Cilantro - Coriander

$1.69

The seed, Coriander, has a strong citrusy, lemon flavor. The crushed seeds season stews, cookies, and beans. Cilantro has a thousand uses from as simple as a sprig in chicken soup to chopped in Mexican food. This plant was cultivated 3000 years ago by the Greeks and Romans to make vinegar to preserve meat. Cilantro is also called Chinese parsley. Plant in the spring after the last average frost date. The Cilantro Coriander Cal Long Standing, 'Coriandrum sativum', is one of the most useful and tasty herbs available. The Cal Long Standing Cilantro will bolt (flower) later than regular Cilantro. Senna tea is made from crushed Coriander. Both the foliage (cilantro) and seed (coriander), make this herb very versatile. The foliage of the Cilantro plant has a sage flavor with a strong suggestion of citrus and is used more than the seeds at this time. ... find out more

Bean Pole - Snap - Kentucky Blue The Bean Pole Snap Kentucky Blue, 'Phaseolus vulgaris', is a 1991 All America Winner. The Kentucky Blue, like most pole beans, produces all season and is earlier than most pole beans. This snap bean is very resistant to rusts and mosaic virus. In addition, the pole snap beans will use less garden space by growing vertically on a pole, trellis, or teepee made of poles. Snap beans used to be called string beans, but most varieties today are stringless. The Pole Bean Kentucky Blue is an annual and is very frost sensitive.