Apium nodiflorum – Fool’s watercress plug plant
£3.99
Seeds and perennial leek bulbils are in stock. Our next re-stock of plants will be on Monday 27th October 2025
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SUPPLIED AS A PLUG PLANT IN A 1/2 Litre POT
A useful evergreen perennial as shoots and leaves can be used in salads or cooked and harvested all year, thrives in a damp/moist soil conditions.
Awaiting Re-stock
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Description
Apium nodiflorum – Fool’s watercress (now known as (Helosciadium nodiflorum) is an evergreen flowering plant found in ditches or streams and native to western Europe. It is traditionally gathered as a wild edible and although called Fool’s watercress it has more of a celery/carrot flavour rather than cress. Leaves smell of carrot when crushed. It is a useful perennial as shoots and leaves can be used in salads or cooked and harvested all year. It will need a site with moisture to thrive.