Common Speedwell (Veronica officinalis) organic seeds

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Common Speedwell (Veronica officinalis) organic seeds

Old medicinal plant, e.g. for tea mixtures against colds. This shrub is often used as a pot plant, in cottage gardens, or in the shrub bed.
Contents: Approx. 1000 seeds
Open-pollinated variety, seed tested regularly

39,62 kr

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SKU: VER03-BIO

GTIN: 4251420505484

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Common speedwell is an old medicinal plant native to and growing wild all throughout Europe. It can be found mainly at the edge of forests on dry, nutrient-poor, lime-poor and acidic soils. It grows rather low and likes to spread out, forming small carpets. The beautiful light blue and dark veined flowers appear from June to August in stemmed racemes.
A beautiful flowering perennial for semi-shade locations and herb patches as well as for natural herb gardens.

In the Middle Ages, heath speedwell was described as a sort of panacea and was given many telling nick names like gypsyweed or European tea, for example. The dried herb was often used in herbal infusions and was said to have mucolytic, diuretic and cleansing properties. Today it no longer has great relevance in medical use. Nevertheless, one recognizes its great importance in earlier times by the many different popular names.

Young and tender plants can also be used in the kitchen, as leafy vegetables, for wild herb salads or as cooked vegetables.

Plant description

Species:	Plantaginaceae
Root system:	Runners
Plant type:	Herbaceous plant
Flower colour:	Blue Light blue
Region of origin:	Europe Asia
Special features:	Needs cold to germinate
Climate:	Temperate Dry
Winter hardiness zones:	3 (-40 bis -34 °C)
Eventual height:	15-30 cm
Lifecycle:	Perennial Hardy
Flowering months:	June July August

Growing advice

Sunlight:	Shade
Sowing depth:	0 cm
Planting distance:	20 cm
Germination temperature:	3-5°C
Water requirement:	Low
When to sow outdoors:	February March September October

Perennial creeping plant. The seeds should be sown thinly outdoors or in seed boxes in autumn or early spring. They need the cold to germinate.
Alternatively, they can be artificially stratified: Sow and keep at about 20 °C for about 2-4 weeks. Then keep at 0-5 °C (e.g. refrigerator) until the seed germinates. After the cooling period of about 1 month, germination at +5-12 °C.
Further cultivation: prick and plant out later. Loves semi-shady locations, spreads and multiplies via seed.

Other names

Botanical name:	Veronica officinalis
English names:	Bird's Eye, Heath Speedwell, Common Gypsyweed, Common Speedwell, Paul's Betony

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