Thank you for your interest in herb plants from MeadowSweet Herbs & Flowers. I've closed plant and seed order processing for 2024. Online orders for plants and seeds will re-open on Monday 6 January for shipping from the next Tuesday, 14 January.
If you are interested in my Mini Grow & Use Guides, please email me for processing at minette@tonoli.co.nz during the shop's vacation dates.
The gates sales table plant stand is always open and up and running, so feel free to pop past if you are in the Rangiora/Waikuku area to see a selection of the plants (not all plants in my inventory is available outside - if you want to come past for something specific, text me and we can see what we can work out: 0225251177).
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Purslane – Salad Red & Gold
$6.00
An ANNUAL growing to 30cm. Prefers moist, well-drained soil in full sun.
The leaves and stems are edible raw or cooked and it has medicinal actions.
Young leaves are added fresh to salads, while the older leaves are suitable for cooking in soups and as a potherb. With a somewhat sour and salty flavour, the leaves are quite nutritious. Seeds are edible, but fiddly to harvest. Remnants of burnt plants can be used as salt substitute.
It is antibacterial, antiscorbutic and febrifuge. Plant juice helps treat skin diseases and insect stings.
