Description
A sweet, mild and succulent winter salad green which is very popular with children. It's high in vitamin C and was eaten by miners during the Californian Gold Rush to help ward off scurvy, hence it's common name 'Miner's Lettuce'.
Plants form neat rosettes of tender heart-shaped leaves. Harvest leaves by cutting about 1cm away from the base. Plants will reshoot and send out more leaves, even in winter.
Sow: July-Sept
Plant: 30cm apart
Harvest: 8 weeks after sowing
Kitchen: Eat fresh. Pairs well with citrus (lemon, lime), aromatics (dill, coriander, fennel, chilli), alliums (spring onion, garlic), fats (cream cheese, yoghurt, sesame).
Notes: Early sowings benefit from fleece.
Claytonia perfoliata
0.25g
