Re: violets, thugs, others

Hi Don,its Connie out in Idaho..
In answer to your ? re:

Cryptotaenia japonica yes,its edible I quote from Cornucopia by S.Facciola.
"Crtptotaenia japonica-Mitsuba,Japanese parsley,Japanese honeswort,Trefoil.
The leaves and blanched leafstalks are eaten raw in salads and sandwichs,boiled.fried.added to soups,or used in egg dishes,tempura,and as a garnish.Often dressed with ground sesame seeds or soy sauce.Roots can be blanched for five minutes,ten sauteed in sesame oil,or they can be boiled together with diced parsnips.Seeds are utilized as a seasoning.
Japan,cultivated."

BTW I used to grow exotic produce for restaurants and enjoyed expanding my knowledge of what is edible as well as ornamental.
P.S.the plant you send some time ago is still doing well.Sorry cant recall the name at the moment.Senior moment :-[ .


Don Martinson wrote:

>>What?  You didn't have some Artemisa 'Oriental Limelight' you could spare?
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>Actually, Kitty, I have some of that!  It rather wanders around in my 
>semi shady rear yard, but never seems to expand to an area more than 
>about 3-4 ft in diameter.  Might it be more thug-ish in brighter 
>light, do you think?  Thanks for reminding me anyway!  I'll take some 
>pieces of that too, along with some Japanese Parsley 'Atropurpurea' 
>(Cryptotaenia japonica)and some Lysimachia ciliata. 'Firecracker'
>
>Can the Japanese Parsley actually be used for culinary purposes? 
>Maybe I can give some to my cook to use for garnish!  Just don't want 
>to kill any customers!

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