Known also as Marathi or halim, garden cress is fast-growing and used as a leafy vegetable in salads or as a garnish. The plant can grow to 2 feet (0.5 m.) in height and produces white or light pink flowers and tiny seedpods.

Does cress keep growing?

Once you cut cress, it’s going to continue to grow, yielding additional harvests. You can usually cut cress four or five times before it goes to seed.

How fast do cress plants grow?

Garden cress is quick growing from seed; it will be ready for harvest 15 to 20 days after sowing. Curly cress requires 40 to 50 days to reach maturity but harvest can begin 15 days after sowing.