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VGMKY Louisville, KY Nov 22, 2007

Greens and Creasy Greens -- Source for seed, descriptions, and cultivation

Growing Upland Cress
In parts of North Carolina where Upland Cress and a similar variety grows as weeds, they are sometimes called creasy salad, creasy greens, or highland creasy. Because of the confusion in the names of cresses, when ordering upland cress the grower should include the scientific name, which is Barbarea verna. Example: upland cress (Barbarea verna).
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hil-16-a.html


Upland Cress Description and Cultivation
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/BODY_MV148


Enjoy Old-Time Tennessee Creasy Greens!
This sounds mouth-watering:
When we moved (from up north) to our Tennessee homestead a few years ago, we discovered a delicious—and almost year-round—vegetable that's not only a culinary delight but also a gardener's dream: It requires virtually no care at all . . . plants itself every year . . . and survives unprotected even in snowy, sub-zero weather. Known in these parts as "creasy greens" or simply "creasies", this land-loving cousin of watercress looks and tastes much like its aquatic relative, but literally grows like a weed—even in poor, sandy soil—and provides us with fresh salad makings from the garden during a season when most folks can only leaf through seed catalogs and dream of warmer days.
These plants remind me of the watercress-like plants that frequently overgrow my lawn anyway...I should replace them with creasies.
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Homes...sy-Greens.aspx

Southern Exposure Seed Exchange http://www.southernexposure.com/index.html

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garden_mermaid San Francisco Bay Ar, CA(Zone 9b) Nov 23, 2007

Very interesting about the Upland Cress being called Creasy Greens.
I'm familiar with a Southern dish of "Greasy Greens", which are a type of collard greens that have waxy leaves, which make them appear '"greasy", ie, shiny.

I'll have to keep my eyes open for the cress.

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