Wild celery
An aromatic biennial with a bulbous, fleshy root. Grooved stems grow from 30-90 cm (1-3 ft.) high in the second...
Parsley piert
A prostrate annual with small fan-shaped leaves and inconspicuous green flowers in summer. History and traditions The common name comes...
Cashew nut
An evergreen tree, reaching 12 m (40 ft.), it has dark-green, rounded, oval leaves. Panicles of pinkish-green flowers are followed...
Marshmallow
A hardy perennial with soft, downy leaves and pale pink flowers in summer, it reaches 1—1.2 m (3-4 ft.) in...
Galangal
A tropical evergreen with tall clumps of ovate to lance late leaves growing from ginger-scented rhizomes to a height of...
Onion
Single bulbs at the base of each stem from the familiar culinary onion. History and traditions Records of the use...
Lady’s mantle
A perennial 40-50 cm (16-20 in), it has hairy, branched stems and deeply lobed leaves (seven or nine lobes) with...
Bugle
A hardy perennial, 10-30 cm (4-12 in) high, growing on a creeping rootstock, it has attractive blue flower spikes in...
Agrimony
A perennial with compound pointed leaves, covered in soft hairs. In summer and autumn it has small yellow flower spikes...
Agave
A tender succulent whose rosettes of spiky grey-green leaves are 1-2 m high (3-6 ft.) with a spread of 2-3...
