Sweet crunchy little tubers good raw or cooked, taste of chestnuts. Edible foliage used like parsley. Seeds used as an Indian spice (Black Cumin). Pretty white umbels of flowers, lovely fine foliage. Self seeds when happy 18″
20 seeds per packet (approx).
Hardiness: Hardy
Longevity: Perennial
Growing Condition: Light shade or sun
Season: Early summer
Good For: Edible
Flower Colour: White
Foliage Colour: Green
Germination: Sow immediately (best in autumn) overwinter outdoors, germinates in spring. Or mix with damp vermiculite, warm 3 weeks, cold 8 weeks, then sow mixture
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