{"id":8251,"date":"2010-08-06T00:49:02","date_gmt":"2010-08-06T07:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8251"},"modified":"2010-08-06T00:50:54","modified_gmt":"2010-08-06T07:50:54","slug":"spanish-salsify-scolymus-hispanicus-salsify","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/vegetables-herbs\/spanish-salsify-scolymus-hispanicus-salsify\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish Salsify -Scolymus Hispanicus &#038; Salsify"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4094\/4849527667_ff430e9271.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Common Golden Thistle or Spanish Salsify has golden yellow flowers that look like other members of the Compositeas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Growing Spanish Salsify<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> The plants prefer light well-drained soil. Occasionally it will be found growing wild but as its name suggests it grows well in Spain where it is also known as Spanish Oyster.<\/li>\n<li> Spanish Salsify is a biennial or perennial plant, which grows 2-3&#8242; tall and is very spiny. The stems are branched at the top, with discontinuous spiny branchlets.<\/li>\n<li> Cultivation has reduced since Victorian times when it was more popular<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Growing for Eating and Cooking<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> All parts of the plant are edible but the roots were originally thought\u00c2\u00a0 to have a slight diuretic effect.<\/li>\n<li>Root eaten raw or cooked have a sweet flavour that makes an excellent vegetable though it is rather low yielding.<\/li>\n<li>The roasted root has been used as a coffee substitute<\/li>\n<li>Young leaves and leafstalks can be blanched and used in salads<\/li>\n<li>The flowers are used to adulterate saffron   as a food colouring<\/li>\n<li>In Spain the main uses are in salads or with scrambled eggs .<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read more on the UN Agricultural <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fao.org\/docrep\/t0646e\/T0646E0v.htm\">web site<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ordinary Salsify<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Grown from seed the roots can be stored for winter use.<\/li>\n<li>Salsify Scorzobianca produces slender, parsnip-like  white skinned roots. They  can be left in the ground and lifted as required. In the spring the tender shoots of Salsify Scorzobianca make an appetising green vegetable.<\/li>\n<li> Seeds available from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=2283&amp;awinaffid=81944&amp;clickref=&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thompson-morgan.com\/plants1\/search.html?section=all&amp;search=&lt;b&gt;salsify&lt;\/b&gt;\"> Thompson Morgan<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The roots have a delicious, delicate flavour likened to Oysters or Asparagus.<\/li>\n<li>Salsify is a good source of Vitamin C and potassium.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tandmpics.com\/240\/6\/683.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Common Golden Thistle or Spanish Salsify has golden yellow flowers that look like other members of the Compositeas. Growing Spanish Salsify The plants prefer light well-drained soil. Occasionally it will be found growing wild but as its name suggests it grows well in Spain where it is also known as Spanish Oyster. Spanish Salsify is a biennial or perennial plant, which grows 2-3&#8242; tall and is very spiny. The stems are branched at the top, with discontinuous spiny branchlets. Cultivation&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/vegetables-herbs\/spanish-salsify-scolymus-hispanicus-salsify\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,233],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vegetables-herbs","category-growing-easy-plants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8251\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}