Barbarea verna Completely different creature than Garden Cress. Also called “creasy greens” back in my Appalachian hills. The most cold hardy winter salad green we know, and a welcome tonic in combination with escarole, chervil, chickweed, and chicory. Transplant or direct sow anytime, but flavor is best in cold weather. We prefer August sowings for picking autumn thru March. Spacing at 6” provides the best quality leaves. Yellow blossoms attract and feed syrphids, lady beetles, wasps and other aphid eaters. Seeds Per Packet: 500 Seeds Per Ounce: 18,000
Belle Isle Very dark green rosettes of watercress-like leaves, very high in vitamin C and phytonutrients, and at its best in the dark of winter. An item of commercial markets in colonial times, eaten to ward off scurvy throughout winter. 17th century Portugese sailors shipwrecked on Belle Isle for a harsh Nor’easter winter survived because of it, and took this name back to Europe with them. Seeds germ rea... pricing and more
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