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Asparagus officinalis – Vegetable garden

Asparagus officinalis an evergreen perennial herb that grows up to 40-60 inches tall with stout stems with much-branched, feathery foliage. The leaves are in fact needle-like cladodes in the axils of scale leaves and clustered 4-15 together, in a rose-like shape. It produces male and female flowers that are borne on separate plants. The flowersRead More

Asparagus flagellaris – Herb garden

Asparagus flagellaris is the popular erect shrub plant. Its branches terete or grooved, smooth to lined with straight or curved spines, these also on terminal branches, glabrous to pubescent. The flowers are axillary, solitary or paired, bracts overlapping, ovate, acute at apex, pedicels, articulated below the middle, closer to the base, and tepals are whiteRead More

Iceberg lettuce – Vegetable garden

Iceberg lettuce is also called crisphead lettuce that has crisp, light green leaves that are formed into a densely packed head and are concentrated with a high-water content. The leaves vary in color depending on the particular cultivar, but the outer leaves are typically light green while the inner leaves range from pale yellow toRead More

Butterhead lettuce – Vegetable garden

Butterhead lettuce is also called cabbage lettuce due to its round shape. It gets its name from its ‘buttery’ taste and velvety texture, and small loosely formed heads. Its leaves are loose round heads with delicate green to cream-colored leaves at the center. Butterhead lettuce is usually deep green, although red varieties exist. Butterhead lettuceRead More

Romaine lettuce – Vegetable garden

Romaine lettuce is one of the most popular varieties that grow upright, heat tolerant. It is medium to large in size with an elongated shape and stiff, upright leaves. The thick heads are loosely connected to a central blanched base and the leaves, averaging 4-6 inches in length, are broad with many folds and creases.Read More

Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) – Vegetable garden

Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) is an annual leafy herbaceous plant that can vary in size, shape, and leaf type but generally, the leaves of the plant form a dense head or loose rosette and eventually along an upright stem that supports the flowers. The leaves can be smooth or curly and are usually green or redRead More

Basella alba ‘Rubra’ – Vegetable garden

Basella alba ‘Rubra’ is an edible perennial, fast-growing, soft-stemmed vine, growing to 10 m in length. It has thick, semi-succulent, dark green, heart-shaped leaves that have a mild flavor and mucilaginous texture. The leaves form green and as the plant reaches maturity, older leaves will develop a purple pigment starting at the base of theRead More

Okinawan spinach – Vegetable garden

Okinawan Spinach is a perennial, non-spinach, leafy green vegetable. It can grow as a small dense bush, high groundcover, or climbing plant. The leaves are green on top and purple underneath. Gynura bicolor produces yellow flowers but doesn’t produce seeds. Flowers should be cut off to help the plant focus energy on leaf production. TheRead More

Alternanthera sessilis (Ponnanganni) – Herb garden

Alternanthera sessilis (Ponnanganni) is an erect, ascending, or creeping perennial herb. It is often widely branched, with a robust taproot. The leaves are leaves simple, opposite, somewhat fleshy, lanceolate, oblanceolate or linear-oblong, obtuse or subacute, sometimes obscurely denticulate, glabrous, shortly petiolate. The flowers are small, white, in axillary clusters and the fruits compressed obcordate utricles,Read More

Trianthema portulacastrum (Desert horse purslane)

Trianthema portulacastrum (Desert horse purslane) an annual, succulent herb forming a prostrate mat or clump with stems up to 40 inches long with a firm taproot. The stem is green to red in color, hairless except for small lines of hairs near the leaves, and fleshy. The leaves are small round or oval blades upRead More

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