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This species can spread aggressively. Check local guidance before planting, and avoid letting it escape into the wild.
Barbarea vulgaris
Yellow rocket — early spring green. Slightly bitter peppery flavour. Self-seeds prolifically. Tender young leaves best; older leaves cooked.
Brassica oleracea (Red Bor)
vegetable
A fellow Brassicaceae — similar growing habits to Wintercress
Attract Ground beetles, Parasitic wasps, Hoverflies, Lacewings, Ladybugs to keep them in check — plant SainfoinGreat, Alsike CloverGreat and Berseem CloverGreat nearby.Direct-sow Wintercress outdoors about 4 weeks after your last frost, keeping seeds in cooler soil (around 10–18 °C). Seeds usually come up in around 14 days. Grow in partial sun, spaced about 20 cm apart. Expect to harvest in roughly 60 days.
Keep track of the seeds you own.
Water: Medium · Height: 60 cm · Soil: Moist — adaptable
Aleyrodidae
A puff of white when you brush the leaf, and stickiness underneath.
These three thrive alongside Wintercress — and alongside each other.
