Ideas for community gardens < water crops

WATER CRESS

Botanic name

• Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum

Growth form

• perennial small-leaved, low-growing plant

Edible part

• leaf - cooked

Cultivation

Propagation:

• from root division

Growing:

• grow in containers by planting root division into rich mix
• change water frequently.

Centre of diversity

• Europe
• a popular crop in China.

PAGE UPDATED... Wednesday, 16 January 2002