Chickweed Seed
Stellaria media
Price: $3.95
SKU: 40000921Chickweed isn't a weed you have to tolerate, it's also a delicious and nutrius culinary herb! Planting your own means you get it exactly where you want it, when you want it.
Being a cold-hardy annual, chickweed grows in dense, low-spreading clumps with small. It has oval leaves and tiny star-shaped white flowers. It tops out around 13 inches tall but spreads outward by a foot or more, filling in gaps and acting as a living ground cover. It's native to all temperate zones and grows as far north as the Arctic.
The leaves are tender, succulent, and mildly sweet - good raw in salads, stirred into soups, or mixed with other greens. Dried, they work in teas too. Nutritionally, chickweed is loaded with vitamins, minerals, flavonoids, saponins, and protein. In traditional herbalism it's been used as a spring tonic, digestive aid, and salve ingredient. When you're done harvesting, turning it into the soil gives your garden a fast, rich feed.
It does best in cool weather - spring and fall are ideal - but in zone 7 and warmer, you may be pulling fresh leaves all winter. Partial shade is fine.
Being a cold-hardy annual, chickweed grows in dense, low-spreading clumps with small. It has oval leaves and tiny star-shaped white flowers. It tops out around 13 inches tall but spreads outward by a foot or more, filling in gaps and acting as a living ground cover. It's native to all temperate zones and grows as far north as the Arctic.
The leaves are tender, succulent, and mildly sweet - good raw in salads, stirred into soups, or mixed with other greens. Dried, they work in teas too. Nutritionally, chickweed is loaded with vitamins, minerals, flavonoids, saponins, and protein. In traditional herbalism it's been used as a spring tonic, digestive aid, and salve ingredient. When you're done harvesting, turning it into the soil gives your garden a fast, rich feed.
It does best in cool weather - spring and fall are ideal - but in zone 7 and warmer, you may be pulling fresh leaves all winter. Partial shade is fine.
Sow in fall or early spring directly in the garden. Chickweed needs light to germinate, so don't bury the seed - scatter it on the surface, press it in gently, and keep it moist until sprouts appear. Mixing the small seeds with sand makes them easier to spread evenly.
Pick a spot with moist, rich soil and some shade. Once growing, give plants at least an inch of water per week.
Harvest at any stage. Leave the center growing point intact and the plant will keep pushing out new leaves, giving you multiple cuts from a single sowing.
Pick a spot with moist, rich soil and some shade. Once growing, give plants at least an inch of water per week.
Harvest at any stage. Leave the center growing point intact and the plant will keep pushing out new leaves, giving you multiple cuts from a single sowing.
Customer Reviews:
Do you have experience with this one? 📝 📣 Write a review!
No reviews have been posted yet.
