Evening Primrose - Oenothera Biennis - Annual Flower - 500 Seeds Melon The leaves and latex have

The leaves and latex have an acrid taste and are mildly poisonous to grazing animals

production up to 4kg of delicious cherry-sized fruit in a single season

(dichotomous meaning forked)

Photos with credit to the late Rod and Rachel Saunders

delicious tasting roots are ideal for baking

Evening Primrose - Oenothera Biennis - Annual Flower - 500 Seeds Melon The leaves and latex haveStunning yellow flowers with medicinal properties. Young roots can be eaten like a vegetable (with a peppery flavour), or the shoots can be eaten as a salad. The whole plant was used to prepare an infusion with astringent and sedative properties. It was considered to be effective in healing asthmatic coughs, gastro intestinal disorders, whooping cough and as a sedative pain killer. Poultices containing O. biennis were at one time used to ease bruises