category: Other Leafy Vegetable Plants

Winter cress is a biennial hardy and undemanding wild plant and is named after the patron saint Barbara, who is believed to protect miners and related professions. The species originally comes from Eurasia and, due...

The watercress is a leafy vegetable and a perennial wild and medicinal plant that was consumed in ancient times. It is one of the 4 sacred plants of the Druids. Already in the 16th In...

The staghorn plantain is a very old perennial wild salad herb and occurs wild in Central Europe on salt marshes and near the coast. The robust, hardy and evergreen wild plant has elongated, toothed leaves...

Good king Henry is an ancient perennial, wild and rich vegetable plant that was cultivated until the 17th century, before it was destroyed by the growth of today's agriculture, fell into oblivion and was replaced...

The blood sorrel is a perennial ancient wild and medicinal plant from the Mediterranean climate. Today the special hardy plant can be found wild in Western and Central Europe in moist, warm deciduous forests with...

The sorrel is a perennial wild vegetable and medicinal plant originally from Europe, Asia, North Africa and Australia. In antiquity, it was used by the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. Before the introduction of rhubarb from...

The red garden report is an annual, ancient and forgotten vegetable, spice, dye and medicinal plant. The vegetable variety developed in ancient times is one of the oldest cultivated plants and was already around 800...

The 'Imperial Star' artichoke is an ancient perennial leafy vegetable and medicinal plant from the Mediterranean region. Already by the ancient Egyptians, this flowering vegetable was highly valued and cultivated. in the 13th Century in...

Green purslane is an annual type of succulent, leafy vegetable and medicinal plant from the Middle East and has been an integral part of vegetarian Indian cuisine for thousands of years. The heat-loving plant produces...

The perilla, also known as green shiso, is an annual vegetable, spice, oil and medicinal plant from East Asia. The versatile, heat-loving species is found wild on moist fallow land. The exotic herb from the...