Burdock Seed. gobo, niúbàng, u-eong, Arctinium, bardane

20 Burdock seed $2.00. Arctium lapa- Seeds from burdock that was collected from burdock seed from Japan. Also seeds available: Red perennial Hardy Hibiscus-Package of 20 seeds $2.00, White perennial Hardy Hibiscus- Package of 25 seeds $2.00, Lupin perennial- Package of 10 seeds $3.00, Jimson Weed (Datura) Package of 10 seeds $2.00, Redbud - Package of 20 seeds $2.00, Bird House Gourd Seed- Package of 10 seeds $2.00, Butternut Squash- Package of 20 seeds $2.00, Orange Hubbard Squash- Package of 15 Seeds $2.00, Pepper- Hot Thai- Package of 15 seeds $2.00. SOLD OUT Peppers- Ghost -Jalepeno, Hungarian Hot Wax, Shisito, chocolate Habanero. Seedlings may be available. Arctium species generally flower from July through to October. Burdock flowers provide essential pollen and nectar for honeybees around August when clover is on the wane and before the goldenrod starts to bloom. The taproot of young burdock plants can be harvested and eaten as a root vegetable. It is popular in East Asia. Arctium lappa is known as niúbàng (牛蒡) in Chinese, the same name having been borrowed into Japanese as gobō, and is eaten in Japan, Korea and Taiwan. Plants are cultivated for their slender roots, which can grow up to about one metre long and two centimetres across. Burdock root is very crisp and has a sweet, mild, or pungent flavour. Immature flower stalks may also be harvested in late spring, before flowers appear; their taste resembles that of artichoke, to which the burdock is related. Leaves are also eaten in spring in Japan when a plant is young and leaves are soft.