Coriander and Culantro or Mexican Coriander have both been used for several thousand years for their stongly aromatic leaves. The seeds from Coriandrum sativum are used as a spice as well and have a slightly sweet-spicy taste, which is very different in comparison to fresh leaves. Young fresh leaves from both species are used in numerous dishes throughout Asia and South America. The dried seeds from Coriandrum sativum are roasted and ground and especially used in meat dishes and for making bread. Leaves from Eryngium foetidum can be dried for they will maintain their flavor. Coriandrum sativum is grown as an annual in any rich, well drained soil in a sunny spot. Eyngium foetidum is a perennial subtropical plant from Mexico and South America and can be grown in pots at a minimum of some 15°C in full sun.
Sow seeds from Coriandrum sativum flat directly in any well drained, humus-rich soil in a sunny site in the garden in spring. Cover seeds only slightly with soil. Sow seed from Eryngium foetidum flat in any rich soil at a minimum of some 20°C throughout the year.
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Coriandrum (Coriander) & Eryngium (Culantro)
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Coriandrum sativum (Coriander)
30 (50)cm, Coriander or Cilantro is an annual aromatic herb native from North Africa to Southwestern Asia. The leaves are broadly lobed to feathered. The leaves have a unique taste and are used fresh in soups and various dishes throughout the Middle East, the Mediterranean, Latin America, Southeast Asia and Africa. The dry and ground, fresh or roasted seeds have a completely different, spicy, nut-like, warm taste and are used throught the world in curries, soups, meat dishes, etc. Easily cultivated in any rich, well drained soil in a sunny spot. VI-VIII.
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Eryngium foetidum (Culantro)
20 (30)cm, Culantro or Mexican Coriander is a subtropical perennial from Mexico and South America and makes a basal rosette of glossy, slightly leathery, dark green leaves with somewhat spiny margins and a very broad umbel of unconspicuous flowers. Fresh, young and still rather smooth leaves are used in numerous dishes throughout Asia and South America. Leaves can be excellently dried for they will maintain their flavor. In order to promote the growth of the leaf rosette, the flower stalk should be cut away in summer. For any rich substrate in full sun throughout the year and a minimum of some 15°C. VI-VIII.
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