{"product_id":"dandelion-vert-de-montmagny","title":"Dandelion 'Vert de Montmagny' Seeds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVert de Montmagny is the dandelion bred for the kitchen: a French market variety with far bigger, more tender leaves than the wild plant.\u003c\/strong\u003e Selected near Paris in the 1850s and now listed in the Slow Food Ark of Taste, this \u003cem\u003eTaraxacum officinale\u003c\/em\u003e forms a generous rosette of deep green leaves with a well developed white heart. The flavour is pleasantly bitter, in the same family as chicory and endive. Use young leaves raw in salads with a sharp dressing, or wilt older ones with garlic and olive oil. Cover plants for a week before picking to blanch the leaves paler and milder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSowing and growing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSow outdoors April to July, in rows or a large container\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDepth: 0.5 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGermination: 1 to 3 weeks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThin seedlings to 15 to 20 cm apart\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePosition: full sun or light shade, in deep, well-drained soil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeight: about 30 cm; spread 20 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHarvest: pick leaves from about 10 to 12 weeks; cut plants back and they regrow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLifecycle: hardy perennial; remove flower heads before they seed to keep plants leafy and tidy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat you receive:\u003c\/strong\u003e a packet of about 100 open-pollinated seeds from Piccolo Seeds, with growing instructions on the back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrow it alongside Good King Henry and bladder campion from our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/products\/foraging-wild-herbs\"\u003eForaging Wild Herbs seed collection\u003c\/a\u003e, or explore more \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/collections\/exotic-edibles\"\u003eunusual edibles\u003c\/a\u003e and the full \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/collections\/seeds\"\u003eseed range\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Piccolo Seeds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58915712926079,"sku":"PS1053","price":2.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0361\/9645\/0348\/files\/cb909d586270d330249ef6736e9babdff01754025e07e6ba9dd4bca464b28fb7.png?v=1792743710","url":"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/products\/dandelion-vert-de-montmagny","provider":"GrowTropicals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}