"Sue" wrote in message
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"K" wrote
Janet Tweedy writes

Do you know the source of these streams? I have visions of people
chucking in watercress wherever they have running water and that may
not be advisable

Well, it is a British wild flower. They may get it anyway without
encouragement.

I'm sure I've read of water cress being grown in a garden soil bed -
presumably kept well watered. Or is that a different sort of cress?


I have grown 'American land cress' from Suttons seeds - I think you can
still get it. Very peppery, goes well in sandwiches, ready a couple of
months after sowing (from early spring onwards). As easy to grow as a weed.