Shipping country and language
Your country of residence may be:
Your country of residence is:
For a better user experience on our website, you can select:
Your shipping country:
We only deliver seed and bulb products to your country. If you add other products to your basket, they cannot be shipped.
Language:
My Account
Hello
My wish lists
Plantfit
Log in / Register
Existing customer?
New customer?
Create an account to track your orders, access our customer service and, if you wish, make the most of our upcoming offers.
Pissenlit Vert de Montmagny amélioré - Vilmorin
Order in the next for dispatch today!
Dispatch by letter from €3.90.
Delivery charge from €5.90 Oversize package delivery charge from €6.90.
{displayProductInfo();})" >More information
This item is not available in your country.
Schedule delivery date,
and select date in basket
This plant carries a 6 months recovery warranty
More information
We guarantee the quality of our plants for a full growing cycle, and will replace at our expense any plant that fails to recover under normal climatic and planting conditions.
Seed-only orders are dispatched by sealed envelope. The delivery charge for seed-only orders is €3.90.
Taraxacum officinale 'Vert de Montmagny' is a dandelion that is cultivated for its broad and deeply cut leafy rosettes. It is an early and productive variety. Although commonly known as weeds, dandelions have many useful properties. They can be eaten in salads or cooked like spinach. Sow the seeds from March to June for a harvest from November to April.
Taraxacum officinale, also known as lion's tooth, is a perennial plant belonging to the Asteraceae family. The bright yellow of its flowers, the characteristic lion's tooth-like shape of its leaves, and its feathery seeds make it one of the most well-known "weeds".
The common dandelion is naturally found in meadows and along roadsides, as well as in the middle of paved areas in cities. It often appears in well-maintained lawns, where it is relentlessly hunted down!
However, this weed has many qualities that should not be ignored! It is rich in vitamin C and beta-carotene, naturally diuretic, and detoxifying. Its young leaves are excellent in salads. They are also very tasty when cooked quickly like spinach, with a little garlic and a squeeze of lemon juice. Its flowers are also edible, and can be used to make jelly, syrup, and a delicious amber-coloured aperitif wine.
In the garden, it adapts to ordinary soil, even if heavy and compact. It prefers full sun or partial shade.
Harvesting: harvest the young leaves from November to April. The flowers are usually picked in April.
Storage: the leaves can be stored for a few days in a refrigerator or a few months in a freezer, after being blanched for a few minutes in boiling water.
Gardener's tip: to obtain very tender dandelion leaves, it is possible to blanch them by covering them with a small mound of soil, about 15cm (6in) high, or by covering them with a large clay pot.
Harvest
Plant habit
Foliage
Botanical data
Sowing
Dandelions germinate at a temperature of around 10°C (50°F). It takes about 15 days.
Sow directly in the soil, placing a seed every 4 to 5cm (2in) in rows spaced 30cm (12in) apart. Thin them out when the plants have developed 4 to 5 leaves, keeping only one plant every 15cm (6in) or so.
Cultivation
It is very tolerant of different types of soil. Regularly weed the plot and water during dry weather. It is wise to harvest the flower stems to stimulate leaf production.
Seedlings
Care
Intended location
This item has not been reviewed yet - be the first to leave a review about it.
Haven't found what you were looking for?
Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
In order to encourage gardeners to interact and share their experiences, Promesse de fleurs offers various media enabling content to be uploaded onto its Site - in particular via the ‘Photo sharing’ module.
The User agrees to refrain from:
- Posting any content that is illegal, prejudicial, insulting, racist, inciteful to hatred, revisionist, contrary to public decency, that infringes on privacy or on the privacy rights of third parties, in particular the publicity rights of persons and goods, intellectual property rights, or the right to privacy.
- Submitting content on behalf of a third party;
- Impersonate the identity of a third party and/or publish any personal information about a third party;
In general, the User undertakes to refrain from any unethical behaviour.
All Content (in particular text, comments, files, images, photos, videos, creative works, etc.), which may be subject to property or intellectual property rights, image or other private rights, shall remain the property of the User, subject to the limited rights granted by the terms of the licence granted by Promesse de fleurs as stated below. Users are at liberty to publish or not to publish such Content on the Site, notably via the ‘Photo Sharing’ facility, and accept that this Content shall be made public and freely accessible, notably on the Internet.
Users further acknowledge, undertake to have ,and guarantee that they hold all necessary rights and permissions to publish such material on the Site, in particular with regard to the legislation in force pertaining to any privacy, property, intellectual property, image, or contractual rights, or rights of any other nature. By publishing such Content on the Site, Users acknowledge accepting full liability as publishers of the Content within the meaning of the law, and grant Promesse de fleurs, free of charge, an inclusive, worldwide licence for the said Content for the entire duration of its publication, including all reproduction, representation, up/downloading, displaying, performing, transmission, and storage rights.
Users also grant permission for their name to be linked to the Content and accept that this link may not always be made available.
By engaging in posting material, Users consent to their Content becoming automatically accessible on the Internet, in particular on other sites and/or blogs and/or web pages of the Promesse de fleurs site, including in particular social pages and the Promesse de fleurs catalogue.
Users may secure the removal of entrusted content free of charge by issuing a simple request via our contact form.
The flowering period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, etc.)
It will vary according to where you live:
In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands).
It will vary according to where you live:
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.