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Brassicaceae
American cress
Barbarea verna
Also known as Land cress, Early yellowrocket, Belle Isle cress, Barbarea erysimoides
Edibles & Herbs · Native Plants · Edible Green · Cool Season · Cress · Salad Plant · Brassicaceae · Peppery · Early Spring · Biennial · Herb · Foraging
American cress is a cool-season biennial that grows best in moist, fertile soil with partial to full sun exposure. It is an easy-to-grow edible green with a peppery flavor similar to watercress, ideal for early spring or autumn harvests. Keep the soil consistently moist and harvest young leaves regularly to encourage fresh, tender growth.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, keeping soil evenly moist but not waterlogged · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–6.5
- Temperature
- -40°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 2a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 6 in – 2 ft
- Spread
- 12 in
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Alaska, Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Argentina South, Arkansas, Austria, Azores, Belgium, British Columbia, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Chile Central, Chile South, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Delaware, Denmark, District Of Columbia
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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