Garden cress (Lepidium sativum) is a fast-growing, edible herb that is botanically related to watercress and mustard, sharing their peppery, tangy flavor and aroma. In some regions, garden cress is known as garden pepper cress, pepper grass, pepperwort or poor man's pepper.
This annual plant can reach a height of 24 inches, with many branches on the upper part. The white to pinkish flowers are only 1/12th of an inch across, clustered in branched ...
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Garden cress (Lepidium sativum) is a fast-growing, edible herb that is botanically related to watercress and mustard, sharing their peppery, tangy flavor and aroma. In some regions, garden cress is known as garden pepper cress, pepper grass, pepperwort or poor man's pepper.
This annual plant can reach a height of 24 inches, with many branches on the upper part. The white to pinkish flowers are only 1/12th of an inch across, clustered in branched racemes.
Garden Cress is commercially grown in England, France, the Netherlands and Scandinavia.
Agriculturally, cress is considered among the most important species of the genus of the family of mustards. Cultivation of garden cress is practical on both mass scales and on the individual scale. Garden cress is suitable for hydroponic cultivation and thrives in water that is slightly alkaline. In many local markets the demand for hydroponically-grown cress far exceeds available supply. This is partially because cress leaves are not suitable for...
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