American Cress, Belle Isle Cress, Early Yellow-rocket, Land Cress, Scurvy Grass, Upland Cress

This was in a spicy greens mix I sowed a few years ago. The other members of the mix are long gone, but this one has naturalized in the ...Read Moregarden. It is not invasive, just seeds enough to provide me with some greens for the kitchen. Because it is so happy here, I am trying the variegated form of Barbarea vulgaris, 'Variegated Winter Cress' this year.

Upland or dryland cress is a delicious boiled green. In the mid-Atlantic states the boiled green is known as Creasy Salet. It is typical...Read Morely sown in August and harvested in March. It is one of the earliest spring greens forming a rosette of leaves that lie close to the ground. With warmer weather it bolts, sending up a seedhead with yellow flowers. Available from Merrifield Gardens.