Central Texas Gardener

Edible Native Plants

Special | 26m 46s  | Video has closed captioning.

Turn your native plants into delicious recipes! Andrea DeLong-Amaya from the Wildflower Center picks a few tasty ones to harvest now or plant this spring. Daphne highlights native Barbados cherry, beloved by pollinators for its flowers and by us and birds for its fruits. Trisha harvests tasty wild purslane (Portulaca oleracea) for its nutritious benefits and explains how to grow your own.

Aired: 03/28/17

Rating: NR

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