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Dandelion is a perennial herb grown in USDA zones 3 - 10. When planted from seeds, it will grow to a height of 12 inches. They are used for culinary and medicinal purposes.
It is an edible herb that is ready for harvesting in roughly 95 days. The leaves are popularly used in salads as greens. Dandelion flowers are used for wine making.
The plants will produce yellow flowers, reaching a diameter of about 1 inch to 1.5 inches wide.
Used considerably in the kitchen, Dandelion herbs are cultivated with tender, fleshy, dark green leaves. This leaves can be used as a green vegetable for boiling or in a salad. Dandelion roots can be used as a substitute for coffee by roasting in an oven until crisp and then grinding.
Start the seeds directly outside with plenty of moisture, and in a sunny exposure. Plant 15 - 20 of these tiny, heirloom, non gmo seeds for every plant you want in your herb garden.

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Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) - Many consider Dandelions to be annoying weeds, but there are many uses for these hardy little perennials. Used considerably in the kitchen, Dandelion herbs are cultivated with tender, fleshy, dark green leaves. This leaves can be used as a green vegetable for boiling or in a salad. Roots can be used as a substitute for coffee by roasting in an oven until crisp and then grinding. Dandelion flowers are used for wine making. Dandelion herbs have many uses and are easily grown from herb seeds. Start the seeds directly outside with plenty of moisture, and in a sunny exposure. The herb plants will form a thick, long, tap root, dark brown outside, white and milky white inside, grow long jaggedly toothed leaves, shiny, dark to light green and growing in the shape of a rosette close to the ground. When mature the dandelion herb seed in the flowers heads are round and fuzzy, carried by the wind to be germinated where ever they land.