Edible Burdock is often called Gobo in Japanese supermarket. Plants are cultivated mainly for the slender roots, that can grow to 4 feet long and 1 inch across. Burdock root is very crispy and has a sweet, mild pungent flavor, which is used as a delicacy in Japanese food. Burdock is a hardy biennial plant, but grow as an annual. Seed are sown in spring for havest in late summer or in fall for harvest in the next spring. --- Please click the item name or picture to see the details and place your order. Gobo (Edible Burdock), Takinogawa Very popular variety. High quality roots for vegetable uses. Gobo (Edible Burdock), watanabe Early mature type. shorter roots. Excellent quality. ============================================ --- Click to view/acess: . All Asian vegetable seed groups . All book groups --- Click to quick acess individual vegetable group: (A). Bean/Peas: Azuki Bean . Mung Bean . Winged Bean . Broad Bean . Green Bean . Hyacinth Bean . Yardlong Bean . Edamame(Edible Soybean) . Snow Peas (B). Leafy Vegetable: Edible Amaranth . Oriental Celery . Garland Chrysanthemum (Shingiku) . Japanese Greens . Herbs . Chinese Kale (Kai Lam) . Kamatsuna . Lettuce . Malabar Spinach . Oriental Mustard . Bunching Onion . Yu Choy (Edible Rape) . Oriental Spinach . Hon-Tsai-Tai . || - - Chinese Cabbage: . White Petiole Small Cabbage . Green Petiole Small Cabbage . White Large Pak Choy . Heading NAPA Cabbage . Semiheading Chinese Cabbage (C) . Herbs: Chinese Leek (Chinese Chives) . Thai Basil . Coriander (Chinese Parsley) . Mint . Perilla (Japanese Shi-So) . Watercress (D). Fruit/Gourd Vegetable: Oriental Cucumber . Oriental Eggplant . Bitter Gourd (Bitter Melon) . Winter Melon (Wax Gourd) . Calabash (OPO) . Mao Qwa (Hairy Gourd) . Snake Gourd . Edible Luffa . Oriental melon . Pickling Melon . Oriental Sweet Pepper . Hot Pepper . Oriental Squash . Tomato . Watermelon (E). Root Vegetable: Edible Burdock (Gobo) . Carrot . Oriental Radish (Daikon) . Turnip (F). Flower Vegetable: Broccoli . Cauliflower . Flower Chinese Cabbage . Chinese Leek Flower . White Choy Sum . Green Choy Sum (G). Others: Baby Corn . Kohlrabi . Okra . Sesame ===================================== -- Click to access book group: Gardening Books . Asian Interest Books . Healthcare Books . Asian Philosophy Books . ||--Cookbooks: . Asian Food Series . Soup and Spicy Food . Chinese Food . Chinese Novelty . Chinese Specialty . Japanese Food . Thai Food . Vegetarian Cooking . Video ==================================================== ----- Click to access all Asian Vegetable Varieties or Book Titles listed on this site.