Edible plants
Medicinal and Herb plants
Althaea officinalis, 50 seedsAlthaea officinalis is a native of Europe, Western Asia and Northern Africa. It has been collected from the wild and grown in gardens as food and medicine for thousand of years. A perennial of dry sunny places. As a medicinal plant it reduces the irritation of mucous membranes. As a food plant it has been used as a survival food when cultivated crops failed, a gourmet food in Ancient Rome, confection (marshmallow) has been made from it since the days of Ancient Egypt and in modern vegan-cooking the water from boiling any part of the plant can be used as an egg-white substitute. Flower buds can be pickled, leaves make a decent spinach, roots are edible. Also a good ornamental plant for gardens with poor and/or soil and sunny locations.
Medicinal and Herb plants
Arctium minusArctium minus is a biennial native to Europe, and invasive on other continents. The way how its flowerheads attach to hair or fabric by its bracts inspired the invention of the hook&loop fastener. Its medicinal qualities include detoxifying, calming, antimicrobial and antifungal properties. The root, petioles and flower stem are edible and dietary as the contain inulin instead of starch. Best sourced from first-year plants. Grows on nutrient rich moist-ish soils. ž Source of genetic material: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Edible plants
Watermelon Gold Baby, 10 seedsGrapefruit sized watermelon with gold yellow flesh. Super sweet. Perfect for fruit salads, icecream etc - cut it in half, holow it out mix with other goodies and use the hust as a cup. Easy to grow, start indoors like pumpkins and plant outdoors when the chance of frost is over.
