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Sweet Cicely (Myrrhis odorata) seeds

Contents: Approx. 20 seeds
Open-pollinated variety, seed tested regularly

3,55 €

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SKU: MYR02

GTIN: 4250601203126

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The Sweet Cicely is a wild plant that was cultivated more often in former days. By now, it has widely escaped again and occurs in field ditches, on forest borders, and on nutritious meadows and pastures.
It exudes a pleasantly sweet anise scent and is, therefore, also well-suitable as a cut flower and for fragrant pot-pourris.

All plant parts can be used and taste fennel-like with a touch of liquorice. The weed is suitable as a spice, the sweet umbels can be consumed raw, and the young root is used as a vegetable, similar to carrots. The seeds also taste sweet and can be consumed raw or used in pastry. For preserves and jams, especially the unripe seed pods or fruits are suited.

The sweet cicely is part of a French liquor. Furthermore, it's a good food plant for butterflies and bees.

Plant description

Species:	Apiaceae
Root system:	Taproot
Flower colour:	White
Special features:	Needs cold to germinate Food for bees
Lifecycle:	Perennial
Flowering months:	May June July
Eventual height:	30-150 cm

Growing advice

Sunlight:	Shade
Sowing depth:	1 cm
Planting distance:	10 cm
Germination temperature:	3-5°C
When to sow outdoors:	August September

This plant is a cold-germinator. The sowing must be kept cold for a period of some weeks (refrigerator) or you sow them in very early spring or autumn. Mix the seeds with damp sand in a plastic bag. The sowing must be kept warm (about 20°C / 64 to 72°F and moist for the first 2-4 weeks. After this period place it in your refrigerator at a temperature of 5°C (between 25 and 39°F) for 5 to 6 weeks. After that take the bag out and keep it at room temperature. Check for sprouted seed regulary.

Other names

Botanical name:	Myrrhis odorata, Chaerophyllum odoratum, Scandix odorata, Selinum myrrhis
German names:	Myrrhenkerbel, Spanischer Kerbel, Süßdolde

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Manufacturer information: Magic Garden Seeds GmbH | Junkersstraße 7 | Regensburg, Germany, 93055 | service@magicgardenseeds.com | https://www.magicgardenseeds.com

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