A delightful salad plant either by itself or tossed with other salad ingredients & delicious with cheese sandwiches or with a cheese dip
- it even makes superb cold soups. The dark green peppery flavoured leaves of Water Cress are rich in vitamins & minerals including vitamin C & iron. Although usually grown commercially in water it can be grown in the garden soil provided it is given plenty of water & will crop from early summer till around Christmas if protected with cloches etc. You can also grow it in a container stood in a saucer of water