Earth Chestnut, Pig Nut

Bunium bulbocastanum

Hardy / perennial / vegetable plant /  H. up to 50cm/ sun to shade / well drained soil / blossom colour white / flowering time 7, 8, 9

An old root vegetable with hazelnut sized bulbs. To treat like carrots. In the first year you get only one bulb. Leave it in the earth, the second year you have a lot of bulbs, to harvest August/ September. They have a nutty taste and can be eaten raw, cooked or rosted.

Order-code BUB01

young plant in 8cm or 9cm pot € 2.50

plant in 1.3 l pot                    € 3.50

Earth Chestnut
 

PEPPERMINT FARM & GARDEN; Toughraheen; Bantry ; Co. Cork  Tel: 00353-28-31869 Fax: 00353-28-31949 IRELAND