Vegetable Salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius)

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Vegetable Salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius)

Seed Packet order reference: 1427 (Internal HPS Number M05611)

RHS Number and Name Designation (if any): 199854 - accepted name

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4 linked publications

Letter to the editor: Colin Crews, HPS East Yorkshire Group by Colin Crews
Publication: The Hardy Plant
Edition: Vol. 45 No 2 Autumn 2024

The author with M. wallichii © Colin Crews

Making a Name for Themselves by Sandra Hartley
Publication: Cornucopia
Edition: 54: Autumn 2024

Seseli gummiferum

Off to a Good Start by Joe Sime
Publication: Cornucopia
Edition: 54: Autumn 2024

Joe’s ‘Eliet Junior’ shredder is still going strong after 25 years

Unearthed: The Power of Gardening – A major exhibition at the British Library by Maddy Smith
Publication: The Hardy Plant
Edition: Vol. 46 No 1 Spring 2025

Meanwhile Gardens poster, London, 1981, © British Library Board
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Vegetable Salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius)

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