Luffa - Egyptian Loofah - Luffa Cylindrica - Sponge Plant - 5 Seeds Garden Cress It's not a fussy plant

It's not a fussy plant to grow either

Like many other species of Papaver

a garnish or bed for chicken and tuna salads

Stemless rosettes of blue-grey leaves with horny reddish-brown margins

Luffa - Egyptian Loofah - Luffa Cylindrica - Sponge Plant - 5 Seeds Garden Cress It's not a fussy plantThe fruit of these species is cultivated and eaten as a vegetable. The fruit must be harvested at a young stage of development to be edible. The vegetable is popular in China and southeast Asia. When the fruit is fully ripened it is very fibrous. The fully developed fruit is the source of the loofah scrubbing sponge which is used in bathrooms and kitchens as a sponge tool. Luffa are not frost hardy, and require 150 to 200 warm days to mature. In