40+ EPILOBIUM FLEISCHERI FIREWEED PERENNIAL GROUND COVER FLOWER SEEDS / HERB

Description: 40+ SEEDS...... EASY TO GROW FROM SEEDS. FIREWEED HAS UPRIGHT STALKS WITH WILLOWLY LEAVES THAT REACH ABOUT 12 INCHES TALL. IT GETS WONDERFUL FLOWERS OF BRIGHT PURPLE/PINK IN THE MONTHS OF JUNE-SEPTEMBER. WHILE IT SPREADS ITSELF AROUND WITH WONDERING ROOTS....IT IS EASY TO CONTROL. THE LEAVES AND YOUNG SHOOTS ARE EDIBLE, RAW OR COOKED. EARLY SEASON SHOOTS OF THIS WILLOW-HERB ARE CONSIDERED TO BE A DELICACY BY SOME, AND ARE HARVESTED LATE SPRING OR EARLY SUMMER. SHOOTS AND YOUNG STEMS ARE PEELED AND CAN BE EATEN RAW OR STEAMED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR ASPARAGUS. WHEN PROPERLY PREPARED SOON AFTER PICKING....THEY ARE A GOOD SOURCE OF VITAMIN C AND PRO VITAMIN A. THESE HAVE BEEN USED IN HERBAL MEDICINE TO REDUCE INFLAMATION, AS A RELAXANT, LAXATIVE, AND TO TREAT BURNS, COUGH AND ASTHMA. IT IS ALSO USED AS A SWEETENER IN CANDY AND FOR HONEY PRODUCTION. IT DERIVES ITS NAME FROM ITS ABUNDANCE AS A COLONIZER ON BURNT SITES AFTER FOREST FIRES. ITS TENDENCY TO QUICKLY COLONIZE OPEN AREAS WITH LITTLE COMPETITION, SUCH AS SITES OF FOREST FIRES AND FOREST CLEARINGS, MAKES IT A CLEAR EXAMPLE OF A PIONEER SPECIES. LIKES FULL SUN OR PARTIAL SHADE. AFTER SEEDLINGS HAVE SPROUTED...IT IS OK TO LET SOIL DRY OUT A LITTLE BETWEEN WATERINGS. CAN BE STARTED INDOORS IN WINTER TO TRANSPLANTED OUTDOORS IN SPRING.....OR CAN BE SOWN DIRECTLY INTO THE GROUND IN SPRING, SUMMER OR FALL. INSTRUCTIONS INCLUDED. COMBINED SHIPPING DISCOUNT....ALL ADDITIONAL ITEMS SHIP FREE. WE SPECIALIZE IN RARE, UNUSUAL AND BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS THAT ARE EASY TO GROW FROM SEED. PLEASE SEE ALL OF THE OTHER UNIQUE FLOWER SEEDS WE HAVE LISTED ON eBay...JUST CLICK "OTHER ITEMS" ON UPPER RIGHT OF THIS LISTING. DUE TO MANY VARYING CONDITIONS REGARDING GERMINATION (TEMPERATURE, WATER, SOIL CONTAMINATION, BUYERS' EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE REGARDING GERMINATION).....WE CANNOT GUARANTEE GERMINATION RATE. ALL OF OUR SEEDS ARE FRESH, VIABLE AND TESTED. INSTRUCTIONS ARE INCLUDED.....HOWEVER, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS......YOU CAN ALWAYS CONTACT ME THRU eBay MESSAGES.

Price: 4.89 USD

Location: Omaha, Nebraska

End Time: 2024-10-22T16:06:42.000Z

Shipping Cost: 3.1 USD