Alexanders, Smyrnium olusatrum

Although now replaced by Celery in modern cooking, the roots of Alexanders are sweet and aromatic. The leaves can be used in stocks for a robust flavour like angelica, or boiled/steamed and served as a side vegetable. In leaf throughout winter, with large umbelliferous yellow/green flowers in Spring. Once used as a medicinal herb, this plant is often found around old religious buildings as the plant was once highly revered as a religious herb. Can grow to 1.2 metres, best in partial shade.