
- Valerianella locusta “Large Leaf” Cornsalad Vårsalat
- Vicia faba “Tic Bean”
- Vicia faba major “Express” Broad Beans Bondebønne
- Vicia faba major “Konthe x Estonia Heirloom” Broad Beans Bondebønne
- Vicia faba major “Sutton” Broad Beans Bondebønne
- Vigna radiata Moong Bean
- Viola “Antique Shades”
- Viola “Blue Shades Mixed”
- Viola cornuta “Perfection”
- Viola cornuta alba
- Viola dubyana
- Viola glabella Stream Violet
- Viola labradorica
- Viola lutea
- Viola nigra
- Viola odorata “Königin Charlotte”
- Viola odorata “White Czar”
- Viola tricolor
- Viola x wittrockiana “Black Princess”
- Viola x wittrockiana “Hybrids”
- Vitis vinifera Grape (dried – raisin) Drue
- Zingiber officinale Ginger Ingefær
7th August multisalad
A little composition put together last night together with my daughter and artist friend from UK and wwoofer Kristina from Czech…including Allium macranthum (centerpiece), Allium carinatum pulchellum “Album”, Allium flavum, various Hosta flowers, tiger lily flower, Fedia, Adenophora, mallows, chicory leaf etc.
Chicory flower season
I let chicories self-sow in the garden and after introducing many vegetble cultivars and ornamentals I have a bit of a mix of flower colours and forms! Here are a few from this week!
Rampions for dinner: one of the best edientomentals!
The most successful of the half dozen Phyteuma species I’ve tried in my garden has been a plant received as Phyteuma nigrum (syn. Phyteuma spicatum ssp nigrum), black rampion or (Norwegian) svartvadderot. It has much darker flowers than Phyteuma spicatum, sometimes almost black. I planted it from seed propagated plants in 2003 and this picture is from 2006-2007:
It has self-sowed freely and seems to have crossed with other accessions of Phyteuma spicata with white and blue (ssp. caeruleum) flowers that I have in my garden (these have not self-sowed much) as there is now a mix of colours in the original spot I planted nigrum. Phyteuma spicatum/nigra is also the most popular bee plant in my garden in mid-June and a great edimental (one of the edi-entomentals, plants combining food, ornament as well as good for bees and other pollinators!). Phyteuma spicatum (rapunsel) is a very old root vegetable in Europe, mentioned already in Gerard’s Herball from 1597, but best known as a vegetable in France and Germany! The name rapunsel is related to rapa (turnip) due to its use as a root vegetable!
See my blog post from 23rd June 2017 with pictures and video of black rampion: http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?p=11910
I tried Phyteuma spicatum as a root vegetable in 2013 and was struck by its good sweetish taste:
I harvested a lot of plants this week (late July 2018) while remaking the bed where it was growing and was impressed by the good size of roots and yields, although it is unknown how old the individual plants were (I plan to grow some of the smaller plants elsewhere to see how quickly they grow in a shady area of the garden, as this could be a good forest garden plant, although, like Jerusalem artichoke, plants in the Campanulaceae to which Phyteuma belongs, contain the diabetic friendly but poorly digestable carbohydrate inulin):
The flower heads can also be used as a vegetable, reminiscent of Bath Asparagus flower heads (Ornithogalum pyrenaicum) see the picture from its wiki page:
I saw the plant in the wild for the first time in Austria in the Alps on my Arche Noah tour in 2017 (see http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?p=11483), the white flowered form, growing in open woodlands.
In Norway, it grows wild a few places in southern Norway and has also naturalised in parks, including the great garden at Baroniet Rosendal (see the video and pictures at http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?p=15680). It is also found in the far north of Norway in Finnmark where it naturalised during World War II, introduced by the Germans with horse forage!
The name rapunsel is related to rapa (turnip) due to its use as a root vegetable!
http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?p=11910 (with video)
Other European languages: Raiponce en épi (French), ährige Teufelskralle (German), ährige Rapunzel (Swiss German), and Raponzolo giallo (Italian)
I’ll be offering seed this autumn via Norwegian Seed Savers (KVANN):
Half my age party!
I “noticed” a few days ago that my little girl Hazel had reached half my age (in number of days)! It was noticed that Hazel would be half my age in years on my next birthday in April 2019…..so thought this 23,131 day old man, when will she be exactly half my age in number of days? I couldn’t find a web page to do the calculation, so had to revert to the old method of setting up a complicated set of simultaneous mathematical equations…..to come up with the answer that I had missed it by two weeks :(
We decided to celebrate anyway and we ate a gourmet dinner incluidng a 1/2 birthday salad, using garlic scapes to write 1/2 on the salad!
..and, please, no comments that I dont look a day younger than 3 times her age ;)
