Medicinal Strawberry (Melilotus officinalis) 1g, ~500 seeds

Description

Medicinal milkweed(Melilotus officinalis) is our buttercup plant that fixes nitrogen from the air. As well as being used as a medicinal plant, it is a great bee-feeder: it produces nectar and pollen, making it a favourite of honeybees, short-tongued and long-tongued bumblebees (especially thistle bumblebees). Its Latin name is a combination of the words meli = honey and lotus = here.

Features: 

• other names: campanula, tobacco flower, buttercup, stonecrop, bear's-tail, honeysuckle
• Latin name: Melilotus officinalis
• family: fabaceae
• life cycle: biennial
• flowering time: may - september
• size: 30-80 cm
• soil: average, dry
• growing area: sunny
• other: herb
• seeds origin: Hungary
• pollination factor: 10/10

Sow the seeds in spring or autumn in prepared soil or pots. Soak the seeds for 12 hours before sowing, then sow and cover with soil. Water them. Keep the soil moist for the first 1-2 weeks. A biennial plant will flower the following year if sown in spring, and the following year if sown in late summer/autumn. Enjoy the spectacle!