Evening Primrose
Productive and easy-to-grow source of essential nutrients. Large plants make lots of seeds, easily spilled into a bucket when plants are ripe, and can be used in baked goods or cereal. No hulls. No threshing necessary. Large yellow flowers open evenings. A tall plant with yellow flowers, well-adapted to areas that you don't want to fuss with--needs little irrigation, blooms over a long period, adapts to almost any soil. Makes a rosette of edible leaves the first year, then makes a branched flower stalk up to 4 or 5 feet tall. Try it with California poppies in a wild-ish garden. Easy-to-grow source of omega-3’s and other essential fatty acids. Essential women’s herb for PMS and menopause. Leaves and root are tasty, easy to grow medicinal foods, seeds are nutritious and easy to harvest. Self-sowing biennial. 200 seeds.