Orchid-Cherry
- Product number: 204860
- Origin: China
- Latin: Orychophragmus violaceus
This Chinese cousin of the cabbage family is a real asset for a beautiful salad: the purple-blue flowers (as beautiful as orchids) and the young leaves taste mild and delicious. Sown in late summer, the plants provide a harvest of leaves all winter, and the following summer the flowers take over! Larger leaves are good for stir-frying. The seeds have a high oil content, offering great potential for the edible oil industry. Size: 30-60 cm.
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Latin: Orychophragmus violaceus
Dutch: Orchid Cabbage
English: February Orchid
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- Flower colour: Lilac-blue flowers
- Origin: China
- Average growth height: 30 to 60 cm
- Annual or perennial: Biennial
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- Winter hardy: Moderately frost hardy
- Ease of cultivation: Easy
- Latin: Orychophragmus violaceus
- Dutch: Orchid Cherry
- Also known as: Not applicable / Not known
- English: February Orchid
