SOW & GROW: at most time but avoid the warmest summer months. If you sow in succession you will be able to enjoy a regular supply of young leaves. You can grow this with protection in the autumn and winter. Harvest leaves from plants until they start to put out flowers – these take the flavour away from the leaves so stop picking leaves and collect the buds and flowers instead!
EAT & ENJOY: add young leaves to salads. Flowers and buds are tasty too. You can use the leaves to make an alternative to mint jelly for eating with cheese and poultry.
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Also known as Bucksthorn
The name Bucksthorn comes from the leaf shape: narrow, spiky and a little like antlers
Sowing Feb - June Sept - November
For Square Foot Gardening (SFG), you should plant 9 Erba Stella (Minutina) plants per square foot, spacing them 4 inches apart
- Plant spacing: Space individual plants 4 inches apart in a grid pattern inside each 12x12-inch square.
- Sowing depth: Sow seeds 1/4 inch deep, lightly covering them with fine soil or compost.
- Thinning: Direct-sow a few seeds per spot and thin out the weaker seedlings once they establish.
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