Turkish Rocket is in the brassica family. It produces a profusion of long,thin leaves which can be used as a spinach substitute through much of the year. The leaves tend to be best in the spring as they get rather bitter later in the year. It produces flower shoots which can be cut and eaten like sprouting broccoli before they produce yellow flower heads.
The plant has long, deep roots which make it a hardy plant and help bring minerals up to the surface as well as breaking up hard subsoils, such as clay. Once it has been planted, it may be hard to erradicate; like comfrey, if any part of the root is left, it is likely to regrow.
Turkish Rocket can be propogated from seed; I had a good germination rate. Or once established, outer roots can be removed and then planted in pots or elsewhere in the garden to grow and form new rocket plants.
Be aware it does not look or taste like the rocket used in salads! Being a brassica, it can be subject to pests such as cabbage white caterpillars, but being robust these will not kill it and it will bounce back once they are gone.
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