Details : This delicious grey-green kale is pretty enough to plant among the flowers. Much larger than regular kale (2 to 3' tall), the stems are purplish and the leaves are shaped like big oak leaves and colored a velvety gray green. The purple colors become richer after frost, when the flavor becomes sweeter. Surprisingly, the big leaves are very tender and delicious. Garden Hints: Kale requires good cultivation; mulch or hoe frequently to keep soil loose and weed-free. Plants may be left outdoors all winter. Frost improves flavor.
Details : A winter leaf crop, extremely hardy and easy to grow in adverse conditions including poor soil, Ht: 3 to 4 ft. Branches along stems produce many smooth, dark green heads that once picked, will produce again, plus tender (winter picked) leaves. An unassuming, yet great tasting vegetable with a pleasant cabbage / spinach taste when sautéed, steamed, or in soup & it's also good source of vitamin A, potassium, & calcium, very hardy and sturdy Biennial.
Details : This herb's dark green leaves have a beautiful, ferny appearance, and they grow in mounded clumps that look especially attractive along a border. Parsley leaves are rich in vitamins and minerals.
Details : Celery is a herbaceous edible biennial plant in the family Apiaceae. It grows to 1 m tall, with pinnate to bipinnate leaves with rhombic leaflets 3-6 cm long and 2-4 cm broad. The flowers are creamy-white.
Details : Basil plant is grown for its leaves which are used as a herb. the basil plant grows from a thick taproot and has silky green opposite oval leaves branching out from a thick taproot and has silky green opposite oval leaves branching out from the central stem.The plantg produces small white flowers which are clustered on a single spike at the top of the plant.Basil plants are often grown as annuals but may survive for several seasons with some care.
Details : Also known as plain chard, Swiss chard has large, fleshy, tender, deep green leaves and thick, crisp stalks. Although they're unrelated, chard is similar to spinach, but with a stronger, more assertive (or, as some think, bitter) flavour.Different types of chard have different coloured stalks and ribs – some are white, some are a golden-orange and some are red (called ruby or rhubarb chard); there's even rainbow chard. There's very little difference in taste, but ruby and rhubarb chard can have a slightly stronger flavour.
Details : Purple basil is a dark,red-leaved basil that is a wonderful addition to any herb garden.Not only is it useful for adding seasoning to italian and tomato dishes,it's also aromatic and attractive in the garden.
