Lettuce
Lactuca sativa
Salad Bowl: with a lobed ‘oak leaf’ in shades of green, red or red/ green combination, a crisp, mild juicy and slightly bitter leaf, high in fibre, potassium, and vitamins C and E.
Lolla Rossa: frilly pink/red crisp juicy leaves with a mild flavour.
Basil
Ocimum basilicum
Strongly aromatic, light green oval leaves.
Mints
Mentha spp.
Various varieties with green or purple or variegated green/white leaves. Rough texture and a strong clean cool flavour with good digestive properties.
Shungiku/Garland Chrysanthemum
Chrysanthemum coronarium
Light green jagged lobed leaves with a strong bitter taste, high in vitamin C, carotene; 3% protein.
Amaranth
Amaranthus spp.
Smooth-edged oval leaves can be bright red, yellow or green. They are chewy with a nutty/grassy flavour and high in vitamin C.
Salad Burnet
Sanguisorba minor
Small paired leaves, mid to dark green with a chewy, tannic texture and slight cucumber flavour.
Shiso
Perilla frutescens
Pointed oval serrated-edged green/purple slightly downy leaves with a spicy, cumin-like flavour.
Red Orache
Atriplex hortensis
Purple-scarlet ace-of-spades shaped leaf with a mild salty spinach flavour a and grainy texture.
Chives
Allium schoenoprasum
Thin dark green stems with strong onion flavour, high in Vitamin C and carotene.
Nasturtium
Tropaeolum majus
Round juicy peppery leaves (either green or green/white variegated) and red, orange or yellow flowers.
Summer Purslane
Portulaca oleracea
Small oval silver-jade leaves on a long pink stem. Succulent, juicy and mildly citric, it contains Omega 3 & 6.
