Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) organic seeds

Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) organic seeds

Small wild plant with yellow blossoms and tomentose hairy broad leaves. Old cough remedy.
Contents: Approx. 950 seeds
Open-pollinated variety, seed tested regularly

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SKU: TUS01-BIO

GTIN: 4251420505804

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Coltsfoot is a native wild shrub that shows its yellow blossoms especially early in spring. Already in February, you can see the squamulose pedicels that then form one basket blossom each. While, on the outside, everything is still looking dull and gray, you can hardly overlook the small, bright suns near the ground. Like that, coltsfoot is a very important food source for many insects and butterflies that can barely find something else during this season.

From an ecological point of view, it's a real pioneer plant that particularly likes to settle in abandoned areas. Therefore, you often find coltsfoot on dikes, in old quarries, and dumps. After the Second World War, it settled the bombed remains and ruins in many German cities quickly. The plant prefers very warm and dry locations and is known as an indicator plant for waterlogged areas resp. wet-dry, loamy to clayey raw soils. Established in gardens once, it will always stay as coltsfoot forms an extensive root system with offshoots. Some people, therefore, don't like to have it in their garden. As a dab of colour at the end of winter or a lush insect plant, this plant can't be topped. The white, feathery seed stands are, on top of that, a good food source for birds at the end of winter.

Furthermore, coltsfoot is also interesting as a medicinal plant and known since antiquity. Prepared as tea or juice, the leaves are used as a mucolytic cough remedy. Indeed, coltsfoot is also known for being used as tobacco leaves. The fume is said to have an anticonvulsant effect and has been used against asthma.

Also in traditional Chinese medicine, coltsfoot is of great importance and is called: Kuan-Dong-Hua.

Last but not least, coltsfoot also belongs to the winter vegetable varieties. You can eat the blossoms and leaves but shouldn't overdo it. The large leaves are well-suited for stuffing, you can prepare them raw or blanched. The flavour is slightly peppery.

Plant description

Species:	Asteraceae
Root system:	Runners
Plant type:	Wildflower Herbaceous plant
Flower colour:	Yellow
Region of origin:	Africa Europe Asia
Use:	Ornamental plant Medicinal plant Vegetable
Characteristics:	Needs light to germinate Food for bees
Climate:	Temperate
Eventual height:	15-30 cm
Winter hardiness zones:	5 (-30 bis -23 °C)
Flowering months:	March April
Lifecycle:	Perennial Hardy

Growing advice

Sunlight:	Shade Full sun
Soil type:	Free-draining Dry
Sowing depth:	0 cm
Planting distance:	25 cm
Germination time:	5-10 days
Water requirement:	Medium
Germination temperature:	15-20°C
When to sow outdoors:	April May June July

Wild perennial. Pre-culture indoors from March or direct sowing outdoors from mid-April. Light germ, sprinkle seeds only on the substrate and press lightly. Germination uncomplicated at +15-20°C. Place in a cooler place after germination. Plant the pricked young plants outdoors from mid-May. Loves sunny lean locations.

Other names

Botanical name:	Tussilago farfara
German names:	Gemeiner Huflattich, Pferdefuss, Breitlattich, Brustlattich, Eselslattich, Ackerlattich, Feldlattich, Hufblatt, Kuhfladen, Ackerlatsche, Latten, Letten, Tabakkraut
English names:	Coltsfoot, Ash Plant, Ass's Foot, Bull's Foot, Coughwort, Farfara, Foal's Foot, Foalswort, Horse Foot
Spanish names:	Tusilago, Fárfara, Pie de Caballo, Uña de Caballo, Gordolobo, Paso de Asno, Uña de Asno
Italian names:	Tossilaggine Comune, Farfarella, Farfaro, Farfarugìne, Farfugio, Paparacchio, Pataccio, Piè D'asino, Tussilagine Comune, Zampa di Mula

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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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