Earth Chestnut

$8.50

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Description

Bunium bulbocastanum
Also known as Pignut, this is a hardy, easy-to-grow perennial vegetable in the carrot family, with pretty leaves and white flowers. Once cultivated widely in Eastern Europe but now not widely known, all parts are edible – the seeds can be used like cumin, the leaves can be used as a parsley substitute, and the clusters of tubers can be eaten raw or cooked and taste like chestnuts. Full sun or part shade in most soil types but prefers free draining with some humus. Height to 60cm when in flower, otherwise just an extremely low ground cover.

9cm pot, certified organic plant.

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Main photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bunium_bulbocastanum_RH_(17).jpg

Tubers: sciencesource.com